Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Welcome to February. Forget “This Week” in Bay Area Live Shows, think of this post as “This Month” in Bay Area Live Shows. I mean look at what’s in store this month! Two Gallants, The Appleseed Cast, Lykke Li, two Andrew Bird shows and a shitload more. As for this week, I’ll be at the Mae Shi show at House of Nostromos in Oakland and a Friday evening with one of my idols, Henry Rollins. I have yet to witness a Mae Shi show but from what I hear, it’s supposed to be a wild ride. If you’re looking for some face-melting, make it to Slim’s this Wednesday for Meshuggah. See you guys out there!
1st – Sunday:
Intronaut / Bastard Noise / Thousandswilldie
Gilman St Project
924 Gilman Street
Berkeley CA 94710
2nd – Monday:
Matt and Kim / Hawney Troof
Café du Nord
2170 Market Street
San Francisco CA 94114
3rd – Tuesday:
The Mae Shi / gowns
House of Nostromos
4 5th Ave
Oakland CA
4th – Wednesday:
Nightmares on Wax
The Independent
628 Divisadero Street
San Francisco CA 94117
Meshuggah / Cynic / The Faceless
Slim’s
333 11th St
San Francisco, CA
Delta Spirit / Dawes / Other Lives
Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th Street
San Francisco CA 94107
5th – Thursday:
Eagles of Death Metal / Living Things
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco CA 94115
6th – Friday:
Social Distortion / The Devil Makes Three / The Black Tibetans
The Fox Theater
1807 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland CA 94612
Henry Rollins
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
50 Mark West Springs Rd
Santa Rosa CA 95403
The Lovemakers / Wallpaper / Hot Tub
The Blank Club
44 S Almaden Ave
San Jose, CA 95113
7th – Saturday:
Birdmonster / railcars / Ricky Lee Robinson / Dj Bagel Ted
Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th Street
San Francisco CA 94107
Lewd Acts / Graf Orlock / Dangers
924 Gilman Street
San Francisco, CA
Delta Spirit – Trashcan
Matt and Kim – Daylight
Birdmonster – ‘Cause You Can
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Friday, December 26th, 2008
Best EPs of 2008:
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One Day As A Lion - One Day As A Lion: The Rage isn’t back, but the passion of Zach is.
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Cool Kids – The Bake Sale: Hip-hop is not dead, it’s alive and well with The Cool Kids.
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The Decemberists – Always a Bridesmaid: One song bugs me, but the rest is lovely.
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Animal Collective – Water Curses: An exciting view into what’s in store for 2009.
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Air France – No Way Down: I don’t need a new Avalanches record, all I need is this EP…and this lamp.
Best Gadget I Couldn’t Live Without:
Best Music Blogs of 2008 (aside from Gorilla vs. Bear and Brooklyn Vegan):
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Motel De Moka: Stunning artwork mixed with the best minimalistic, experimental, and ambient music I’ve never heard of.
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ipickmynose: His weekly song obsessions quickly become my song obsessions. Plus his view into the Bay Area indie scene helps me understand this strange new land I’ve found myself in.
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Captain Obvious: His library of covers is unrivaled as well as his detailed and spot-on album reviews.
Best Books I Read This Year:
Biggest Musical Disappointments:
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The Ben Folds album…blows
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Kanye West experiements…fails
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No Portishead US tour
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Foo Fighters just can’t rock like they used to
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Scarlett Johansson covers Tom Waits, nuff said
Most Anticipated in 2009:
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Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
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Dan Deacon – Bromst
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Mastodon – Crack The Skye
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dredg – tba
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M. Ward – Hold Time
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Division Day – tba
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Jeremy Enigk – Ok Bear
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Cage – Depart From Me
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Weatherman Album?
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The One AM Radio – tba
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The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love
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Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
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Rival Schools – tba
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Kiss Kiss – The Meek Shall Inherit What’s Left
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The Arcade Fire – tba
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Battles – tba
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Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing
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mewithoutyou – tba
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Cursive – tba
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Burial – tba
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Wilco – tba
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Menomena – tba
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The Album Leaf – tba
Other Songs That I Loved This Year
Astro Raw – I’m The One With A Smile
Beach House – Gila
Bill O’Reilly – Bill O’Reilly Flips Out (Dance Remix)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – So Everyone
Chairlift – Evident Utensil
Cloud Cult – Everybody here is a Cloud
The Cool Kids – A Party (For Everyone) (Logarhythmik remix)
The Dear Hunter – Battesimo del Fuoco
Delta Spirit – Trashcan
Department Of Eagles – No One Does It Like You
The Dodos – Fools
Entire Cities – Talkers
Facing New York – Cops On Bikes (WP PM5K RMX)
Frightened Rabbit – Fast Blood
God Is An Astronaut – Remaining Light
Grizzly Bear – While You Wait For The Others
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Jolie Holland – Mexico City
The Limousines – Very Busy People
Little Joy – Brand New Start
Lykke Li – I’m Good, I’m Gone
Mason Proper – Friendship
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jesus Of The Moon
Port O’Brien – Fisherman’s Son
Portugal. The Man – Lay Me Back Down
R.E.M. – Supernatural Superserious
Rye Rye – Tic Toc (ft. M.I.A.)
Sennen – Your Hand In Mine
The Sound Of Animals Fighting – The Ocean And The Sun
Vampire Weekend – Ottoman
White Denim – Sitting
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