Date : Saturday, February 25th and Sunday, February 26th Number of Noise Pop Shows : 10 shows, 38 bands Already Sold-Out : Hopefully you already got tickets if you wanted to see Surfer Blood 's hooky fuzz-pop, and, given that the band's next album is on a major, they might never play an Independent-sized venue again. Meanwhile, Atlas Sound 's touring behind the excellent Parallax , joining SF's Seventeen Evergreen and others. Atlas Sound – “Te Amo” Check [...]
For the last 20 years, the good folks of Noise Pop have turned a single show at Kennel Club (now known as The Independent) into a huge, weeklong festival that causes Bay Area music nerds to clear their calendar every year. In recent years, the fest has expanded beyond music- we have movies, craft fairs, [...]
Mixtape: Twenty Years of Noise Pop (Podcast #269) In February, the Noise Pop Music Festival turns twenty by gathering over one hundred local and touring bands from across the indie spectrum for a week of exciting concerts all over the City. Two decades of championing independent music is an accomplishment worth celebrating, and this mixtape collects twenty bands that have performed at Noise Pop events in years past. As you'll hear, a whole bunch of big names graced Noise Pop bills before achieving fame, as past festivals [...]
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I might just have a Jandek-ian mystery on my hands here. In the mail I received a CD-R -- FROM BRAZIL!!!! AWESOME!!!! -- with elaborate hand-made art and a cute little comic about a deserted island pasted-on. Next to the comic is writing in pen: "PD #001." Obviously this is a new record-label venture, but what do the "P" and the "D" stand for? On the back of the CD sleeve are two words. At first, I thought the two words were "Saturday Giant," and there is, indeed, a band called The Saturday Giant [...]
L to R: Charlie Watts, Mick the Taylor, Mick the Jagger, Keef, Bill Wyman Rolling Stones - Sway Released April 23, 1971 on Sticky Fingers [ purchase vintage LP ] My reimmersion into The Rolling Stones' back catalog has again ignited my obsession with "Sway," my favorite Stones song. It's nearly perfect, even without much input from Keith Richards. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways: Memorable riff. [...]
Power Pop : Not just an under-appreciated music genre, but the style that made up much of our college radio playlists. In the 1970s it was Big Star who pioneered the sound by combining the melody and harmony of the Beatles with the immediacy of The Who. Cheap Trick was perhaps its best proponent in the next decade, the 1980s. The below bands, most notably the Posies and Teenage Fanclub... Power Pop : Not just an under-appreciated music genre, but the style that made up much of our [...]
"No. More. Room. On. The Bus. Bus left town, we’re rolling out! Don't need you!" -- Tom, closing the doors on the non-believers "Like The Black Lips enough to play something on Vice Records. That's a testament to how good The Black Lips are." -- Tom, supporting the band irregardless of their coke fiend employers "I appreciate you saying that, but it ain't no mystery why you’re an EMT, not a doctor." -- Tom on EMT Ryan blaming his severe pain on excessive rocking out "Go to [...]
out of all the records i own, my most listened to over the past 15 years is quite possibly the san diego based overwhelming colorfast's power pop masterpiece two words . if its not, its only second behind crooked rain , well shit maybe behind bee thousand too. but still, thats still saying alot about the greatness of two words . front man bob reed, and really the only permanent member, never met a hook he didnt like. two words is one big freakin hook-a-thon, [...]
Tonight here in San Francisco local rock photographer Peter Ellenby continues celebrating the release of his new book "Everyday Is Saturday"... Last night there was swell gathering at 111 Minna , and tonight the fun moves to The Bottom Of The Hill, Peter's fave venue, where a buncha bands will get things moving loudly... Ellenby , the official Noise Pop Festival photographer for a decade, has been documenting the local rock scene and has captured icons like The Flaming [...]
G-Man: Andrew G Undercover in: Brisbane, Australia Mission: To have good hair and be a better "Idol" host than Ryan Seacrest. Alias: G'day Guy G-Man: GG Allin Undercover in: Lancaster, New Hampshire Mission: Bleed, fuck, piss, cum, crush, spew, spill. Alias: Agt. Grim G-Man: G. Love Undercover in: Philadelphia, PA Directive: [...]
For the first time in a long time, I watched a newly purchased dvd within six months of purchase! And I'm glad I did. Short Cuts is incredible, and as a big fan of Carver and Altman, I can't believe it took me so long to get to it. It felt even more expansive than Nashville, but also more focused; instead of so many intersecting lives, Short Cuts is truly so many intersecting stories, and it really moves. The extras on disc two look great, we'll see if I get to them in the [...]
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