Music Events 2012: 54 & Geographer link

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At 1pm, you could catch Religious Girl, Forest of Tongue, Unstoppable Death Machines, Cool Ghouls and Pregnant playing The Hard Crock Cafe. July 4 is also celebrated 'early' at The El Rio, with a 3pm show from Religious Girls, Tartufi, Finn Riggins, Battlehooch, Night Call and The Heart and the Hiding. Gypsy Moonlight, Wicked Mercies and Winter Teeth have a $5 show at The Hemlock from 6 - doors at 2 - with a free BBQ 3pm-6pm.

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At 8, Matt Ingalls, Shani Aviram and Giselle Eastman play The Luggage Store Gallery. Grant and Green Saloon have a 9pm show from Sunfighter, James Conner and Illusion of Self. Stagger & Fall have a record release show tonight, with Dirty Filthy Mugs and The Sore Thumbs at BOTH from 9. Out for Blood have a CD release show on with Picture Me Broken, Behold The Device, Giving The Devil His Due, Look A Flying Pig, Buried Under Dawn, Mox Morbus, Infinito In Torqueo and A Fallen Era whatever your age from 6 at The DNA Lounge - if you are looking for metal. Thirstbusters Album Release with Finish Ticket, Bird By Bird and Eager Eyes DETAILS

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CDN gives you a 9pm show from Kelley Stoltz, Shana Falana, The She's and B and Not B. At 9-30, The Aquamen, The Go-Going-Gone Girls and Whoosie Whatsits play The Hemlock Tavern. Angry Samoans, Jack Killed Jill, Trouble Maker, Anti-Social and Between Your Teeth play a $10 all ager at 924 Gilman Street. A B & The Sea, The Frail and Will Sprott have a 9pm show on at The Uptown, listed as free.

GEOGRAPHER VIDEO

Music Events 2012: 53 & VIR/Wax Idols news

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At 9, you could catch Apparitions, Wet Illustrated , Rat Columns and Bad Backs playing The Hemlock Tavern. Con Brio, Dia and Steering For The Stars play CDN if you have $10 at 9 tonight. Keane has a free all age show on at Amoeba Records from 2pm.

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The Elbo Room offers you a 9pm show from French Cassettes, Butcher Brown, Z'Amigo and DJ Lady Ryan tonight. Bass Drum Of Death, DZ Deathrays and Warm Soda play an all age show at BOTH for $10. Manic Mondays with J Espinosa DETAILS

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At 9, The Hemlock gives you a show from Libyans, Adults and Index. There is an 8-30pm show on from Buffalo Tooth, Creepers and Big Drag at The Knockout, tonight. Colleen Green, White Fang and Pamela play a free show from 9 at The Brick & Mortar.

VIR NEWS DETAILS

WAX IDOLS WRITE UP

Music Events 2012: 52 & RP video

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At 8pm, you might want to catch Appetite, Adios Amigo and Dreamdate playing a show at The Rickshaw Stop. At 9, there is a show from The Wild Ones, The Shrouds and High Anxiety at The Knockout. The Element have an all age CD release show on with LoNero, Skinner and Bay Rum at DNA Lounge for $10 at 8.

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The Hemlock has a show on at 8-30 tonight from Fake Your Own Death, Le Panique and Glass Trains. At 9, you might want to catch French Cassettes, Brite Lines and Girl Named T at Vitus. Terry Malts, Rat Columns and Synthetic ID play BOTH for $10 at 9. One Perfect Crime, Earthdance, The Secret Secretaries and Dance Party Boys offer a $5 all age show at Sub-Mission Gallery.

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At 8-30, The Growlers, Extra Classic and Cosmonauts play Rickshaw Stop. BOTH gives you a 10pm show from Mrs Magician, The Mantles and Kids on a Crime Spree, if you prefer. Sonny & The Sunsets play an all age free show at Amoeba Records that starts at 6pm. Sourpatch, Joyride!, Cher Horowitz and Placentuar
have a free all age show on at Thrillhouse Records starting at 7. You could catch Bye Bye Blackbirds, Build Us Airplanes, Tet Holiday and City Deluxe at 924 Gilman Street for $8 at 8pm.

