Disastroid

Live music w/ Disasteroid ~ The Here ~ Fondue (Psych / Rock)
When: Fri, April 22
Time: 9pm
Cost: $8
Details:
Disastroid
http://disastroid-music.blogspot.com/
“Melvins/Minutemen/QOTSA-styled stoner rock that generally refuses to sit still.

“…Fucking awesome. The perfect mix of Harvey Milk, Jesus Lizard, Melvins, nomeansno, and Danzig all while tuning it into their own unique sound. It was everything that has been good about rock music and what is good about rock music now. I highly recommend these guys and it was nice to be completely blown away by an opening band I had never heard a note from before.”
- Speed Glue and Music, July ’09

The Here

The Here
http://thehere.com/
We have come to save the human race through rock and roll

Le Mutant

Live music w/ Le Mutant (FR) ~ Tank Attack ~ Arms N Legs ~ Black Stool (Metal / Psych)
When: Mon, March 28
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Le Mutant – Discount Surf/Rock from Baiona-France.
http://www.ilovelemutant.com

Tank Attack – 2 piece prog metal.
http://www.myspace.com/tankattack

Arms N Legs – 4 piece afro beat psych
http://www.myspace.com/severancemed

Black Stool – acoustic death metal
http://www.myspace.com/blackstool666

Drunk Horse

Live music w/ DRUNK HORSE ~ HOT LUNCH ~ CARLTON MELTON (ROCK)
When: Sat, February 12
Time: 9pm
Cost: $8
Details:
Drunk Horse (on Tee Pee Records) – Headliner
http://www.myspace.com/drunkhorse
Drunk Horse emphasizes the interpenetration of what are usually called “mind” and “body”. According to this idea, people’s deeply-held thoughts make them ill or at least create the preconditions for disease and psychological problems. We work to remove deeply held resentments, to release unexpressed emotions, to assuage buried terror (all of which, in this view, are caused by deeply held thoughts), in order to build self-confidence and to plant in people a positive and hopeful view of their path through life. ..

Hot Lunch

Hot Lunch
http://www.myspace.com/hotlunchrules
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hot-Lunch/116240715101900
FOLLOWING the sudden implosion of Parchman Farm, singer Eric Shea knew that he had only two options; start a Firefall tribute band named High On Firefall or build a heavy punk ‘n’ roll quartet by sandwiching members from his favorite San Francisco bands. Following his gut, he pursued the sandwich. [facebook]

Carlton Melton

Carlton Melton (new split release 12″ on Mid-to-Late Records)
http://www.myspace.com/carltonmelton
http://carltonmeltonmusic.com/
The band CARLTON MELTON formed along the Mendocino County coastline in Northern California on the weekend of July 17th, 2008. The idea to play live, loud, improvised, experimental, instrumental, psychedelic music in a geodesic dome had been discussed for many years prior to this date. The opportunity came to fruition after the dome was completely rebuilt and the acoustic sounds inside were fully realized.

Sea of Bees

Sea of Bees -shimmery lovely folk
http://www.seaofbees.com/home/
http://www.myspace.com/seaofbees
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sea-Of-Bees/197401657346
http://twitter.com/seaofbees
Sea of Bees is the musical project of Julie Ann Bee, or Jules as everyone calls her.

She sings, writes the songs, and plays lots of musical instruments.

“Took me about 50 seconds — the length of the woozy, haunting intro to “Marmalade” — to completely fall for Sea of Bees, the nom de tune of Sacramento indie-popper Julie Baenziger. Her debut album “Songs for the Ravens” sounds folky in some places, gauzy and ambient in others and twee as hell in still others, but beautiful throughout, and a potent reminder that emotional virtue is an artist’s most precious commodity. This one’s special, folks, let’s not screw it up.” -Kevin Bronson, Buzzbands LA, LA Weekly

“Songs for the Ravens is bound to be one of this year’s finest records;as soon as you hear it you’re not going to be able to shakeit.” -Ned Lannamann,Portland Mercury

“I’m not entirely sure why I love this album so much… …That which I cannot put my finger on, is the mysterious, wonderful, and addictive qualities of this album as a whole. Bravo to Jules and her Sea of Bees.” -Jason Lytle (Grandaddy, Admiral Radley)
[from website]

