Posts Tagged ‘Little Joy’
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Have you guys heard of the Pop’s Bar in the Mission? Well, every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at Pop’s Bar on 2800 24th St. in San Francisco, they host a thing called DIARY which is a nostalgic night of 90s emo and pop punk music. Including the likes of Sunny Day Real Estate, Death Cab for Cutie, Saves the Day, The Get Up Kids, Braid, Mineral, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Far and Texas Is the Reason. How freakin’ cool is that?
Anyway, tonight has our friends at ipickmynose hosting a show at the Rickshaw Stop with The Wooden Birds, Old Fashioned Way, and Goh Nakamura. The Also lo-fi punks The Thermals play the Bottom of the Hill with Shaky Hands and Point Juncture.
Jens Lekman! Damn you! Why did your show have to sell out so fast? Both shows too! Well if you’re going to both Bottom of the Hill shows on Monday and Tuesday, consider yourself a lucky person…or someone who buys tickets earlier than me. Anyway, for anyone passionate about true metal music, run down to the DNA Lounge to see Mayhem, Marduk, Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation and Withered on Wednesday. If you’re not into metal, waltz over to Café du Nord and check out the talented and beautiful Emily Wells. Or even if that’s not your cup of tea, go see Little Joy at The Independent. I don’t care what you do I’m just saying there’s a lot going on Wednesday.
I highly recommend you check out Clues, Birds & Batteries and Geographer over at Rickshaw Stop this Thursday. If you haven’t listened to Clues‘ outrageously genius self titled debut, you are seriously missing out. This is epic songwriting and fun indie rock at it’s best.
Friday (as usual) is pretty packed. Peaches parties it up at the Grand Regency Ballroom. I’ll be dancing like a silly person at the Bottom of the Hill with Holy Fuck and Crocodiles. Indie-poppers The Submarines play The Independent, Del Tha Funky Homosapien drops his rhymes at The Fillmore, and San Jose’s The Blank Club hosts Flying Lotus.
For you jazz fans, Nancy Wilson is making a rare appearance at Yoshi’s Oakland. I’m not sure on tickets, but get there if you can. It should be magical.
I’ve been debating going to this on Saturday. Our friends in The Limousines are playing and it’d be nice to see Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metric, Crystal Castles, Wallpaper, and Airborne Toxic Event live. We’ll see I guess. I’m not too impressed with this line-up and I can only imagine the drunkin apes and their slutbag girlfriends that will be infesting the audience…ugh, I think I just convinced myself not to go. Well if you are going, check out The Limousines.
If you’ve decided like me that BFD 09 isn’t your thing, check out The Juan Maclean and The Field at the Mezzanine or the ever-so ambient Animal Hospital at the Li Po Lounge (which I might go to).
See you out there!
Animal Hospital – July 7th
Clues – Remember Severed Head
The Wooden Birds – False Alarm
Emily Wells – Symphony 4: America’s Mercy War
Holy Fuck – Korock
Tags: Animal Hospital, BFD 09, Clues, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Emily Wells, flying lotus, Holy Fuck, Jens Lekman, Little Joy, Mayhem, Nancy Wilson, Peaches, Pop's Bar, The Juan Maclean, The Limousines, The Submarines, The Thermals, The Wooden Birds
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
If you’re looking at this picture and going, “uhh…and?” That thing in the top right hand corner is the final moments of the Airbus 320 as it descends towards the Hudson River yesterday. A miracle indeed. I try to imagine exactly what would be going through my mind as my plane descends to what seems like sudden death, “…that was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted!”
Thing-To-Keep-You-Busy-At-Work: Type in ODB lyrics into Microsoft Sam. Let the hilarity ensue.
This mix of songs is for anyone who has to work the weekend (like me). None of the songs have anything to do with work (as far as I know) or weekends. I just thought I’d like to listen to this music while I’m typing in ODB lyrics into Microsoft Sam…uh, I mean, working.
Deefhoof – Offend Maggie
Little Joy – No One’s Better Sake
DeVotchka – How It Ends
Bon Iver – Blood Bank
AC Newman – Submarines of Stockholm
The Legends – Seconds Away
Broken Spindles – Inward
Death Cab For Cutie – Champagne From a Paper Cup
The One AM Radio – Ninety-Nine, One Hundred
Women – Group Transport Hall
Tags: AC Newman, Bon Iver, Broken Spindles, Death Cab For Cutie, Deefhoof, DeVotchka, Little Joy, ODB, The Legends, The One AM Radio, women
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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
Tags: Astro Raw, beach house, Bill O'Reilly, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, chairlift, Cloud Cult, Delta Spirit, department of eagles, Entire Cities, facing new york, Favorites of 2008, Frightened Rabbit, God Is An Astronaut, Grizzly Bear, Jolie Holland, Little Joy, Lykke Li, Mason Proper, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Port O'Brien, Portugal. The Man, R.E.M., Rye Rye, Sennen, The Cool Kids, The Dear Hunter, The Dodos, The Hold Steady, The Limousines, The Sound of Animals Fighting, Vampire Weekend, White Denim
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