For those of you asking what SXSW is (yes, I have people asking me what SXSW is), according to it’s wiki, South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of interactive, film, and music festivals and conferences that take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States of America. SXSW first began in 1987 and is centered on the downtown Austin Convention Center. Each of the three parts runs relatively independently, with different start and end dates.
I will going to cover the music portion the best I can with our newest member, Tanner. Neither of us have experienced this and are currently coordinating schedules so we can bring you the best of our insane journey to center of the future of music as we know it. This is going to fun.
Here are some of our favorites to give you an idea what we’re looking forward to.
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[mp3] Toro Y Moi – Blessa from Causers Of This (2010)
FORCE FIELD PR PARTY @ MS BEA’S aka CHEER UP CHARLIE’S, March 20th, 12PM
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[mp3] Wallpaper. – I Got Soul, I’m So Wasted from Doodoo Face (2009) The Bay Area Takeover at Austin’s Beauty Bar, March 18th from 11:30am to 6pm (We’ll definitely be here, come say hi)
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[mp3] Oh No Ono – Eleanor Speaks (Caribou remix) from Eggs (Remix) (2010)
Billions day party @ The Mohawk, March 18th, 3:20pm
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[mp3] Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Photograph Shakes from Letting Up Despite Great Faults (2010)
Sneak Attack Media, Sneak Attack Austin & Playing in Traffic Records @ Clive Bar, Friday March 19th, 11 to 6pm
It seems like a pretty sweet line-up, in fact, it’s near perfect. I’m having a pretty hard time trying to figure out who I should see (wait until SXSW…ugh!). I’m happy to see our friends The Limousines on there, John Vanderslice, Mark Kozelek, and Atlas Sound have me pretty much sold right now. Plus double Magnetic Fields shows. One at Oakland’s Fox Theater and another at the Herbst Theater. Here’s the full list of performers;
Magnetic Fields
Rogue Wave
Harlem
Japanese Motors
Foreign Born
Free Energy
Scout Niblett
Zee Avi
Wallpaper
The Limousines
Four Tet
Nathan Fake
Atlas Sound
John Vanderslice
We Were Promised Jet Packs
The Lonely Forest
Bear Hands
Mark Kozelek “A Solo Acoustic Performance, from the Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon”
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Nico Vega
There’s supposed to be a few more announced so stay tuned for that. Click here for the full schedule including badge tickets, venues, Happy Hour at Benders, and eventually the film schedule.
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Foreign Born – Early Warningsfrom Person to Person (2009)
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Rogue Wave – California from Descended Like Vultures (2005)
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Sun Kil Moon – Carry Me Ohiofrom Ghosts Of The Great Highway (2003)
Monday Camera Obscura spreads the love at The Fillmore, electro-wacko Patrick Wolf, Living Things, Jaguar Love and Plastiscines weird it up Slim’s, and Handsome Furs will be supporting their newest and best album ‘Face Control’ with railcars and The Cinnamon Band at The Great American Music Hall.
Tuesday hosts Neko Case and Jason Lytle at the The Warfield (which will be on Wednesday too), IAMX (Chris Corner of Sneaker Pimps) will be at Slim’s, and the brilliant Felice Brothers and Willy Mason are performing at The Independent.
Your Wednesday line-up includes an amazing show at the Great American Music Hall with Secret Chiefs 3 and Kayo Dot. Thee Parkside hosts Static Radio with No Harm Done and Jokes For Feelings, The Lemonheads headline at Slim’s, and dueling guitarists Rodrigo y Gabriela and The Mother Hips will be performing at Mountain Winery in Saratoga.
This Thursday we have Canadian rockers The Constantines and Crystal Antlers at the Rickshaw Stop, Swedish indie poppers Love Is All at the Bottom of the Hill, M.I.A. protege Rye Rye at Popscene, and The Von Bondies and Audrye Sessions at The Blank Club in San Jose.
Friday brings the onslaught with powerviolence (yes that’s a real genre)/grindcore trio Magrudergrind at the Gilman St Project in Berkeley, experimental noise pop group Telepathe with Nite Jewel make dance at the Bottom of the Hill, darkwavers She Wants Revenge and Great Northern hit up Bimbo’s 365 Club, Norwegian electro-rockers Datarock play at The Independent, and Wallpaper. crash at the Rickshaw Stop.
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Hippie…err…Harmony Festival at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa is hosting a megaload of freespirited, earth loving, soulful, and psychedelic artists this weekend. You have Shpongle, Matisyahu, India.Arie, Balkan Beat Box, Michael Franti & Spearhead, ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Wassabi Collective, Steve Kimock’s Crazy Engine and DJ Gaudi all rocking out from Friday to Sunday. Let me take this opportunity now to mention that I hate Michael Franti. WTF is Rebel Rock? Really? Please stop this nonsense, it hurts my brain thingy.
