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"Blistering" Trio Shares the Spotlight
Hot off a mini-tour and a trip to South By Southwest, The Blacks’ San Francisco-based members Luisa Black (lead vocals/guitar) and JDK Blacker (percussion/backup vocals) are honing their Guitar Hero skills and nursing their battle wounds until the next round of gigs with New York-based drummer Gavin Black. The trio will perform in San Francisco at Bottom of the Hill on April 13th. Luisa Black recently spoke with SF Station. More
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Ran Out Of Money, Kept Singing On My Own
I met Chris Johnson -- and shortly thereafter saw him and his band, Telegraph Canyon, do their thing -- in a bar in Fort Worth, Texas while on assignment on tour with an act from Lawrence, Kansas called The Roseline. Chris was sitting off to the side before the show fiddling with a steel pedal and trying to balance a precarious but formally interesting array of CDs that were for sale. We got to talking, about Tex-Mex and the price of gas in nearby Denton, and eventually he handed me his group’s album, All The Good News. More
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Released on Trashy Moped Records, 3/4/08
It seems foreboding that dance music would look to Ronny James Dio for guidance, but somehow that's the case. Ghostland Observatory singer Aaron Behrens manages to flat line already suffering beats with his metal pipes and stupid lyrics. To see a photo of Behrens and his producer partner Thomas Ross Turner doesn't help: one wears a cape and the other has braids and aviator glasses. It would be tough to feign surprise if it turned out that Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland mentored these guys. More
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Released on Rough Trade Records, 3/18/08
My favorite track on Adam Green's fifth solo record is called "Exp. 1". The song is carefully layered and patched together, just a series of riffs and vocal ideas in the same key strung together. He sings some words and has some thoughts, but the entire affair sounds like happenstance, the product of too many hours in the studio having good ideas that might not make great songs. More
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Released on Beggars Xl Recording, 3/18/08
Accents aside, there is definitely a certain "euro-trash" element to this album -- and I mean that as a compliment. As only the Europeans can do successfully, this French trio’s wit and irreverence is an obvious drawcard even amongst the cryptic lyrics and 80s-inspired pop instrumentals. More
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SF Station Blows It Up
As unorthodox of a show as it gets, Port O’Brian played last Friday at the Diesel store. It was great and even without a P.A. the band just killed it, making the crowd dance and scream. With banjo blaring, drums hitting, guitars rumbling and Van Pierszalowski's voice echoing through the store I don’t think there was one person that didn’t have a great time. More
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The Best Shows for March
La revolucíon rock! SF’s breakout punk band on the rise -- La Plebe -- bring their bilingual Mexacali infused punk-ska to the cozy confines of The Elbo Room. Destined to become SF’s answer to the only band that matters, they wear influences of The Clash, Skatelites, Rancid and Operation Ivy on their sleeve. This hard-hitting five-piece really gets joint jumping with their horn section of trumpet and trombone providing upbeat funky accents to their stripped-down Revolution-rockin’ grooves. More
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Busking Brothers are Westward Bound
With a new album released March 4th that elicits barroom ballads of yesteryear, The Felice Brothers are westward bound in true Americana fashion -- in a Winnebago. The three brothers from the Catskill Mountains of New York along with bandmates Christmas and Greg Farley will perform at Café du Nord on March 20th. James Felice spoke with SF Station during a tour break in Chapel Hill, N.C., where he was visiting with his sister More
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SF Station Blows It Up
I don’t really write about DJs too often but when I saw that Pete Rock was performing I knew it was a must see show. With his first record on the tables he made the crowd stomp their feet. In the age of Serato and the laptop you rarely get to see DJs use albums; Rock was nothing but smooth transitions, spinning his own classics and other crowd favorites. Oh -- and he is also a great hype man -- and got on the mic at times to get the crowed jumping. More
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Putting the 'West' in South By Southwest
South By Southwest, the annual Austin-based gathering of film, music, and technology, will -- as always -- have a strong Bay Area presence. From newer independent acts to many of the area's most established labels, artists and publicity houses, the second week of March will be remembered by a massive convergence of west and southwest. More
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