Human Toys (France)
A French electro-psycho-punk musical hotrod madly traversing the world of subversive fantasy with grindhouse and Giallo scenery. Emma Amaretto (guitar, programming, vocals) and Mademoiselle Poupée (vocals, theremin) defy standard female archetypes. Their evocative live performances are wild, enthusiastic displays of pure energy." (bio)

Graves Brothers Deluxe
"It iis pure coincidence that SF's Graves Brothers Deluxe have a song featured in the new film Too Much Pussy! Feminist Sluts, A Queer X Show by Parisian lesbian-art-porn purveyor Emilie Jouvet. Freshly back from touring Paris and Europe-at-large, GBDLX are more pissed-off, world-weary, and twitchingly honest than ever. Occasionally serving as backing band for Winston Tong (ex-Tuxedomoon), GBDLX's members have done time with Thin White Rope, the Residents, Noel Redding, and many more. (bio)

Juanita and the Rabbit
"Brett and Elizabeth of JATR are a husband-and-wife drum-and-guitar duo. Yeah, we know, your sister and brother-in-law have one of those, too. A dramatic breed of garage/blues/metal quickly on their way to becoming this century's Partridge Family." (bio)

White Cloud
"The four lads in White Cloud offer a probing, guitar-heavy sound. You could say a lot by placing them firmly at the intersection of Exploding Plastic-era Velvet Underground and Syd’s Pink Floyd. Their avowed Krautrock influences Can and Neu! are in evidence, but it’s really the early nexus of pop craft and psychedelia that seems to occupy these boys’ affections." - The Bay Bridged

Red Blue Yellow
"Still just a year into the project, San Francisco's Red Blue Yellow has already played shows with the likes of Sleepy Sun, Frank Black and French Miami. Their live show is a geek's dream -- indie pop melodies with microphones on the kick drum and snare launching a constant stream of live visuals behind the band."

The Paranoids

Leaders
"Hard-edged synth-pop, serious hip-shaking/head-nodding hooks with a plethora of synth-noises backing things up, bass is fuzzy and throbbily good and they keep the synths back behind the guitar, which I appreciate. Kind of has a dark New Wave romantic twist to it. B-Side is even darker, a cold-wave brooder from the negative zone. Claustrophobic walls-closing-in first half which breaks up and reforms into a frantic run-for-cover ending with ominous sci-fi overtones." - Terminal Boredom

Top Ten
GO SEE THEE AWESOMENESS OF TOP TEN FROM THE GAY BAY, CALIFORNIA/OAKLAND/ SAN FRANCISCO !! TOP TEN IS BY FAR THE SUPER POWER MOST POWERFUL POPPYNESS AROUND TODAY!! FEATURING TINA LUCCHESI ON VOCALS FROM ( THE BOBBYTEENS, THE TRASHWOMEN , DEADLY WEAPONS, TINA & THE TOTAL BABES , AND THE BLAH BLAHS!!! MISS ERIN MCDERMOTT ON THEE AXE ( DEADLY WEAPONS, THE ZODIAC KILLERS, WESTERN DARK, CLASSIC BAR MUSIC), MR . RITCHIE BUCHER (SWEET BABY, WINONA RYDERS, SOUP), AND MR LUMPY MCGUMPS( KNIGHTS OF THE NEW CRUSADE) THIS BAND RULES SOOO HARD !! THEY'RE HOT, SEXY, YOUNGISH AND MOST OF ALL THEY ARE CATCHY AS HELL AND THE HOOKS WILL MAKE YOU SWOOOON WITH DESIRE!!!

River City Tanlines
"Memphis’ River City Tanlines have taken booze-infused punk and flying-V guitars and created a new definition of the Dirty South. Led by guitarist and singer Alicja Trout, formerly of Memphis space punks the Lost Sounds, the trio pumps out soul-soaked slabs that barely reach three minutes before coming up for air." - Austin Chronicle

DJ Hit Force!
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Thunderbleed A.K.A. Blind Vengeance

Punk Rock Sideshow w/DJ Tragic & Duchess of Hazard

The Touch-Me-Nots
"The TOUCH-ME-NOTS are a great [two guitar and drums trio] group from Oakland, California who are working hard on rejuvenating the long-dormant genre of “Ozark punk”. You might recognize this form as having formerly being the province of acts like ’68 COMEBACK, WALTER DANIELS and smaller players like Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Feathers. They’ve recently attracted some deserved attention for their stripped-down, bonzai tear-it-up style, which essentially consists of a loud twangy, toothless racket, with the occasional side trip into Lieber/Stoller & girl group territory." - Jay Hinman

Pepper Rabbit
"Pepper Rabbit (LA) are a lo-fi, two-piece pop rock band getting a lot of comparisons to Atlas Sound, Mercury Rev and Beirut, all of which sound surprisingly fair, even if I don't think any of those bands sound that similar. What I found so compelling about this band is how the duo of Xander Singh and Luc Laurent are able to use loops with a lot of different instruments (guitar, keyboards/piano, ukelele, trumpet, clarinet, etc...) to still get a cohesive pop sound behind Singh's harmonies." - Three Imaginary Girls

Generalissimo
High concept, high modernist broken rock invoking Melvins and Queens of the Stone Age. This is Generalissimo's album release show!

Ovipositor
"Loud, dissonant, and yet surprisingly groove-focused, Ovipositor bears a distinct family resemblance to drone/noise monsters like Boris. There’s no attempt to be trendy or commercially appealing here. With an excellent rhythm section, a skilled guitarist, and snarling, nasty vocals, the band is impressive. Solid from start to finish, dark and compelling, Oakland Minor is a nearly perfect rock album." - East Bay Express