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Bay Area Live on BreakThruRadio for 04/29/10
- Author: Mike G
- Published: Friday, April 30, 2010
This month we have recent sets from Siddhartha, transplants to the Bay Area but a most welcome addition to the local scene, and Microfiche, the most partyin' instrumental band in town. Enjoy! ...
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NEW LOCAL ALBUMS!!
- Author: Olivia Parriott
- Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
I wanted to post some newsworthy stuff. I'm stoked that 4 of my favorite local bands are releasing or have released albums in March/April/May. YES!!! Check them out by clicking on their names. The music is stellar.
Battlehooch - Battlehooch (self-released)
Grand Lake - Blood Sea Dream (Hippies are Dead Records) ...
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A Fine Friday in April
- Author: Olivia Parriott
- Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
This past Friday, April 23rd was an epic night of music for me, full of truly memorable bands from the two cities I consider home, LA and SF.
First, I had tickets to see Avi Buffalo (Long Beach) at The Independent. They played with Pepper Rabbit (LA) and Japandroids (BC). I missed Japandroids 'cause we left early to go to a house party (this is where the local bands come in), but openers Pepper Rabbit literally knocked my socks off. Their music is mesmerizing, and their frontman, Xander Singh, really impressed me with his pure breadth of talent. Jumping from keys to guitar to clarinet to voice looping, he pedal manipulated everything right at the best moments and in a super tasteful way. Definitely check out this band. ...
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Wiretap on BTR for 04/26/10
- Author: Mike G
- Published: Monday, April 26, 2010
This time around on Wiretap on BTR we feature an interview Olivia did with Sacto's Agent Ribbons! ...
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Facts On File - "Keep it Together" 7" b/w "Cool Me Down"
- Author: Jeff Bissell
- Published: Thursday, April 08, 2010
Facts on File formed in 2006 in San Francisco and relocated to LA in 2008. They're currently touring the West Coast in support of their two-song 7” “Keep it Together,” which neatly showcases the band’s dynamic and feels like the perfect way to be introduced to these pop rockers.
The title track is a warm organ/bass/drums thumper that matches a nonchalant Yo La Tengo rhythmic feel with a big Cars hook. They keep the track simple, while maintaining a nuanced balance between the urgency and the bubblegum, with singer Joseph White’s voice becoming unraveled as if he is frantically trying to hold on till the end of the song. ...
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Bay Area Live on BreakThruRadio for 03/25/10
- Author: Mike G
- Published: Friday, April 02, 2010
Yeah yeah, I'm a week late in posting this. My bad.
To make up for it, this month we feature some of our favorite sets from the 2010 Scatterbrain Jamboree: Sleeptalks, Top Critters, and Evacuee! Then we play an old recording of Clipd Beaks, just for the hell of it. ...
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Avi Buffalo were good, but I prefer their recordings. (Which, as of this week, you can now own! The band has signed to Sub Pop and its
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On the B side they produce a colder, more alienated tone, swapping jagged, overdriven guitar riffing for the organ. It’s a heavier sound, showing an affinity for the New York punk scene of the late 1970s. White’s baritone-falsetto voice is bound to draw comparisons to David Byrne’s, but fortunately for the Facts, White avoids affectation and mimicry and is able to carry the record with the perfect amount of quirkiness.







