Ever listen to Vetiver’s To Find Me Gone or Devendra’s Cripple Crow and wonder what magical thing these albums have in common, aside from being pioneering works of the contemporary San Francisco folk sound? It’s Thom Monahan, producer out of The Hangar Studios in Sacramento. There’s soon to be a new addition to Monahan’s list of endemic masterpieces – he’s been trusted by [..
Here's a clip from an email to Luxury Wafers we got early this morning:We are in Los Angeles but have run into some very unfortunate luck and have had our equipment stolen.This was from Daniel James of Leopold and His Fiction, San Francisco Vintage Rock Band currently on tour and in our neck of the woods.This is super sad news. One of the worst things ever.We suggest you go to Home in Silverlak...
We first met Daniel James, lead singer and guitarist of San Francisco's Leopold and His Fiction, back in 2006 at SxSW in Austin. I loved the low-fi blues sound on their first album and the duo has since added a female bass guitarist/vocalist which broadens their sound. The new album, Ain't No Surprise is scheduled [...]
Ever listen to Vetiver’s To Find Me Gone or Devendra’s Cripple Crow and wonder what magical thing these albums have in common, aside from being pioneering works of the contemporary San Francisco folk sound? It’s Thom Monahan, producer out of The Hangar Studios in Sacramento. There’s soon to be a new addition to Monahan’s list of endemic masterpieces – he’s been trusted by [..
Here's a clip from an email to Luxury Wafers we got early this morning:We are in Los Angeles but have run into some very unfortunate luck and have had our equipment stolen.This was from Daniel James of Leopold and His Fiction, San Francisco Vintage Rock Band currently on tour and in our neck of the woods.This is super sad news. One of the worst things ever.We suggest you go to Home in Silverlak...
We first met Daniel James, lead singer and guitarist of San Francisco's Leopold and His Fiction, back in 2006 at SxSW in Austin. I loved the low-fi blues sound on their first album and the duo has since added a female bass guitarist/vocalist which broadens their sound. The new album, Ain't No Surprise is scheduled [...]
This week’s featured band is San Francisco’s Leopold and his Fiction, a trio who turn pieces of garage rock, folk, psych and Americana into a remarkably cohesive and engaging mix called “vintage rock”. Detroit native Daniel James grew up around music and musicians, but it wasn’t until he left home that he really took [...]
This Wednesday, Pete Bernhard, Leopold & His Fiction, Erin Brazill play the Rickshaw Stop (8pm, $8). Bernhard is finding time for solo shows in between what seems like a never-ending tour Devil Makes Three started in the spring. Preview a track from Erin Brazill, a self-described singer-songwriter of “vintage bedroom folk,” in our Monthly Mix.Pete [...]