Kevin Bronson on August 1st, 2011

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[Happy August – where is this summer going? – and happy birthday to Dhani Harrison. Good shows tonight? We’ve got a few …]

Monday madness:

‣ Singer-songwriter Robert Francis, largely out of the L.A. eye (but big in Europe) since releasing “Before Nightfall” in 2009, is back with a new batch of songs and this month’s Bootleg Theater residency. Here’s your tip: Francis’ new material is remarkable. Tonight, Boots Electric and Taylor Locke support.
‣ Active Child, whose debut album “You Are All I See” comes out later this month, kicks off the Echo residency, with Letting Up Despite Great Faults and Cassettes Won’t Listen open.
‣ The Ross Sea Party dives into its Silverlake Lounge residency with Wires in the Walls on the undercard.
‣ Folk foursome Stone Darling launches a busy August with their Satellite residency tonight – J. Tillman of Fleet Foxes opens – and Saturday’s New L.A. Folk Festival on the horizon.
‣ Chicago’s Maps & Atlases, behind their very good Barsuk Records release “Perch Patchwork,” headlines the Troubadour with Princeton and Soft Swells supporting.
‣ The Belle Brigade does the “Homegrown” program at the Grammy Museum. This has been canceled due to illness.
‣ And the Californian and Sing the Body Electric rock the Viper Room.

Also:

Cary Brothers and the Damnwells at It’s a School Night at Bardot
Geoff Geis and the Monolators at Pehrspace
Sam Shelton at the Hotel Cafe
The 14th annual International Pop Overthrow, at Bar Lubitsch, with the Popdudes, Maples Mars and more
Mikki and the Mauses at Lot 1 Cafe