+ On Friday, July 31st, The Bay Bridged present their biggest San Francisco event yet - a benefit for the site entitled Regional Bias: A Celebration of Bay Area Music and Culture.Taking place at the historic Verdi Club in Potrero Hill, Regional Bias is a celebration of the things that make living in the Bay Area a great, unique experience. As you might expect, we’ll have four of the best San
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SF Briefs: Regional Bias, Why?, The Dodos
LA[Heart]SF in LA This Thursday
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On July 16, the Echo will play host to an exciting bill that includes LA's The Monolators, Flying Tourbillion Orchestra, Kissing Cousins, and special guests The Damselles. Representing San Francisco will be French Miami.MP3 - "The God Damn Best" - French Miami LA[Heart]SF is a collaboration between N&UR, Radio Free Silverlake, and Kill the Mic. with promotional help from Indie 103.1 and
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LA Briefs: Silversun Pickups, Beck, Marvelous Toy, The Deadly Syndrome
[Photo cred: The Color Awesome]+ MTV Unplugged is back - and we think this is a good thing. Silversun Pickups recently taped a session. Check out this performance of "Growing Up is Getting Old" - it sounds lovely:+ I know everyone has already covered this, but it is certainly worth a mention from us. You know, when you've figured out how to live off you're art, there's two things you can do -
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SF Briefs: ipickmynose Presents, Grand Lake at Mission Creek, more
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+ ipickmynose is presenting a great show at Bottom of the Hill tomorrow - the Rural Alberta Advantage with locals Okay and Half-handed Cloud. Reasons to go: this could be the last IPMN show ever (in SF, at least), and IPMN's Adrian has this to say: If you’ve been reading this blog, you know my love of Rural Alberta Advantage is nothing new. In fact, they released one of my favorite albums of
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Music+Technology Briefs: Jack White, Pandora, Spotify, Pampelmoose on Radiohead manager's new label
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[Photo cred: mattbooy]+ Jack White has kind of a love/hate relationship with modern technology. Or, maybe, it's just hate. He tells Uncut: I would like to set the computers on fire. We are in an age that is the antithesis of what I am trying to do, artistically. It's a constant battle. The last five or six albums I've put out, no matter what the project or band, the internet has blown it.
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Videos (LA[Heart]SF Edition): Flying Tourbillon Orchestra, The Monolators, French Miami, Kissing Cousins, The Damselles
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You can see all of this fine acts at our next LA[Heart]SF show happening Thursday, July 16, at the Echo in Los Angeles...The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra - "Strings" (live at Little Radio)The Monolators - "Don't Dance" (live at Detour Fest)French Miami - "God Damn Best"Kissing Cousins - "First in the Fire" (live at Silver Factory Studios)The Damselles - "Just One Look" (live at Little Radio)
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(Free) Music+Technology Briefs: Moby, Radiohead's manager
Chris Anderson's much-anticipated book, Free, is finally out and drawing attention from everyone, including our personal heroes Mark Cuban and Malcolm Gladwell. I've yet to read the book but I was quite compelled by Anderson's Wired cover story of the same name, and have drawn inspiration from his book The Long Tail. Needless to say, there is a good deal for us to write about the topic, but in
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Music + Technology Briefs: IODA/Sony alliance; Pandora Submission Policy
+ Yesterday's big news came in the form of Sony's deal with digital distributor IODA. [Full disclosure: IODA is the digital distributor for our label]. Sony Music Entertainment has entered into a global partnership with IODA which includes an investment in the digital distributor. IODA will now provide digital services for Sony's RED indie label arm, as well as, offer expanded overseas
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[Feature] What Indie Bands Can Learn From An Actor-Turned-Rapper
Drake is not the norm, but his transition from actor on a teen melodrama to rapper on Lil Wayne's label holds many lessons valuable to indie bands. Nothing comes from nothing, and despite his television presence, Drake built his rap career the old fashioned way. Whether it's a buzzed about rapper like Drake, or an indie band like the Gris Gris, or even immortals like the Beatles, the path to
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New and Used Records + Radio Free Silverlake Announce LA[Heart]SF at the Echo 7/16