Saturday is where the party is though. Au Revoir Simone and The Antlers takeover Bimbo’s 365 Club, garage punk wacko Jay Reatard and Thee Oh Sees perform at The Independent, and Papercuts will be at the San Francisco Amoeba Records at 2pm.
My highlight of the week is Bat for Lashes at The Great American Music Hall. She is quickly becoming one of my favorite female vocalists and is already at the top of my Best Albums of 2009 with ‘Two Suns.’ Expect a full report of the show.
See you out there!
Willy Mason – Sold My Soul
Love Is All – A More Uncertain Future
Telepathe – So Fine
Bat for Lashes – Use Somebody (Kings of Leon Cover)
Want to find a reason to get out of the rain and into some amazing live events? I give you Noise Pop 09! The Noise Pop Festival, which runs this Tuesday, February 24th through Sunday, March 1st, 2009, is an ambitious iteration of San Francisco’s favorite indie music, arts and film. For their 17th anniversary, Noise Pop 2009 will honor what’s made it the best-loved celebration of indie music and culture since its humble birth in 1993. This years music will feature such indie superstars like Antony and the Johnsons, Martha Wainwright, Stephen Malkmus, Deerhunter, St. Vincent, A.C. Newman, French Kicks, No Age, The Submarines, and Ra Ra Riot, among many many others. Noise Pop also features a long list of artist/photographers whose work is currently being displayed at the Mini Bar at 837 Divisadero St in San Fran. Also, there are some great films being showcased this week including Wilco’s Ashes of American Flags, Andrew van Baal’s Largo (a movie I’ve been waiting to see for months), and independent record store documentary I Need That Record. Of course I’m leaving out a whole bunch more but that’s what I’m looking forward to. I plan on catching one or two films and hopefully see Kool Keith (Dr. Octagon vs. Dr. Dooom) at the Mezzanine. All listed Noise Pop shows will be highlighted in blue; so go grab a badge and have fun this week.
As for non-Noise Pop events; today is quite busy for the Bay Area. You’re got Far (live video below) at Slim’s, Modest Mouse at the Fox Theater, and Michael Zapruder at the Bottom of the Hill tonight. See you out there!
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
Well it’s Turkey Day week; so whether you’re going home to family or spending it friends, here’s a few “things to do” in the Bay Area before you stuff your face with extreme yummy-ness.
Sunday (Today):
Drive-By Truckers / The Hold Steady
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco CA 94115
Note: The Hold Steady will be headlining on Monday at the same venue.
Monday:
Portugal. The Man / Wintersleep / Earl Greyhound (HIGHLY Recommended)
Slim’s
333 11th Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Deerhunter / Times New Viking / Common Eider, King Eider
The Great American Music Hall
859 O’Farrell Street
San Francisco CA 94109
Tuesday:
The Decemberists / Loch Lomond
The Warfield
982 Market Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Wednesday:
wallpaper. / The Lovemakers / Hottub
Mezzanine
444 Jessie Street @ Mint
San Francisco CA CA 94103
Thursday:
What are doing looking here? You should be with people you care about on this day! And what kind of venue would open their doors on Thanksgiving Day anyway? You obviously aren’t a very good businessman to think that this is possible. Phhhh.
Friday:
M83 / School of Seven Bells
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco CA 94115
Saturday:
Dizzy Balloon / The Frail / The Picture Atlantic
Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell St
San Francisco CA 94102
Let me take this time to share some Kata Rokkar news (among other things). Before you go…
Oh yeah, Chinese Democracy is out. Pick up your free Dr. Pepper. (I think the website crashed though, heh)
Far is currently touring the UK right now. So if you’re in that neck of the woods, do yourself a favor and see them live. This may not happen again…
Members of Death Angel, Will Haven, Phallucy, Eightfourseven, Death Valley High and other “special guests” will take part in a benefit concert for Deftones bassist Chi Cheng on Saturday, November 29 at Fat City in San Francisco, California.
Fat City
314 11th Street @ Folsom
San Francisco, California 94103
Cost: $12
Kata Rokkar is a place where you can download free mp3 from artists and bands that I currently love and listen to. They are only for sampling purposes and to influence you to go out and support these artists by purchasing their records and going to their concerts. If you are a record company or an artist that is displeased with a song being displayed, feel free to contact me and I will remove it ASAP. Thank you and enjoy!
It seems like a pretty sweet line-up, in fact, it’s near perfect. I’m having a pretty hard time trying to figure out who I should see (wait until SXSW…ugh!). I’m happy to see our friends The Limousines on there, John Vanderslice, Mark Kozelek, and Atlas Sound have me pretty much sold right now. Plus double Magnetic Fields shows. One at Oakland’s Fox Theater and another at the Herbst Theater. Here’s the full list of performers;
Another eventful week in the Bay ladies and gentlemen. First off, tonight you have the
Want to find a reason to get out of the rain and into some amazing live events? I give you 
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!