Sands • Photo by Katherine Levin

Sands – roadhouse reveries
http://www.myspace.com/damesatan
“Nuanced, heartfelt folk songs that sound like they could have been written anytime in the past century or so.” ..– Time Out New York
“If Quazar had sounded anything like Dame Satan, the San Francisco quartet that just played the Wednesday-night Americana Ramble at Marilyns on K, I might be translating dispatches from Zeti Reticuli right now. Ever heard music that makes you desperately try to remember if you’d innocuously eaten a brownie earlier that could have been, ahem, herbally enhanced? Dame Satans music had that effect. The instrumentation was boilerplate Americana–acoustic guitars, banjos, resonator guitars, bass and maybe even a mandolin–but the execution was closer to chamber music meets jazz. The influences, among them British folk, English post-psychedelic blues rock, spare Delta blues and the sort of weird Americana the Grateful Dead sometimes hinted at, melded into an original whole whose presence was rather startling. The four members played off each other like ancient jazz bodhisattvas, and there was a conscious awareness and manipulation of the spaces between the notes, again more a jazz trait than an element common to more straightforward genres like bluegrass or country. The overall effect is easy to recall. Its like that time you got really buzzed and played guitar in the stairwell and sang, and you heard yourself sounding like something from another dimension.” ..– Sacramento News and Views
“…Druggy, dusky hued country folks who slink about in the shadows…” ..– Aquarius
“…Underrated…” ..– S.F. Bay Guardian
“…Little ‘r’ rock with sweetly scented underpine…” ..– Byron Coley, The Wire
“BEACHES AND BRIDGES, the second long-play album by Dame Satan, is a leviathan of a record that’ll displace mass amounts of air from your speakers, whether it’s creeping along or flowing with speed and soul. The sounds it contains are huge, surreal, and timeless, easily holding their ground when compared to your parents’ musical documentations of progression, folk, harmony, and psychedelia.” ..– Thrasher Magazine
[from myspace]

Walking in Sunlight – gorgeous old-time harmonies
http://walkinginsunlight.bandcamp.com/album/walking-in-sunlight
We started singing together for the simple fun of it. This collection of songs represents the first few songs we happened to learn with each other. These are old time songs from the oldest necks of America, songs by modern ancients Doc Watson and Will Oldham, and a few songs by us. [website]

The Cambell Apartment

The Campbell Apartment
http://www.myspace.com/TheCampbellApartment

The Campbell Apartment is the brainchild of Russian-born artist and Renaissance lad Ari Vais, who modeled the band after lo-fi anti-heroes like Guided By Voices and The Replacements. With a schmeer of songs chock full of clever turns of phrase, buttery Brian Wilson harmonies, and high fructose melodies, Vais aims to create tunes with hooks that are designed for addiction, to keep your toes tapping, and to rattle around in your head for days. After a few years in New York City, Vais moved west in 2009 to San Francisco where he was joined by drummer Gary Gutfeld (Corduroy, Redemption 87, The Hi-Fives), bassist Mikey K, and, most recently, New York guitar rock legend Jody Porter (Fountains of Wayne). Together, we’re The Campbell Apartment. [myspace]

Acacia Collective

Acacia Collective
http://www.myspace.com/sfacacia
Acacia Collective was born in a cave in Orange County, California during the winter of 2003. Soon after, Craig MacArthur and Ryan McCaffrey began ferociously writing and playing music, focusing on ethereal vocal harmonies and soulful guitar interplay. Inspired by the artistic energy of the Bay Area, the duo relocated to San Francisco in 2004. Over the next several years the Collective grew, incorporating many talented Bay Area musicians. Most notably, they collaborated with bassist, songwriter, producer and Bay Area legend, Bobby Vega. With Vega and guitarist Chris Rosbach producing and with Prairie Prince on drums, the Collective finished their debut album, “House of Cards” in the fall of 2008. With the release of “House of Cards,” Acacia Collective is now on a mission to bring its passion for musical expression to as many ears as possible. MacArthur and McCaffrey work at crafting euphoric, spacious and uplifting songs, while remaining firmly rooted in sunsplashed rock n’ roll. Acacia Collective perform with an intense joy for musical creation, “getting high while worlds collide…” [myspace]

The American Professionals

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.

The Fresh & Only's • Photo by Brian Pritchard

The Fresh & Onlys formed just last year in San Francisco, but they already boast more music to their name than most bands manage in twice that time. Over the course of a flurry of 7″s, a limited-edition cassette, and two full-length albums– last spring’s self-titled and now Grey-Eyed Girls– you can hear the sound of a young band busily honing in on what they’re good at. In case you weren’t tipped off by their almost distractingly evocative band name (should we be thinking of the Only Ones, or the Young Fresh Fellows?), the Fresh & Onlys traffic in jangly garage-pop, balancing psych-rock swagger with generous dollops of sweetly cockeyed melody. [Pitchfork]

Thee Oh Sees

Read more: http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/music/3345/thee-oh-sees#ixzz0hQYgMV8R