Tartufi @ Chasing the Moon 8/24/10
August 31, 2010
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Tartufi is a very busy band. They co-organize awesome music festivals. They teach kids how to rock. They go on national tours. Still, they somehow find time to come into our studio and perform amazing jams like this. We hope you love it as much as we do.
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Produced By: Brian Berberich. Shot By: Elijiah Pahati. Mixed By: Scott McDowell.
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August 31, 2010
Sacramento quartet Sister Crayon, opened the show, led by singer Terra Lopez, who used vocal effects so well they functioned as another instrument. Sister Crayon play well crafted songs that are passionately textural. Lopez is backed by a keyboardist who also knocks outs out very impressive beats live on an MPC, another keyboardist who also plays guitar, and a drummer. Sometimes the bass coming from the keys was so deep my vision literally was vibrating.
Sister Crayon is raising money to buy a van to tour in, so if you feel like opening your pockets to help a very talented band meet their masses you can donate at their Myspace page.
Oakland’s Religious Girls are a three piece: a keyboard player, a drummer, and a gent who does both, all shouting wordlessly together. They have an intensely primal sound, and a vicious playing style. These guys are a must-see.
A fellow concertgoer simply said to me “These guys are loud. Like, really loud.†A great compliment. Hats off to the Rickshaw Stop, the light show looked like the bottom of an UFO spacecraft hired to provide lighting at a rave.
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Review/Photos: Japonize Elephants, Zoyres, Killbossa @ The Rickshaw Stop 8/25
August 30, 2010
Oakland’s Killbossa is a 7-piece that plays beefed up Tropicália standards (60’s era Brazilian music with a political bent). The vocals are clean, the backbeat hard, and the guitar a bit grungy. The bassist and guitarist brought some heat, it seems that when they are practicing Tropicália they are running through Rage Against the Machine songs in their basement.
The band is on-point, they play tight until they fall into a free-form section where the divergent sums equal a strong whole; all the players were endlessly capable. They play standards in such an inventive and original way that I longed to see what they could do with their own material.
Zoyres Eastern European Wild Ferment began their set with a raucous, cymbal-heavy drum intro. Though going by such an explicit name, Zoyres’ heavy Balkan influence is just one side of the coin — you can hear styles that span the spectrum.
Horns over drums is nothing new, but they are able to inject enough juice to leave you reeling. Their music is played with enough emotion to make it feel narrative, and their arrangement and instrumentation is wild and exciting. While the amplified tuba was battling the prog drums, you may have thought you were listening to a Radiohead cut if you kept your eyes closed.
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Saturday at the Rickshaw: My First Earthquake, The Dont’s, Spiro Agnew, Phantom Kicks
August 30, 2010
True to their mantra (“Sweet Sounds from the Bay”), the Deli SF powers-that-be have lined up four solid bands to play at the Rickshaw Stop this Saturday, September 4th (8:00 pm, $10/advance, $12/door).
My First Earthquake – “Neon for You”
The Dont’s – “Which Side You’re On (The Pirate Song)”
Phantom Kicks – “Eyes Familiar”
My First Earthquake, The Dont’s, Spiro Agnew, and Phantom Kicks will all convene amongst the rickshaws, along with a DJ set from H.A. Eugene (Business 80). Saturday’s set will also serve as Spiro Agnew’s official album release (OH What Model Citizens We Be, available via Bandcamp).
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Electric Sunset – “Soda”
August 30, 2010
Formerly of Olympia band Desolation WIlderness, Nic Zwart moved back to San Francisco and started Electric Sunset. Between “Soda” and the four songs on his Muxtape page, this is some of the catchiest, most affecting synth pop I’ve heard this year.
Electric Sunset comes out on K Records on September 14th, and Zwart will be at Milk on September 29th (8pm, $5).
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Sade Sundays: Leggo My Eggo, Season Three.
August 29, 2010
Part One: Joshua Rampage
Mike “In Case You Didn’t Know I’m The Big King Over Here” Tapscott managed to leave work early (read: his 4-Square round-robby was cancelled) so we could play miniature golf and savor the remaining pockets of heat in the Bay Area. After an aberration of abbreviated warmth, things are back to 55F and foggy in SF, just the way nature designed this coastal town in Northern California.
Herein lies my boggle: the mind recalls with vivid detail the island adventure I just returned from, the very trip that inspired this Sade Sunday’s latest musical undertaking – Monster Rally. But now everything is terribly distorted: jackets, long pants and shoes trump the tanned skin, cut-offs and bare feet of my mind’s isle, creating a paradox within this report. Where is the rum and warm water when you need them?
As we drove south, I regaled Mike with tales of oceanic escapades in an attempt to distract his growling belly from hunger, but no. His blank face held eyes that fixed on the road, staring miles ahead to the Recreational Family Food Fun that awaited us at Malibu Castle. Upon our arrival, he said he’d “get us straightened out” at the food court while I dispensed 3 PBRs into his water bottle for consumption during mini golf.
Everything was going as planned until the bottle overflowed and beer spilled all over the crotch of my jeans. The situation became touchy when I asked a Malibu Castle staff member where the bathrooms were located. I put on my best “it’s not what it looks like” face and walked bravely into the Family Fun.
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August 27, 2010
Super Wild Horses – “Carolina”
Greg Ashley – “Requiem Mass – Part I”
Get your mixtapes ready for a drive up to Davis, because KDVS‘ just-announced tenth Operation Restore Maximum Freedom festival has a lineup sure to satisfy indie rockers, lo-fi heads, noise lovers, and garden variety weirdos. There’s a strong Bay Area contingent in the mix, including The Fresh and Onlys, Greg Ashley, and Young Prisms, but it’s also an opportunity to check out the electronic avant-pop of Mattress (Portland) and Melbourne, Australia’s Super Wild Horses, whose debut album is out now on Hozac Records.
Full list of bands below:
AIDS WOLF
Ganglians
The Fresh and Onlys
Wounded Lion
Super Wild Horses
Mattress
Greg Ashley
Young Prisms
Buk Buk Bigups
Big Black Cloud
Psychic Reality
Random Abiladeze
Didimao
The festival takes place October 2, 2010 at Plainfield Station (between Woodland and Davis) from 2pm-10pm ($8/$10, All Ages).
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Tamaryn releases The Waves
August 27, 2010
The Waves, the debut full length of shoegazey pop from San Francisco’s Tamaryn, is out now digitally, with vinyl coming on September 14th on Mexican Summer. The band is a duo featuring singer Tamaryn and collaborator/producer Rex John Shelverton, who had been working as a long distance NYC-SF pair before Tamaryn relocated west to work on this album. Judging from the songs above, which temper their haziness with a richness of detail, the move was definitely worth it.
Tamaryn has a record release show on September 15th at the Elbo Room (9pm, $8) with Weekend and DJ sets by oOoOO, DJ Nako and DJ Omar.
