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The 13th Annual Mission Creek Music Festival 2009

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

The 13th Annual Mission Creek Music Festival kicks off today in San Francisco with some pretty exciting names. Having a long standing record at breaking new and exciting acts over the years, MCM Fest is still delivering some of the best in the Bay and International acts.

Today we have The Aerosols with Dream Date, My First Earthquake, and Sonny & The Sunsets at Knockout, Collosal Yes with The Love Dimension , 123 Picnic , and Nick Jaina at El Rio, darwinsbitch with 0th , NIM , Hora Flora , and DJ Koloni at The Lab, and The Double U with Top Critters , The Jen Weisberg Experience , and The Why Because at Argus.

Thursday features the wonderful Thee Oh Sees with Fresh and Onlys , Meth Teeth , Buzzer , and Ty Segall at Eagle, The Lumerians with Graveyard , and Citadelle at Cafe Du Nord, Ryder Cooley with MAG , Christine Shields , and DJ Koloni at The Lab, Brandon Nickell with Al Qaeda , Horseflesh , and Weird Habit at Argus, and Carola Zertuche at Pena Pachamama.

Friday rocks out with goth rockers Evangelista with Oaxacan , Limosine , Art Lessing and the Flower Vato at Eagle, Ann Magnuson with Dynasty Handbag , Curly Lou , and DJ Koloni at The Lab, Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble at the ATA, Casy and Brian with Unicorn Basement , Kitten Forever , and Elle Nino at Kimo’s, and the AlterLatino Rock Showcase features Ink Blots with Dezu , Con of Man , Los Valenberg , Sagval , Qodice , and Tierra y Fuego at the Oakland Metro Opera House.

Saturday, marks the free McLaren Park show with Dead Meadow, Kelley Stoltz , Persephone’s Bees , The Rubies , Bart Davenport , Xoel Lopez , Leopold & His Fiction , The Moore Brothers , Birds & Batteries , and Coatsie & Mellows at 4:00 pm. Also, we have Zachary Watkins with Gerritt Wittmer and Paul Knowles , Jim Haynes , and The Toilet at The Lab, and the Benefit for Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival with Juan Son, Nacotheque , Pop Noir , and DJ Fancy Guey at Blue Macaw.

Sunday is the Performer Magazine Showcase with Fauna Valetta, Branden Daniel , Old Stoic , and Mode at Kimo’s, string metal sensation Judgement Day with Triclops! , and The Definite Articles at the Bottom of the Hill, the Mission Creek Meet & Greet Poolside Party with Xoel Lopez and Craig Ventresco at the Bambuddha Lounge.

Monday just has Miranda Lee Richards with Emily Jane White , Helene Renaut , and Chloe Makes Music at the Cafe Du Nord.

Tuesday features Inca Ore with Ora Cogan , Black Bow , and The Sarees at Argus, Brian Glaze and the Night Shift with Sam Flax & Higher Color , Seam Smith & the Present Moment , Greg Ashley , and Chris Lacey at Cafe Du Nord and Hot Lunch with Paula Frazer , Casual Fog , and Jeff Ramuno at Knockout.

Wednesday, rocks out with 3 Leafs, Long Legged Woman , Jaws , Sex Worker , and DJ Tristes Tropiques at El Rio, Warpaint with Xoel Lopez , White Music , Moonrats at Knockout, The Mantles with Honey , and The Sandwitches at Hotel Utah, and Arachnid Arcade with Shygrape , Kwisp , and HansHeadGrŸselBoggle at Argus.

Thursday features the Awesome Vistas Showcase with Sic Alps, Linda Hagood , Tom Greenwood , and Dragging an Ox Through Water at the Hemlock Tavern, EAMB with Jessie Evans , Bronze , and The Something Experience at Eagle, the ever-so awesome Botticellis play with Gravid Wives , Family Trea , Danny James and PEAR at Knockout, The Downer Party with Mister Loveless , and Tinkture play the Rickshaw Stop, Railcars with Raised By Robots , and Elba at Hotel Utah, Bay Area favorites Geographer rocks out with The Old-Fashioned Way , White Cloud , and 100 Swans at Cafe Du Nord, kkn with Jason Grier , and Kid Alice at Argus and the Latin Surf Party features Cuban Cowboys with Graves Brother Deluxe , and Carne Cruda at Blue Macaw.

