Residencies in Los Angeles just seem to keep getting better and better. There have been so many great ones all summer and it looks like the fall is setting up to be just as fantastic. As August comes to a close, and the dreariness of September and the repercussions (school starting again) begins to loom on the horizon, keep your chin up and check out Big Black Delta’s residency at the Satellite every Monday in September. Recorded entirely on a laptop computer, his songs possess a homemade professionalism and charm to them. Big Black Delta is the solo project of Jonathan Bates, formerly of LA-based Mellowdrone, and it’s one that challenges the traditional notions of electronic and pop music. It’s at once catchy and off-putting, so you can only hold on and take the ride. In particular, the song "Capsize" off the succinctly descriptive BBDLP1, out September 26th on Coming Home Records, Bates self describes it as sounding "like being woozy on a ship full of reckless dicks." Which is, well, accurate. Check out Big Black Delta live at the Satellite and then pick up his record and have a good time with people who are reckless, but nice. – Taylor Lampela