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The Elbo Room has a 9pm show from Quintron and Miss Pussycat and Dent May. At 9-30, you could catch Glitter Wizard, The Shrine and Hot Lunch playing The Hemlock Tavern. Young The Giant, Minus The Bear, Manchester Orchestra and  Little Hurricane play Oyster Fest at Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park between 11am and 6pm today. CDN gives you He's My Brother She's My Sister, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound and Strange Vine if you are 21+ and have $10. Temptation vs Fringe DETAILS

Rykarda Parasol VIDEO

3 QUESTIONS WITH.... Warren Teagarden

Q: How are things going for you/your music this year in SF?

A: Things are going well. Working on demoing new songs and hopefully we'll have a new EP out this fall on Meaningless World Records.

Q: Which 3 local bands that have faded away would you most like to see come back?

A: So many have faded away it's hard to choose. I really used to like this band The Herms. And Desoto Reds were a favorite of mine. And of course Cult of Sue Todd.

Q: If you had to recommend three current local bands for fans to check, what would they be?

A: I've really been diggin the album by Terry Malts. And Sonny and the Sunsets are real good too. And I still love Shannon and the Clams. There seem to be a ton of great San Francisco bands these days.

You can learn more at his website

Music Events 2012: 51, The Clarences laundry do & a Mr. Kind link.

THE CLARENCES have their monthly Saturday afternoon free/all age concert at Norge Laundry - 3908 Grand Avenue, Oakland - on Saturday, June 23rd at 1pm. It bears the title "FESTIVAL OF THE SUDS" music festival this month! It is a great way to enjoy live music whilst doing your laundry chores! The lineup is as follows:

1:00pm: THE CLARENCES
1:30pm: STALONE'S HOLY ROLLERS
2:00pm: PAUL POT
2:30pm: BLAKE JONES & TRIKE SHOP
3:00pm: MIKE GLENDINNING
3:30pm: THE TINNITANS
4:00pm: Tina Turner Impersonator DELTRINA JOHNSON

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At 10pm, you might be interested in catching The Men, Wax Idols and Burnt Ones playing BOTH. The show at The Hemlock is on an hour earlier, where you can catch live music from Future Twin, Modrag and Cruel Summer. OC45, Get Dead, Lazerwolf, The Rinds and High & Tight are all on the lineup for the all age $8 show at 924 Gilman Street tonight from 5.

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Dj Mei-Lwun's Manic Mondays is on with Miles Medina - DETAILS

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At 8pm, you might want to catch The Hundred in the Hands, Silver Swans and Teenage Sweater playing The Rickshaw Stop. An hour later, Brick and Mortar Music Hall gives you a show from K-Holes, Dirty Ghosts and Blasted Canyons. Yet another hour onwards is a show from Nightgown, My Life As a Dog and Pinched Nerve at The Knockout.

Link to a free track -  LINK

Music Events 2012: 50 & Kevin Ian Common news

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At 8pm, you might choose to catch Jacob Peck and Jennifer Wilsey, Andrew Weathers and Jungle Jim playing The Luggage Store Gallery. An hour later, Thee Parkside gives you the chance to catch The Younger Lovers, School Knights and Grandma's Boyfriend.

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At 8, you might want to catch The Husbands and Midnite Snaxxx playing a show at The Make-Out Room. At 9, The Hemlock gives you Cool Ghouls, Cigarette Bums, Courtney and the Crushers and Glitz. Horse Meat Disco with Poolside (live) + The Crystal Ark (live) + Honey Soundsystem DJs - DETAILS  (& check the flyer....)

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At 4, you could catch Riververb, Pulsating Cyst, Kawaiietly Please, Shortwave Surfers, Darph/Nader, Das Blut, Nuclear Death Wish, Xome and more.... at The LAB. Later on, at 8, you might want to catch

CDN's show from Mark Gardener, Sky Parade and Silent Pictures. An hour later, Sunfighter, Sandbox and Rebel Allianz play a show at Brainwash Cafe. The Elbo Room gives you a 9-30 show from Hammers of Misfortune, Grayceon and Wild Hunt, if you prefer.

