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Shannon and the Clams vs. Meth Teeth 2008-07-08 21:40:58
So last night I saw Shannon
and the Clams
and Meth Teeth at the Ghost Town Gallery. The Mutators were supposed to play too, but apparently they broke up hours before the show… hopefully they will soon rekindle their love for one another and keep on playing shows.
After the show I met up with Matty from Meth Teeth and we chatted for a bit. I had a pad and paper so here a
Hello It’s Me — Todd Rundgren 2008-07-08 21:28:23
Todd Rundgren played a show in SF tonight. He played lots of new songs from his forthcoming album Arena (2008), you can hear some of the tracks from his new album on his myspace page. It was two hours of classic rock, he tried to do some jump kicks that almost worked, toward the end he took off his shirt and displayed his aging pasty white body, lots of funny commentary inbetween s Read more:Hello
Sketch for C4’s Summer: Buzznet, Warped Tour, and The Durutti Column 2008-07-06 06:23:25 Sooo now there’s another online events listing. But I’m pretty sure this one is (or will be soon) better than the other 23423555. Buzznet is creating something that isn’t just another online events site, but something more like a history of live music. I’m not saying this just cause I work there. I’m serious. Anyone who knows me (or doesn’t) likely knows that I& Read more:Summer
, Column
, Warped Tour
WAILING IN THE SUN WITH THE REVERB ON TWELVE - The Ferocious Few 2008-07-06 05:36:32
Today I woke up way late in an unfamiliar bed, grabbed my clothes and started to walk to BART so I could get home. As I headed into the station at 16th and Mission I heard dark, brooding vocals and angry guitar strokes — a definite plus when stumbling through a hangover. Then I caught eyes with the boy playing and thought yum!! who the fuck is this???
The Ferocious Few
Snacktime for Shuman the Human 2008-06-30 20:36:02
Dude! Have you ever wished you could take like two of your favorite things and smoosh them together to make something even more awesome? MEE TOOO!!! Or, in this case, something in the same vein that might not be AS awesome but is close enough?
Shuman the Human is what I can only speculate (obviously…) may have happened if an Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons obsessed S
A Brief History of The Caldonias 2008-06-30 20:06:23
Who the hell are these betches?!? In their own words, “so its basically like this…. bob plays guitar the way nadia sings and nadia sings the way bob plays guitar. and sydney….she fucking gets it man.”
In case that doesn’t sell you, lemme give you my version:
Hailing from the Tri City Area then moving to Olympia, singer Nadia totally under Read more:Brief
, History
From Birch Book and In Gowan Ring to Natalie Portman in 108 words. 2008-06-27 04:50:54
In Gowan Ring and Birch Book luckily have the same singer/songwriter writing the music and playing the same/similiar hand made guitars… Each band incorporates my favorite elements of folk music; wafting vocals, mellow guitar plucks, yummy accompaniment, gentle-soothing lyrics, 60’s style dress, and an overall free flowing sound — I’m not lying or over exagger Read more:Natalie
, Portman
, Natalie Portman
“Sid Vicious is a spoiled brat and his girlfriend is an asshole.” 2008-06-25 23:54:07 Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Highlights:
“My IQ is 172 for your information. I graduated High School when I was fifteen years old.”
“I wanna be more freak than I am. So how can I ever get into it real deep?” Read more:Vicious
, asshole
M. Lamar is proof: Something else is going on. 2008-06-25 03:11:28
Hey! I was born in the eighties and have a difficult time remembering original and exciting music too. Except for a handful of bands, the majority of music that has been recorded in the past 20 years sounds like a lot of time in a focus group was responsible for its production. By and large this is tedious and boring and a major reason why MTV totally became shitty and George Bush r Read more:Lamar
The Widespread Reign of The Great Northwest 2008-06-25 01:52:46
You know when you’re promoting yourself, like, how it can sometimes be pretty shameless? Especially when you don’t know how badly your shit sucks and no one will tell you? Well lately we (we as in, the weapon) have been contacted by a ton of bands/labels/friends about reviewing their music, and because I maintain a pretty lax environment I have to turn most of them down. Rarely Read more:Great
, Northwest
Johnny Rotten Proves He’s Still Punk By Having His Friends Beat Up The Dude From Bloc Party 2008-07-21 09:22:31
The 50+ year old punk rocker apparently caused a bit of a “racial scrap” at the Summercase Festival in Barcelona on Saturday. Bloc Party
frontman Kele Okereke was attacked by the punker’s entourage and suffered “facial cuts and bruises”, provoked by simply asking Lydon if he’d ever consider getting kinda whack, post-punk outfit P.I.L. back togethe Read more:Johnny
, Rotten
, Proves
, Having
, Friends
Freddy McGuire - Dark Days Bright Nights 2008-07-18 18:43:15 FreddyMcGuire
is a collaboration between musician Wobbly and singer/filmmaker Anne McGuire. Recently, Sonic Arts Network released a compilation featuring the Freddy McGuire track, “Dark DaysBright
Nights.” The Sonic Arts network describes their latest cd publication “Smiling Through My Teeth”, as a “compilation exploring the use of humour in music and sound a
Ssion Invades the West Coast 2008-07-18 12:32:04
Reach for an enema boys because Ssion is invading bars all across the America and making their west coast debut this fall. Judging by their pictures and their sound… they are hungry!! If you don’t know who Ssion is well you’ve been missing out on some hot, flavorful, colorful tracks. Glass Candy has remixed one of their tracks, you can see the video for it riiigh Read more:Coast
Judy Garland - The Original Wino 2008-07-13 04:23:06
Way before Amy Winehouse’s first all-night crack binge, the legendary Judy Garland sat down with a bottle of gin, a tape recorder, and probably some sweet drugs like luudes or something, to record her inner-most thoughts. Baad idea lady. I guess the tapes were supposed to be for a “tell all” autobiography type thing, but the book was never written. Eventually some Read more:Original
Earthless, RTX, and Bad Dudes at Spaceland Tonight 2008-07-12 17:50:00
I like Bad Dudes, and I KNOW you guys like Bad Dudes too, cause everyone likes Bad Dudes. And your google searches prove it.
