Photos: Two Sheds, Sands @ Amnesia 1/27/12
January 31, 2012
Last Friday, friends gathered at Amnesia for a rare performance from Sacramento’s husband-and-wife duo Two Sheds, who pulled together a full band including Sea of Bees guitarist/vocalist Amber and Chris Larsen, a Sacramento musician (founder of Buildings Breeding), who successfully met his fundraising goal to release his first solo recording under the moniker Flowerss.
Two Sheds opened for local pysch-folk band Sands, who invited Caitlyn Gutenberger of Two Sheds up on stage for a number.
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Sands, Two Sheds play early Amnesia show this Friday
January 25, 2012
This Friday, January 27th, Sacramento folk band Two Sheds will open an early show for Sands at Amnesia (6pm, $5-7).
Two Sheds’ most recent release was 2008′s EP, but we’re happy to share the group is in fact working on new material. “We’re going to be playing new tunes,” says the band of Friday’s show. “As far as 2012, we plan on releasing a new record at some point, but no official release date just yet.”
Look for the two bands to share the stage too, as the Sheds’ Caitlin Gutenberger is lending some harmonies for Sands’ forthcoming studio effort. “It’s sounding really great,” they say of the collaboration.
Sands released the four-song Sea of Trees EP in June 2011 and you can download it on their Bandcamp page or stream it below.
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Sands, Two Sheds, Middle Maki at Amnesia Saturday 8/7/10
August 6, 2010
A fantastic lineup awaits concertgoers tomorrow night at Amnesia, 8/7/10, starting around 9:00 pm. Sands will headline, preceded by Two Sheds and Middle Maki.
As stated on the Facebook event:
Sweet rock rides with birthday vibes. You will want to be there. So will your lovers and friends.
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Left Coast Live 2010, June 21-26
June 21, 2010
The City of San Jose – not necessarily known as a quintessential destination for live music in the Bay Area – now boasts another year of Left Coast Live, a music festival and conference in the southern branch of the Bay. For 2010, the festival has managed to snag the likes of OK Go and Yo La Tengo as headliners, among a variety of other artists (over 100 bands in total):
Left Coast Live (LCL) is a week-long music experience that showcases more than 100 national, regional and local live acts playing in 20 venues in downtown San Jose from June 21 – 26. Left Coast Live 2010 reveals the future of music with its progressive forums June 21 – 24, and enlivens the San Jose SOFA district with an interactive music experience June 24 – 25. LCL ignites the Bay Area music community, establishing Silicon Valley as a regional destination for live music.
Left Coast Live 2010 takes place this week, June 21st through June 26th, at various venues in San Jose. The individual weekday schedules are free, open to the public, and fairly low-key (various shows, screenings, panels), and Friday and Saturday are packed to the brim with live music and events. Admission is $15/day in advance, $20/day at the doors for Friday and Saturday’s events.
The Mumlers – “Coffin Factory”
Other notable acts include the Mumlers, Neon Trees, Free Energy, Two Sheds, Sea of Bees, and many more. The full Left Coast Live 2010 schedule (with the built-in ability to create and print customized schedules) can be found and explored on the Left Coast Live website.
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Noise Pop 2010: Rogue Wave, Princeton, Man/Miracle, Two Sheds @ Bottom of the Hill
February 25, 2010
Photos by: Charlie Homo
While it is awesome that overall Noise Pop 2010 is roughly 2/3 Bay Area bands, Wednesday’s show at Bottom of the Hill offered an even better 75% local and 100% good ol’ California fun. I met another writer riding the 10 over who just moved out from Florida and told him there was not a better way to be introduced to the Bay Area indie rock scene.
Kicking things off was Two Sheds, led by a husband (Johnny Gutenberger – bass) and wife (Caitlin Gutenberger – guitar/vox) duo, and bringing in the awesomeness of another lady on lead guitar and synth. They eased the growing crowd into the evening, starting off with some lighter fare but, by the end of their set, they beautifully devolved into an orchestrated, cacophonous symphony of carefully selected dissonant sounds.
Building on the energy that Two Sheds pumped straight into the crowd’s veins, Man/Miracle wailed. With slightly affected lead vocals a la Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, and distorted, heavily syncopated, and sometimes dual harmonized, guitars, Man/Miracle brought a little of Oakland’s clash of metropolitan and gritty urban life with them. These guys know what it means to have stage presence, not because they’re trying, but because it flows naturally in their lifestream. If you’re headed out to SXSW, be sure to catch them at the Bay Area Takeover at the Beauty Bar on March 18th.
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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.
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Video: Two Sheds’ Yuletide Fireplace
December 17, 2009
Two Sheds Yuletide Fireplace from Two Sheds on Vimeo.
Why didn’t somebody think of this before? (If somebody did, please let me know in the comments.) You can’t beat the combination of great Two Sheds music with the warm glow of a fireplace on your computer screen. I was having a particularly stressful time yesterday, and boy did zoning out to a few minutes of this thing help.
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Two Sheds – “To Be Alive”
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Adam Stephens, Two Sheds, Honey @ The Rickshaw Wed
December 11, 2009
In their first local show since performing at our Regional Bias event, Adam Stephens and his band The Finite Plain take the stage at the Rickshaw Stop next Wednesday. The Two Gallants singer-songwriter headed down to LA in the Fall to begin recording with producer Joe Chiccarelli (My Morning Jacket, The Shins, White Stripes). His debut solo album’s nearly done and should see release in 2010.
Also playing Wednesday are Two Sheds (SF/Sacramento) and local act Honey. (8pm, $10). Tickets are for sale online.
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Two Sheds – “To Be Alive”
This is the first time the name Honey has come across our desk, but the tracks online sound great. They’re coming to the Rickshaw twice in the near future; the second show is January 13 with A Decent Animal and Billy and Dolly.
