Well, the Scatterbrain Jamboree has come and gone for another year. If ya missed it, ya missed it. Sux for you.

But luckily I was there, and I'd be happy to tell you all about it.

Evacuee laid down one of the loudest, noisiest, rockinest sets of the day. I've seen these guys a bunch in the past (and to be totally frank with you here, I've known them for a couple years now). In the time I've known them, Evacuee have gone from four to three and now two members. ...

Well, the Scatterbrain Jamboree has come and gone for another year. If ya missed it, ya missed it. Sux for you.

But luckily I was there, and I'd be happy to tell you all about it.

Evacuee laid down one of the loudest, noisiest, rockinest sets of the day. I've seen these guys a bunch in the past (and to be totally frank with you here, I've known them for a couple years now). In the time I've known them, Evacuee have gone from four to three and now two members.

Saturday was the first time I've witnessed the two-man incarnation. In a way it really worked for them — stripped to just guitar, drums, and vocals, the music became less chaotic for sure, letting it be noisy in the best possible way. Not sure it's even a permanent change, but I dug watching them make it work so well.



The day's biggest surprise was Hans Keller. There's no reason they were a surprise other than the fact that I hadn't ever seen them before. But also, watching them set up I had no idea what kind of music to expect. There's a couple of hippie-ish dudes, a more maybe indie lookin guy, and a dude who coulda been my uncle. I don't mean offense by that, and it's not a judgment. I'm sure lots of people have uncles who can fuckin rock. I'm just sayin that kinda made it all the more mind-blowing when they laid into their deep psychedelic rock.



Wish I'd videotaped some of that, but I didn't. I got some audio though, I'll post that up soon enough.

I'm a little embarrassed that I've never seen Hightower before, and I call myself a fan of both local SF music and metal. Finally saw them on Saturday, and feel even stupider for not having made it to one of their shows before.



Apologies to anyone offended by the bad language in the beginning of that video there. But what can I tell you, metal fans just don't give a fuck any more.

More pics from the night are on our Facebook page and our Twitter.

Scatterbrain Jamboree 2010 is underway, folks! It kicked off last night with the Top Critters as the headliners. These guys played last year, which was my first time seeing them play live, and I really dug it. This year they were just as good. They're a six-piece, and the way they blend all the various elements — including, occasionally and most awesomely, a bowed banjo — into a seamless, all-instrumental whole is impressive. See for yourself: