Music

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Concourse Exhibition Center unfortunately it’s the worst venue in the city… show info at sonicliving

Popscene (330 Ritch), San Francisco’s premiere indie rock night club, brings you The Mary Onettes this Thursday. You could’ve seen The Editors (before they played the Fillmore) or The Killers at 330 Ritch, which is about the size of my house, in 2006. Recommended if you like: Franz Ferdinand, Echo & The Bunnymen The Mary … read more ➜

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I’ve struggled sometimes with thinking that I should only post about new bands. Many people are younger music fans and aren’t as obsessive about it as I presume them to be. They don’t research the influences of their favorites. They don’t venture beyond what they know. So I will probably post a little more about … read more ➜

Set your clocks for April 19th.  The debut EP from Magnetic Morning (formerly known as The Setting Suns) (more popularly known as Interpol’s Sam Fogarino and Swervedriver’s Adam Franklin) www.magneticmorning.com magnetic morning on myspace

myspace.com/foals wearefoals.com subpop bio The Foals will be playing Popscene at 330 Ritch in San Francisco on May 22nd. West Coast Dates: 22 May 2008 Pop Scene @ 330 Ritch San Francisco 24 May 2008 The Troubadour West Hollywood 25 May 2008 Brick By Brick San Diego 28 May 2008 Doug Fir Lounge Portland 29 … read more ➜

wikifm WikiFM is the mashup of two very popular sites, Wikipedia and Last.fm. The fact that it is free, simple, and intuitive makes it even more attractive. The information provided on Wikipedia is much more in-depth than what’s provided on Last.FM artist pages.

Fronted by identical twin sisters Lauren and Robin Daniels and masterminded by their brother Ben, A Sunny Day in Glasgow make synth-laden pop songs reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine or the Jesus and Mary Chain. Ben Daniels started making cassette recordings with the help of his friend Ever Nalens years before A Sunny Day in … read more ➜

echodrone Echodrone was birthed in summer 2005 from the miasma of Craigslist. Answering a call for like-minded musicians, Brandon and Mark F. joined Eugene and began Echodrone’s exploration of the intersection where Medicine, Ride, Stars of the Lid and Mogwai meet. Original drummer Kahlil Karn felt the call in June 2006 and provided a visual … read more ➜

 myspace profile Veil Veil Vanish is a San Francisco based 4-piece that brings dark, post-punk energy, shoegaze atmospherics, and modern indie aesthetics into the current era of pop music. Featuring ex-members of Andalusia , Astral & Jada Morning, Veil Veil Vanish began in January of 2006 and has since played venues throughout the US, with bands such as 1990’s (UK), … read more ➜

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I first posted some songs from these guys over a year ago.  They have a new album coming out on April 15th called The Midnight Organ Fight. Be Less Rude (the file says Modern Leper but it’s not) myspace profile

myspace profile “Jamie, Ian, Arne, Rory, Gill, Dave & Andy formed Broken Records in December 2006 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Using a range of instruments including guitars, bass, violin, cello, accordion, mandolin, piano, trumpet, glockenspiel and drums, they create a sound combining traditional European folk with modern Scottish alternative music. 2007 was a busy year for … read more ➜

Swervedriver, with special guest, Film School One of my old favorites with one of my new favorites… On sale to General Public via Ticketmaster: Sun, 04/06/08 10:00 AM PDT Show: Fillmore , San Francisco, CA Thu, May 29, 2008 08:00 PM

Congrats to Silversun Pickups for officially ‘making it’. “Lazy Eye” is the song on the latest Chevy Malibu commercial.

http://tickets.waste.uk.com/Store/DisplayItems.html officially on sale now

Xfm are offering you the brand new album from The Charlatans absolutely free. Plus a great competition to win a rare vinyl copy. download it here

I’ve been digging these guys for about a year and a half now. They are finally coming to San Francisco. Come see them in the rinky dinky 330 Ritch! Next week they are playing at the SXSW festival in Austin. THURSDAY, MARCH 6 Grand Re-opening party at 330 Ritch with THE VOOM BLOOMS (UK) There … read more ➜

Recently at work, we’ve started a new policy. You can’t have more than 500 megs of music on your computer. That limits me to about 75 songs. 75 frickin’ songs! My options are now either streaming radio or listening to my iPod. I’ve toyed with last.fm, Pandora and several radio stations. (mostly KEXP and KCRW) … read more ➜