Kevin Ian Common's Solo Album ONLINE RELEASE -  HERE

FOREIGN CINEMA::::MONOCHROMATIC::::REVIEW

I recently received my copy of Foreign Cinema's new release - Monochromatic. In fact, it was out of the mailman's hands and in mine less than an hour before I was playing it through for the first time. I already knew the band had good-to-my-ears music and couldn't wait! This was the first vinyl I had purchased in more than a decade, but, due to not having a turntable, I played the CD and have kept the vinyl for a keepsake!

rainfall - just like the title, the tune starts with a few plops, and then trickles and drips, backed by bass and topped by Dave's drifting vox.

airport - a cyclic, boom-backed intro is followed by guitar and vox. A saw-effect and fairy-wail add to the musical interest. (Pidge my pigeon friend likes this track, best!) The track fades out...

palace of fine junk - clunking into the tune, the vox and drifty music closely follow, with plenty of clunk-bopping - like a robot dancing - to sway along to; there are also guitar bounces.

the world won't stop - sonic beats and tinkly trickles start this track. It soon adds a space-xylo and vox. It guitars out.

candy and cocktails - sliding and wobbles start the track. There are drum beats and electronic-claps to nod along to and a guitar melody to sway along to.

saudade - drums and mist intro, followed by 'drift-in-trance' floaty-headedness. This track swirls around in your head and is great for if you need to fall down into relax-mode - just let that music into your head and space out!

vampire empire - bop-crash intro, soon joined by waverings and cream-sponge vox.

chrysanthemum - a violinic squeal and electro bump-beat start the track, before the regular bass-n-guitar are accompanied by twangys and electro-saws. This tune then swirls inside the head with soft drum-beats, settled by the vox.

The package comes in a white LP slip with art-print face and includes a CD copy for those of us who no longer have turntables. (Alas, mine died on me many years ago....) I am on my 5^th play-thru just hours after the album arrived - but I am leaning toward rainfall and candy and cocktails as my favs - so far! You can find out more about the band - which comprises of Dave Han, Natalia Silva and Brandon Chaves - HERE

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At 8pm, you might want to catch Show Me the Pink, Bad Boys and Life Stinks playing Eli's Mile High Club. The Elbo Room offers you The Threads, The Liar Script and Man In The Planet for $5 at 9, if you prefer. If you fancy a different type of music, try: DJ Mei-Lwun's Manic Mondays w/Dj Prestige - DETAILS

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At 8-30, Needles, Frustration, Kontrasekt and Caged Animal have a show on at The Knockout. There is a free all age show from Moon Pearl, A White Hunter and Religious Girls at Hearts & Palms - 1045 East 12th Street in Oakland - at 10pm. CDN gives you Solwave, Dangermaker and Hello Monster for $10 at 8.

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Three shows - all starting at 9pm - stand out from the three lists I follow. Ian Franklin and Infinite Frequency, Kevin Beadles, Pat Jordan and James Nagel play The Uptown for free, Pins of Light, Hot Victory and Lozen have a show on at The Hemlock Tavern, and The Elbo Room gives you Don Punto, Major Powers & The Lo-Fi Symphony, The Greening and Tall Sheep if you are 21+ and have $7.

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THE MAGICIAN, GOLDROOM and JEFFREY PARADISE are all at MEZZANINE DETAILS

At 8pm, you might choose to catch The Living Earth Show, Friction and Nonsemble playing Subterranean Arthouse. THE PUSH is at MILK BAR *LIVE FUNK - There is a 9pm show from Embers, The Funeral Pyre, Old Crow and Ariabes at Eli's Mile High Club. Another 9pm option is to catch How to Dress Well, Babe Rainbow and Finally Boys playing The Rickshaw Stop. If none of that taks your fancy, you might opt on catching the 9pm show from Tangerine Acid Love Machine, The Love Dimension and Moon By You at The Stork Club.

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Brick and Mortar Music Hall is where to head for a 9pm show from Cosmonauts, Burnt Ones and The Mallard. Casy & Brian, Batwings Catwings, Moon Rockers, Pang and Feelings share a $6 show at Thee Parkside from 9. Sub-Mission Gallery offers you Icon Of Phobos, Rotten Funeral, Hordes Of Hate, Sein Und Zeit, Crucifixion, Pandiscordian Necrogenisis and Suteck Hexen for $13 whatever your age. Fringe, the indie music video dance party! - DETAILS The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths VS. The Cure - DETAILS

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At 5-30, you might choose to catch The Skabbs, Songs for Snakes and Pirate Radio playing The Hemlock Tavern. There is an 8pm show on from Show Me the Pink, Bad Boys and Life Stinks at Eli's Mile High Club. Mariee Sioux & Emily Jane White play an all age free show at 4pm at Amoeba Records in Berkeley. The Hemlock has a pair of shows on tonight - Skabbs, Songs For Snakes and Pirate Radio play for $6 at 6pm, while Japanther and Pharmacy play for $7 at 10pm.

