PRIDE • Photo by Laverrue

Mango, After Dyke March Party
When: Sat June 26
Time: 8pm
Cost: $10 (before 9pm); $15 (after 9pm)
Details:
Pride is almost here and MANGO is going on strong and doing what we do best
– bringing the sweet and sexy beats with ladies galore!! Come after the
Dyke March and shake what your mama gave ya at our spot: El Rio. We got
food. We got girls. We got live performances. We got drink specials and
surprises too. The only thing missing is YOU! Dance the night away and bring
in Pride right… MANGO style!! HAPPY PRIDE and as always… Walk Good!!

Get the party started right after the Dykes on Bikes roll out!! It’s a 10
minute bus ride or a 10 block walk from Dolores Park! $3 drinks from 8-9p,
then get ready for lots of MANGO LUUUV: special performances, the Real L
Word give aways, gift bags for the first 300 folks — Plus what you LUV:
party outside, HOT hip hop and SPICY salsa & delicious and free BBQ.

http://www.myspace.com/deejaydurt

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Gretchen Phillips

Live music w/ Gretchen Phillips and Phranc
When: Thu Jun 24
Time: 8pm door; 9pm show
Cost: $8-15
Details:
Gretchen Phillips
http://www.Gretchen-Phillips.com
Why was Gretchen Phillips voted into the Austin Chronicle’s 2000-2001 Music Poll Hall of Fame? Let’s see. Her choice to put a lesbian point of view front and center in her songs has been cited as an inspiration to such indie pop sensations as Le Tigre, The Butchies and Pansy Division. Her bold and creative use of Casio presets has been cited as an influence on Austin’s own foul-mouthed music sensation Hug. And, very arguably, where would Riot Grrrrl be without Meat Joy, her seminal first band, which artfully combined sexual politics with lots of humor? [website]

Phranc

Phranc

http://www.myspace.com/phrancmyspace
Self-professed “all-American, Jewish, lesbian folksinger” Phranc got her start in the late ’70s Punk rock movement with synth rock band Nervous Gender and reggae Goth band Catholic Discipline (a band that would be immortalized in the first installment of the Decline of Western Civilization movies). During this period, she would sing some of her more political songs acoustically to allow the audience to clearly hear her words. It was these performances that eventually led to the discovery of her voice as an acoustic folk artist. During the span of her early solo releases (Folksinger and on), she discovered her niche — a voice for not only the gay and lesbian community, but for the socially conscious everywhere. Phranc’s music is often humorous in approach, but the underlying message is always based on serious subject matter.

Hi-Nobles

Perfect for Little Steven’s Underground Garage radio show … Vocalist Scotty channels Eric Burdon in his howling … Think The Seeds, mid-70s punk garage soul-rock and pub-rock, delivered with swagger and attitude along with a wink.
- Music Connection

This is a disc of solid, R&B, garage soul living in CA with a groove address in Detroit … the whole disc will make you wanna find a dark, smoky, steamy club and shake what your Momma gave you with some hot stranger while hitting the well bourbon. Old school party soul.
- Music Cookie

Seconds into the lead off track “Soul Sister” you’ll be shaking it and having a ball. The 12-track album is a delightful rhythmic, dance-filled romp!
- Sinister Girlz

Is psyche-soul a style yet? If not, it should be and the Hi-Nobles might think about getting the patent on it. This collection of bad boys rushes head on into the world of rhythm & blues, but does it in a way that turns everything upside down just enough to be new.
- Sonic Boomers

Even through the cold digital medium, The Hi-Nobles seem like the ones to ignite a red-hot dance party.
- The Agit Reader

Shake! takes the listener on a time trip back to the 1960s … they’ve learned the lessons of their forefathers well, and clearly know how to raise the right kind of rock ‘n roll ruckus
- Sound Advice

If there was no such thing as “punk blues” before, there is now … If you’re up for the non-stop frenetic pace, you won’t have any problems listening to this entire disc, but a B-12 shot might be a good idea!
- Vintage Guitar

Any opportunity to hear The Avengers’ string smasher is one worth happily taking, because when a guitar gets in to the man’s hands, nothing stops him from delivering an all-fronts sonic assault. Which is exactly what he does on this Music Machine/Seeds/Sonics-inspired assault. Dig the new breed baby!
- The Big Takeover

The Hi-Nobles have definitely hit a high note with this record … The musical attainability and substance of Shake! is most genuine and spells out good times, track-per-track. Shake!, as the album title suggests, will shake your soul to the core and get your two left feet dancing in no time.
- Frantik Mag

