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Montreal's The High Dials are the newest addition to the neo-psychedelic movement. They've recently supported Brian Jonestown Massacre. You can catch them at the Hotel Utah next Saturday.
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Myspace Find: The High Dials
Robert Been of BRMC’s Santiago Car Rooftop Performance
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After a recent show in Santiago, Robert Been continued the performance by climbing on the roof of a car and performed 'Sympathetic Noose'. The crowd looks pretty dangerous as he is making his way through it, and then it calms down as soon as he gets up to sing. Pretty surreal.
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The Sword @ Slim’s, 10/10/08
I walked into Slim’s just in time to see The Sword come on stage, wriggling my way through the very dude-heavy, black clad, beard wearing crowd to get a spot where those damn posts didn’t obstruct my view. A banner sporting the band’s name hung behind them, in the fantasy metal style that any [...]
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rock out SF: The Sword, Earthless, Wire
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Thursday/October 8: attrition @ DNA Lounge Friday/October 9: The Sword @ Slim's Saturday/October 10: Earthless @ Thee Parkside Sunday/October 11: Amorphis @ Slim's Monday/October 12: Black Kids @ GAMH Tuesday/October 13: Hollywood Undead @ BOTH Wednesday/October 14: Wire @ The Fillmore
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New Depeche Mode album due April ‘09
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Best news yet today.
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The Presets @ Mezzanine, 10/6/08
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Last time The Presets were in town, I had to bail last minute because I was sikamikanico. Pissed me right off. Luckily they came back, and guess what? Sick again…but this time I powered through, cuz thatz how I roll. Oh, Mezzanine, how I have missed you. Not. You now make [...]
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The Dandy Warhols @ The Warfield, 10/4/08
I’m running on rock ‘n roll time tonight, and when I arrive at The Warfield I know that the empty hall means that the band is already on. I make my way through the crowd to my usual spot, and am shocked once I reach the floor. It’s roomy down here. Come [...]
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, & T Bone Burnett @ Golden Gate Park, 10/3/08
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is a gift bestowed upon San Franciscans every October. Thank you, Warren Hellman, for one of my best SF moments, seeing Robert Plant for free in Golden Gate Park.via flickr/gsmattinglyAt 5pm on a Friday, the Banjo Stage at the park was full. It was clear from listening to everyone navigating [...]
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rock out SF: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Dandy Warhols, The Presets
Thursday/October 2: The Loved Ones @ BOTHFriday/October 3: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass/Free Robert Plant & Allison Krause set @ Golden Gate ParkSaturday/October 4: Dandy Warhols @ The WarfieldSunday/October 5: The Presets @ MezzanineMonday/October 6: Genghis Tron @ BOTHTuesday/October 7: Santogold @ The FillmoreWednesday/October 8: Chris Isaac @ The Fillmore
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My Bloody Valentine, Spectrum @ The Concourse, 9/30/08
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It was supposed to be the show of the year.After a 16 year hiatus, My Bloody Valentine was coming to make many a San Franciscan’s high school dreams come true. The anticipation was great.I had never been to The Concourse for a show before, and yes, I knew of the bad reviews. But [...]
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A Place to Bury Strangers, Sian Alice Group @ BOTH, 9/30/08
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You know you’re at a good show when you see members of other good local bands milling around the club. I was pretty early to the game to being a fan of A Place to Bury Strangers, and I’m happy to see a packed Bottom of the Hill after seeing them here earlier this [...]
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Mission of Burma, Hank IV @ The Independent, 9/27/08
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This is my first time going to a show where an album is being performed in its entirety. This has been a popular trend lately, as Metallica, Built to Spill, and Sonic Youth have recently performed albums. I find the concept interesting. Doesn’t it take the magic out of setlist surprises? [...]
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Rancid, The Adolescents @ The Warfield, 9/26/08
Last night I was an outcast.I didn’t grow up with this music. Unlike 99% of the people there, I didn’t know every word, where the fist pumps go, where to say ‘hey!’. My outfit wasn’t entirely right either. But, I had always heard that Rancid puts on killer shows and have amazing [...]
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Dear Trent Reznor,
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I recently received your survey, and I have to say, I was impressed. You wanted to know all sorts of things about us fans to make the greatest band in the world even better- what we’d like to see on nin.com, what shows we watch, what DVDs we buy. And I guess we’ll [...]
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R.I.P. Muxtape
I loved the simple stupid muxtape. But some stupid licensing thing killed it. Now it appears it will just be some other band widget thing…poo.
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Fight Club, American Psycho, and Reznor
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All things I love, but how are they connected. Broadway, of course!American Psycho and Fight Club are rumored to be turned into stage productions, and TR is supposedly doing the score to the Fight Club musical. Now that is some theater I can get into.Of course, this could all be some elaborate joke.image [...]
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Smashing Pumpkins to release DVD of Fillmore Residency footage
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The Smashing Pumpkins will be releasing a DVD containing footage from their week long July residency at The Fillmore last year. I was there on the last night- wonder if they caught footage of me fainting?
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What do I do? Chris Cornell and Timbaland ?!?!
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OK, I have no Halloween plans and my former teen dream Chris Cornell is coming to town. Easy decision right?WRONG! He is coming with Timbaland, his latest album collaborator in a career move that I despise to pieces. And- I don’t have a costume yet.Should I go and gaze upon Cornell one [...]
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rockin’ you soon
on sale Sunday @ 10a:Bridge School Benefit featuring Neil Young, Wilco, Jack Johnson, Death Cab, Norah Jones, Cat Power, ZZ Top or Smashing Pumpkins @ Shoreline Amphitheater, 10/25-26/08ohGr @ Slim’s, 11/21/08
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