World Famous in SF

The SF Weekly found Green Living, released 7/28 on World Famous in SF, to be “a combination of ’70s bedroom-freak Gary Wilson and ’80s pop screwball Lawrence Hayward of Felt, recorded at the epicenter of the current hipster underground.”

We here at World Famous like those comparisons and are extremely pleased that Green Living entered the CMJ top 200 it’s first week out. Response from DJ’s has been extremely positive:

“Oh man, the 1980s! Glamour! Dancing! Not being obnoxious and creating music that throws back this hard to that era is an incredible, incredible feet. Synth rock nu-wave that is so incredibly spot on and so well crafted I couldn’t not give it a nod.”

“got hooked on (1) second it started - I feel no shame in liking something that combines the most addictive musical elements of disco and lo-fi with retro pop rock.”

“Lo-fi masterpiece with an air of 60’s psychedelic pop/folk, hints of surf rock and new wave bleeding through. a moody, atmospheric sound.”

Copies of the LP will be on sale as well as a limited edition promo CD version of the album that is not available in store. Tom & Jeremy of World Famous in SF will be there live and in person selling the record. Please come out and help us celebrate the release of this excellent LP!

Bonus! This is a triple record release show, also appearing The Splinters, and The Perverts all celebrating new vinyl. The Splinters’ first official release is the Splintered Bridges 7″ on the excellent Double Negative Records (Battleship, The Fucking Ocean).

Garage rock trio The Perverts celebrate the recent release of their debut 7″ by HBSP-2X Records, and the band opens Saturday’s show.

Brian Glaze & The Night Shift
Splinters
The Perverts
Saturday 8/1
Amnesia
853 Valencia (at 20th St.)
San Francisco, CA
415-970-0012
http://www.amnesiathebar.com

Hey y’all, Green Living, the new record by Brian Glaze, is due for release on July 28th but we’re taking pre-orders starting now. Pre-orders of the vinyl come with a free mp3 download of the album!

Brian Glaze’s notoriety as the original drummer in the Brian Jonestown Massacre is forever eclipsed by his status as a singer/songwriter with his new LP, Green Living, out July 13 on World Famous In San Francisco. This “best of” collection of home recordings makes fora surprisingly cohesive album with a strong narrative arc.

In the past Glaze has collaborated in the studio and on the road with Greg Ashley of Gris Gris fame, here Brian has constructed every recording by himself and the result is his most focused effort to date best evidenced in what proves to be the definitive take on “Bad News.” This moody atmospheric demo truly conjures up the feeling that bad news is indeed lurking in the shadows no matter where you go and is sooner or later bound to turn up. Songs like “Leader of The Band” a strange mash-up of classic Elton John la la la’s and Ariel Pink’s densely layered production is pure pop with a hip lo-fi aesthetic. “Killing Time”recalls shades of Creation Records psychedelic pop band Revolving Paint Dream while “Silver Ashes” mines the territory of late 70’s new wave. The last song on the LP, “Shake Shiloh,” find’s Glaze literally singing “Goodbye” to the listener. Bringing a true sense of closure to an intensely personal musical experience. This record proves that the strength of the song and the highly personal nature of home demo recordings are tough to improve upon. This is Brian Glaze at his best.

Brian Glaze - Leader of the Band listen
Brian Glaze - Killing Time listen

Come hear the newest line-up of Belgian sensations, Mon Cousin Belge at Thee Parkside on Saturday, June 6th. Presented by Club Feral as a benefit for this summer’s Homo A-Go-Go. Also playing are The Younger Lovers and Pink Swastika, Plus djs Siobahn Sluvalot and Gary Fembot

June 6th, 10:00 PM at Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street at Wisconsin, San Francisco, California

Down about being separate but ‘equal’? Mystified by the new breed of gay unicorns the california supreme court birthed today? Don’t sweat it, come to the gay bar and have a good time with us!

5/28/09
The Eagle (398 12th St)

Brian Glaze
Hard Place
Mon Cousin Belge
Myles

The way California votes may be a total bummer but those bozos aren’t going to be at this show. There will be advance copies of the new Brian Glaze record Green Living (or, pre-order it through this here site). Mon Cousin Belge will continue to inch their way closer and closer to Spinal Tap like absurdities on their endless run of reunion shows! Hard Place will be making a rare San Francisco appearance and this is also your first chance to catch Myles of The Passionistas doing his new, super polished, super professional, super solo project.

Just a reminder, Club Club You’re Dead is tonight are your party survival skillz up to snuff?

Club Club You’re Dead
5/6 @ The Stud (9th & Harrison)
9PM $5

Party Effects
Lemon Pretend
DJ ALEXIS
+40 Gay Beauty Contest
Special Guests

Hey, if you live across the pond (we mean, in the UK) come check out BRIDEZ as they stumble their way across the island with their new, limited edition, cd “Evil Road” or if you’re more of the vinyl type they’ll have copies of the “Rolling Stoned” seven inch record too!

