2010 Scatterbrain Jamboree, Fri-Sat @ Thee Parkside
February 17, 2010
In lieu of bigger festivals looming just around the corner, let us not forgot about the 2010 Scatterbrain Jamboree. Presented and put together by Wiretap Music and KZSU Stanford, this event will feature 16 bands (14 of which are local) over the course of two days (February 19-20) at Thee Parkside. And while it’s a great opportunity to support and highlight local music, the Scatterbrain Jamboree is also a strictly not-for-profit venture: all proceeds will benefit the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Tickets are $10 per day or $16 for both days, and all ages are invited. The lineup and schedule will be as follows [after the jump]:
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Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: !!!, P.E.E., Black Prairie, Sloan
February 17, 2010
Friday, February 19th: Sloan & HIJK @ Slim’s
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Sloan – “Believe”
To enter send an email to contest@thebaybridged.com with your full name and the phrase “I want to see Sloan!” in the subject line. The FIRST and the FOURTH person to enter will each win a pair of tickets to the show.
The show starts at 9pm, $15, 6+. Purchase advance tickets here.
Saturday, February 27th: Noise Pop 2010 – !!! (chk chk chk) with Maus Haus, Sugar & Gold, My First Earthquake @ Mezzanine
Must Be The Moon (taken from Myth Takes)
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) | MySpace Music Videos
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Maus Haus – “Winter”
To enter send an email to contest@thebaybridged.com with your full name and the phrase “I want to see !!!!” in the subject line. The EIGHTH person to enter will win a pair of tickets to the show.
The show starts at 8pm, $20, 21+. Purchase advance tickets here.
Saturday, February 27th: Noise Pop 2010 – Black Prairie with Trainwreck Riders, Billy & Dolly, Birds Fled From Me @ Rickshaw Stop
Black Prairie is Portland OR-based, and features 3 members of the Decemberists along with 2 other acoustic musicians.
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Trainwreck Riders – “Chug Along”
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Billy and Dolly – “Younger Days”
To enter send an email to contest@thebaybridged.com with your full name and the phrase “I want to see Black Prairie!” in the subject line. The FOURTH person to enter will win a pair of tickets to the show.
The show starts at 8:30pm, $14, all ages. Purchase advance tickets here.
Saturday, February 27th: Noise Pop 2010 – P.E.E. with True Widow, Ovens, Grass Widow @ Cafe du Nord
To enter send an email to contest@thebaybridged.com with your full name and the phrase “I want to see P.E.E.!” in the subject line. The FIFTH person to enter will win a pair of tickets to the show.
The show starts at 8pm, $12, 21+. Purchase advance tickets here.
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Noise Pop 2010 Preview Mix – Part 1 (Podcast #201)
February 16, 2010
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Our latest podcast highlights ten of the great bands performing during the 2010 Noise Pop Music Festival, which kicks off on February 23rd. We’ll be delivering close-to-comprehensive festival coverage over the next few weeks, so get ready for the fest with this mix.
About the bands:
Philadelphia band Free Energy‘s (“Hope Child”) full length debut Stuck On Nothing comes out on March 9th on DFA Records. They’ll be at the Rickshaw Stop with Foreign Born, The Fresh & Onlys and The Splinters on Wednesday, February 24th.
After the first pressing sold out, True Panther Sounds is reissuing Hunx and His Punx‘s (“Teardrops On My Telephone”) Gay Singles collection of garage pop hits on February 22nd. Hunx will be at the Bay Bridged-presented Noise Pop Happy Hour at Bender’s on Friday, February 26th, with Spencey Dude & The Doodles and Weekend.
Matador Records will release Hippies from Austin’s Harlem (“Friendly Ghost”) on April 6th. Rounding out the excellent bill at Cafe Du Nord on Wednesday, February 24th: Best Coast, The Sandwitches and Young Prisms.
New Jersey’s Memory Tapes (“Bicycle”) is the project of Dayve Hawk, whose 2009 debut Seek Magic garnered strong reviews. Hawk’s headlining at Bottom of the Hill on Saturday, February 27th, with Loquat, Birds & Batteries, and Letting Up Despite Great Faults.
Maus Haus (“Winter”) will be releasing their new “Winter”/”Zig Zag” 7″ at their Noise Pop show at the Mezzanine on Saturday, February 27th. !!! (chk chk chk) headlines the night, with Sugar & Gold and My First Earthquake also supporting.
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Emily Jane White preps Victorian America for US release
February 16, 2010
Emily Jane White – A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
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Emily Jane White – “Victorian America”
The supremely talented Emily Jane White may not have yet received the attention stateside that she’s found abroad, but one hopes that she’ll reach new audiences with the domestic release of her sophomore album Victorian America on April 27th on Milan Records. The album is the follow-up to 2007′s wonderful Dark Undercoat and her 2008 contribution to The Bay Bridged, Volume 2.
White’s currently on a European tour — the new album was released abroad last year — and recently filmed the Takeaway show posted above. She’ll be at the Rickshaw Stop on March 31st.
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railcars remixes from Xiu Xiu, Lucky Dragons + more
February 16, 2010
The dually residing LA/SF electronic musician Aria Jalali, also known by the moniker railcars, has announced the release of an EP of remixes of his track, “Cathedral With No Eyes,” originally from the 12″ of the same name on Stumparumper last year. According to railcars, that release “recount[ed] the life of Edmund the Martyr, a 9th century king of East Anglia with songs about his life and succession to the throne as a young boy, his conquests, his suffering at the hands of vikings and death by their arrows.”
So far, the remix by Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) has been posted for listening, but the EP will also include renditions by Lucky Dragons, Truman Peyote and more. The EP will be free on Aria’s website, and purchasable on cassette for the “cost of production and postage.”
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Railcars – “Cathedral With No Eyes (Xiu Xiu remix)”
railcars isn’t done with that news, however. Jalali also plans to release a tribute to Kate Bush’s 1985 album Hounds of Love, made possible by fundraising on Kickstarter. Currently, Jalali is wrapping up his last dates on a European tour, but has, at this time, no performances scheduled upon his arrival home.
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Ash Reiter releases Paper Diamonds, release show Wednesday
February 15, 2010
Before Noise Pop 2010 opens its doors and unleashes the festival force upon the Bay, a quieter collective of folk will take place on Wednesday, February 17th. Ash Reiter, who has been playing on and off around the scene for the past couple of years, has completed a full-length album and is ready to celebrate its release.
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Ash Reiter – “La Bahia” (live on Daytrotter)
New Diamonds will feature more lovely, warm indie folk tunes that Ash Reiter has featured before, along with some more upbeat numbers. Joining her on Wednesday will be White Cloud and TV Mike & the Scarecrows. The show will take place at the Rickshaw Stop, starting at 9 pm, $10.
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Shredification: Live and Undead
February 15, 2010
This coming Tuesday, the city of New Orleans will be subsumed under the boozy cloud of Mardi Gras. Those still recovering from the Saints’ feel-good Super Bowl win have just two more days to prepare themselves for a second helping of revelry and mayhem. Judging from the profusion of Saints-themed merchandise on their website, the members of Big Easy-based stoner metal supergroup Down are most likely part of this beleaguered, hangover-nursing group.
I became aware of the prevailing trends in Down swag while researching their forthcoming effort, a live CD/DVD (due 3/23) called Diary of a Mad Band (not to be confused with the Jodeci release of the same name). An incendiary live outfit, Down combines the sludgy heaviness endemic to their below-sea-level hometown with the limber, improvisatory tendencies gleaned from their southern rock influences. The 100 hours of live footage included are sure to be rife with amplified goodness, and at least 300 shots of drummer Jimmy Bower looking exactly like Animal on the Muppets.
Despite Down’s yeoman efforts, the live album is a curious commodity in today’s heavy music circles, more of a record label investiture than a labor of love. The well-known difficulties and risks involved in producing such recordings are well known, and bands tend to hew closely to a live-DVD format that features them recreating recorded material as closely as possible.
The profusion of these by-the-book cash-grabs is worrying, but counterbalanced by the small number of live releases in recent years that capture the urgency and creativity of a heavy band firing on all cylinders. Though by no means comprehensive, or in any particular order, the list below attempts to give credit to three bands whose live discs have done themselves and their fans justice.
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Sacramento bands play for Haiti: Two Sheds, Sister Crayon
February 12, 2010
To help raise money toward Haiti relief via Doctors Without Borders, on Friday Feb. 19 there will be a benefit showcase at Luigi’s Fun Garden sponsored by Sacramento News & Review,, featuring the local independent music of Two Sheds, What’s Up, Sister Crayon, Chelsea Wolfe, and many more (6pm, $10 suggested donation).
Of the bands partaking in the benefit, nothing more accurately ties them together than their shared residency in the Sacramento region. The diversity of sound is vast — from mathy prog to folk singer-songwriters — and an intriguing blend of hip-hop, funk and indie folk quality from Sister Crayon, who continuously grows through new membership and influence (we posted regarding their release last year). Here is a great piece on Sister Crayon recently published by The Sac Bee.
