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9:30pm, $6 |
 Pwrfl Power
The result is PWRFL POWER: an unconventional marriage of melodically rich, Fahey-styled acoustic virtuosity and conversational, knowingly naive lyrical abandon. With the most basic of building blocks, Nomura forges a uniquely avant-informed brand of outsider folk music--one that relies as much on impish mischief as it does on considered craft and technique. (bio)
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 Bachelorette (NZ)
New Zealand's BACHELORETTE mainly uses keyboards and punctuates her songs with guitar, bass and drums. The result is sparse and entracing soundscapes, multi-layered vocals and explosive choruses. (bio)
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10pm, $FREE |
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9:30pm, $6 |
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 Little Teeth
".... Up next we got Little Teeth from San Francisco. Theirs is folk pop that crashes and yelps out passionately and feels a little like Neutral Milk Hotel without ripping ’em off—or, really, jumping anybody’s game. Dannie’s vocals soar, crack, scream out, but always sound like she’s deeply feelin’ it, deeply into what’s she’s singing about and dead-on synched to the immediacy of her band’s hiccupy, junkyarded American avant-something." - Asthmatic Kitty
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 Romanteek
Oympia's Romanteek has gone from a one-woman dancetacular to a 5-piece danse extravaganza. "A set of influences including everything from Peggy Lee to Timbaland, along with spy-film score and club hip-hop."
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9:30pm, $5 |
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9:30pm, $7 |
 Black Diamond Heavies
"Black Diamond Heavies singer John Wesley Myers doesn’t growl. Tom Waits growls. Joe Cocker growls. Myers barks like a man who’s had his throat ripped out by a wolf. He gargles the thick blues drawl of a man who has never inhaled without a Marlboro Red in his gob, which is partly why ‘Every Damn Time’ is so damn brilliant. Calling themselves “a punk-ass blues duo”, the Tennessee-hailing group have produced a debut of filthy Southern blues that makes The Black Keys seem like choirboys. Accompanying Myers’ roar is his Hammond organ, grooving about on down-tempo tracks like ‘Signs’ and the bitter broken heart of ‘All To Hell’, before honky-tonk jiving through ‘White Bitch’’s anti-drugs preach of “Fuck cocaine!”. At full steam, ‘Every Damn Time’ could soundtrack a Wild West train heist. When notched down, it’s darker, moodier and even better. A fabulous debut." - NME
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 Or, The Whale
"Or, the Whale’s songs range from danceable, rhythm-charged country-rock ditties with swaggering bass lines and articulately stomped-out drums to indie pop-rock tunes with bopping piano, snapping drums, and loops of finger-plucked guitar that explode into electric riffs to add fuel to fervent vocals. Slow it down and throw in some four-part harmonies, vibrant organ passages, and rippling pedal steel, and songs escalate into thoughtful ballads. (bio)
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 Low Red Land
"Likened to Crazy Horse, though I'd pick Creedence Clearwater Revival meets the Meat Puppets." - SF Bay Guardian
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9:30pm, $6 |
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 The Aerosols
Saturated garage psych pop with some World of Pooh and Brian Eno overtones.
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9:30pm, $7 |
 Telephone Jim Jesus
"One third of Restiform Bodies and purveyor of the ever-evolving Anticon. sound, Telephone Jim Jesus has made quite a name for himself in the avant-garde hip-hop realm. Now the Oakland-based producer is stepping into the atmospheric limelight with Anywhere Out of the Everything, his latest ode to chiming cinematic sounds and ambient hip-hop." - XLR8R
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 Change!
"Change! is the musical world of Aaron McEvoy. In this world, a giant, 134-stringed wood-hammered dulcimer--chiming, melodic and evocative of whimsical folklore--is the focal instrument of rock songs. Juxtapose this with McEvoy's un-dulcimer-like vocals and lyrics with a heavily fantastical slant, and you get a band who defy recognizable genres. But after the initial shock of geeky dulcimer weirdness wears off, the offbeat beauty of Change! reveals itself; the patient and unbiased listener will discover rewarding and keenly crafted pop songs." - Metroactive
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 The Buttercream Gang
The Buttercream Gang are an indie/post-punk/afro-beat band from San Francisco and Napa CA. Half of the Buttercream sound relies on edgy guitar driven punk/post-punk. (bio)
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9:00pm, $ free!! |
 DJ Phil Manley
of The Fucking Champs and Trans-Am infamy.
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