Moon Duo – “Horror Tour”
October 31, 2011
MOON DUO – Horror Tour by souterraintransmissions
Ex-SF/now-CO band Moon Duo has a new, Halloween-inspired 12″ called Horror Tour — dig that excellent cover art above. The record was available on the band’s European tour, but copies will also be available at Aquarius and a handful of other stores nationwide. Of note: the title track is the only one from the four-song set with vocals.
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Interview: The Soft Moon’s Luis Vasquez discusses the new ‘Total Decay’ EP and his favorite Halloween costume
October 31, 2011
What better sort of grownup Halloween activity is there than to go see a band as spooky as The Soft Moon on Halloween? They’re playing tonight to celebrate not only the holiday, but the band’s newest Total Decay EP (out on Captured Tracks). The Bay Bridged caught up with Luis Vasquez to see in what direction the project is going with the latest release. See The Soft Moon tonight at the Independent with LED ER EST and Chelsea Wolfe – tickets are still available (9pm, $13, RSVP).
Interview after the jump . . .
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Recommended, 10/31-11/6: Wild Flag, Zodiac Death Valley, Sic Alps, Youth Lagoon
October 31, 2011
Every Monday, we’ll be offering you early picks for some of the week’s best concerts. Do you think we omitted something worthwhile? Let us know in the comments! Be sure to visit our Local Concert Calendar for an expanded set of daily listings.
Sic Alps headlines all-local show at The Verdi Club
Sic Alps is back from Europe with two new 7″s on Drag City. The band kicks of a three-show mini-tour on November 4th (9pm, $8) at The Verdi Club with Lilac, Sourpatch and Meridians.
Sic Alps – Battery Townsley by user690248
Wild Flag returns to SF for two nights
Wild Flag is the rare supergroup to fulfill that loaded term’s promise. Having released one of the year’s most immediate albums, the band is performing a two-night stint at the Great American Music Hall on November 4th and 5th (9pm, $17).
WILD FLAG – Glass Tambourine by MergeRecords
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Magic Leaves – “Dança // Transa”
October 28, 2011
This free download from Magic Leaves is a driving, upbeat piece of psych-rock, serving as a great preview of the band’s “in the works” new album.
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Saturday: Case Studies at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records
October 28, 2011
Case Studies is the new solo project of Jesse Lortz (ex-The Dutchess & The Duke), who just released The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night on Sacred Bones. The singer-songwriter and tour mates Whalebones are performing with Dreamdate at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records on Saturday, October 29th (7pm, $5).
Case Studies – The Eagle, or the Serpent by sacredbones
Below, a statement from Lortz about the new project:
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Thee Oh Sees – “The Dream”
October 28, 2011
If my memory serves me correctly, “The Dream” was the final song of the Thee Oh Sees‘ Treasure Island set, and it’s the second track leaked from the band’s Carrion Crawler/The Dream, coming 11/15 via In the Red. Like “Carrion Crawler,” which was almost six minutes long, this one nearly makes the seven minute mark without overstaying its welcome in the slightest. Dwyer and company proved they could pull off longer songs with the epic “Warm Slime” last year, and it’s exciting to see them continuing to experiment in that vein. (Via Pitchfork)
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Video: Whiskerman performs at Chasing the Moon
October 28, 2011
The latest gorgeously shot Chasing the Moon video, produced by Elijiah Pahati and Scott McDowell, features Oakland rock band Whiskerman. Led by Graham Patzner (whose older brothers Anton and Lewis are in Judgement Day), the band recently released a Greg Ashley-produced debut album, which you can stream in its entirety below. Whiskerman performs at the Rickshaw Stop on November 13th.
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String Band Music From Around The World this Sunday 10/30/11 from 3-5pm on KPFA 94.1
October 27, 2011
Last week we reported on Berkeley’s great Disciples of Markos playing the Greek hash den music of Markos Vamvakaris and featuring Berkeley’s finest bouzouki player, Dave Murray. We mentioned that he also plays with the Squirrelly Stringband (every 1st Friday at the Niebyl-Proctor library). Turns out Dave also has an amazing blog called Haji Maji. The focus is Asian 78s (yes that’s 78rpm-forget about cassettes and 45s!). He has released some of his Thai collection as Luk Thung via Atlanta’s brilliant Dust-to-Digital record label (actually their ‘Limited Edition Leg’ Parlortone).
This Sunday Oct. 30th, Dave will take his 78s to the airwaves on KPFA 94.1 from 3-5pm (on the Panhandle Country show hosted by Tom Diamant). According to Dave: [More...]
