Video: My First Earthquake – “We Float”
November 15, 2011
My First Earthquake‘s “We Float” is now available as both a free download and in quirky video form. “We Float” is the first track off of the band’s most recent album, Friction, which can be purchased via Bandcamp.
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Deerhoof remixes Raleigh Moncrief’s “In This Grass”
November 15, 2011
Raleigh Moncrief – “In This Grass (Deerhoof John Dieterich Remix ft. Busdriver)”
Deerhoof‘s John Dieterich and Busdriver offer a head-nodding reworking of “In This Grass,” from Raleigh Moncrief‘s debut album, Watered Lawn. The record’s out now, and Moncrief will be at Slim’s with Baths and Dntel on December 15th.
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Snob Theater this Friday, 11/18/11: Rin Tin Tiger and Sea of Bees
November 15, 2011
Everyone’s favorite local music-and-comedy spectacle, Snob Theater, returns this Friday to the Dark Room in the Mission (put together by Kata Rokkar, as always). This month’s show features Rin Tin Tiger and Sea of Bees, as well as comedians Lydia Popovich, Imran G-i, Joey Devine, and Matt Morales.
If you haven’t yet experienced a rendition of Snob Theater, you’re in for a treat. The event is light-hearted and engaging, providing easy entertainment for both your ears and your funny bone. If you can’t make it out this Friday, consider the fact that the Definite Articles and John Vanderslice will be playing the December 30th Snob Theater, and mark your calendars accordingly.
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Sleepy Sun announces plans for new record; performing at The Bay Brewed on 12/3/11!
November 15, 2011
A big announcement last week from SF psych-rock inferno Sleepy Sun: the band will be releasing a new album next spring and heading out on a big North American tour in support. Before they travel to Joshua Tree to record this currently-untitled new work, though, they’ll be performing at The Bay Brewed on Saturday, December 3rd. Have you purchased your tickets yet? You won’t want to miss out on all of our great bands and unlimited local craft beer.
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Video: Active Child performs live in-studio for Chasing The Moon
November 14, 2011
The Chasing The Moon guys have just released another great session, a fifteen-minute in-studio performance by Active Child. As you’ll see in the clip, the band’s sweeping-yet-intimate sound feels ideally suited for the Chasing The Moon studio.
Video by: Elijiah Pahati. Audio by: Scott McDowell.
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Interview: Water Borders scoring short films at free Celluloid Salon event Tuesday
November 14, 2011
Water Borders, San Francisco’s resident electronic maestros of the macabre, will be switching up their familiar sound for a lighter set this Tuesday, as they live-score four short films from the early 20th Century as a part of the free-with-RSVP Celluloid Salon 2011 at Public Works (7pm). If that wasn’t enough to arouse interest, maybe these two words will: open bar.
I joined Loric Sih and Amitai Heller in Heller’s sunny Mission living room for a chat, sans Matt Rogers, their newest acquisition. “He’s shy,” they tell me, “so he won’t be joining us.” When I sit on the couch next to Loric, he is Google-imaging the Crass Records logo and talking to Amitai about how to manipulate it. “What ‘ya doin’ that for?” I wonder out loud. “We were talking about making a Crass Records/peace punk mix called Now That’s What I Call Peace Punk.” Get it? Like the prolific Now That’s What I Call Music series. And so sets the tone for the next 30 minutes as I talk to these smart, funny, and articulate guys.
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8th Grader – “Heavy Without You”
November 14, 2011
“If Prince & George Michael got roofied and woke up spooning Phil Collins, you’d get the sounds of 8th Grader.” A lot of times, band self-descriptions are either wrong or boring, but the above one-line take on new SF electro R&B artist 8th Grader is neither. Grab “Heavy Without You” for free above, and see 8th Grader at Milk on Thursday with Pixel Memory and Hyena.
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Recommended, 11/14-11/20: Wet Illustrated/Devon Williams, MINOT (ex-FMTM)/Tartufi, Kimya Dawson, The Stone Foxes/Steve Taylor
November 14, 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.
Wet Illustrated kicks off tour with Devon Williams
Fresh off the release of 1x1x1, SF’s Wet Illustrated bring their exuberant art-pop to Amnesia on Thursday (9pm, $7-10), kicking off a series of West Coast dates with Devon Williams. Tim Cohen’s Magic Trick headlines the evening.
Wet Illustrated – “Gypsy Town”
Magic Trick (Tim Cohen) – “Daylight Moon”
Devon Williams – Your Sympathy by Slumberland Records
MINOT (ex-From Monument to Masses) debuts at the Starry Plough
It stunk when From Monument to Masses broke up, so it’s really exciting to see Matthew Solberg unleashing a new band billed as “Post-Psych Kraut-Punk.” MINOT is a trio with Shannon Corr and Ben Thorne, and the band’s first show ever is a sharp all-local affair with Tartufi and Mwahaha at the Starry Plough on Saturday the 19th.
Mwahaha (ft. Merrill Garbus) – “Love”