Tour Dates:

may 2nd - sheffield @ upperthorpe hotel (for bloody cubs w/ sports day and bloody knees)
may 3rd - glasgow @ the brunswick hotel (for picante/ get a room w/ schnapps)
May 4th - Newcastle @ the end (78 scotswood road/ Permanent Vibes) w/ Mi Ami
may 6th - manchester @ bay horse (for tears on the golfcourse)
may 7th - nottingham (for promoter or something)
may 8th - london @ the macbeth (for ghost school)
may 9th - london warehouse party (address: Unit 3C Mellenium Building, Eade Road Design Centre, Eade Road, Manor House, London, N15/ N14/ N4/) (for club milk w/ TEETH!!!, A Grave With No Name, husbands)
may 10th - brighton @ the hobgoblin (for sex is disgusting w/ trash kit and la la vasquez)
May 11th - London @ the Lexington (96-98 Pentonville Road/ UTR show) w/ Marnie Stern

2mrw night the Passionistas will be revealed as the ’surprise guest’ opening for Ariel Pink at Bottom Of The Hill!!!! Come be our surprise guests! Don’t even tell us your coming in fact, just leap on us/stage/after the show- u know, shock us! If you need a little juice to get amped, then here it is below, in video form:
Passionistas- Y2k

Ariel Pink- For Kate I Wait

Cryptacize- Cosmic Sing Along

Rodney Mullen- not playing but you know gets you hyped on life

C U!!!

Figure out a way and go to this. It’ll be the best party since Club Club You’re Dead last Wednesday!

THE PASSIONISTAS and HARD PLACE
@ SHOW CAVE NIGHT GALLERY
Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 9:00am

1930 ECHO PARK AVE
Los Angeles, CA

Did you know that Freddy Cristy, while not confusing and angering people with his output in Hard Place, makes animations that are so cute you want to hug a puppy to death after watching them?

The World Famous offices have been filled with laughter over the past few days since we saw these two reviews pop up in Still Single: Vol. 5, No. 1 by Doug Mosurak over at Dusted Magazine.

First a review of the BRIDEZ seven inch:

Cruddy no-fi rock aping Royal Trux but getting stuck somewhere in between Be Your Own Pet and bratty trust-fund kids slumming it. Singer Liza Thorn was once in So So Many White White Tigers, a decent enough band that should have stuck around for longer, for they were far more interesting than either track presented here. If you were DYING to hear some rock music, like you were about to expire due to dehydration and this record was the antidote, then I suppose you’d have an excuse to jam it. Not me. What did anyone hear in this that made them think “hey, I’d better press this up?”

And now the review of the Hard Place/Passionistas split EP:

Bay Area split single combines harmless, innocuous, passable bedroom pop by teen neons, the Passionistas, with the tacky, slick electro-crap of Hard Place (the poor man’s Ssion, maybe a homeless man’s Sparks). Never would there have been a point in my life where I would have considered purchasing such a record as this, so if you think like I do, best to bail out, now.

At World Famous we believe that Love and Hate are two sides of the same coin and a review is good whether it moves you to sing its praises or to spew bile all over the place. In fact, we love a bad review, and these were particularly entertaining (seriously, we may refer to Hard Place as “the homeless man’s sparks” from now on). Thanks Doug!!

We mentioned that Love and Hate were two sides of the same coin, so here’s some very nice reviews from our friends over at Aquarius Records

First the BRIDEZ seven inch:

Bridez front woman, and the cover star of this here 7″ single, is none other then Liza Thorn, who was responsible for unleashing a thrilling and damaging whirlwind of fierce energy here in the Bay Area with her previous band So So Many White White Tigers. While Bridez is a much more song based endeavor, there is still that reckless energy and dirty quality to their songs that makes this such a fun, fiery and righteously sleazy debut. We hear healthy doses of Pussy Galore, early Hole and the early recordings of The Runaways. Bringing a much needed element of danger and drunken passion to fucked up rock n’ roll. So good!

Now the Hard Place/Passionistas split EP:

The Passionistas have been gaining some well deserved attention here in SF with their super catchy and colorful pop hooks, dipping their musical toes into both power pop and glam, providing the missing link between Big Star and Sparks. Speaking of Sparks, Hard Place open their side of this split with a very Sparks influenced and triumphant sounding pop nugget. There’s a very early ’80s larger-than-life, arena-ready aesthetic to their sound, yet it’s delivered with such earnest spirit. We suspect there is some Van Halen, Andrew W.K. and maybe even a Jefferson Starship record in their collections. We lean a little towards The Passionistas on this split, but pop enthusiasts will find lots to like on both sides of this little piece of wax.

Also, the folks over at The Bay Bridged liked “Righter’s Block” block by The Passionistas enough to include it in their monthly mix, so be sure to check that out as well.

But why rely on reviews? Take a listen below and make up your mind yourself. If you like it, the records are available from Aquarius or can be ordered directly from us:

Buy BRIDEZ
Buy Hard Place/Passionistas

Download it! BRIDEZ - Rolling Stoned

Download it! The Passionistas - Righter’s Block

Download it! Hard Place - Bon Vivant (Totally Rad!! Remix)