It's time once again for a Monthly Mix episode of our weekly podcast. These eight songs are all from new or recently released albums by some great Bay Area bands. About all of the bands: San Francisco indie-pop band Photons ("Animals") recently released an excellent self-titled debut album. They will be at the Retox Lounge on October 23rd and the Make-Out Room on November 16th. Singer-songwriter Goh Nakamura ("Hangman") latest winning [...]
Photons has recently released their debut EP featuring six tracks of energized lo-fi pop that remind me somewhat of the Decemberists. Members of this San Francisco-based group include Calvin Liu (drums, vocals), James Parrish (excellent lead vocals), Sasha Tuel (bass, vocals), Elysha Rom-Povolo (synth, clarinet, vocals), Ben Davila (guitar, vocals), Mary Hansell (glockenspiel, percussion, vocals), Sarah Sullivant (bassoon) and Casey Saran (guitar). Band-founder Liu was once in a band with Meric Long of The Dodos, and another member was initially with the UK's Wombats so the musical pedigrees is evident. Check out the track What Do You Want From [...]
"Now with bassoon!" Photons are an eight piece band from San Francisco who have just released a 6-song EP. It's currently available for download through Amazon and eMusic and will be up on iTunes shortly. The band are: Calvin Liu - Drums James Parrish - Lead Vocals Sasha Tuel - Bass Elysha Rom-Povolo - Synth, Clarinet, Vocals Ben Davila - Guitar, Vocals Mary Hansell - Glockenspiel, Percussion, Vocals Sarah Sullivant - Bassoon Casey Saran - [...]
As promised in far too many of our earlier posts, more attention has been paid to messages sent our way (well, sort of) and today this new practice pays off nicely. I have to be honest in saying that when a music project includes any more than five, or even six members, our interest fades into skepticism rather quickly... so listening before reading was probably for the best in this instance.
There are interesting CD release parties on both sides of the Bay this Friday night. Over in Berkeley, The New Trust ( Feature Podcast ) celebrate the release of their third album Get Vulnerable at 924 Gilman . The trio's heavy melodic rock draws from the intensity of 90s indie/emo to create compact anthem-bombs that fit well with Josh Staples' politically-minded narratives. The show starts at 8pm and also features Build Us Airplanes , Cannons And Clouds , Spires and The Americas . [...]
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