Friday, has Thorny Brocky with Reverent Sisters , Ramon and Jessica , and Poor Sweet Creatures at the Socha Cafe, Hard Place with Harry Merry , Agent Ribbons , and Franklin’s Mint at Knockout, Shimomitsu with Softserv at Adobe, The Drums with Wendy Farina , Improv Trio: William Wnany, Weasel Walter, Moe Staiano , and Jason Gonzales at Argus, and finally Hunx and his Punx rocks out with Icy Lytes , and Myles at the El Rio.

Saturday featues the “Awesome Bands Names Showcase” (I made that up) with T.I.T.S., KIT , The Amazements , White Pee , and Wiggwaum at Bay Area 51.

For more show info including show times, age limits, venue info, and more click here.

Whew…I’ll be at the Judgement Day and Botticellis shows and hopefully a few others. What are you looking forward to?

Dead MeadowBetween Me And The Ground

Triclops!March Of The Half-Babies

Thee Oh SeesTidal Wave

The MantlesDon’t Lie

EvangelistaTruth Is Dark Like Outer Space

This Week In Bay Area Live Shows: May 24th – 30th

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Well today is the last day of the San Francisco Popfest and probably the best day to attend one of the shows. After all today is Dear Nora, Eux Autres, ChEAP RED, Birds of California, and the ever so wonderful Botticellis at Café du Nord. This is a great opportunity to witness the best in local music and up and coming bands that you’ll be listening to later on because your friends told you to or Pitchfork gave them a 8.1 and you figured, “Hey! They’re good but certainly not the most innovative or cred-boosting I’ve hear this year.”

Right.

Anyway, you also have The Dears, Great Northern and Eulogies playing The Independent tonight as well as the biggest midget in the game Lady Sovereign and Chester French at the Rickshaw Stop. Monday, Flight of the Conchords and Arj Barker bring the laughs to the Berkeley Community Theatre.

Tuesday hosts Animal Collective and Grouper at the Fox Theater in Oakland. I’ve been waiting months to finally see these guys and hear the new tunes live. Could this be the best show of 2009 for me? We’ll see. In San Francisco, you have Boston’s Passion Pit rocking out at Bimbo’s 365 Club to a sold out crowd. I remember seeing them at the Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge playing for like 5 people and thinking to myself, “…cool.” Now look at them.

Wednesday I’ll be zoning out at the Mezzanine with M83 and James Yuill. I haven’t seen M83 live yet but from what I’ve heard they’re fantastic. Also St. Vincent returns to the Bay with Pattern Is Movement to play Bimbo’s 365 Club. I would have liked to go to see her but my heart belongs to M83 right now. Our good friends at Ears of the Beholder are going and will most likely be giving a report of the festivities. So stay tuned.

Thursday explodes with Black Moth Super Rainbow and School of Seven Bells at the Bottom of the Hill, the lovely Jenny Lewis at the Fillmore, The Prodigy at The Warfield, King Khan & The Shrines making noise at The Great American Music Hall, and Japandroids with No One and The Nobodies & The Happy Hollows at Hemlock Tavern. No lack of options here.

Friday Friday Friday! Wolf Eyes and Black Dice at the OCD Warehouse and Sun Kil Moon and Mia Doi Todd at The Great American Music Hall. I HIGHLY suggest attending Sun Kil Moon even though Langhorne Slim will be folking it up at The Independent. It’s tough, but a wise choice.

Saturday wraps up the week with indie-punks The Thermals at the Bottom of the Hill, The Roots at Davies Hall in San Francisco, and goth-tronic band Woven and instrumental locals Cloud Archive at the Hemlock Tavern. Woven made our top 20 Best Albums of last year with Designer Codes and are definitely worth checking out if you’re into dark electronic Aphex Twin vs Elliott Smith music.

See you out there!

Click to Download Woven – My Conditioning

Click to Download Dear Nora – My Guitar

Click to Download Japandroids – Rockers East Vancouver

Click to Download Mia Doi Todd – My Room is White (Dungeon Mix)