Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
photo by steven robbins
In case some of you don’t know, my brother has recently joined the Coast Guard and gotten stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. While your immediate reaction may be, “Holy Cow! That is awesome!”; since Steve has been stationed in Hawaii, he has bought a broken moped, had surgery on his big toe, and he is away from family. To be fair, he’s exploring a place that everyone that isn’t there, wishes they were. So to keep him company and in hopes it will make him feel better, I’ve made a little mixtape with music he loves. Feel free to download this theme to his private adventure.
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Crosby, Stills & Nash – Blackbird (Beatles Cover)
- Elvis Costello – Blame It on Cain
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Vetiver – Through The Front Door
- Bibio – Lovers’ Carvings
- The Books – Tokyo
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Volcano Choir – Island, IS
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The Mountain Goats – This Year
- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Carries On
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The Decemberists – Apology Song
- The Swell Season – The Rain
- Neil Young – Birds
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White Antelope – Silver Dagger
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Horse Feathers – Heathen’s Kiss
- Bonnie “Prince” Billy – A Minor Place
- Simon & Garfunkel – The Only Living Boy in New York
- J. Tillman – Firstborn
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Damien Jurado – I Am Still Here
- Jeremy Enigk – Sant Feliu De Guixols
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eluvium – Reciting The Airships
Tags: Bibio, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Crosby, damien jurado, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Eluvium, Elvis Costello, Horse Feathers, J. Tillman, Jeremy Enigk, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel, Stills & Nash, The Books, the decemberists, The Mountain Goats, The Swell Season, Volcano Choir, White Antelope
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
I’m seeing Grizzly Bear Today!
If you haven’t already immersed yourself in their newest album, Veckatimest, you need to do that right now. I’m serious, this is no joke, Veckatimest is one of the better albums released this year. If you’re already on the Grizzly-train and in the Bay area, you probably already have ticket to their Sunday and Monday shows at The Fillmore. It’s going to be a special night. Oh and I’m hearing great things about the opening act, Here We Go Magic. So show up early.
If you’re not attending the GB show tomorrow night, check out post-metal giants Isis and Helms Alee at The Blank Club in San Jose or at The Great American Music Hall on Tuesday. Also going on Monday is an early performance by non-other than Elvis Costello at Amoeba Record in San Francisco. It’s at noon, so those of you who don’t have to work, you’re in luck!
Tuesday brings post-rock spoken word act mewithoutYou with prog-rockers The Dear Hunter (no, not that one) at Slim’s and electro-pop band Starfucker hits up the Bottom of the Hill.
Wednesday has folk artists Papercuts and Port O’Brien at The Independent, Canadian indie rocks Sunset Rubdown at the Rickshaw Stop, and synth-pop act Deastro (Kuestionnaire on Tuesday) and Tempo No Tempo at Bottom of the Hill.
Yanni in Oakland at the Oracle Arena on Thursday!!! I didn’t even know he was still around. You can also check out noise-pop act Sugar and Gold, Castledoor, and Music For Animals at the Rickshaw Stop and The Karriem Riggins Virtuoso Experience Tour with special guest DJ Pete Rock.
I will be in NY for this but …
…if it’s not already sold out (probably is though), The Grand Ballroom At the Regency Center is hosting Phoenix, Boys Noize, DJ Vadim, Diplo, Amazing Baby, and a monsterload of Bay area DJs for this year’s Spectrum Festival on Friday. Meanwhile, David Byrne and DeVotchKa brighten up the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, funk-trnoica act Major Lazer hit up San Francisco’s Amoeba Records at 6pm, and Wilco and Okkervil River will be at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga as well as the Greek Theatre on Saturday.
Saturday also bring one of the most soulsucking tours in recent memory, Vans Warped Tour 2009. What used to be a celebration of individuality for young kids quickly turned into a Monster Energy Drink sponsored shitfest. There are (very) few exceptions though. Prog-metal act Thrice, indie rockers Dear and the Headlights, and brutal hip-hop artist P.O.S. light up the line-up…but only a little.
If I were not in NY on Saturday, I would see Cursive and Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band at the Great American Music Hall or the heavy metal onslaught of YOB and Will Haven at Slim’s. But I won’t…oh well.
See you out there!
Sunset Rubdown – Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band – Cheer For Fate
Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader
Dear and the Headlights – Talk About
Major Lazer – Hold The Line (DJ Edit)
Tags: amazing baby, Boys Noize, Castledoor, Cursive, David Byrne, Dear and the Headlights, Deastro, Diplo, DJ Vadim, Elvis Costello, Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic, Isis, Major Lazer, mewithoutyou, p.o.s., Phoenix, Starfucker, Sugar and Gold, The Dear Hunter, The Fillmore, The Karriem Riggins Virtuoso Experience Tour, This Week In Bay Area Live Shows, Thrice, wilco
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Plain and simple. If I was going, I’d be having the time of my life…unfortunately I have to work. But there are too many historic acts performing at this free festival of true musical spirit to just miss out. Friday displayed acts like MC Hammer (?) and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, while Saturday hosted acts like Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, and the Waco Brothers. This Sunday, if you are in the Bay Area at all, you cannot, I repeat, cannot miss this festival. You will surely be missing out. From veteran songwriters to amateur banjo players, you have it all. From folk legend Greg Brown and Mr. Costello himself to the epic live performers Gogol Bordello and indie-folk hero Iron & Wine; there is no reason (except if you work for a living…like me) for you not to go to this. Oh did I mention it’s free?
What are you waiting for? Go!
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 8 website and schedule
Golden Gate Park
11am – 7pm
San Francisco
United States
Ben Kweller – How It Should Be (Sha Sha)
Iron & Wine – Innocent Bones
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I’ve Seen It All (Björk and Thom Yorke cover)
Elvis Costello – Blame It on Cain [*]
Gogol Bordello – Ultimate
Tea Leaf Green – Red Ribbons
Tags: Ben Kweller, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Elvis Costello, Gogol Bordello, iron & wine, Tea Leaf Green
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