Known for bringing an emotional heft and sense of hope to a usually placid genre, San Francisco's The Union Trade have taken their monumental sound to new heights with this year's Why We Need Night EP. A moody but gorgeous EP infused with youthful sincerity, it is cinematic in scope with soothing soundscapes of atmospheric, ambient, and shimmering chimes interspersed with crashing interludes that are guided by the modest vocals from lead vocalist Nate Munger. This isn't average post rock that drags and bores the listener, this is tight and well thought out songs that burst [...]
The Union Trade have released a highly diggable EP called Why We Need Night . It's an evocative and dynamic collection of post-rock songs you need to hear.
There's a surefire way to get me to read a promo email: appeal to my sense of home. (I read all email regardless, but you know...) Nate, the bassist/vocalist for The Union Trade is originally from just south of Rochester, and although he now calls San Francisco home, he can list a bunch of area...
Los streams. Y los mp3. Destacados: Akron/Family: S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT Akron/Family: "Silly Bears" [mp3] Download audio file (sillybears.mp3) ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead: Tao of the Dead [...]
Over the course of their upcoming EP, "Why We Need Night" (Tricycle), The Union Trade follow the contours of proven terrain and map the outlines of an evolving sound. In moments throughout, the band strips away the epic layers of their first album to expose the intimacy of a beautiful guitar line, the gravity of a simple piano progression, or the emotion and lyricism of a vocal performance. Energized by dynamic rhythms, the EP progresses from the familiar into new territory marked by a broader range of analog and acoustic keyboards, electronic elements and The Union Trade's most concise song [...]
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[Locals Only is a weekly 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.] Highlights this week include two musical crown jewels of the Bay Area ( John Vanderslice and the Morning Benders ) and the SF Popfest . Tuesday, May 19th: [...]
[Locals Only is a weekly 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.] Highlights this week include two musical crown jewels of the Bay Area ( John Vanderslice and the Morning Benders ) and the SF Popfest . Tuesday, May 19th: [...]
The Union Trade Genre: Rock / Shoegaze / Experimental From: San Francisco, California, United States [...]
In the dusk of another Valentine's Day, some of us will go to bed in despair, victims of this horrible holiday's deadly talons. But rest assured, desperate souls, this fate is completely avoidable. Local music is here for you. And it will stay with you all through the night. Five fantastic shows will compete for your affections this Saturday night - all very worthy suitors, and all for less than the price of dinner. This also turns out to be a nice preview night for the upcoming Noise Pop and SXSW festivals. [...]
After many months of preparation, Tricycle Records and The Bay Bridged are proud to announce that the Bay Area Takeover is back! After last year's big success, we're throwing another six hour unofficial day party during the 2009 South by Southwest Music Festival, with performances by over a dozen of the San Francisco Bay Area's hottest artists representing a broad cross-section of the Bay's fertile and diverse music scene. The 2009 Takeover takes place on Thursday, March 19th, [...]
Tricycle Records is throwing a party to celebrate the holiday season tonight at Cafe Du Nord . Headliner Veil Veil Vanish 's dark rock blends elements of shoegaze and post-punk with a strong melodic streak. The band contributed a track to the recently released Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure , and you can check out their cover below: The band hopes to record a new album in January for release next Spring. [...]
Ach, een beetje staren naar de schoenen op z'n tijd kan geen kwaad. Maar dan wel heel ingetogen met The Union Trade uit San Francisco. De groep bestaat nauwelijks tweeënhalf jaar. Everyday Including is na Now The Swell EP hun eerste echte album. Self Possession is het openingsnummer. MP3: The Union Trade - Self Possession The Union Trade op MySpace [...]
Wednesday night at Bottom of the Hill will feature a veritable CD release extravaganza for local record label, Tricycle Records . The Union Trade , with their intricate yet full bodied shoe-gaze meet post rock sounds, will be celebrating their new full length, Everyday Including , with One Becomes One Hundred , one of the newest members of the Tricycle family, celebrating the release of their debut album, They do if you know . For those [...]
Formed in San Francisco in the spring of 2006, The Union Trade consists of Don Joslin (guitar), Nate Munger (bass/vocals), Eric Salk (guitar /vocals), and Dan Rodkewich (drums). The Union Trade's sound is the product of a collaborative writing style and mind-set, largely free of the barriers of role or instrument, that relies heavily on experimentation and reflection to find the feel of each song. With their first full-length release, Everyday Including (Tricycle), The Union Trade have bridged the gap between their instrumental-band inspirations, and a [...]
one striking trend that jumped out when endeavoring to put together this compilation of bay area music - of which this post serves as the first of two volumes - was how much of the collective sound reflected what can reasonably be described, i think, as the city's, the region's, dueling ethos: the populist counter-cultural strain, or hippie for short, & the high technology sector. take, for example, the oakland band xiu xiu , who will make an appearance on part 2 (and who, by the way, have a killer promotion tied into their new album, [...]
Various bands whose CDs I haven't been able to write up in full: 1. Strings Break - The Union Trade (Shoegazey and Hazy) 2. The Boy Who Loved Birds - Heroes and Heroines (Good Morning Butterglory) 3. I Always See The Sun Rise - Little Name (OMG Belle and Sebastian OMG) 4. Eohippus - Justin Potts (Elliott The Letter [...]
Featured Artist: The Union Trade It is another Tuesday night, and The Union Trade are filtering into their practice room deep in the warehouse district of San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood. As the band greets each other with casual comfort, someone notices sawdust on the industrial looking carpet, but just who the carpenter was is not immediately apparent. "Did you Eric?" the band's bass player, Nate Munger, turns and asks Eric Salk, guitarist, and the man with whom he shares vocal duties. Nate directs a bemused look back down at the floor while guitar [...]
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