
This week in the Bay Area: Tuesday, June 15 Foreign Cinema , Sunbeam Rd. , Slowness @ Hemlock Wednesday, June 16 WomenROCK! with Bernadette, Stripmall Architecture , Conspiracy Of Venus , ZIVA , Burlesque performance by The Cheesepuffs @ The Independent Jay Brannan, Terra Naomi, Jhameel @ Bottom of the Hill Genius and the Thieves, Victory and Associates, Hi-Nobles @ el [...]

Former Mordred lead singer Scott Holderby teamed up with Avengers guitarist Greg Ingraham and others to form The Hi-Nobles , forgoing the metal and punk of their previous bands for a '60s soul-influenced rock reminiscent of The Dirtbombs. Shake is the band's first album. Here's the title track: The Hi-Nobles - "Shake" They'll be playing on Friday, October 30th at Bottom of the Hill and November 21st at Bender's .
September 29th is the new release date for Shake, the new studio album from The Hi-Nobles. The band is comprised of veteran musicians from the Bay Area scene, who bring backgrounds ranging from punk to metal to straight up rock.The album not surprisingly sounds nothing like those styles. Sure a punk rock bassline can be heard on tracks like "Miss Addy", but the influences are subtle. Rather,

Do you have a twitter account? I have one but I've never issued a single tweet. I don't know why I even have the thing, to tell you the truth, because I never use it. And every time someone signs up to follow me, I feel guilty. To make matters worse, lately I've been gaining all kinds of followers. Their names appear in my inbox and I usually don't pay any attention to them, don't even open the notices. Yesterday I decided to see who these people were who are interested in my [...]
Members of legendary San Fransisco punk band The Avengers have teamed with Mordred's Scott Holderby to form The Hi-Nobles. The band is set to release their debut album Shake on September 15th.Drifting from their punk roots, the sound of the new album is described as '60s garage soul. Should be interesting.The Hi-Nobles' Myspace