Video: Imperial Teen – “Runaway”
February 8, 2012
Imperial Teen‘s fifth studio album, Feel The Sound, came out just a week ago, and they’ve dropped this video for the lead single, “Runaway.”
Hurry over to Merge Records’ website to stream the whole album (for a limited time) and get yourself pumped for (or console yourself for not getting tickets to) the sold-out Noise Pop show Imperial Teen is playing at Cafe Du Nord on Friday, Feb 24 with 20 Minute Loop.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra to play free Clift Session on 2/24/12
February 8, 2012
Unknown Mortal Orchestra makes another SF stop on February 24th, this time for a free show at the Clift Hotel as part of their intimate Clift Sessions music series (11pm, Free with RSVP, 21+).
Presented by IAMSOUND Records and held in the hotel’s Velvet and Redwood Rooms, Clift Sessions has quietly hosted an impressive list of up-and-coming performers since their first event in January 2011 – including Lord Huron, Cults, Gayngs, and Blood Orange.
An RSVP is required if you want in, and we recommend doing this soon as space is extremely limited. While performances generally begin at 11pm, Clift advises you arrive close to 9pm when the doors open to ensure entry (even with the RSVP). If you’re really on the ball, you can call for table reservations at 415.929.2372. For information on upcoming Sessions and a look at past events, be sure to follow Clift on Facebook and Twitter.
Based in Portland, Unknown Mortal Orchestra released their self-titled, fill length debut last June to many positive reviews and much internet buzz. Check out their recent video for “Thought Ballune,” off the album, below.
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Video: Creepers – “Black Moon”
February 7, 2012
Creepers – Black Moon from Chris Willmore on Vimeo.
Creepers (featuring members of White Cloud) have released a new HD video of the band performing the song “Black Moon” in a living room.
Compared to the band’s three-track EP released in July, “Black Moon” is a lighter, more nimble version of their earlier prog-metal style. Fitting the song’s bright sound, the video includes a projector coloring the room with washed out reds and greens.
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Before new album, Sea of Bees gives away free live EP
February 6, 2012
Sea of Bees will release her sophomore album Orangefarben in May, but before she does, she is offering a free download of an exclusive live performance, now available on Soundcloud.
The Live at the Hangar 5.3.11 EP captures Sea of Bees, also known by her real name Jules, in an intimate live setting in Sacramento’s Hangar Studios, where she recorded her first album Songs for the Raven. The EP ends with a haunting rendition of the rarely performed “It Won’t Be Long,” which features Jules playing one of Neil Young’s old antique pump organs that she used on the studio version.
Sea of Bees will performing at Noise Pop on February 24th opening for Wye Oak at the Independent.
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Brick & Mortar’s free Wood Shoppe series begins 2/7/12
February 3, 2012
On Tuesday, February 7th, Brick & Mortar Music Hall presents the first installment of their Wood Shoppe series – a free, multi-band showcase that will occur on the first Tuesday of every month going forward.
Wet Illustrated, Magic Leaves, Seattle’s Noah Gundersen, and a Painted Palms DJ set round out the inaugural line up (8:30pm, free, 18+). According to Wet Illustrated’s Facebook page, at midnight the band will engage in a live, interactive game of Words With Friends. We recommend hoarding vowels and getting those triple word scores ready now.
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Video: Garrett Pierce – “Everybody Breaks”
February 2, 2012
Garrett Pierce “Everybody Breaks” (Music Video) from TERROREYES.TV on Vimeo.
One of San Francisco’s most promising singer-songwriters Garrett Pierce has released a new music video for the title track from his 2011 EP Everybody Breaks — his first effort on Narnack Records. The song will also appear on Garret’s forthcoming 2012 full-length City of Sand.
“Everybody Breaks” was directed by Sean Stout/TerroreyesTV. In the video, Pierce finds himself down and out in an SF bar before being approached by a man who hands him a treasure map that leads him into the woods.
Pierce will be part of Noise Pop this year, he is opening for Thao and John Vanderslice at Bottom of the Hill on February 23rd.
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Young the Giant’s Jacob Tilley discusses the band’s breakout 2011 and plans for new album
February 2, 2012
Three minutes on stage may have made the difference between emerging success and national attention, or a career as another relatively unknown alt-rock band for the members of Irvine’s Young the Giant.
Or, as guitarist Jacob Tilley recalls, it could have meant the end of the band itself, had Young the Giant not wowed national television viewers at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards with an electric performance of “My Body.”
“We were kind of getting to the point where we were trying to figure out if … we were going to do a second record or if it would be back to school for us,” said Tilley in a recent phone chat. “We got such a large fan base from three minutes on TV. It really changed the ball game for us.”
Propelled by that success, Young the Giant continue their tour in support of their eponymous debut album at two sold-out shows at The Fillmore Wednesday and Thursday. The quintet is now also working on a follow-up, which Tilley said should be finished next winter.
Tilley met vocalist Sameer Gadhia when his family moved to the States from England when he was 12. “He invited me to a soccer practice; I found out he played the guitar,” said Tilley, who went on to study at UC Santa Cruz. “Sameer was already friends with (bassist) Payam (Doostzadeh), and Payam played in a band when they were younger.”
Gadhia and Tilley started the earliest incarnation of the band, The Jakes, in 2004, along with a couple of other friends. Doostzadeh, guitarist Eric Cannata and drummer François Comtois joined within the next couple of years. The band members, now in their early 20s, were high school seniors at the time. Young the Giant might be a Southern California band, but only Doostzadeh is a native of the Golden State. Gadhia was born in Michigan, Cannata in New Jersey, and Comtois in Quebec, Canada.
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Cloud Nothings play Bottom of the Hill 3/3/12, in support of new record ‘Attack on Memory’
February 1, 2012
Cloud Nothings, “No Sentiment” by The FADER
Cloud Nothings‘ decidedly distinct follow-up to last year’s eponymous debut, Attack on Memory, dropped earlier this week via Carpark, and has already received glowing reviews from Pitchfork and the like.
In support of the new Albini-produced record, the band has announced a lengthy list of country-wide tour dates, which includes a sojourn at Bottom of the Hill on Saturday, March 3rd. Tickets are available for $12 from the venue’s website, and San Francisco’s Your Cannons and Brooklyn’s Mr. Dream open. Full tour dates are after the jump.
Cloud Nothings – “No Future / No Past” Official Video from Urban Outfitters on Vimeo.
