01 Naomi Punk :: Gentle Movements [...] [excerpt] 00:00 02 Gap Dream :: 58th St. Fingers 00:45 03 Ty Segall :: You’re the Doctor 04:35 04 Parquet Courts :: Borrowed Time 06:35 05 Nick Waterhouse (Al Lover Remix) :: That Place 09:06 06 Naomi Punk :: Voodoo Trust 13:26 07 Mac DeMarco:: The Stars Keep on Calling My Name 16:32 08 Twerps :: He’s in Stock 18:52 09 chris cohen :: Caller No. 99 21:09 10 Jessica Pratt :: Night Faces 24:44
Check out this cleaned up cut from Sic Alps‘ latest record, out on Drag City on 9/11. It’s the band’s fourth record and their first self-titled endeavor. Pre-order here. They’ve got two stops in the Bay Area until leaving for a North American tour with Thee Oh Sees (including a stop at Great American Music Hall in October) and later, Cheap Time. Full tour schedule after the track:
Sic Alps – 2012 Tour Dates 9/7/12 Make Out Room San Francisco CA 9/8/12 Uptown Night Club Oakland CA
9/9/12 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles CA w/ Thee Oh Sees
9/10/12 Bar Pink San Diego CA w/ Thee Oh Sees
9/29/12 Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Davis CA
10/1/12 The Android House Caldwell Boise ID
10/2/12 VFW Missoula MT w/ Thee Oh Sees
10/3/12 Broken City Calgary AB Canada w/ Thee Oh Sees
10/4/12 Broken City Calgary AB Canada w/ Thee Oh Sees
10/6/12 Rickshaw Theatre Vancouver BC Canada w/ Thee Oh Sees
10/7/12 Neptune AL w/ Thee Oh Sees
10/8/12 Doug Fir Lounge Portland OR w/ Tree Oh Sees
10/9/12 Doug Fir Lounge Portland OR w/ Tree Oh Sees 10/12/12 Great American Music Hall San Francisco CA w/ Oh Sees
10/13/12 The Holland Project Reno NV
10/14/12 Kilby Court Salt Lake City UT w/ Cheap Time
10/15/12 Rhinoceropolis Denver CO
10/16/12 Jackpot Music Hall Lawrence KS
10/17/12 Turf Club St. Paul MN
10/18/12 Empty Bottle Chicago IL
10/19/12 Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft Louisville KY
10/22/12 Double Double Land Toronto ON Canada
10/23/12 Divan Orange Montreal Canada
10/25/12 Radio Somerville MA
10/26/12 Haverford College Haverford PA (students only)
10/28/12 Knitting Factory Brooklyn NY
10/30/12 The Werehouse/Krankies Coffee Winston-Salem NC
10/31/12 Black Cat Burrito Boone NC
11/1/12 529 Atlanta GA
11/2/12 The Bottletree Birmingham AL
Much like The Fresh and Onlys’ Wymond Miles, who’s solo project is a departure from the Only’s brasher style of rock ‘n’ roll, Dylan Tidman-Jones of The Mallardcomposes breezy, floating tunes as F R O N D S.Listen to “Flags” below, the last song on their forthcoming record.
Halfway through 2012, a stunningly-good string of releases has once again cemented the San Francisco Bay Area as the center of the most creative outpourings of musical aptitude since Dunedin Sound blanketed New Zealand in the 1980s. Here are our favorite record + tracks so far this year. Please let us know what we missed in the comments below:
Here’s a hazy, psychedelic jam sent to us by Big Drag, who – if not already – should start hearing comparisons to Brian Jonestown Massacre. Big Drag welcomes the addition of Matthew Melton of Bare Wires/Warm Soda on bass guitar tomorrow at Hemlock Tavern with Sir Lord Von Raven and The Hussy. RSVP here.
