alternative rock act Silversun Pickups; and British pop duo The Ting Tings.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

Silversun Pickups got paid only in drink tickets, but the exposure helped them land a gig touring with a much bigger group, Muse.

NPR: No-Cover Mondays: L.A.'s Rock Residency Scene

"Monday night residencies, especially Spaceland at the beginning, they didn't choose bands that could draw, " says Brian Aubert, the Silversun Pickups' lead singer.

NPR: No-Cover Mondays: L.A.'s Rock Residency Scene

That was the case, he says, with bands including Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Local Natives and the Silversun Pickups.

NPR: No-Cover Mondays: L.A.'s Rock Residency Scene