Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
BIG week in the Bay. With several Outside Lands After-parties and the festival itself, there is no shortage of things to do here. Also a visit from Ted Leo, a record release party, and a country music legend stops by an unlikely venue.
Tonight we have The Matches playing the final date off their tour with Judgement Day and Dizzy Balloon at the Fillmore, Six Organs of Admittance and Master Musicians of Bukkake rock The Independent, Fleet Foxes drummer and creator of one of the best albums of 2009, J. Tillman stops by Café du Nord, Jay Reatard does a set at Berkeley’s Amoeba Records at 6pm.
Monday, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists hit up the Bottom of the Hill instead of Treasure Island which they originally intended.
Tuesday features Fruit Bats riding on their new record with Death Vessel at The Independent. The Ruminant Band is a beautiful record full of sweet harmonies and lovely song-writing. Pick it up when you get a chance. Also the amazing Ramona Falls play Café du Nord.
Wednesday will find me at The Fillmore watching dredg, Rx Bandits and As Tall as Lions. All of which have released some pretty impressive albums this year. Also going on is The Dodos and Spencey Dude & the Doodles playing the Rickshaw Stop to kick off Outside Lands fever. Oh yeah and it’s sold out. Bummer.
More Outside Landish shows on Thursday; Akron/Family and Howlin’ Rain crash the Rickshaw Stop and Holy Fuck plays The Independent. In addition, we have The Famous‘ Record Release Party at Café du Nord with 20 Minute Loop and Billy & Dolly.
If you’re not going to Outside Lands this weekend, we have the Outside Lands Afterparty with San Francisco local acts Goodbye Nautilus, The Working Title and Wave Array at Café du Nord.
On Saturday we have hip-hoppers Blue Sky Black Death, Boy in Static and Boy Eats Drum Machine at the Bottom of the Hill, Calexico at The Independent, The Pretenders and Cat Power at Mountain Winery in Saratoga, and country legend David Allan Coe at Petaluma’s Phoenix Theater.
Being joked as this year’s ‘Bro-chella’, Outside Lands Festival has many unimpressive acts but a lot of overlooked impressive acts. This year’s line-up includes; Incubus, Modest Mouse, Pearl Jam, Black Eyed Peas, Thievery Corporation, Tenacious D, Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews Band, TV on the Radio, The Mars Volta, M.I.A., Band of Horses, The National, Built to Spill, Bat for Lashes, Calexico, Tom Jones, Mastodon, Silversun Pickups, Los Campesinos!, Ween, Atmosphere, Brett Dennen, Deerhunter, Lucinda Williams, Os Mutantes, Q-Tip, John Vanderslice, Conor Oberst, Akron/Family, Portugal. The Man, Cage the Elephant, Alpha Blondy, Raphael Saadiq, Groundation, Kinky, Lenka, The Duke Spirit, Matt & Kim, Lila Downs, Autolux, The Avett Brothers, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Dengue Fever, The Dirtbombs, The Dead Weather, Heartless Bastards, Midnite, Blind Pilot, Bettye LaVette, Tea Leaf Green, The Morning Benders, West Indian Girl, Darondo, Ryan Bingham, Zee Avi, Street Sweeper Social Club, Rosin Coven, Extra Golden, JJ Grey & Mofro, Nino Moschella, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Sambada, Reggie Watts, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Big Light, Eric McFadden Trio, Loop!Station, Yard Dogs Road Show, Infantree, Vau De Vire and madd vibe orchestra. A lot to digest. Well I’ll be doing my best to report on everything I see every night when I return from the festival. Photos, mp3s, and everything else I did last year (if you caught that, if not, whatever).
This week is Outside Lands Week here at Kata Rokkar. So we’ll have Kuestionnaires with OLF bands and reports on local acts making their festival debuts. Hope to see you out there!
The Working Title – 
The Crash from About-Face (2006)
Boy in Static – Young San Francisco from Young San Francisco (2009)
Fruit Bats – The Ruminant Band from The Ruminant Band (2009)
As Tall As Lions – Sleepyhead (Acoustic Version) from You Can’t Take It With You (Bonus Track) (2009)
J. Tillman – Steel on Steel from Vacilando Territory Blues (2009)
Ramona Falls – I Say Fever from Intuit (2009)
Tags: Akron/Family, Alpha Blondy, As Tall As Lions, ATMOSPHERE, Autolux, BAND OF HORSES, Bat For Lashes, BETTYE LAVETTE, Big Light, BLACK EYED PEAS, BLIND PILOT, Boy in Static, BRETT DENNEN, BUILT TO SPILL, Cage The Elephant, CALEXICO, Conor Oberst, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Darondo, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, Deerhunter, DENGUE FEVER, Eric McFadden Trio, EXTRA GOLDEN, Fruit Bats, Groundation, HEARTLESS BASTARDS, INCUBUS, Infantree, J. Tillman, JASON MRAZ, JJ GREY & MOFRO, john vanderslice, KINKY, LENKA, LILA DOWNS, Loop!Station, Los Campesinos!, Lucinda Williams, M.I.A., Mastodon, Matt & Kim, MIDNITE, Modest Mouse, Nino Moschella, OS MUTANTES, PEARL JAM, Portugal. The Man, Q-Tip, Raphael Saadiq, Reggie Watts, ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND, Rosin Coven, Ryan Bingham, Sambada, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, Street Sweeper Social Club, Tea Leaf Green, Tenacious D, The Avett Brothers, The Dead Weather, THE DIRTBOMBS, THE DUKE SPIRIT, The Mars Volta, The Matches, The Morning Benders, The National, The Working Title, THIEVERY CORPORATION, TOM JONES, TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE, tv on the radio, Vau De Vire and madd vibe orchestra., WEEN, WEST INDIAN GIRL, Yard Dogs Road Show, ZEE AVI
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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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