Nathan Hughes
When: Sun Feb 28
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Nathan Hughes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPSHIjnTKww
Archive for the ‘February’ Category
2/28/2010 Live music w/ Nathan Hughes
Friday, February 26th, 2010When: Sun Feb 28
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Nathan Hughes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPSHIjnTKww
2/28/2010 Live music w/ Emily Bonn
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Emily Bonn
When: Sun Feb 28
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Emily Bonn
http://myspace.com/emilybonnmusic
Emily Bonn & The Vivants perform original foot stompin’ tunes about riots, hollers and hopping train cars. Largely inspired by the energy of old-time dance tunes, honky-tonk country and western swing, The Vivants play their own brand of American roots music, shining up dusty melodies with modern arrangements.
2/28/2010 Live music w/ Chantelle Tibbs
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Chantelle Tibbs
Live music w/ Chantelle Tibbs
When: Sun Feb 28
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Chantelle Tibbs
http://chantelletibbsmusic.com
Ambient singer songwritery folk. “She’s Got Pipes.”-SF Bay Guardian
Chantelle has played with Chris Pureka, and Andrea Gibson, . She has also gotten the chance to work with Chuck Prophet on her album “No One’s Believer.” She has been featured in CRAFT Magazine, Fluffy Co, Commonwealth Commercial, and on NBC’s “Trauma.”
When Chantelle was 12 she bought her first folk cd. It was Joan Baez Greatest Hits and she got it for “Diamonds and Rust.” She has had music in her ever since then. “I can remember my mom walking home and the package was addressed to her. I opened it knowing I would get in trouble, but when she saw me singing she just kind of let it be.”
Chantelle began to sing and started writing music. At the age of 20 she picked up the guitar. “The guitar was really the missing piece for me.” She has been playing in San Francisco, the Northwest, Los Angeles and around the country since then.
2/28/2010 Live music w/ Instrumental Dynamic Duo Crack Spackle
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Joe Gore
When: Sun Feb 28
Time: 7pm
Cost: FREE
Details: Crack Spackle is an explosive instrumental duo featuring guitarist Joe Gore (PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Tracy Chapman) and drummer Dawn Richardson (Dolorata,Tracy Chapman,4 Non Blondes).
Dawn Richardson
The pair spins wild sonic tapestries ranging from eerie spacerock to pithy pop covers. It’s realtime sound design from two master musicians.
No cover – contributions for the continuance and support of Crack Spackling will be accepted gratefully.
2/27/2010 Live music w/ Form of Transport
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Form of Transport
Live music w/ Form of Transport
Form of Transport
http://www.myspace.com/formoftransport
2/27/2010 Live music w/ Bitter Mystics
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Bitter Mystics
Live music w/ Bitter Mystics
When: Sat Feb 27
Time: 7pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
The Bitter Mystics
http://www.bittermystics.com
The Bitter Mystics (formerly D’Tension) grew from a partnership to produce a single song. That seed has sprouted almost 30 original tunes that this talented ensemble shares at venues in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area.
Bitter Mystics are smooth and sultry vocals backed by masterful acoustic rhythm and lead guitars, and violin energizing original songs spanning genres from bluegrass to folk, pop to swing.
2/24/2010 Live music w/ The Illness
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
The Illness
Live music w/ The Illness
When: Wed Feb 24
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
The Illness
http://www.myspace.com/theillness
The Illness brings a new sound to the progressive rock world. The classic foundations are there; complexity, energy, and power. Fueled by the amalgamation of distinct talents the band shatters the conventional rock template. Comprised of veterans of San Francisco’s diverse music scene, the Illness creates a new sensibility in a genre that has a history of abuse. Viscous rhythms flow freely into focused streams of guitars to burn a hole in tradition and give any punk, metalhead or prog-rocker a moment of pause. Don’t worry about catching The Illness; chances are you already have it.
2/24/2010 Live music w/ Kajillion
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Kajillion
Live music w/ Kajillion
When: Wed Feb 24
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Kajillion
http://www.myspace.com/kajillion
We have spent the last several months recording all of our band practices and exploring different ideas.. What we have come up with is a large catalog of improvisational tunes ranging from soft jazz, to frenetic fusion, to rock and roll. We hope that you enjoy.. We have still be writing more of our typical mind straining, bone crushing material you have heard from us in the past, but we are also pushing our musical boundaries and exploring new territory. Please enjoy..
2/24/2010 Live music w/ Sideshow Fiasco
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Sideshow Fiasco
Live music w/ Sideshow Fiasco
When: Wed Feb 24
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Sideshow Fiasco
http://www.myspace.com/sideshowfiasco
2/23/2010 Live music w/ Andy Markham
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Live music w/ Andy Markham
When: Tue, Feb 23
Time: 8pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
Andy Markham
I play a hybrid of fingerstyle/bottleneck slide, largely original compositions that are in the “progressive acoustic music” mold, for want of a better term.
2/23/2010 Live music w/ Nicole Reynolds
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Nicole Reynolds
Live music w/ Nicole Reynolds
When: Tue, Feb 23
Time: 8pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
Nicole Reynolds
http://www.myspace.com/nicolereynoldsmusic
Nicole has toured throughout the United States, Germany, and Holland. She has performed shows with Jean Ritchie, Dan Bern, Chris Pureka, Janis Ian, Tom Paxton, Melissa Ferrick, Ellis Paul, Erin McKeown, Peter Mulvey, Edie Carey, Sarsaparilla, Jake Shimabukuro, Eleni Mandell, The Waybacks, among many others. If you combine all of their music, you’d probably end up with something that sounds kind of like Nicole.
