Posts Tagged ‘indie’
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Yes Alexander
Live music w/ Yes Alexander
When: Thu, August 19
Time: 8pm
Cost: $5-10 sliding scale
Details:
Yes Alexander – Album Release Show for Like Lions
http://www.yesalexander.com
“Yes Alexander has the gorgeous and otherworldly voice of a young, strung-out angel hustling on some shimmering ho’ stroll in heaven. It is filled with yearning and sweetness and hurt and promise. Also, if you have a crush on a person you totally want Yes’ music on the obsessive mix CD you make to leave on their doorstep.” – Michelle Tea
Yes Alexander’s insatiable hunger for music has provided an array of intoxicating melodies that collide with folk, synth pop, rock and roll and hip hop. Yes first picked up a guitar at the age of 17 and since then she has toured frequently and collaborated with an eclectic set of musicians. (yesalexander.com/about)
Tags: acoustic, indie, Yes Alexander
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Baby Seal Club
Live music w/ Baby Seal Club
When: Thu Jun 10
Time: 8pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Baby Seal Club
http://www.babysealclub.net/site/index.html
“We sing. We pluck. We strum. We bang. Often at the same time. Often in tempo. Usually in tune. Sometimes with soaring harmonies. We’re an art-music spectacle continually in development. If you MUST put us in a box, might we suggest: post-modern, indie-art, quirk-pop. But, again, only if you must. We don’t really care for boxes. We DO care for costumes and general buffoonery. We like to reinvent ourselves and sometimes we succeed. We like songs. Songs contain ideas that can feed the soul. Our songs speak to our time and place in the world. Often our songs get our blood pumpin’ and make us giddy. Our giddiness might not be readily apparent. But, rest assured, inside we’re pretty damn giddy….” — BSC
Tags: Baby Seal Club, indie
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
The Mallard
Live music w/ The Mallard
When: Mon Jun 7
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
The Mallard
http://www.myspace.com/themallardbandsf
Tags: garage, indie, surf, The Mallard
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Rival Parties
Live music w/ Rival Parties
When: Mon Jun 7
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Rival Parties
http://www.myspace.com/thesmartset
Tags: indie, Rival Parties
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Domestic Electrics
Live music w/ Domestic Electrics
When: Monday, April 19
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Domestic Electrics
Indie/emo from San Francisco, sounds like: drama, dancing and drugs
Tags: Domestic Electrics, indie, pop, rock
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Live music w/ Fiction Like Candy
When: Tue Mar 2
Time: 8pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
Fiction Like Candy
Fiction Like Candy
Her flair for the dramatic swirls through the music ambitiously, yet the drama now seems more honest, the sentiment sweeter and more vulnerable. The most recent incarnation of Fiction Like Candy is a little less fiction, a little more candy. And it will still leave you craving more…
Tags: Fiction Like Candy, indie, pop, rock
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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.
Tags: alternative, folk, indie, Nicole Reynolds
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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.
Tags: Daikon, indie, pop, showtunes
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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.
Tags: garage, indie, psychedelic, rock, Weapons of the Future
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
The Aimless Never Miss
Live music w/ The Aimless Never Miss
When: Sun Feb 14
Time: 6pm
Cost: $5
Details:
The Aimless Never Miss
http://www.myspace.com/theaimlessnevermiss
http://www.theaimlessnevermiss.com
The Aimless began as a recording project for singer/songwriter Jon Latimer. The project attracted the interest of several close friends, and the band started gigging around Sonoma County in 2005. In 2006, the band relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, and subsequently released two EPs on Tricycle Records in 2007 (”Oh, if they could fly”, “The Bright Side”). In 2008, they released their first full-length, self-titled album on Devil In The Woods Records. Rearranging themselves as a three piece in 2009, Latimer and bassist Andrew Macy tapped friend and veteran percussionist Eric Kuhn of Silian Rail to play on their latest ‘Tran EP’, now available on 500 Records.
Tags: experimental, indie, rock, The Aimless Never Miss
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
The Friendly Skies
Live music w/ The Friendly Skies
When: Sun Feb 14
Time: 6pm
Cost: $5
Details:
The Friendly Skies
http://myspace.com/friendlyskiesmusic
This instrumental duo captures the brooding Portland raincloud sound that so many tragic youngsters have otherwise sold their soul to (re)locate near. The Friendly Skies aren’t trying to elevate their levels of Frippery, but guitar triumphs over keyboard and the energy of the room bleeds out with some several well articulated well played refrains.
