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If You Could See This Song XVI

Friday, October 30th, 2009

photo by Jose Cunha

Amon Tobin – Bloodstone from Foley Room (2007)

Set Fire To Flames – There is No Dance in Frequency and Balance from Sings Reign Rebuilder (2003)

photo by Tim Flach

Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words – I Could Have Sworn I Heard them SING from Fall, Fall, Falling (2007)

photo by JSBlaine

Jonny Greenwood – Open Spaces from There Will Be Blood OST (2008)

photo by Joshua Hoffine

Aphex Twin – Gwarek 2 from Drukqs (1 of 2) (2001)

Tags: amon tobin, Aphex Twin, creepy music, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, halloween music, If You Could See This Song, instrumental, Jonny Greenwood, scary music, Set Fire To Flames
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Don’t Miss Mophono

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

So as luck would have it, I got tonight off from work. This made me excited for two reasons, Amon Tobin at the Independent and Zach Galifianakis at Cobb’s Comedy Club. So if one was sold out, I’d try to make the other one. Well, life doesn’t always work out in my favor. Both are sold out tonight. So it looks as though it’ll be Frost/Nixon at the local theater, heh. But if you (lucky bastard) are attending the Amon Tobin show, be on the lookout for Bay Area DJ Mophono. He’s a sample master and not in the sense of the guy who gives you free ones at the food court in the mall. His latest EP is jam packed with complex beats and fairly recognizable samples that will have you dancing in wherever it is you dance. If you can’t make tonight’s show, try catching him every Tuesday at Madrone here in San Francisco.

Mophono – The Edge

Zach Galifianakis – Zach Blows A Joke

Amon Tobin – Chronic Tronic

Tags: amon tobin, Mophono, Sketchfest, Zach Galifianakis
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This Week In Bay Area Live Shows: Jan 25 – 31

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Yet another busy week in the Bay Area. Well, I take that back, usually the week is pretty slow when it comes to shows and the weekend is chock full of awesomeness. However this week is wall to wall greatness all around. Particularly this coming weekend. If you are keeping track of the SF Sketchfest, then you know that Tim Meadows, Andy Richter, Bob Odenkirk, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Paul F. Tompkins, and Zach Galifianakis will be in town. Hopefully I’ll see some of you out at the Album Leaf show at the Bottom of the Hill this Wednesday. Have fun this week people!

25th – Sunday:

Department of Eagles / The Cave Singers
Café du Nord
2170 Market Street
San Francisco CA 94114

Amebix / Annihilation Time / Hellshock
The Great American Music Hall
859 O’Farrell Street
San Francisco CA 94109

Jay Reatard / Nobunny / Bare Wires
The Independent
628 Divisadero Street
San Francisco CA 94117

26th – Monday:

Calvin Johnson
Artists’ for Television Access (ATA)
992 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Tera Melos / TRICLOPS! / them hills
Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th Street
San Francisco CA 94107

27th – Tuesday:

City and Colour / William Elliott Whitmore
Slim’s
333 11th Street
San Francisco CA 94103

28th – Wednesday:

The Album Leaf / Black Mamba / Anomie Belle
Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th Street
San Francisco CA 94107

Talking Music 2008 | Neko Case
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco CA

Katy Perry / Alphabeat
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94115

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings / Ivan Milev Band
The Warfield
982 Market Street
San Francisco CA 94103

29th – Thursday:

Adele
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco CA 94115

Hercules and Love Affair / Tal M. Klein / Andy Butler / Pat Mahoney (of LCD Soundsystem)
Mighty
119 Utah Street
San Francisco CA 94103

Kaki King
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Ave
Berkeley, CA 94702

30th – Friday:

John Vanderslice and special guest DJ Aesop Rock
The Great American Music Hall
859 O’Farrell Street
San Francisco CA 94109

DeVotchKa / Crooked Fingers
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco CA 94115

Fruit Bats / Sera Cahoone / ScareCrow
Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th Street
San Francisco CA 94107

Amon Tobin / Mophono / JK47
2-DAY SHOW!
The Independent
628 Divisadero Street
San Francisco CA CA 94117

31st – Saturday:

Blu & Exile / Wale / UCB
Mezzanine
444 Jessie Street @ Mint
San Francisco CA 94103

Lindstrøm
Paradise Lounge
1501 Folsom St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

John Vanderslice – White Dove

Tera Melos – Blast Off!

Hercules and Love Affair – You Belong

Wale – The Kramer

Tags: Adele, Amebix, amon tobin, bay area shows, Calvin Johnson, City and Colour, department of eagles, DeVotchka, Fruit Bats, Hercules and Love Affair, Jay Reatard, john vanderslice, Kaki King, Katy Perry, Lindstrøm, Neko Case, sf sketchfest, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Tera Melos, the album leaf, Wale
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Aye! To Treasure Island Matey!

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Ahoy! It be speak like a pirate day! Well this buccaneer originally wasn’t goin’ to loot and plunder this island but due to a weird swashbucklin’ schedule, but it looks as though I be attendin’ Day One of da second annual Treasure Island Music Festival tomorrow! ARG! Aye, I have never laid eyes on any of these scallywags live. So I be quite excited to see TV on the Radio, Hot Chip, Foals, Aesop Rock, and da all mighty Justice slash up da stage! Yo-ho-ho! Da festival’s previous line-up included such sprogs like M.I.A., Cut Chemist & DJ Shadow, Spoon, and Modest Mouse. So I shall go on the account and commondeer a privateer to sail da high seas to Treasure Island! Raise da jolly roger! Shiver me timbers!

(If yee is to comment, yee must do so in ‘pirate speech’)

Justice – Planisphère (Part 2)

TV on the Radio – Golden Age

Goldfrapp – Hairy Trees

Hot Chip – Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye Cover)

Amon Tobin – Bloodstone

Foals – Electric Bloom (Disk Cord Remix)

Aesop Rock – Daylight

Loquat – Swingset Chain

Chester French – She Loves Everybody

The Frail – The Lights (Toxic Avenger Remix)

Mike Relm – Everytime (feat. Del The Funky Homosapien & Adrian Hartley)