hard place + mind melting art extravaganza by Owl Eyes and Alejandro Garcia
October 5th, 2008 by the all knowing eye
10/5/08 @ CineSpace
6356 Hollywood Blvd
Skull Kiss
Hard Palce
Chips And Salsa
hard place - last goodbye from Get Your Hopes Up
Download it! Hard Place - Last Goodbye
alejandro garcia - VADER Y LA MUERTE
some art by Owl Eyes
I SOUND LIKE WHO?
October 2nd, 2008 by carol the aphid eater I would like to share with everyone who reads this blog (whoever the hell that might be!) some recent comparisons that reviewers have likened my voice unto. I find it all very humorous. Fucking hilarious! Maybe you do too?
Half Assed Review: Mayyors - Megan’s LOLZ, etc
October 1st, 2008 by Jeremy Smears
SRSLY, not even sure why I’m writing about this. Pressed in severely small runs, either because nobody is buying records anymore or… well, you’ve heard the phrase “buy now ebay later”? In any event this is probably sold out by now. Don’t worry, a friend predicts they’ll pull an AFrames for the full length and how limited could that be?
First thing we gotta talk about is this artwork. Unicorns. RLY? Its so bad, its been done to death, but its still good. How can it be? I think this music might best be written about in the retarded caveman speak this dude sings in but I can’t figure it out. Two more severe punk rock songs. These guys will trample over you and might pretty well be unstoppable. For my buck the most bang comes from the short intro on the A side where these guys mix it up and do something a little more rhythmic, like a stone age krautrock or something.
Also, they have a show tonight at The Knockout:
10/01/08 @ The Knockout
Mayyors
The No Gos (celebrity Go Gos cover band)
DJs Matt Mantle & Dirty Doyle
Mayyors were great live, you can read about that here. By “celebrity” I mean members of T.I.T.S. and Erase Errata. I saw The No Gos a few weeks ago at Gilman, they were alright but I’m not a big Go Go’s fan. Straight up Go Gos covers. I guess the Go Go’s are “in” right now? The kids at Gilman loved it, which seemed wrong to me. Those little punks shoulda been beating up the new wavers, right? Guess I’m wrong if they’re playin with Mayyors. Times they are a changin!
Oh, and Matt Mantle. I don’t know anything about his DJing but he’s the bassist The Mantles these days; I saw them a while ago with Brilliant Colors and I think maybe this guy carries some No-Doze in his pockets or something because that band was really peppy that night. Hopefully he spins records like that too.
Flier Fight round 2
September 30th, 2008 by the all knowing eyeThis time the stakes are higher. Two shows. One night. Mon Cousin Belge vs The Passionistas. USA vs BELGIUM. The City vs The East Bay. Sooo Deep:
Mon Cousin Belge - Tweaker Bitch
Download it!MCB - Tweaker Bitch
10/4/08
@ TransAm (1151 Folsom St)
Mon Cousin Belge http://www.myspace.com/moncousinbelge
Monistat http://www.myspace.com/monistat7
Vivianne Moore
The Passionistas - Don’t Hit Snooze (Live)
Download it!The Passionistas - Don’t Hit Snooze (live)
Ghost Town Gallery
10/4/08
Buzzer http://www.myspace.com/buzzeroakland
Dream Datehttp://www.myspace.co/dreamdater
The Passionistas http://www.myspace.com/thepassionistas
Ty Segall http://www.myspace.com/tysegalll
Which will you choose? Which show is right for you? Are you more east bay or san francisco, gay or… not so gay. There are implicit lifestyle implications in your choice!!! ZOMG don’t get weighed down and stay at home. Be a super fan and go to both, its all on the line!!!!!!!
Jealousy @ THINGNIGHT
September 30th, 2008 by Jeremy SmearsTuesdays haven’t been as fun since Aunt Charlies finally cured itself of The Clap. At least, that’s what I thought, but it turns out Tuesdays were taken over by something called THINGNIGHT which I have my suspicions about (suspicions that it will be super fun):
THINGNIGHT
9/30/08
@ Aunt Charlies Lounge, 133 TURK
with Jealousy and DJ LIESA
This week Jealousy is playing and Liza from BRIDEZ is djing and there’s absolutely no reason to be old and not go to a Midnight show on a Tuesday. I am obsessed with this song by Jealousy called “I Would Do That For Him”. Check out this video for it done by the guys who did the BRIDEZ video for Heart and the Girls video for Morning Light
new BRIDEZ video - Heart
September 26th, 2008 by the all knowing eye
We keep telling you to be scared. Soon we’ll be delivering these nervous jitters straight to your turntable. Here’s the new BRIDEZ video for the song Heart, that pool is filled with bleach:
http://www.youtube.com/user/stjeanbrown
Death is awsome.
