Artist: Or, The Whale

PICTURE THIS: Victoria George @ Independent, 10/20/11

Oct 24, 2011, 10:43am The Owl Mag

Victoria George and Or the Whale bring some country to the city at The Independent in San Francisco.

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Or, the Whale emerges from hiatus for rare, possibly last show tonight

Oct 20, 2011, 12:00pm The Bay Bridged

Or, the Whale - "Rusty Gold" Or, the Whale is returning from a hiatus to perform a rare show tonight at The Independent , and a recent post from the band's blog suggests that there's some possibility this might be it for SF's alt-country darlings: So, here's the deal: after a few months of "hiatus" we are playing a show at the Independent in SF. We are splitting the bill with Victoria George and there will be some collaborations in each set. [...]

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Tonight in L.A.: The Cave Singers, Street Chant

Mar 13, 2011, 11:38am Buzz Bands

Your Sunday evening possibilities: ► Their new album "No Witch" just out in February, the Cave Singers , joined by Lia Ice s and Frank Fairfield , play an early show (7 p.m.) at the Autry Museum. ► French pop trio Revolver does a free instore at Amoeba (5 p.m.) ► And New Zealand's Street Chant was apparently so much fun on Friday night they've been asked back — they will do an encore show tonight at La Cita downtown. ||| Download: [...]

• The Cave Singers - Swim Club

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Title:	Swim Club
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Genre:	Indie
Year:	2011

Or, The Whale Call and Response

Mar 12, 2011, 2:40pm Gluttony Is the New Black

Or, The Whale Call and Response Be sure to check out one of my favorite San Francisco folk acts,  Or, The Whale  at  SXSW 2011 . They’ve got anywhere from 6 to 14 members in there band at any given time, and love to invite friends and other bands on stage to party and sing along with them. There show is always a great time, and you walk away feeling like you just made 100 new friends.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 11/11/2010-11/17/201 0

Nov 11, 2010, 8:07pm Spinning Platters

Check out the concerts happening around the Bay Area this week — after the jump. Thursday, November 11 Five Shakespeare Sonnets by Rufus Wainwright featuring the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall From the official SF Symphony website: Revel in this delightfully eclectic evening of music, featuring the world premiere of Five Shakespeare Sonnets [...]

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Other Stuff You Might Like: Mountain Stage

Aug 27, 2010, 3:35pm Shh, Listen...

Ages ago, I found this R.E.M. bootleg at a now-defunct record shop.  It was wonderful, and intimate, and full of strange cover versions I had never heard.  Just before launching into "World Leader Pretend," Michael Stipe says: "We're really happy to be here at Mountain Stage.  We're surrounded by really good people, and we're gonna do a couple songs for you."  At the time, I had no idea where, or what, Mountain Stage was... but I wanted to be there.  Years later, thanks to the magic of the Internet and NPR Music , I get to experience amazing, live [...]

• R.E.M. - Fall On Me
• R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 8/12/2010-8/19/2010

Aug 11, 2010, 2:35pm Spinning Platters

This is Outside Lands weekend, and a surprising number of excellent non-Outside Lands related gigs are happening concurrently. So, if you don't feel like watching Kings Of Leon getting pooped on (although who wouldn't love to see that!), you've got some crazy good options. Read On! Thursday,  August 12th Or The Whale, These United States, [...]

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Live this week: Bay Area shows 8/10-15

Aug 10, 2010, 12:11pm The Bay Bridged

Tuesday, August 10 Pancho-San , Dinosaur Feathers, Lonnie Walker @ Bottom of the Hill Wednesday, August 11 Thralls, Sunbeam Rd., Ghost Animal, Rangers @ Hemlock Thursday, August 12 Or, the Whale (record release) , These United States, Boxcar Saints @ Bottom of the Hill Teen Daze, Gobble Gobble, Blackbird Blackbird, Kites Sail High @ Milk The Donkeys, [...]

• CoalWastedAvalanche

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Regional Bias 2010 Preview Mix (Podcast #219)

Jun 23, 2010, 4:00pm The Bay Bridged

Regional Bias 2010 Preview Mix (Podcast #219) This week, we're taking a break from standard podcasting to present a special mix previewing what you'll hear at our upcoming fundraiser event, Regional Bias 2010 , a celebration of Bay Area music and culture to benefit The Bay Bridged. Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! Regional Bias features performances by [...]

• Regional Bias 2010 Show

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Tonight at the Rickshaw: Or, the Whale, AB & the Sea, Get Back Loretta

Jun 11, 2010, 3:00pm The Bay Bridged

The Rickshaw Stop will host not just two stellar Bay Area bands and one band from San Diego on Friday, June 11th (8:30 pm, $10). The Rickshaw Stop will host one local country-rock mainstay, one relatively new surf-pop outfit, and one clever Beatles reference all at once. Or, the Whale - "Rusty Gold" AB & the Sea - "Suzie" Or, the Whale are scheduled to headline, AB & the Sea will play before, and San Diego's Get Back [...]