After the great success of our inaugural San Francisco event, we are pleased to announce the first Los Angeles show in the LA[Heart]SF concert series. On July 16, the Echo will play host to an exciting bill that includes LA's The Monolators, Flying Tourbillion Orchestra, Kissing Cousins, and special guests The Damselles. Representing San Francisco will be French Miami.MP3 - "The God Damn Best"
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N&UR Briefs: Shiloe, Tigers Can Bite You, Kid Mud, New Website
+ Shiloe paid a visit to ISGOODRADIO last week, and you can listen/download to that here. The podcast includes a rather thorough interview, alongside in-studio performances of some old favorites and new cuts! In other Shiloe news, the band received a rather glowing review for ...And Now The Screaming Starts in the latest issue of The Big Takeover. Pick it up on newsstands now and turn to page
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Briefs: Wavves, Future of SF All Ages Venues, Future of Radio
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[Photo cred: David E. Greenwald]+ Speaking to Pitchfork, Wavves frontman Nathan Williams addresses his Primavera Sound Festival meltdown for the first time.I actually talked to my mom the next morning, and she asked me how it went. I said, "Good, I think." But yeah, I don't know, I guess I just got way too fucked up. That was basically the story. It was never anything except just a couple of bad
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Will's Used Music Picks: George Harrison
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On occasion, N&UR founder Will Benham listens to some older music, and sometimes he likes to tell his readers about it. Will recommends you pick these up - though bear in mind Will's first musical purchase was New Kids On the Block at the suggestion of a friend.George Harrison, "the quiet Beatle," passed too young of lung cancer in 2001. He left behind a remarkable catalog, both in the
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Music + Technology Briefs: Amanda Palmer, Twitter, more
[Photo cred: oliver.peel]There was quite a lot of news last week relating to music and technology, and a lot of it had to do with Twitter. So, first, a word about Amanda Palmer. Now, the music of Palmer and The Dresden Dolls isn't really my cup of tea. That being said, I have to admire the way Palmer uses the internet and social networking services to promote herself and connect with her fans.
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Death Cab For Fiver 7" on ebay
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Back in 2000, our own Dave Woody of Tigers Can Bite You was leading a band called Fiver. That summer, Fiver embarked on a tour with a then unknown Death Cab For Cutie. "That was a blast," Woody remembers. "Two young bands, both out on their first US tours just driving across country and having fun. Some shows were great, some shows were terrible but it was all an adventure."Woody continues, "
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Briefs: The Dodos, So Many Wizards, Howlin Rain, Robotanists, Red Cortez, The Bay Bridged
[Photo cred: Explosion 5000]+ Never ones to rest - ever, The Dodos will follow up 2008's Visiter with Time To Die (out via French Kiss) on September 15. Singer/guitarist Meric Long recently told Pitchfork: We have a whole new element in all the new songs right now-- an electric vibraphone. That's what's really standing out. It was something I wanted to incorporate a while ago when I heard about
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New Video: Kid Mud - "Federated"
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The first video from Kid Mud's Now They Shut Us Down is for "Federated" and was directed by Rick Dillwood. Dillwood, incidentally, also plays on the album.Kid Mud - "Federated" (mp3)If you would like to purchase a copy of Now They Shut Us Down, you can buy a cd here. If you prefer mp3s, we suggest buying the album from Bandcamp, but it is available at all major services including iTunes, Amazon
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Bandwidth Conference Announces Speakers
The Bandwidth Music and Technology Conference in San Francisco has been a much-anticipated event for us over the past couple of years. For a taste of what the conference has been like, you can read my recaps of 2008 (Day One and Day Two) and 2007 (Day One and Day Two). This year's conference looks to be another intellectually stimulating event, and will be different than year's prior: This year
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Video: Shiloe - "Alarms" (live at Spaceland)
Video by etrueholly.
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From Bay Area Guitarist to World Champion Air Guitarist: The Story of Hot Lixx Hulahan
I don't talk about it publicly, but I happen to be something of an amateur air guitarist. Thus, I retain a keen interest in the World Air Guitar Championships, which take place every summer. The competition is taking place around the country right now, with the finals taking place in Washington, DC on August 7, and you can follow the tour via the USA Air Guitar blog. Last year, I interviewed
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