Up and coming San Francisco band, Kiwi Time and acclaimed guitar instrumentalist Gretchen Menn (who will be accompanied by The Wellspring) will headline the new local concert series, Ladies Rise Up and Rock. AEG Live and Best Beverage Catering are sponsoring this empowering series that will launch tomorrow, March 23rd at the Regency Lodge in San Francisco. Comedian, Samantha Hale will host the event, and some of the proceeds will go to the GRAMMY in the Schools organization.
Make sure you check out this event, and support a great cause. Ladies Rise Up and Rock promotes, supports, highlights and benefits talented female musicians, and contributes to the advancement of music education for kids!
Brookyln’s fuzzed-out psychedelic rock group, Heliotropes have a sound that would please the fans of Black Sabbath and Sleater-Kinney. Their latest single, Moonlight, is characterized by dark, heavy guitar riffs and melancholy strings that swirl around singer, Jessica Numsuwankijkul’s brooding vocal style. Los Angeles label, Manimal Vinyl will release the band’s first full-length album this Spring. Heliotropes are currently on tour with UK band Esbend and will be playing Mercury Lounge on 03.22 and The Knit on 03.23. – Andy Lambert
Off kilter Oakland based indie pop ensemble, Legs has released a new single and music video called Two Colours. Two Colours is a mellow and jangly, Velvet Underground-esque sadcore track that is making way for the release of the band’s upcoming debut full length album, Pass The Ringo. We encourage you to follow this up and coming band as they play shows throughout the West Coast this Spring. Pass the Ringo is set for release on April 23rd on Loglady Records.
3/24 San Francisco, CA @ The Knockout
4/26 Monterey, CA @ TBA
4/27 San Diego, CA @ Tin-Can Ale House
4/28 Los Angeles, CA @ Ham & Eggs
4/29 Merced, CA @ The Space
5/1 Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur
5/2 Portland, OR @ TBA
5/3 Sacramento, CA @ TBA
5/4 Oakland, CA @ The Night Light
5/30 San Francisco, CA @ Knockout
Nashville by way of Memphis, Tennessee based garage rockers, Useless Eaters are playing two shows in the Bay Area to promote the release of their new album, Hypertension (Jeffery Drag Records). Seth Sutton, the band’s lead singer/ songwriter, and self proclaimed underground protege of the late Jay Reatard, has secured himself with a loyal cult following and will be performing live at Night Light in Oakland, CA on March 22nd and at Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco, CA on March 28th. The band’s new album was released on February 19th and can purchased at Jeffery Drag Records.com
Useless Eaters US Tour Dates
Mar 20th – San Diego, CA – Til Two Club*
Mar 21st – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex*
Mar 22nd – Oakland, CA – Night Light
Mar 24th – Boise, ID – Treefort Festival
Mar 25th – Portland, OR – Star Theater
Mar 26th – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
Mar 27th – Eugene, OR – Pork House
Mar 28th – San Francisco, CA – Hemlock Tavern
Mar 30th – Los Angeles, CA – The Overpass
Apr 2nd – Denver, CO – Lost Lake
Apr 3rd – Lawrence, KS – Replay Lounge
Apr 4th – Springfield, MO – Highlife
Apr 5th – St. Louis, MO – CBGB
San Francisco based alternative jazz band, Tin Cup Serenade is set to release their sophomore LP entitled, Tragic Songs of Hope (Tin Cup Productions) on April 23rd. This incredibly unique genre bending jazz band is said to have incorporated a melting pot of obscure American and Latin music genres like New Orleans Jazz, Calypso, Swing, Mariachi, ragtime, early Country, and traditional Cuban Music, which creates a very ecclectic and surprisingly Universal sound. You can catch Tin Cup Serenade playing live all throughout the Bay area.