Music Events 2012: 47 & The Hemlock

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At 9pm, Leopold and His Fiction and Brand New Trash have a show on at The Hemlock Tavern. There is a 7-30pm show from Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers and The Blank Tapes at The Rickshaw Stop tonight. You might prefer the 9pm show from Oceanography, Scatter Gather and Ilona Staller at Vitus.

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The Lab has an 8-30pm show on from Orbless, Charm and Strange, Colour Buk and The Tenses with Giggles. There are two 9pm shows on if you don't fancy that - one at The Elbo Room from Buffalo Tooth, Uzi Rash, Poor Sons and The Parmesans and the second show at Brick and Mortar Music Hall from Rin Tin Tiger, Bonnie and the Bang Bang and Roosevelt Radio.

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The Hemlock offers you a 9pm show from Erin Brazill and the Brazillionaires, The Yawpers and Tidelands. You might prefer the 8pm show from The Living Earth Show, Friction and Nonsemble at Subterranean Arthouse. The Stork Club has a 9pm show on tonight from Tangerine Acid Love Machine, The Love Dimension and Moon By You. The Rickshaw Stop also has a 9pm show tonight - their line up being How to Dress Well, Babe Rainbow and Finally Boys.

HEMLOCK EVENT LINK

Music Events 2012: 46 & voting opportunity

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Kill Moi, Tornado Rider, Battlehooch, Sporting Life and DJ Whats His Fuck are playing The GAMH tonight - DETAILS http://www.facebook.com/events/377651818948481/

Kiss It Goodbye, Pins Of Light, Young Lions, Cynarae and Cooma play an all age show at 8pm at 924 Gilman. Sub-Mission gives you Concussion, Jack Killed Jill, Ill Content and Bankrupt District in an all age show for $5.

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Shannon & The Clams, Burnt Ones, Cool Ghouls and In Watermelon Sugar play an early show from 4pm - doors at 3 - for 21+ peeps with $8 at The El Rio Patio. The Hemlock offers you Spidermeow, The Rabbles and Mt. Whateverest for $7 if you are 21+. Death By Steamship, Guntown and The Novelist playa 9pm show for $5 at The Quintara House - Quintara & 29th.

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The Tubes are playing Haight-Ashbury Street Fair today - and it's an all age free event. There is an indie-mart going on at Thee Parkside for free from noon thru 7. Still Flyin, Tambo Rays and Trails And Ways play a 7pm show for $10 at The Rickshaw Stop.

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The Y Axes, Tarantula Tango, Scatter Gather and Loud Talker have a $6 show on at The Elbo Room for 21+ peeps. BOTH gives you an $8 show starting 8-45 - with doors at 8 - from The Sidekicks, Spraynard and Delay, Wild Moth.

You can vote HERE for your fav band of the month - I went with Vir.

Music Events 2012: 45 plus...

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At 9, Ming and Ping, Mike Diva and Nvr-Ndr play The Elbo Room. Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers share a show with Brothers Comatose at The Rickshaw Stop, playing an all age concert for $10. Brick and Mortar Music Hall offers a 9pm show from Melted Toys, Survival Guide and 8th Grader.

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Hammerlock, Against The Grain, Songs For Snakes and Hooray For Everything play Oakland's Stork Club for 21+ peeps with $5 at 8. Another 8pm show comes to you from Sweatlodge and Father President at The Hotel Utah Saloon.

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At 8, you could catch Advance Base, Nicholas Krgovich and David and Joanna playing CDN. Ordstro, Human x Waste and Negative Standards have an all age show costing $4 on at Casa Sanchez Restaurant - 2778 24th Street - starting 8pm. Midi Matilda are playing at the Young Digerati EP release show at The Rickshaw Stop for 18+ peeps at 9-30.

PLUS - former local KEITH VARON has a new video out - VIDEO

PLUS - attn Vir fans - CHECK HERE