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MAY 28: PARSON RED HEADS + OR THE WHALE + OLIN AND THE MOON + WHISPERING PINES

May 24, 2010, 4:56pm L.A. RECORD

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Or, the Whale survey Northern California this weekend

Apr 19, 2010, 3:00pm The Bay Bridged

San Francisco's premier Americana outfit Or, the Whale are visiting the other corners of the Bay Area and Northern California this weekend, first Northeast to Sophia's Thai Kitchen in Davis, to play with Nicki Bluhm and her husband Tim (of the Mother Hips ). Saturday, OTW will play their first show at the Uptown in Oakland with Ghost and the City and Odawas (9pm, $10). For more OTW dates in Southern [...]

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2010-03-24 : Or, The Whale : Datura

Mar 24, 2010, 1:59pm The MusicFile Song of The Day

San Fran Roots Band Blows Breath of Fresh Air Into SXSW After 5 days of mostly scratchy, noisy, indie rock, baby bands playing next door to our event, the sound wafting over the fence on the last night of SXSW was so delightfully pleasant it stopped me i ...

• Or, The Whale - DATURA

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Dakin Hardwick’s SXSW Journal Day 2

Mar 19, 2010, 1:01pm Spinning Platters

Day two. Very tired. Big day yesterday. Giddy day. My vocabulary isn't wide enough to express my joy. Seriously, it starts with Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, and gets better as the day went on. Uffie Really, my day started with Uffie. I heard three minutes. She's really pretty. She can rap. Sort of. Sharon Jones & [...]

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Bay Area Takeover Mix (Podcast #205)

Mar 16, 2010, 4:30pm The Bay Bridged

In celebration of our third annual Bay Area Takeover party this Thursday, March 18th at Austin's Beauty Bar , we're dedicating this week's podcast to music from all 15 bands that will be performing at the show. Whether you will be in Austin or not, these are all bands that play around the Bay regularly, and they're all well worth checking out. Also, Nicole and Anna took over hosting duties for this episode, so enjoy that change-up before our dour monotones return next week. The editors are all heading [...]

• SxSW 2010 Show

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Welcoming Hicksters into our Homes - Maldives | Or, The Whale | Weinland

Mar 12, 2010, 11:15am Seattle In High Definition

I believe Seattle has spawned a new subculture I'm coining as hicksters. These guys probably grew up in Seattle. Suburban white kids with wealthy parents just like hipsters. But, they're dressed like they came from a farm where dating your cousin is the norm. Your beard(like the amish) is never long enough. and the uniform consists of boots, carharts, and either flannel or a cowboy flair button-up. Little did I know, this definition is already on urban dictionary. Don't you hate when your ideas were already someone else's IDEA? Headlining Wednesday was: The Maldives.(pronounced mall-deevs) [...]

• Maldives - Time Is Right Now

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Later This Week: Shows in San Francisco!

Mar 10, 2010, 11:00am GreenShoelace.com Music Box

If you can't find something to do in here, then well, we just can't help you. There are plenty of things to choose from! Trust us!

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Media Monday: video sessions from Honeycomb, Railcars, Thao + Daytrotters

Mar 8, 2010, 4:01pm The Bay Bridged

Every few weeks comes the necessary roundup of recent media that we'd love to share from Bay Area bands. Merging gorgeous visuals with local independent music, One Night Music is a new treat for us. ONM's most recent session, with the mesmerizing collective Honeycomb , was documented back in December at BlueSix. The session includes downloadable audio, videos for every song, a thorough biography and contributed coverage from Mission Local . Above, Viennese videographers They Shoot Music - [...]

• Or, the Whale - Toxic

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Hot New Music – 22 February 2010

Feb 22, 2010, 7:33pm Some Of It Was True!

Time for Monday's weekly delivery of five songs that are newly making me bounce my behind... We Are Standard - The First Girl Who Got A Kiss Without A Please When you hear that We Are Standard are from Northern Spain, thoughts of Latin jams and ay-yay-yays come to mind.  Incorrectly as it turns out: quickly building a reputation in the blogosphere, WAS actually produce a rhythmic and punkish dance-rock.  With a debut album produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill soon to arrive, this is the first single, featuring a pared-down sound and some [...]

• Gorillaz - Stylo (Feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def)
• Kid Cudi - High's N Lows (Produced by Dot
• Mr Beasley - Wrong
• Or, the Whale - Toxic
• We Are Standard - The First Girl Who Got A Kiss Without A Please

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Artist:	Gorillaz
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Title:	High's N Lows (Produced by Dot
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Artist:	Or, the Whale
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Artist:	We Are Standard
Title:	The First Girl Who Got A Kiss Without A Please
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Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind

Feb 18, 2010, 8:39pm in ALL caps music blog

I was going to develop this post more. I ran out of time. I'll make it up to you next time. The point is that Klosterman is a great author if you love music and pop culture. He even writes fiction! If you need something new to read, it's inALLcaps recommended. Found in the book IV By Chuck Klosterman: Interviewing Britney Spears is like deposing Bill Clinton: Regardless of the evidence, she does not waver. "Why do you dress so provocatively?" I ask. She says she doesn't dress provocatively. "But [...]

• Glee Cast - Jump
• Or, the Whale - Toxic (Britney Spears cover)

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Title:	Jump
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Year:	2009

Artist:	Or, the Whale
Title:	Toxic (Britney Spears cover)
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Year:	2010