Local Live Shows:
March 21st – The Rite Spot – San Francisco, CA
March 22nd – The Revolution Cafe – San Francisco, CA EVERY FIRST AND THIRD FRIDAY
ERA art bar and lounge, Oakland, CA
Happy hour! 5:30-8:30
Oakland’s Warm Soda flaunts a gift for punchy power pop hooks reminiscent of classic punk bands like The Buzzocks and The Soft Boys. Their first full-length album, Someone For You, drops next week on Castle Face Records (Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall). The album was recorded at the band’s own studio, Fuzz City Studio, and offers twelve raucous tracks that are bursting with retro gusto. Singer Matthew Melton’s vocals maintain a peculiar and attractive delicacy against the backdrop of vintage rock ‘n’ roll overdrive. Warm Soda is currently busy touring the U.S., and will return to the Bay Area in late April. Stream Someone For You in its entirety here. -Andy Lambert
3/18 – NEW ORLEANS, LA – SATURN BAR w/ PEACH KELLI POP
3/19 – JACKSON, MS – MORNINGBELL RECORDS
3/20 – TUSCALOOSA, AL – EGANS
3/21 – OXFORD, MS – LAMAR LOUNGE
3/23 – NASHVILLE, TN – THE STONE FOX w/ DIRTY DREAMS
3/24 – KNOXVILLE, TN – GROUNDSWELL w/ BURNING ITCH
3/25 – RICHMOND, VA – STRANGE MATTER w/ PEACH KELLI POP
3/26 – WASHINGTON, DC – THE PINCH
3/27 – BALTIMORE, MD – OTTOBAR
3/28 — NEW YORK, NY- CAKE SHOP w/ WHITE MYSTERY, HECTORS
3/29 – PROVIDENCE, RI – FIREHOUSE 13 w/ WHITE MYSTERY
3/30 – ALBANY, NY – VALENTINES
3/31 — ROCHESTER, NY – THE BUG JAR w/ WHITE MYSTERY
4/1 – COLUMBUS, OH – CARABAR
4/2 – INDIANAPOLIS, IN – WHITE RABBIT w/ DAY CREEPER
4/3 – CINCINATI, OH – THE COMET w/ TWEENS
4/4 – BLOOMINGTON, IN – THE BISHOP
4/5 – KALAMAZOO, MI – 411 CLUB
4/6 – CHICAGO, IL – SPACE CLUB
4/7 – MILWAUKEE, WI- LOOKOUT FEST
4/8 – MADISON, WI – GOOD STYLE SHOP
4/9 – FARGO, ND – THE AQUARIUM
4/12 – SEATTLE, WA – THE COMET
4/13 – PORTLAND, OR – BENDER FEST
4/14 – ARCATA, CA – THE FACEMENT
4/20 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – BRICK & MORTAR
4/26 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – BOTTOM OF THE HILL
Athens, Greece’s underground garage punk princes, Acid Baby Jeses are set to play two shows in the Bay Area next week. The band will be playing live in San Francisco at The Hemlock Tavern on March 26th and on March 27th, they’ll be performing in Oakland at The Stork Club. This highly acclaimed post punk quartet will be sure to put on an enthralling show. Make sure you don’t miss them!
Oakland based electronic, psychedelic pop band, Mwahaha is making waves with their distinct brand of ethereal electro psychedelia. A burst of recent exposure, including love from NPR and a spot on the Warp Records SXSW showcase, has made these sonic savants difficult to ignore. LA-based indie label Plug Research has singed the band, and will re-release their self-titled debut album later this month.
The record is a swirling vortex of fluid textures and glitch honey. Think Elephant Six Collective meets TV On the Radio. Track highlights include Swimmer, Deep Sleep and Love–the latter featuring tUnE-yArDs‘ Merril Garbus.
The band recorded “Mwahaha” with Oakland-based engineer Eli Crews (Deerhoof, Rogue Wave) last year and put the album out themselves in limited quantity. The new Plug Research edition features two additional tracks and new artwork, and will be available on vinyl. -Andy Lambert
The multi-talented Venezuelan American singer Devendra Banhart has dropped his eighth album, Mala, whose eclectic tunes diffuse a laid-back indie rock sound. Although happily engaged, the singer delivers varied tracks with a generally bittersweet outlook on love.
The soothing “Daniel” kicks off with gentle vocals and a French bistro-lounge vibe, followed by the dreamy, airy tribute to 12th century German nun Hildegard von Bingen… who turns VJ. “Never Seen Such Good Things” packs the album’s funniest couplet, as the Spanish-sung “Mi Negrita” adds some Latin flavor to the mix. Banhart duets with fiancée Ana Kraš in the multi-layered, ironically semi-cruel track “Your Fine Petting Duck,” which eventually transitions to a Pop-based number complete with German lyrics. Yet even his shorter pieces intrigue, as seen via the beautiful instrumental interlude “The Ballad of Keenan Milton” and the lyrically bleak “A Gain.” While “Won’t You Come Over” and “Hatchet Wound” figure as decent romantic jams, the one that easily takes the cake is the breathtakingly hypnotizing “Won’t You Come Home.” Nevertheless, the album closes on a somber note, with Banhart chanting “I can’t keep myself from evil” in the creepy “Taurobolium.”
Neither sappy nor excessively eccentric, Mala faithfully entails genre-defying experimentation and signature dose of quirkiness that fans will eat right up. – Natacha Pavlov
San Francisco based experimental indie rock band, Tartufi, will be releasing their fourth full length album as they break an almost three year span of silence after releasing their last studio effort, an EP entitled, The Goodwill of The Scar. In celebration of the March 26th release of their new album, These Factory Days, Tartufi has shared a new single entitled, Underwater. This seasoned Bay Area trio will also be playing several tour dates across the United States, and will end their tour in San Francisco with their official album release event at the Brick and Mortar Music Hall on April 26th, exactly a month after the album’s release date.
These Factory Days is dramatic and superfluously elegant. Make sure you check out the album’s new single, Underwater, and buy a copy of These Factory Days, which will make for a great addition to your music collection.
