Ash Reiter

Tippy Canoe + Mikie Lee Prasad

Anna Ash

Barn Owl

Daniel Higgs (Lungfish)
Higgs is known primarily for his work as the sole lyricist and frontman of the band Lungfish. In recent years, Higgs has released a number of solo outings that can only be described as the ultimate in isolation, worlds away from the hypnotic, communal rock of his band. On Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot, Higgs weaves meditative, casually ruptured drones using acoustic and electric guitar, upright pianos, banjo and jew’s harp, recorded entirely at home on cassette recorder. He pairs the music with a series of paintings that call to mind religious iconography passed through the disfiguring surrealism of Miro. (bio)

Carlton Melton
"Carlton Melton experiment with a sound more sonically befitting to the geodesic dome's acoustic resonance, Space Rock! Equally krauty, droney, and at times cosmically ramshackle, Carlton Melton channel White Hills, Wooden Shjips, Cave, bits of Kinski, Steve Hillage, and of course the less proto-metal leanings of Hawkwind with dual guitars, bass and organ hypnotically riffing through the domed stratosphere." - Aquarius Records

Electric Jellyfish
"Seriously, folks...Don't miss these guys! As a band from today's Australia, Electric Jellyfish carry the torch along with Eddy Current Suppression Ring lighting the way to a legendary story of distinctive rock 'n roll beginning with bands such as Radio Birdman, The Saints, X, the Birthday Party, feedtime, etc. Their sound is on par with The Wipers in their heyday...such daring emotional vulnerability, yet it's psych/punk that's sonically full-fledged, solid, walloping, and (to quote Monoshock (yet another peer in terms of quality) 'philosophically Stoogely'." - DJ Rick Ele - KDVS/Art for Spastics

Little Teeth

Hermit Thrushes

WOOM

Two Dollars Out the Door

Birthday Suits

Rank/Xerox

Punk Rock Sideshow w/DJ Tragic & the Duchess of Hazard, every Monday

Extra Life
Extra Life is an experimental band from Brooklyn. They are known for using unusual rhythms and time signatures, and for Charlie Looker's (ex Zs and Dirty Projectors unique singing style, reminiscent of medieval and Renaissance music. (Wiki)

Ora Corgan

Chelsea Wolfe
"It’s goth, yes. Church bells, rain sounds, moaning, drone. But Chelsea Wolfe’s music manages to avoid the pitfalls of her particularly cliché-ridden genre, making her sonically more kindred to Bat for Lashes than Sisters of Mercy. As influences, she claims Lhasa de Sela, an unconventional (to the point of going unrecognized, mostly) goth if ever there were one; ditto Hank Williams. Looping, chanting, sampling, and other traditions of the pale set serve Wolfe well, but in truth, it’s her fine singing, guitar playing, and songwriting that resonate. A deep experimental curiosity sets her apart from other kids with guitars: Her song “Movie Screen” has a trancey, raga undertone that completely unfits it for the mainstream." - SF Weekly

Neighbors

So Cow
"There’s a proud tradition of outsider guitar-pop, and Irish native Brian Kelly has certainly paid his dues with the bedroom project turned band So Cow. He’ll cover an ace Tall Dwarfs song, then flip to early Go-Betweens (with a slight tweak to the lyrics), classic Soft Boys, and some hit by a Korean pop star. That last bit is no mistake: He founded So Cow while living in South Korea, and is now signed to a label there. He has his own label, too, having released a string of records via Covert Bear before lending himself elsewhere for two 7-inches. As for last year’s self-titled retrospective of his best self-released material, it was mastered by indie-rock icon Bob Weston and issued on Chicago label Tic Tac Totally. The upcoming Meaningless Friendly should focus less on Kelly’s tasteful choice of covers and more on his natural talents as a songwriter. His self-referential early tune “Shackleton” has already lit up laptops globally, despite the dull smear of its lo-fi production values. The single element uniting his work is a bratty guitar strum, which ought to surface often on his current tour as a scrappy trio." - SF Weekly

Bare Wires
"Oakland’s Bare Wires are three talented hooligans revisiting pre-punk sounds from a post-post-post-punk world. And preferring the primitive RNR lexicon largely as is. From this stance, Melton, Keelan and Emslie (Time Flys) plow ahead with twelve tracks of sleazy, sizzlin, mid-fi 70’s rock. Swappin any potentially wandering, bullshit baggage out for sharpened punk angles." - PTrash Records

Dreamdate

A Sunny Day in Glasgow
"Inhabits a space somewhere between the ethereal gauze of the Cocteau Twins, the glowing guitar waves of My Bloody Valentine, and the shape-shifting minimalism of electronic artists like the Field and Fennesz." - Agit Reader

The Gold Medalists