
We is Shore Dedicated are throwing a CD release party for their third album, RhinoceRoses/Rabbit Noose , released by Huevo Imaginary Records . They'll be performing at the Rickshaw Stop this Thursday, March 12, and the show starts at 8pm. Following Rainbo Donuts , which won The Deli SF's CD of the month, they aren't holding anything back. Sam Tristin, from San Francisco's The Ebb and Flow , fronts this new experimental Latin-influenced sound, and is setting course for broad musical [...]

Every month, we dedicate a week of our podcast to highlighting some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing soon in the San Francisco Bay Area. We've got twelve great bands playing some excellent shows this month, so head out and see some live music! Berkeley's Half-Handed Cloud ("Animals Are Cut In Two") kick off this week's show. Catch him at the Hemlock Tavern on Wednesday, March 11th with Lake and Little Wings . Once a busker on the streets of Calgary, [...]

There is an exciting bill at the Hemlock Tavern tomorrow night, August 21. The Lonelyhearts ( Feature Podcast ), The Old-Fashioned Way and We is Shore Dedicated will come together after some have been on tour and some have been in the studio. This show marks The Lonelyhearts' return to the Bay Area (or "Yay Area" as their website fondly calls it) after a nationwide tour and a [...]
In effort to raise awareness about upcoming releases as well as finding a place for the numerous submissions we get, this post continues our weekly purging of free and legal MP3's for your listening enjoyment. The number of tracks will fluctuate each week depending on the songs uncovered or sent. It's our hope that you'll find a new favorite or another release to keep your eyes on. MP3: Ratatat - "Mirando" [from LP3 ; out 7/8/08 on XL Recordings] [...]
There's some really juicy stuff in this roundup. Take your time and enjoy the music. Architecture in Helsinki - Heart it Races Dr. Dog - Heart it Races Cracklin Moth - Eulogy for Bashu Justin Townes Earle - Hard Livin' Justin Townes Earle - The Ghost of Virginia Sera Cahoone - Only As the Day is Long The Black Hollies [...]

Sorry for the lag, I've been using a lot of my storage space for the Booty Patrol . You should head over there at once and download the new of Montreal tribute album Aluminum Plums (and the several concerts available there). This tribute really is better than many others I've heard - the musicianship is elevated, and there's a good range of periods in of Montreal's music, and in the interpretations, and also a good range of experience levels - from bedroom recordings to an acapella group to Pitchfork-worthy bands like Tokyo's Elekibass and former [...]
The Boggs : "Arm in Arm" [mp3] from Fort @myspace other music blog posts: @elbo.ws @hype Casper and the Cookies : "Sid from Central Park" [mp3] from The Optimist's Club @myspace other music blog posts: @elbo.ws @hype Godspeed You Black Emperor</strong >: 2003-04-09, Halifax [mp3,ogg,flac] @myspace other music [...]

There is a moment when every true creator makes such a leap forward that his audience is left behind. For Renoir, La Règle du jeu was the sign of maturity, a film so new that it looks confusingly as if it might be a failure; one of those failures that leaves you, the morning after, counting your friends on the fingers of one hand. - François Truffaut , Cahiers du cinéma 34, April 1954 " Monday Night Relaxing Mix with Everything " 01. Giant Sons [...]