2/23/2010 Live music w/ Red Abbey
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Red Abbey
Live music w/ Red Abbey
When: Tue Feb 23
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Red Abbey
A New York based rock outfit with its roots in San Francisco. Comprised of two multi-cultural and multi-instrumental songwriters, these two fuse their influences into a sound that’s all their own. For lead vocalist, Thien-nga Palmer, this will be a homecoming show as well as Red Abbey’s West Coast album release.
2/23/2010 Live music w/ Buxter Hoot’n
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Buxter Hoot'n
Live music w/ Buxter Hoot’n
When: Tue Feb 23
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Buxter Hoot’n
http://www.myspace.com/buxterhootn
“A glimpse into the future of San Francisco’s slightly psychedelic songwriting scene,” (SF GUARDIAN) Buxter Hoot’n is an experience not be missed. Their music is a gritty and eclectic form of rock ‘n’ roll that draws from a deep reverence for tradition and psychedelia. RELIX magazine calls them “one of the great American bands of today.”
2/22/2010 Live music w/ Daikon
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Daikon
Live music w/ Daikon
When: Mon Feb 22
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Daikon
http://www.myspace.com/daikonradish
2008 – San Francisco, California. A young, married rhythm section from Half Moon Bay hears an old friend from San Jose’s songs he has recorded on his own. Phone calls and emails are exchanged. There are no first impressions to make anymore, everyone gets along fine. Amps are plugged in; an initial recording session is made. They practice for a long time. A year later, they finish recording an album and start playing shows. A terse biography is drawn up to help get more shows. So the story goes once more.
2/22/2010 Live music w/ The Sprains
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
The Sprains
Live music w/ The Sprains
When: Mon Feb 22
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
The Sprains
http://www.myspace.com/thesprains
Sprains are Dan, Dustin, and Jesse – three dudes who love to rock! We all have a special place in our hearts for 90’s pop punk, and when the stars aligned over San Francisco one summer night back in ‘08 we decided to make it official. Less than a year later, we’ve got over a dozen tunes that we’re itchin’ to play live.
2/22/2010 Live music w/ Build Them To Break
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Build Them to Break
Live music w/ Build Them To Break
When: Mon Feb 22
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Build Them to Break (Pop Punk)
http://www.myspace.com/buildthemtobreak
Formed in mid 2007 after a move from the midwest to Northern California, the four members of Build Them to Break have been playing music together for a number of years. You can find them now in the heart of SF’s tenderloin district, dodging bums and bathing in choice, influential pop punk. Your little sister is the captain of this ship. LAND HO!
2/21/2010 Live music w/ Instrumental Dynamic Duo Crack Spackle
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Joe Gore
Live music w/ Instrumental Dynamic Duo Crack Spackle
When: Sun Feb 21
Time: 7pm
Cost: FREE
Details: Crack Spackle is an explosive instrumental duo featuring guitarist Joe Gore (PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Tracy Chapman) and drummer Dawn Richardson (Dolorata,Tracy Chapman,4 Non Blondes).
Dawn Richardson
The pair spins wild sonic tapestries ranging from eerie spacerock to pithy pop covers. It’s realtime sound design from two master musicians.
No cover – contributions for the continuance and support of Crack Spackling will be accepted gratefully.
2/20/2010 Live music w/ Shovelman
Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Shovelman
When: Sat Feb 20
Time: 7pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
Shovelman
http://www.myspace.com/isaacfrankle
“Shovelman’s music would be playing on the radio if Tom Waits and Les Claypool ever went on a road trip together… and were lost.” – Chip, ‘So Wat TV
2/20/2010 Live music w/ Weapons of the Future
Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Weapons of the Future
Live music w/ Weapons of the Future
When: Sat Feb 20
Time: 7pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
Weapons of the Future
http://www.myspace.com/weaponsofthefuturemusic
Weapons of the Future are instruments of creation. An innovative and powerful indie rock band with a touch of sci-fi, psychedelic, and garage rock. Take Interpol, mix it with the Cramps, Sonic Youth, and Morphine and you might get an idea of the Weapons Of the Future sound. Nevertheless, playing live is where they shine the most. The moodiness of the keyboard sounds and the mysticism of the front man’s lyrics are complimented by the solid dance grooves created by the rhythm section. They go through the set captivating the audience through multiple mediums, both visual and sonic.
2/17/2010 Live music w/ American Professionals
Saturday, February 13th, 2010
The American Professional
When: Wed Feb 17
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
The American Professionals
http://www.myspace.com/theamericanprofessionals
San Francisco-based The American Professionals dole out comfortably familiar powerpop in this four-track EP. You know the deal – loud, crunchy guitars and catchy melodies. So if you’re a diehard powerpop fan, you do get the heavy guitarwork (classic 70s styled) and the Beatlesque tunes, which suggests that the likes of Cheap Trick and the Raspberries might be strong influences. It’s straightforward really. Personally, I like the subtle contrasts in the title track which does suggest that the band has more in its locker than loud and heavy. Always a good sign. That said, the adrenaline-pumping, bittersweet confections of Jump This Train, Down Low and Yet Another One More Time will keep the powerpop fans smiling. In addition, check out bonus track Love is Only Sleeping, which is a gorgeous evocation of mid-60s psychedelic-garage rock.
Kevin Mathews, www.powerofpop.com
