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Archives for March 2017

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JOIN CORY HANSON IN THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT

posted March 30th, 2017

The exploratory transition into solo song-scribe found on Cory Hanson's The Unborn Capitalist From Limbo put newly formed strengths as a songwriter and lyricist on display with palpable acuity. After its release at the end of 2016 and the fantastic February tour of the Pacific Northwest that followed, it's about time we approach The Unborn Capitalist From Limbo from a new angle, and through a lens: yes, Cory has a fresh music video ripe for consumption! "Garden of Delight" was shot earlier this year,... (read more)

Artists in this story: Cory Hanson

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THE PEACERS INTRODUCE US TO INTRODUCING THE CRIMSMEN

posted March 28th, 2017

Attention! The Peacers now present: Introducing the Crimsmen! Escalating from a disembodied voice to slowly mounting full-band hypnosis, this is a trip into the goldenrod days of fandom, a dimension where a t-shirt could change your life. Since their first LP in the summer 2015, The Peacers have been gigging in SF and around, collecting tunes for this divinely awaited moment: Introducing the Crimsmen. Lurching back into life, with buzz and hum alight and colors flashing, is the name, but the instigators of... (read more)

Artists in this story: The Peacers

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SIX ORGANS ON TOUR, BEN CHASNY BREAKS TO SCORE PLAY

posted March 23rd, 2017

Fresh from conquering the West Coast, Six Organs of Admittance are about to embark on a massive tour of the middle and Eastern USA! In trio format with Elisa Ambrogio and Donovan Quinn (killer band alert!) flanking, Ben Chasny will surely have some tricks up his wizard sleeves beyond the normal six string madness that accompanies each and every Six Organs show. Get that finger out of your nose and make sure you get there, chappy, or forever miss out on a potentially life-affirming experience!

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Artists in this story: Six Organs of Admittance

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LAETITIA EMERGES WITH A GALACTIC NEW VIDEO, MORE TOUR DATES

posted March 22nd, 2017

As an artist, Laetitia Sadier is ever evolving, inspired by a mind's-eye envisaging of geometric forms and their possible permutations. Her new record, Find Me Finding You, recorded with the Source Ensemble of Nina Savary, Xavi Muñoz and Emmanuel Mario, is an inspired, collaborative effort full of exciting, new dynamics interspersed with sounds that Sadier (and 'Lab) Heads will find comfortingly familiar! With a massive European tour coming up and a few festival appearances in the U.S., not to mention the release... (read more)

Artists in this story: Laetitia Sadier

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ROYAL TRUX SCOOP UP SOME FRESH PLATINUM TIPS AND ICE CREAM

posted March 16th, 2017

Platinum Tips and Ice Cream (scenes from the water park) is new from Royal Trux. The songs were written over a span of time as wide as eagle's wings - but the recordings are new, live, unrehearsed and were presented in real time to a few thousand people in California and NYC. Performance art? Yes! But only because, unlike so many other aural "content providers," Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema are true artists writing their own futures into the present. This was, and will... (read more)

Artists in this story: Royal Trux

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HAMBURGER IN THE HEARTLAND

posted March 15th, 2017

Ladies and germs; a sweat-stained, celebrity-obcessed, phlegm-spewing representative of world class entertainment is our midst! And, no, we're not talking about our commander-in-chief - it's just Neeeeeiiiillll Hammmmmburgerrrr! For a (mercifully) brief stint, the world's hardest working man in showbiz will be making stops in big name cities such as LaCrosse, Wisconsin and Des Moine, IA in April! Those little red dots are the backbone of this country, folks. Once he gets run out of those towns, he'll drift up to  the northwest to... (read more)

Artists in this story: Neil Hamburger

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NO DAWN TIL COVENTRY

posted March 13th, 2017

Don't let the global warming fool ya! Through the early days of spring, the Pangs train is motoring on, with delectable blasts of spindly folk guitar steaming from every old-fashioned valve. Alasdair Roberts is conductor of this sonic perambulator, which is set to embark on a second leg of touring through the United Kingdom this week! Alasdair and co. (dude's going full power trio on this one, wi' Stevie Jones on bass and Alex Neilson on drums, ye olde jam heids!) get things moving in... (read more)

Artists in this story: Alasdair Roberts

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SOCCER CLUB CLUB PRESENTS: ASSTERPIECE THEATRE BY TY SEGALL

posted March 10th, 2017

Assterpiece Theatre
by Ty Segall
Opening Reception on Sunday March 26th
4pm-8pm
Musical Performance by Rian Murphy with DJs Hippie Whorehouse
Refreshments provided by Land and Sea Dept.

 

Regarding the feverish splash of Ty Segall's paintings - a raw blurting of acrylics in the service of static figure work and portraiture - it is hard not to feel the urge to kick and scream. This is what the paintings want of you, to regard life... (read more)

Artists in this story: Ty Segall

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HEAR YE! BONNIE GOES HAGGARD ON NEW LP!

posted March 8th, 2017

With Best Troubador, Bonnie 'Prince Billy pays homage to a long-time and forever hero, the late Merle Haggard. A singer who, some 25 years previously, first performed in public by playing a Merle Haggard song, Bonny has often cited Merle's work in performance, on records and in conversation with anyone who was around, even talking to Merle himself for Filter magazine (RIP) in 2009.

Merle's body of work was considered by Bonny for a record such as this for some... (read more)

Artists in this story: Bonnie "Prince" Billy

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LAETITIA CAPTIVATES WITH NEW VIDEO FOR "LOVE CAPTIVE" AND ADDS MORE LIVE ACTION!

posted March 7th, 2017

Find Me Finding You, the forthcoming album from the Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble, is bound to be a deeply appreciated expression when it drops on March 24th - not only does it present a fusion of new and familiar collaborative elements that strike the ear with scintillating freshness, but the songs that are sung survey all the energies that are surging athwart the globe in these troubled times. In Laetitia's experienced activist hands, these ambitious propositions and dire proclamations give inspiration to... (read more)

Artists in this story: Laetitia Sadier