Monday, October 5th, 2009
Tonight I’ll be at Fever Ray with Vuk at The Grand Ballroom At the Regency Center, Motorhead, Reverend Horton Heat and Nashville Pussy rocking the fuck out at The Warfield, and the great Billy Bragg at The Great American Music Hall.
Tuesday we have School of Seven Bells at Slim’s, alt-hip hoppers Busdriver and Themselves crash the Bottom of the Hill, and psych-rockers The Cave Singers and Lightning Dust rock The Independent.
Wednesday we have Starfucker at the Bottom of the Hill, Andrew W.K. & Calder Quartet at the Swedish American Hall, and The Rumble San Francisco presents Fitz and The Tantrums and Man / Miracle at Harlot.
Thursday has Teenage Jesus and the Jerks at Slim’s.
Friday finds Mute Math and As Tall as Lions at The Fillmore, The Part Time Punks Mini-Fest featuring The Raincoats, Section 25, For Against, Magic Bullets, NODZZZ, Death Sentence: PANDA!, Grass Widow and Weave, and A Hawk and a Hacksaw at The Independent.
Saturday has Bob Dylan at the Greek Theatre, Metronomy at the Bottom of the Hill, Chromeo will be doing a DJ set at the Mezzanine, the Frisco Freakout featuring Wooden Shjips, Citay, Barn Owl, Sun Araw, Magic Lantern, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Lumerians, Liquorball, Heavy Hills, 3 Leafs and Powell St John at Thee Parkside, Rupa & The April Fishes at the Brava Theater, and The Stone Foxes play at Hotel Utah.
See you out there!
Busdriver – 
Me-Time (Themselves Remix) from Jhelli Beam Remixes (2009)
Fitz and The Tantrums – Breakin’ The Chains Of Love from Songs For A Break Up-Volume 1 (2009)
Magic Bullets – The Book is Closed from Lives For Romance (2008)
Citay – First Fantasy from Little Kingdom (2007)
Tags: Andrew W.K. & Calder Quartet, As Tall As Lions, Busdriver, Citay, Fever Ray, Fitz and The Tantrums, Frisco Freakout, Magic Bullets, Motorhead, Rupa & The April Fishes, Starfucker, The Cave Singers, The Part Time Punks Mini-Fest, Themselves
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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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