New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Tomorrow night (11/18) at ND/501 Studios join Residual Kid, She Sir, The Authors (above) and Lacuna Incorporated for a Movember show, part of the month long push to raise awareness + funds for testicular & prostate cancers, and also a bulletproof excuse to grow your best mustache. Beat this.
Ten Million Lights is new band out of Portland that combines shoegaze guitars, male/female harmonies and trip-hop beats and that’s somewhat reminiscent of School Of Seven Bells or M83 – but much noisier, at least as far as this single we are streaming is concerned, which almost sound like some kind of industrial shoegaze (interesting combination!). The band’s debut record came out a couple of weeks ago and can streamed here.
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Emil & Friends are the new Cantora Record signing, the band plays some kind of quirky indie-soul, check out this new video of the song "Short Order Cooks". Their debut EP "Downed Economy is out now. See the band live at Littlefield on December 5 or at Death By Audio on December 18.
The Nashville Rock Block Showcase makes its debut this Saturday to show off some of the city’s much younger aspiring musicians. Organized by Youth Empowerment through Arts and Humanities (YEAH), the showcase features four bands who’ve formed, practiced and prepared for this show over the course of eight weeks, and a guest performance by Scale Model. The show is open to all ages. Who knows; something might strike your fancy. – Jessica Pace
"Prog-Rock" is a term that has some kind of stigma attached to it – in particular in and around "Hipsterland". For some reason, at some point in the history of rock music, that genre started to define the self-indulgent, pompously wanna-be experimental rock music, while the more lo-key, unassuming "weird" stuff was called either "avant-" or just (often generously) "experimental rock". But of course, perceptions keep changing and we are sensing that we are heading towards a re-evaluation of the word "prog", that’s admittedly been out of flavor for a very long time.
South Bronx, NY based Wires Under Tension, recently signed by Western Vinyl Records, definitely have a "prog" component to their sound, but – as simplistic as it sounds – this is not a cheesy element. With their mostly instrumental, lusciously arranged tracks and recurring references to eastern melodies, this band sounds like a more electronic, sober and cinematic version of Ozric Tentacles – which in my limited knowledge of the genre is the most awesome prog rock band ever existed after pioneers King Krimson. The album "Light Science," will be released on February 8th.
USVS, a Brooklyn indie rock quartet that sounds a little like a post rock version of early U2, recently released their second EP which you can stream on their website. Their music is built around spacious drum patterns that rhythmically interact with alternatively angular and textural guitar parts, on top of which floats a single layer of vocals. The band will perform live at Mercury Lounge on November 22.
Let’s Get Away by PO PO
Bummer Summer by PO PO
Wax Fingers, local practitioners of musical precision, will be executing their harmonious arrangements tomorrow night at Doug Fir. The news feed on their website enlightens us to their excitement in being able to open for Clinic and how they were specifically requested to be able to play this show. The description reads, “We’re opening for Clinic and couldn’t be happier."
Their self-titled new album was released just about a month ago and received a glowing reviewed by our own Ryan Prado here. The threesome put on a brilliant live show that would be a shame to miss. They have also posted up their album from last year, titled, Ones and Threes as a free download on their blog section of their Myspace. Doors at 8 p.m., show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $13 in advance and $15 day of.
– Joel Sommer
Thank You is a trio from Baltimore whose urgent collision of rhythm, melody, and noise has placed them at the creative center of today’s Baltimore renaissance. With their new album Golden Worry, Thank You has carved out a new sound drawing inspiration from the innovative post-punk of This Heat and Swell Maps and the polyrhythmic attack of The Ex and Dog Faced Hermans.
Golden Worry was recorded by Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Beach House, Gang Gang Dance, TV on the Radio), and will be coming out January 25. In the meantime, check out their video featuring B-more dance troupe, Bobby.
Thank You – Birth Reunion from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.
This weekend The Deli SF will be a proud sponsor of the third annual SFX Music Festival. This year’s line-up includes Music for Animals, The Hundred Days, Mister Loveless, The Ferocious Few, Hyena, The Steelwells, and Vanaprasta with DJ sets by Dj Omar, Dj Austin, and Dj X Boyfriend. Starting around 2 in the afternoon on Saturday the 20th, SFX will run all day and late into the night out at Kelly’s Mission Rock. Make it a point to head out to the Dogpatch this weekend for food, booze, and good music.
Quite a lot a head on the calender. Here are a few selections.
Start of tomorrow at Milk where the Religious Girls will be playing with Zs, Arrington de Dionyso, and Moe Staiano, 8pm.
Catch the Royal Baths Thursday at Bottom of the Hill with Grass Window and Wild Flag, 9pm.
Friday wander up Polk Street to the Hemlock where The Love Dimension will be headlining The Parties record release show alongside Trevor Childs & the Beholders, 9pm.
Finally, on Saturday head back down to the Bottom of the Hill where White Cloud will be playing with Tunng and Carta, 10pm.
–Ada Lann