Tartufi 2013 US Tour Dates:
03.22.13 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival at the Neurolux
03.23.13 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival at House Of Light
03.24.13 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival at Minot
03.25.13 – Pocatello, ID @ The Flipside
03.26.13 – Denver, CO @ Armoury
03.27.13 – Witchita KS @ Kirby’s Beer Store
03.28.13 – Columbia, MO @ Mojo’s
03.29.13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Frank’s Powerplant
03.30.13 – South Bend, IN @ McCormick’s
03.31.13 – Chicago, IL @ TBA
04.01.13 – Cleveland, OH @ The Euclid Tavern
04.02.13 – Harrisburg, PA @ Stage on Herr
04.03.13 – Boston, MA @ Radio Upstairs
04.04.13 – Philadelphia, PA @ TBA
04.05.13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Spike Hill
04.06.13 – Asbury Park, NJ @ TBA
04.08.13 – Manhattan, NY @ Mercury Lounge
04.10.13 – Washington DC @ Ghion
04.11.13 – Greensboro, NC @ UNCG
04.12.13 – Winston-Salem, NC @ The Garage
04.13.13 – Durham, NC @ The Casbah
04.14.13 – Atlanta, GA @ TBA
04.15.13 – Little Rock, AK @ TBA
04.16.13 – Fayetteville, AR @ Nightbird Books
04.17.13 – Denton, TX @ TBA
04.19.13 – Tucscon, AZ @ Cafe Passe
04.20.13 – Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
04.26.13 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall (These Factory Days RELEASE SHOW) w/ Kowloon Walled City and Queen Crescent
Monday night’s intimate benefit show for Adobe Books left everyone who attended much better for the wear. A combined sense of revelry and urgency permeated San Francisco’s Public Works and congealed into a series of inspired performances. Cozy acoustic contributions from both Van and Adam Stephens interposed the kinetic atmospherics supplied by The Tambo Rays and The Dodos. Each act was punctuated by an alluring panorama of wall projection eye candy, and between sets DJ Andy Cabic spun the greatest tracks you’ve never heard from a collection too easy to envy.
Adobe enthusiast Tiffany Sainz grew inspired to organize the event at seeing the names of past performers scrawled on the shop’s walls. Many San Francisco artists harbor formative memories attached to Adobe, including stalwart indie duo The Dodos. Guitarist/Vocalist Meric Long once lived across the street from the iconic bookseller, where he fondly recalls gigging early in his career. Drummer Logan Kroeber once heard the worst bassline of all time at Adobe, a memory he narrated with high regard and which speaks to the shop’s reputation as a source for the genuine. The Dodos returned from a European tour just days before the event, and despite the jet lag put on a staggering performance filled with new material. They’ve finished recording a new LP, which I’m told we can expect this August.
The Save Adobe Books Indiegogo campaign concludes Friday, March 15th. If you were unable to attend the benefit show, it’s not too late to contribute! -Andy Lambert
Oakland based songwriter/producer Wallpaper. became a viable music industry success after singning with L.A. Reid and Epic Records last year. Wallpaper. (which consists of members, Arjun Singh, Tom Peyton, Derek Taylor, and vocalist Novena Carmel – the daughter of music legend Sly Stone) also known as Ricky Reed, has been riding high from accumulating promotional support from MTV and Boardwalk Records, landing his music on television shows like Jersey Shore and The Real World, which led him to receive hundreds of thousands of music downloads before his major label signing.
Reed’s most recent effort, Good 4 It was released yesterday on Itunes, and is the theme song for VH1’s newest tv show, Wicked Single.
You can catch Wallpaper. live for three nights at SXSW and on the line up of this summer’s Ven’s Warped Tour:
03/14 Roxy Showcase Empire Automotive, 604 E. 7th St.
03/15 Spotify House 1100 E. Cesar Chavez St.
03/16 Doritos Bold Stage 5th St & Red River
Wallpaper. on Vans Warped Tour 2013:
03/28 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
06/15 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
06/19 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
06/20 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
06/21 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
06/22 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
06/23 Ventura, CA Seaside Park
06/26 Las Cruces, NM N.M.S.U. Practice Field
06/27 Phoenix, AZ Quail Run Park
06/28 Las Vegas, NV Silverton Casino Parking Lot
06/29 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairpark
06/30 Denver, CO Sports Authority Field at Mile High
07/03 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
07/05 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
07/06 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
07/07 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Concert Center
07/09 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
07/10 Washington DC Merriweather Post Pavilion
07/11 Boston, MA Comcast Center
07/12 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
07/13 New York, NY Nassau Memorial Coliseum
07/14 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
07/16 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
07/17 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
07/18 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
07/19 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
07/20 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/21 Minneapolis, MN Canterbury Park
07/23 Kansas City, KS Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
07/24 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/25 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
07/26 Tampa, FL Vinoy Park
07/27 West Palm, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
07/28 Orlando, FL Central Florida Fairgrounds
07/29 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
07/30 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
07/31 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
08/02 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
08/03 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/04 Houston, TX Reliant Center Parking Lot