Shot by: Buttig/Chappell/Brown
Put Acid in Your Cunt
SMiLE tonight! Arts Expo @ Dolores Park Tomorrow!
September 26th, 2008 by Jeremy SmearsDo me a favor already, go to this please. Brian Glaze is rad.
9/26/08
The Knockout (3223 Mission @Valencia)
Brian Glaze & The Nightshift - http://www.myspace.com/brianglazeusyahoocom
White Music - http://www.myspace.com/httpmyspacecomwhitemusic
Les Sylphides
This dude — he knows how to have a good time and he knows how to include you, on stage and off. On stage he will deliver his pop/rock gems; he will give it his all until he falls off of the stage onto you (I’ve seen it).You should go over to his myspace page right now and check out the music. The song “Leader of the Band” works some kind of Elton John groove that you will not be able to shake, I swear it. I’ve been trying to shake it for a month now and I’ve still got it.
Seen at a party he will impart wisdom on the subject of world music and how awesome it was for Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel and how there would be no Animal Collective without its influence on them while his friends laugh hysterically and you try to work it out. He will stand in the front at a show and scream and beg for one more song until there are beer soaked girls wrestling on the floor because they are so desperate to hear this song he is screaming for.
You will have fun. I’m not familliar with the other bands, but here’s what the Smile email had to say:
At 10pm, you can begin to absorb the subtle and seductive messages of Les Sylphides.
By 11pm, you should be sufficiently primed to succumb to the one-touch hypnosis of White Music.
On Saturday afternoon, I guarantee you should go to Dolores Park and have a beer and check out the Arts Expo instead of blog/catch up on blogs/fret over your investments/watch Tabitha’s Salon Takeover/freebase or do whatever it is you do on a Saturday afternoon.
http://artsandmedia.net/expo/
4pm The Aerosols http://www.myspace.com/theaerosols
3pm Uni & Her Ukelele’s Ding! String Trio http://www.myspace.com/uniherukelele
2:30 Foxtails Brigade http://www.myspace.com/lauraweinbach
I went and saw the Aerosols a while back and then didn’t write about it because I couldn’t think of anything to say other than I really liked it. I still can’t but thats stupid, I should just write this: I really liked their brand of psychedelic pop music. You should go see them tomorrow, maybe they’ll do that cover of Lucifer Sam again that got all the kids at SMiLE that night dancing.
Mon Cousin Belge at Trans Am (Club Eight), October 4th, 1151 Folsom Street
September 23rd, 2008 by carol the aphid eater,
Subject: BRIDEZ LIVE ALL THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!
September 20th, 2008 by the all knowing eyeSaturday Oakland Birthday fun!
And then….
9/21/08 @ The Knockout
BRIDEZ http://www.myspace.com/fakebloodjacket
Hawnay Troof http://www.myspace.com/hawnaytroof
SSION http://www.myspace.com/ssion
Gravy Train!!!! http://www.myspace.com/gravytrainband
BRIDEZ are popular with the gay party kids, who woulda thought? Actually, all the smart gays like to keep dangerous company. BRIDEZ are gonna scare the shit out of you so that you have no option but to use that nervous energy to dance.
Joan As Police Woman
September 19th, 2008 by carol the aphid eater
My bitter half dragged me kicking and screaming to Cafe du Nord on Wednesday night to see Joan as Police Woman. I’d listened to her tracks on myspace a few times and was naturally very interested in her ballads. She writes these throaty yet lilting and heartbreaking songs that sort of stand at the cliff’s edge, then fall beautifully and bereft. She had this killer sort of Jew-fro thing going on at du Nord with lots of Polyester and Brooklyn sass. I loved it. She was actually genuinely funny and maybe even a little adorable. Okay i have to say this. Maybe I’m full of shit? Whenever she went to her electric piano and started her ballads, she had me completely in her grasp. Her message was loud and clear. Her ballads lie strangely between the cool sexiness of Roberta Flack and 70’s Bonnie Rait. I say strangely because even though I found myself referencing these classic song writers/performers, Joan as Police Woman had her own very special and unique style that was undeniable. But then she picked up the geetar and i fucking hated her! She even covered, “Let me stand next to your fire.” I thought that no one could ever possibly top Lou Barlow singing, “You’re as cold as ice,” but fuck me in the ass…Joan as Police Woman did. I wanted to scream. Every god damned song she did with that geetar was pretty much mid-tempo to up-tempo “rawkers,” and SUCKED CRUSTY HOMELESS ASS! What a bummer I thought. Why doesnt she JUST do ballads. We can handle it. We’re all adults. Why do bands feel the need to pepper their sets with these boring and completely uninteresting up-tempo numbers? I get it. Live show dynamics, blah…blah…blah! I say fuck that! Make me cry girl. Dont make me hate. And now having said this…I have to say…I love Joan as Police Woman.