Words by Matthew Healy Adam Stafford is a busy man. Aside from his musical output - which has, in the past six years alone, consisted of four albums with Y'all Is Fantasy Island, four solo albums and several collaborative works – he is an award winning film-maker and runs the digital release platform Wiseblood Industries. Mid-way through 2011 he released Build A Harbour Immediately , a record that we ranked as the 13th best of the year. Adam was able to take some time out of [...]
Marcus Foster has certainly had a good year this year, with his first E.P. 'Tumble Down' released in April, followed by his first full album, 'Nameless Path', in September. Now the year has been neatly wrapped up with a UK and European tour. Marcus came to Nottingham supported by Son of Eagle and Sam... Read more..
After a couple of band members left the area, Miguel Zelaya of Harbours abandoned work on the band's third record and began anew. Zelaya also started collaborating on writing with Heather Marie Ellison, who you might also know as Uni & Her Ukelele. Those new Harbours songs are collected on Parlors and Electrics , scheduled to be released in early 2012. You can get a sneak peek at some of the rock-pop band's new songs below: Parlors & Electrics - UPCOMING RELEASE by harbours [...]
Photography: Jules Felker Have a nice Sunday! Stuxnet - Cloud Surfing Eifel - Harbour (exclusive) Flume - Sleepless (feat. Anthony For Cleopatra) Stux net | Flume | Anthony For Cleopatra
One could be forgiven for thinking, on first being introduced to this little EP, that Harbors hail from good ol' London town. There's a real touch of the aesthetic that's been so ubiquitous here in the last few years; the artless simplicity tinged with just a touch of vocal venom that made the Mystery Jets, Johnny Flynn, et al so popular. The interplay between the drums and acoustic guitars, specifically, gives the impression that the players want us to think they've never picked up an instrument before, when in actuality it's a very controlled, thoroughly thought-out [...]
2010 is not over yet and a hearty thank you goes out to All Scandanavian for reminding us of this fact. Incredible music is still being released, even at this late hour of the year. So who is it? Who waited until November 30th to give us an album that, in the span of a few hours, has taken priority over all other reviews? Meadowland , that's who. And let us be clear: This is Meadowland from Sweden , not Meadowland from the U.S. [...]
Saturday's Kids From: South Wales, United Kingdom Sion the lead singer with old school punkers Saturday's Kids took some time out from straining his vocal chords to answer a few questions from the Devil. The Devil : Why Saturday's Kids? What other names did you consider before finally deciding it had to be Saturday's Kids? [...]
I love world music. I seriously do, you can find some right pearls amongst the multitude of music from other countries. Because of England and America, obviously even in other countries, they listen to a big amount of English-speaking songs so with some foreign movements especially, you can hear the influence. This is especially the case with this Nigeria Special release. It came out two whole years ago though. So you've probably heard it in it's entirety and rated it out of 5 stars on iTunes if you're a hipster of those higher levels. But I myself only just [...]
[Harbours' frontman and friend of Stranger Dance, Miguel Zelaya, was nice enough to contribute a review of Timber Timbre's recent show (9/18/09) at the Rickshaw Stop. Full disclosure: Harbours were the opening for this show.] Last Friday at the early Rickshaw Stop matinee show, Timber Timbre 's subtle musical confidence won over the audience that so wisely chose to see the Toronto based band. Front-man Taylor Kirk's take on American roots music has transformed from his early bedroom blues days into a fully realized cinematic, character driven, song-scape (yes, [...]
[Locals Only is a regular feature where the Stranger Dance staff focus on the best and brightest of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Feel free to hit us up with any information on local bands, musicians, shows, and other music-related events and projects.] This week boasts several unique events: Mark Eitzel performing American Music Club at the Red Devil Lounge, a BYOB rock show at Flux53 in Oakland (presented by our buds over at Kata Rokkar), the Proclaimers (!) at Bottom of [...]
[Locals Only is a regular feature where the Stranger Dance staff focus on the best and brightest of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Feel free to hit us up with any information on local bands, musicians, shows, and other music-related events and projects.] This week, some excellent acts will be featured here in the Bay, including some Stranger Dance favorites: Emily Jane White , Leopold and His Fiction , [...]
[ Guest DJ is a new recurring feature on Stranger Dance where we turn the tables and ask some of our favorite artists to make us a mixtape.] For the inaugural edition of Guest DJ, we stayed close to home and went to one of our favorite local bands, The Harbours . Frontman Miguel Zelaya pulled together 12 great cuts that run from '60s R&B to folk to Scottish teen pop. The Artesians – "Trick Bag" Apparently this track was [...]
From Luke's Inbox: Kallipolis - 1f-done Everthus The Deadbeats - First Time Again Nite Club - Left Right Future of the Left - Arming Erirtrea Wentworth Kersey - Wealth Greyboy Allstars - Give The Drummer Some More starPause - k9d-og Harbour - King of Time (Family of Nails) LURV - Mexico City 3003 Heart & Soul [...]
You know the drill. Tonight, the eve of July 2nd, Stranger Dance is presenting a trio of excellent bands for your listening and viewing pleasure at the Rickshaw Stop : Moondoggies (from Seattle), Harbours (LP release), and Sarah Bethe Nelson . The fun starts at 8:00 p.m., costs $8, and all ages are welcome. See you there!
Thursday: Moondoggies , Harbours , Sarah Bethe Nelson @ The Rickshaw Stop Harbours - "Situation" Thursday: Double Dagger , Awesome Tapes From Africa (DJ), Mi Ami , Beast Of Thought , Psychic Reality @ The Knockout Mi Ami - "New Guitar" Friday: The Heavenly States , Boatclub , The West Of , The Dashing Suns @ The Uptown in Oakland [...]
Stranger Dance is proud to present another excellent lineup at the Rickshaw Stop . On Thursday, July 2nd, it's time to experience Bay Area locals known as Harbours and Sarah Bethe Nelson (also known as Prairie Dog), along with Seattle's Moondoggies . The show starts at 8:00 p.m., costs $10, and all ages are welcome. Buy your tickets beforehand by clicking here . You can RSVP and invite friends to the event via Facebook . Moondoggies [...]
Our friends over at Stranger Dance are hosting an awesome line-up with Geographer , Michael Zapruder and Harbours tonight at Cafe du Nord. It's almost like a Bay Area buzzfest if you ask me. All these acts have been making a name for themselves over the past year or so and seem to be getting more and more attention as of late. Whether it's with Geographer's recent album Innocent Ghosts ; which is a [...]
We're obviously more than a little excited for tonight's show at Cafe du Nord . We're very proud to be presenting three of our absolute favorite Bay Area bands: Geographer , Michael Zapruder and Harbours . Tickets are only $10, doors open at 8, show starts at 9. (Check out our recent interviews with both Geographer and Michael Zapruder to get excited.) As if that weren't enough, the hits keep coming, and our friends over at [...]
Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast features ten great Bay Area bands, including a lot of good stuff from new and recent releases. About all of the bands: Still Flyin' ("The Hott Chord Is Struck") release their debut album today via the Ernest Jenning Record Co . The CD release show for Never Gonna [...]
We've got two pairs of tickets to give away for the great Geographer , Michael Zapruder and Harbours show that we're sponsoring this Thursday (4/23) at Cafe du Nord. Head over to our twitter page for a chance to win.
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