Sister Crayon's sultry indie is in full bloom on "Floating Heads." The band has skated away from their MPC-laden rock into a place of deep bass and steady drums, which suits up perfectly with opera-trained singer Terra Lopez's gorgeous, calming voice. When she sings that she's "full of rage," you want to be a part of that storm - it may be damaging, but the sight is too pretty to look away from. Check it out below. Read More...
Beyond the Bay Area: A Sacramento Mixtape (Podcast #297) It's not technically part of the Bay Area - and by "technically," of course, we mean "at all" - but we've been known to cheat a little bit and claim a good number of Sacramento bands as adopted locals over the years. Can you really blame us? Plenty of acts from the state's capital have made an big impact on independent music, including Death Grips, Chelsea Wolfe, and Trash Talk. All three of those groups eventually migrated to Los Angeles, with Death Grips leaking their latest album [...]
Sacramento indie poppers Sister Crayon will put out a new EP later this fall, and today the group let go of a spectral, meditative cut called "Cynic." Here's lead singer Terra Lopez with some context: Read More...
WE HAVE TWO PAIRS OF TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY. JUST COMMENT BELOW WITH THE LAST FACEBOOK PAGE THAT YOU "LIKED." TWO WINNERS WILL BE PICKED AT RANDOM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012. WFPK's Weekly Feed Presents Built to Spill with Helvetia & Sister Crayon September 15, 2012 Doors 8pm / 18 and over Show Time: 9pm Buy Tickets $18 adv / $20 dos Headliners [...]
San Francisco's Geographer moved a little higher up the hometown hero hierarchy after captivating (nearly) everyone at The Regency Ballroom Lounge.
I am amazed by the amount of the amount of dust that I'm still finding in places after Outside Lands this year... Yes, it was good fun, but it's time to enjoy some music indoors, over concrete. And, well, we've got a wonderful week of excellent music on our docket. Thursday, August 16th Cherry Poppin' [...]
For the ones full of love, to the loveless in search of their better half, we have compiled a comprehensive list of some of the most heart warming songs of the last couple of years (including 2012). "Love" means many different things to a lot of people but there is no denying the powerful ecstasy that music can bring to the heart. The Music Ninja is here to be your stealthy cupid and help serenade that special boy or girl. Just take this playlist as your own and they will ultimately fall for your endearing and impressive musical [...]
Sacramento indie poppers Sister Crayon played a big role in our Area Codes feature on the Cali capital, in which lead vocalist Terra Lopez gave us the scoop on what's good in Sactown. Her band will release a new LP this year, a follow up to 20112s Bellow . No release date yet, but here's a glimpse of what is to come, via the lush, swirling indie pop of "Arcane." Download it below, and scope the dates for their residency at NYC's Pianos while you're there. Read More...
Sister Crayon ::: Photo by Josh Lovseth As scaled down version of MusicFest NW that felt just the right size for Boise, happening over the course of four days in late March Treefort Music Fest boasts the same proximity advantage as SXSW with all of its venues being entirely walkable. In fact all the stages were [...]
photos and words by Alex Crick It's exactly 505 miles from the KEXP studios to the heart of downtown Boise and that's exactly how far I traveled to catch the inaugural year of Treefort Music Fest . Featuring 138 bands from the Northwest and beyond Treefort Fest bills itself as a new and emerging artist festival, which it was in every way. After arriving in Boise late Friday afternoon, about a day and a half after the festival had already begun, I caught my first performance with Sister Crayon . [...]
If you don't catch Memoryhouse and Sister Crayon tonight at the Rickshaw Stop, you can see them for free in an early evening show on Wednesday at San Francisco State University's The Depot (6pm, Free, All Ages). Sister Crayon - "Futile Devices (Sufjan Stevens Cover)" By the way, an advance tip: Keep Shelley in Athens will be performing at The Depot on April 12th. In fact, it's that band's [...]
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Sister Crayon Appearing at The Record Bar (Kansas City, MO) on Friday, March 30, 2012
After wrapping a string of successful tour dates supporting Built To Spill on the West Coast, the Sacramento-based Sister Crayon have announced they will again be hitting the road. The West Coast portion of the tour will be in support of Memoryhouse and then the band will embark on lengthy national tour of headlining dates [...]
Catch 'em at: Mar 9 - Sacramento, CA - Luigi's Mar 10 - Davis, CA - Luigi's Mar 13 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop Mar 15 - Santa Barbara, CA - SoHo Mar 16 - Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theatre Mar 17 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar Mar 20 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern Mar 21 - Bellingham, WA - The Shakedown Mar 22 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios Mar 23 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Festival Mar 29 - [...]
Photo gallery of Built to Spill, Sister Crayon at The Fillmore in San Francisco for Noise Pop 2012 (February 23, ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photo s/built-to-spill-sister-crayon -the-fillmore-san-fran/
Right before Christmas, we had the priviledge to premiere Sister Crayon's cover of the Bill Withers classic Ain't No Sunshine off their Disquiet EP. Today, they released a proper video for another cover off said EP, Sufjan Stevens' Futile Devices . The beautifully done split-screen video was directed by Ryan Lindow. Watch below. You can download the Disquiet EP for free here . MP3 : Sister Crayon - Futile Devices [...]
We love Sundays....Here is Mr B's weekly Sunday doze of downtempo loving. Enjoy ! Greetings & Repect Tom Waits, Talking at the Same Time Download here (Right Click, Save As). Barrington Levy, Skylarking Dub Download here (Right Click, Save As). Radiohead, The Rip Download here (Right Click, Save As). Massive Attack, Protection - The Eno [...]
If you enjoyed Sister Crayon's cover of Sufjan Steven's "Futile Devices" that we posted last week. You can grab an EP of covers performed by Sister Crayon. The EP is called Disquiet and can be downloaded once you like them on Facebook. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping
Download covers of Sufjan Stevens, Pat Benatar, and a bunch more from both Sister Crayon and Bird by Bird.
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