Tags: indie, rock, The Friendly Skies
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Champions of Melancholy
Live music w/ Champions of Melancholy
When: Sun Feb 14
Time: 6pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Champions of Melancholy
http://myspace.com/championsofmelancholy
We are the champions of melancholy..We are three girls, and together we are an ocean of emotion….We write songs, sad songs about life, love, and reckless behaviors… We are recording soon with the other instruments.. stay tuned!
Tags: Champions of Melancholy, experimental, indie, pop
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Reggie Ginn
Live music w/ Reggie Ginn
When: Sat Feb 13
Time: 7pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
Reggie Ginn
http://www.myspace.com/reggieginn
Heartache, intensity, longing, and unrequited love. These are the themes that dominate my music. I have always been a vocalist. I taught myself piano senior year in high school and the rest is history. All my songs are original lyrics and ideas. And while creating and writing songs are the most amazing things to do, I find performing live is the most incredible experience I have ever had.
Tags: alternative, indie, rock
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Boy Lion
Live music w/ Boy Lion
When: Sat Feb 6
Time: 7pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
Boy Lion
http://www.myspace.com/boyliontim
Boy lion is a constantly modulating collaboration between Timothy Owen and talented musicians from around the bay area. Timothy grew up in Northern California and was writing music by age seven. Classically trained, Timothy has taken his love for the old-school songwriting of Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Joni Mitchell and so many others and joined it with the intimacy and range of classical chamber music. His first full length record, coming out soon, showcases the range of his compositions from sparse tracks featuring only piano and voice, to complicated ensemble pieces. Boy Lion performances are always different from the one before, and tend to be highly organic showcases based on the vibe of the venue, crowd and complexity of the particular incarnation of the ensemble. [myspace]
Tags: acoustic, Boy Lion, fusion, indie
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Daniel Owens
Live music w/ Daniel Owens
When: Fri Feb 5
Time: 9pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Daniel Owens
http://myspace.com/danielowensmusic
“…tight vocal harmonies and guitar accompaniment.” “… pouring out his dreams in this recorded quest.”-Indiemusic.com
Tags: Daniel Owens, folk, indie, pop, rock
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
The Eli Wise Band
Live music w/ The Eli Wise Band
When: Tue, February 2
Time: 9pm
Cost: Free
Details:
Eli Wise
http://www.myspace.com/eliwise
The Eli Wise band is a project whose roots are in European – American Folk Music and that reaches for the space age. As Americans, we are stradle multiple worlds and cultures, and seek to understand ourselves in a country whose history can seem harder to grasp than its future.
Tags: Eli Wise, folk, indie
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
EFFT
Live music w/ EFFT
When: Sat Jan 2
Time: 7-9pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
EFFT
http://www.myspace.com/weareEFFT
in the evening across city blocks drawing chalk towards song-light
drawing conclusive sun down over our brows
hymnal throwing hymnal
skipping lines skipping
a perfect circle our tails
past show: 1/2/2010
Tags: EFFT, folk rock, indie
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
The Shebangs
Live music w/ The Shebangs
When: Fri Jan 29
Time: 9pm
Cost: $5-20
Details:
The Shebangs
fun girl-punk-pop
Tags: indie, pop, punk, The Shebangs
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
The Crazies Will Destroy You
Live music w/ The Crazies Will Destroy You
When: Thu Jan 21
Time: 8pm
Cost: $5
Details:
The Crazies Will Destroy You
http://www.myspace.com/craziessf
Tina is in charge of all ass kicking, stick throwing, and drumming. Tony is the lead yeller and shredmaster extraordinaire. Jade works the low-toned instrument and provides the high-toned voice. David is the troubadour and maestro of the pedals and the pic.
Tags: indie, pop, punk, rock, The Crazies Will Destroy You
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Casey Chisholm
Live music w/ Casey Chisholm
When: Mon Jan 18
Time: 7pm
Cost: $3-5
Details:
Casey Chisholm
http://www.myspace.com/caseychisholm
Reigning from Northern California, Casey Chisholm blends a broad spectrum of electronic and organic elements in creating a signature, Indie sound.
Tags: Casey Chisholm, electronic, indie
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