It’s been a while since I’ve seen REAL punk being laid down, without emo or screamo BS. I worked Warped Tour for five years and the Hi Nobles were definitely raw refreshment punching you in the eye.
- Performer Magazine

The Hi-Nobles carry off their highly polished blues rock sound with more than just finesse, it has an amazing sense of soul … It is the essence of good music in a bottle. Drink it up.
- Banned Promotions

Victory and Associates • Photo by Mike Padua

Live music w/ Victory and Associates (Record Release!)
When: Wed Jun 16
Time: 8pm
Cost: $7
Details:
Victory and Associates
http://www.victoryandassociates.net/
It is simple really, you may know the men of Victory and Associates from other bands, you may not.
However, what is created when they come together is unique combination of rock and roll that pleases and excites. If you don’t know, you are going to want to know.

Take the parts of huge classic rock you may actually WANT to turn up, mix it with the parts of indie rock that has stood the test of time, throw in a dash of post-punk sensibility and you are on the trail to victory… and associates.

Victory and Associates are on a mission of the great unjading
Something to believe in. Something to sing along and rock out to.
Something fantastic.

Comprised of members of Mount Vicious, Replicator, Ned, Ghost to Atom, Radio Crimes, My Sunny Disposition and more, Victory and Associates know their way around a good song and endeavor to deliver something exciting to both musician and non-musician alike.

Victory and Associates ARE the party saviors, and want you to remember:
Don’t just prepare to lose, you must prepare to win.

Genius and the Thieves • Photo by Staci Takach

Live music w/ Genius and the Thieves
When: Wed Jun 16
Time: 8pm
Cost: $7
Details:
Genius and the Thieves
http://www.myspace.com/geniusandthethieves
Genius and the Thieves are five guys who love what they do.

Having spent the majority of their lives in and out of bands all over the musical spectrum, Genius and the Thieves got serious in late 2008 and brought what was once a side project into focus. Now they spend most of their time making rock and roll with a distinct indie edge and drinking fancy beers.

Their live shows have been called fearless and full of raw energy. Be forewarned: dance parties and sing alongs usually ensue.

Rocket DOG
http://www.rocketdogrescue.org/
Rocket Dog Rescue is a San Francisco Bay Area dog rescue organization run by a group of dedicated volunteers. We save dogs from death at over-crowded shelters and find them loving, happy homes. Now into our ninth year, RDR is stronger than ever, and has saved the lives of over 4,000 animals.

Deborah Crooks

Deborah Crooks
http://deborahcrooks.com
http://reverbnation.com/deborahcrooks

“Wonderful, colorful arrangements and warm, human sounding vocals….top notch,” —Don Campau, DJ at No PigeonHoles Radio.”

Singing about faith, love and loss, San Francisco songwriter Deborah Crooks is an intimate and edgy artist whose lyric driven and soul-wise music has drawn comparison to Lucinda Williams, Jesse Sykes and The Cowboy Junkies. Widely published as an essayist and journalist, her lyrics are honed by a lifetime of writing, while her music draws on folk, rock, Americana and the blues. Her first full length CD “Adding Water to the Ashes,” (2008) garnered favorable reviews and led to her receiving a Bay Bridged Recording Grant to record at Tiny Telephone Studios. The result is the new EP “It’s All Up to You” featuring 7 new tracks that range from acoustic pop to folk-rock to blues. Deborah has also showcased at the 2006 Millennium Music Conference, the 2005 Rocker Girl Magazine Music Convention, during SXSW, at the 2007 Harmony Festival and 2009′s California Music Fest. In 2010, she also appeared as a featured speaker on purpose and creativity at both MacWorld and SXSW.

Amber Snider

Amber Snider
http://ambersnider.com/

“Super talented. Catch her while you can before a ticket to her show is 50 bucks.”
—Rich Freedman, Vallejo Times-Herald

Possessing a wide emotional range and a storyteller’s appeal, Amber’s style has been compared to artists as varies as Stevie Nicks, Sheryle Crow, Rickie Lee Jones and Janis Joplin. Fusing folk-rock, country and blues, she released her 3rd CD, ‘Still Dreamin’ in 2010. Two Tracks from her CD were finalists in the Third Annual Fame Games Effigy Awards presented by Tony Cowell (Simon’s older, wiser brother and head of CowellMedia) and Amber was recently featured on San Francisco’s KRON TV’s Best of the Bay. Amber has played at many events and venues, has a weekly residency at Downtown Joe’s in Napa, and has hosted a weekly music television segment on Napa Valley TV “Another Late Night Show Early.”