8 p.m. MOROS EROS. Big guitar riffs + big funk-rock bass + the occasional big scream = Big fun. Bowery Poetry Club.
8:30 p.m. THE FORECAST. If all the guy-gal indie-rocker bands around now had a cage match, The Forecast would win hands down – musically and physically. Bowery Poetry Club.
9 p.m. MATES OF STATE. The power-poppy “it” couple of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel start their New York run of shows with a free one. Avalon.
9:50 p.m. SERJ TANKIAN. The System of a Down singer previews his solo album, out on Tuesday, for the CMJ crowd. Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza.
11 p.m. COBRA STARSHIP. Put your fangs up. Cobra Starship will unveil songs from its new “Viva la Cobra” album, also out Tuesday, as well as the usual good-time fun of “The Church of Hot Addiction.” Don Hill’s.
Cobra Starship, "Send My Love to the Dancefloor"