Episode 157: Live This Month – April 2009
March 31, 2009
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Every month, we dedicate a week of our podcast to highlighting some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing soon in the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ve got a dozen great bands playing some excellent shows this month, so head out and see some live music!
About the bands:
We’re very excited to present Vetiver‘s (“Everyday”) CD release party at Great American Music Hall on Wednesday, April 8th. Richard Swift and Adam Stephens round out the excellent bill.
Champaign indie pop band Headlights (“Cherry Tulips”) come to SF this month. They’re playing at Bottom of the Hill on Thursday, April 9th. The Love Language and The Love X Nowhere also perform.
Jeremy Jay (“In This Lonely Town”) is on a national tour behind his new album Slow Dance, out now on K Records. Catch him on Friday, April 3rd at Cafe du Nord, with Maus Haus (closing set) and The Mantles.
Papercuts (“Future Primitive”) take part in a three-way record release on Friday, April 24th at Cafe du Nord. Celebrating new releases of their own, The Finches and Cryptacize also perform.
With a new album out this month titled WAVVVES, Wavves (“So Bored”) head into town on Monday, April 13th. Vampire Hands and That Ghost open the show, which happens at Bottom of the Hill.
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Themselves: Free Mixtape, Jel on XLR8R TV
March 30, 2009
So Themselves absolutely destroyed at The Bay Area Takeover at SXSW. That may not be news to people who’ve seen Doseone and Jel’s project before, but this was my first time and it was absolutely unbelievable. The duo has a brand new mixtape called theFREEhoudini, which you can download for free over at Anticon. The mix features guest spots from Buck 65, Aesop Rock, Busdriver, Slug of Atmosphere, Sole, Yoni Wolf and Odd Nosdam as cLOUDDEAD, and more. The CD version, now available for preorder, features an additional 16 minutes of audio and guest appearances.
Also, check out the latest XLR8R TV episode, to see Jel team up with Odd Nosdam to buy $40 worth of records and create a beat in a couple of hours. It’s a fun watch, especially if you geek out on sampling like I do:
Here’s the song they created for the show:
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Jel and Odd Nosdam – “Afternoontune”
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Wednesday, April 1st: The Rumble!
March 27, 2009
The Rumble returns to Harlot on Wednesday for another night of great music and we’re proud to be the night’s guest bloggers! BAGel Ted and Vin Sol will be spinning records and there will be mini-sets from Norwegian shoegazers Simon Says No and San Francisco’s own Leopold and His Fiction. As very big fans of the band’s new album Ain’t No Surprise, we’re really excited to see this trio live. Take a listen to our podcast with Leopold’s Daniel James to get ready for the show, and enjoy these mp3s:
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Leopold and His Fiction – “Ain’t No Surprise” (from Ain’t No Surprise)
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Leopold and His Fiction – Come Back (Now That I’m Here)
RSVP at Sonicliving, otherwise it’s $5 at the door. $2 Pilsner Urquells or Peroni beers from 8-9:30pm!
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Trans Am – First Show of 2009!
March 27, 2009
Trans Am – “North East Rising Sun”
This Sunday night, electro-rock trio Trans Am perform their first show of 2009 at Bottom of the Hill. Originally based in DC, the band’s members are now scattered globally, with band member (and Fucking Champ) Phil Manley currently residing in SF. Rumors suggest the group will be releasing a live album later this year, with an unreleased track also appearing on Thrill Jockey‘s upcoming Record Store Day LP, Records Toreism.
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Trans Am – “Climbing Up The Ladder”
Sunday’s show starts at 9pm and is $14. fvtvrskvllz and ezeetiger open.
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Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band
March 26, 2009
As someone who found indie music through Bay Area punk rock, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for the old Lookout bands like Pansy Division. The San Francisco queercore pioneers were the first all openly-gay rock band and wrote some uber-catchy, fun, and often funny, pop-punk over five albums between 1993 and 2003. Friday night at 8pm, ATA screens Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band, a documentary about the band’s influential career. As the film’s description says:
Using original and archive footage and covering over fifteen years as a group, Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band is a fast paced, intimate and humorous account of one of rock’s most fearless acts. From their first days in San Francisco’s underground music scene to a full-fledged stadium tour with Green Day and beyond, founding members Jon Ginoli and Chris Freeman overcome increasingly difficult line-up changes, prejudice and near-poverty to keep the band together and create music that has truly made a difference.
You can also purchase the film and the band’s new album–their first in six years–from Alternative Tentacles.
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Pansy Division – “Twinkie, Twinkie Little Star” (from the new album, That’s So Gay)
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Weekend Picks: March 26th-29th
March 26, 2009
Our weekly picks for some great live local music.
Thursday:
- Thee OhSees, Grant Hart (MN), Eat Skull (Portland) and The Fresh and Onlys at The Eagle. 9pm, $?.
- Trainwreck Riders, Wildildlife (Seattle) and Ovens at Kimo’s. 9pm, $?.
Friday:
- Starfucker (Portland), Grand Lake (cd release), Man/Miracle and Guidance Counselor (Portland) at Lobot Gallery. 8pm, $5.
- Scissors for Lefty, The Hot Toddies and Song of the Siren at Red Devil Lounge. 9pm, $12.
- No Kids (Vancouver), Parenthetical Girls (Portland) and Social Studies at Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $10.
- The Botticellis, Winters Fall and Belly of the Whale at Starry Plough. 9pm, $10.
- Marnie Stern (NY), Citay and Beep Beep (Omaha) at Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $10 adv/$12 door.
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Railcars: Live in Paris
March 25, 2009
San Francisco’s Railcars just got back from Europe and boy, are their arms tired discovered an excellent recording of their Paris show at La Fleche D’Or with Crystal Antlers.
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Railcars – “Smokestack City Arises!” (Live)
The band is giving away the whole set online here. They’ll also be releasing it, along with a show in Heidelberg, Germany, on handmade cassettes via the Room Tapes label. Railcars also has a bunch of Southern California shows coming up in April: [More...]