I like RTX. They played at the Prospector with Tweak Bird many moons ago, and I totally missed out because I didn’t know I liked them. I was pretty pissed about it, which is how you’re going to feel if you miss them tonight.
I like E Read more:Tonight
Hand Over Your Heart - Alisha Westerman 2008-07-12 17:13:00
Meet the multifaceted Alisha Westerman. She has been a solo act for years, but recently she has created a few new projects. Her father, Llewellyn Westerman, is a musician-turned-sailor who resides in the Virgin Islands. He has been a major influence on the Alisha’s laid back, whimsical, Indie, Caribbean, “be-careful-because-hurricanes-do-haunt-the-islands” style. H Read more:Heart
Another New Track from the Reatarded Blog 2008-07-12 01:59:06
Truthfully, I’m not really sure if I even like Jay Reatard’s music anymore - and in fact, I don’t really know if I ever did. Even so, he has this music blog that I found a few months ago, where he posts exclusives and unreleased tracks. This post has another one of those at the bottom. I just happened to be home on a friday night and I logged into the fantastic weapon mysp Read more:Track
Gritty, dirty, brooding: Clara Engel 2008-07-10 14:52:23
Clara Engel
this total babe who lives in Toronto. I’ve been watching her via myspace for awhile now and I must admit - I have remained pretty smitten, but I’ve been trying to keep her as a secret because her songs are really intimate and my smitten-ness is very near the borderline of becoming a serious crush. Her songs range from gritty, dirty
, despair-filled love balla Read more:Gritty
No Age on FNMTV? 2008-07-10 14:34:07
This is just another one of the kinda awesome things that the dude from Fall Out Boy is up to. The show’s called FNMTV (FN, because it airs on “Friday Night” and, obviously, it’s short for everyone’s favorite 4-letter-word-turned-gerund-turned-adjective. Punny.) and it features music videos and exclusive live performances from upcoming artists that you
Grace Jones - Corporate Cannibal Video 2008-07-10 14:15:37
The legendary Grace
Jones will release a new album, entitled, Hurricane, October 2008. I am so excited!!! She has recently released a video for one of her new songs, “Corporate Cannibal
”. The song is really hot and scary, with haunting lyrics like “I’m a man eating machine” and “I’ll consume my consumer’s with no sense of humor.”
Tyskerhar Move Dance Floors From Berlin to Beijing 2008-08-07 19:08:13
TYSKERHAR is a two piece comprised of Seek Zag Lazer (Music) from Berlin
and Ms. Mao Dou Mao (Vocals) from Beijing
, I’d like to boast that I’m pretty sure I’m the first dude in America to interview them and luckily they agreed… Read more:Dance
, Floors
Static Disco’s Answer to Aphex Twin: Kobol 2008-08-07 08:23:38 Ok, sometimes. See it happened like this:
So when I was editing The Pope’s post about Carolee I stumbled across this chick who calls herself Carrie. I was probably only interested in viewing her myspace page because we are both Carrie -… Read more:Aphex
, Aphex Twin
I’m a Fool for Agent Ribbons 2008-08-07 07:53:40
Ghost Town in Oakland, CA put together another amazing night, and Agent
Ribbons totally owned it. …wait. You probably don’t know who they are huh?
Agend Ribbons is a two piece (both pieces are totally hot babes) who play bluesy, indie-pop inspired…
Blue Velvet, Velvet Goldmine, and some crap about Liza Minnelli 2008-08-07 02:51:53
Unfortunately, tonight we are all missing out: Liza Minnelli is singing a bunch of songs we know but desperately try to pretend that we don’t know, for free, tonight, on the island of carnivals (a.k.a. the soon to be closed for… Read more:Velvet
, Goldmine
Carolee Resurrects Nineties Drone 2008-08-05 17:59:55
As a 90’s kid I love bitchy female vocals, droning guitars, and basically all things that are influenced by the punk, grunge and shoegaze scenes. Carolee is a myspace find and she has been equally inspired by the same scenes, probably…
Little Jinder, BIG Misunderstanding 2008-08-05 03:23:06
Little Jinder is Scandinavian, which means she can make whatever sorta noises she wants to (usually electronic ones) and no matter how stupid or not stupid those noises may be, Americans will always buy her record and talk about how whimsical… Read more:Misunderstanding
Sunday Morning Mixtape #2 2008-08-03 14:42:22
1. Amon Tobin - Esther\’s
2. Holger Czukay - Cool In The Pool
3. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Electricity
4. Love - A House Is Not A Motel (Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve Re-Edit)
5. Brian Eno - Backwater
6. Leonard Nimoy -… Read more:Sunday
, Morning
, Mixtape
, Sunday Morning
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