http://www.myspace.com/girlssanfran
Girls, the lovely pop band that’s taking the music world by storm, bring their summer time pop to club club you’re dead. Its like if Oasis was ripping off the Beach Boys instead of Beatles. Come catch ‘em before they’re so big Mylie Cyrus is opening for them.
http://www.myspace.com/pucemomentsf
Opening instead is Puce Moment. This quartet manages to blend early 80’s New Zealand Flying Nun sounds with LA’s Paisley Underground but never forgetting they’re in San Francisco. Listen closely, you’ll know what we mean. Hit it Mary!
Puce Moment – Ready for a Date 
listen! download!
Come see SF’s hipsters mingle with the gays, marvel at the androgynous drag, the borderline inappropriate skits and the monthly over 40 gay man’s beauty contest all for the low admission price of $5. With 2 for 1 drink specials & DJ Alexxis of Thing Nite & extra special guests!
Monday, April 27th!! Come support Neil’s benefit for the Mission Creek Music Festival 2009!!
Show at 9 PM, $7
The Knockout, 3223 Mission St.
SMiLE! presents a Benefit for the 13th Annual
MISSION CREEK MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL
http://www.mcmf.org
9pm – RADIUS
http://www.myspace.com/radiussanfrancisco
10pm – PUCE MOMENT
http://www.myspace.com/pucemomentsf
11pm – THE AEROSOLS
http://www.myspace.com/theaerosols >
Midnight – BRIAN GLAZE & THE NIGHTSHIFT
http://www.myspace.com/brianglazeusyahoocom
DJ Neil Martinson
The Knockout is at 3223 Mission near 29th.
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I haven’t been able to stop listening to the songs Puce Moment put up on their myspace page. These practice room recordings sound like some lost early eighties flying nun band demos. Its pretty lo-fi but the songs shine through. I probably should have posted these yesterday because their rainy day psychedelia was the perfect soundtrack for a cold gray day. Check them out:
http://www.myspace.com/pucemomentsf
Puce Moment last minute add on thanks to the lovely Carletta!
plus the horde of rand
http://www.myspace.com/pucemomentsf
http://www.myspace.com/carlettasuekay
Elton Tom was all “don’t post these, we only ever post about stuff Myles and I are in”. At first I was going to go along with that because, well, its true. And, the photos are maybe a bit more Lucifer Rising than Puce Moment. But, I’m going to post them anyway because I don’t really have anything else to talk about and there’s three other people in the band and he’s not actually in the photos because a) Drummers are hard to photograph, b) drummers are always in the back and c) the show was at the knockout and the light is terrible there. So whatever. The band was pretty good — guitar and keyboard songs that maybe sound like they’re from New Zealand. But maybe they don’t — in addition to bad lighting the sound at the knockout isn’t the greatest (but we love the knockout anyway). It was a good first impression.
Also, this band fpodbpod played and they were pretty good despite their name and the fact they’re into being the deli’s band of the month. I just listened to their myspace and its weird, they were so much more electric live. I think maybe they’re better live. Go see them and don’t click on that link. Greg Ashley also played but he should stick to the full band thing because his cute, pudgy little face can only take that acoustic guitar so far. Seriously.
Guess. What. Elton Tom’s new band, Puce Moment, is finally going to debut after, like, five years holed up in some basement practicing. Well, maybe not five, but it sure seems like it sometimes. I was beginning to think they were really just catching every performance at Theater Rhinoceros or something.
Anyway, the band also features Gary Fembot (of Vis-รก-Vis, feelings on a grid, and sta prest) and an ex member of The Aislers Set but I don’t hold that against him.
Oh, and if you’re wondering what a puce moment is, its a Kenneth Anger film about , literally, a puce moment. Seriously. But if you’re on the leading edge of cool then you know its all about its impossible (and uncredited) soundtrack. You can check this post over at WFMU for more info if you’ve got a day job and can’t be on the leading edge of cool.
Oh yeah, greg ashley is playing too.
Monday, Feb 4
Smile @ The Knockout
10 PM, $5
greg ashley
puce moment
