mp3: Mikal Cronin // “You Gotta Have Someone”

Here’s the rollicking b-side to a new 7″ by Mikal Cronin, due out before the end of the year on .
Mikal joins Shannon and the Clams and his tourmates in Pangea at El Rio in the Mission this Saturday before embarking on a west coast tour. .

Pick up Mikal’s excellent s/t debut album over at .

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video: Shannon and the Clams // “Toxic Revenge”


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[directed by Grass Widow's Hannah Lew]

giveaway: Manatee’s “Single Payer Class War” (playing Sat)

Like free stuff? Our friends at have graciously sent us Oakland-based Manatee‘s debut 7″ flexi release, “Single Payer Class War“, available . There’s a palpable Terry Malts-esque gauze wrapped around the A-side track, entitled “Mr. Superand streamable below.

To enter to win the 7″ flexi disc, hit us up at pdgiveaway at gmail dot com with the subject line MANATEE with your first and last name and we’ll pick a winner at random.

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Manatee plays with Wax Idols, Burnt Ones, and Cruel Summer at Vitus in Oakland this Saturday. .

december 2011 mix

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tracklist:
01 Yikes // “The Cars”
02 Sic Alps // “Breadhead”
03 Wax Idols // “Hitman
04 POW!// “Night Train to Fog Town”
05 Ty Segall// “It”
06 Thee Oh Sees// “The Dream”
07 The Spyrals // “Sunflower Microphone”
08 Swiftumz // “Angelita”
09 Part Time // “Touch Me Responsibly”
10 Wet Illustrated // “(Where I Wanna Be) Buried”

What’s going on this week?

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Tuesday

Wednesday


Thursday
[rescheduled]

Friday

Saturday
[mikal cronin on tour]

[the she's record release]
[wax idols' record release]
[the bay brewed]

Sunday

[early show]

cool 2k11

NME recently put together a “” of music makers and shakers for 2011; GorillavsBear did a and perhaps pointed out the obvious in stating that making “” Nevertheless, here’s our Bay Area version. Let us know what you hate in the comments.

10 Shiv Mehra // Creepers


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09 Corey Cunningham // Terry Malts

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08 Lars Finberg // Thee Oh Sees


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07 Mikal Cronin


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06 Mark Tester // BURNT ONES


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05 Robbie Simon // Wet Illustrated



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04 Tim Presley // White Fence



03 Blasted Canyons


02 Chris McVicker // Swiftumz

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01 Mike Donovan // Sic Alps

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video: White Fence // “Sticky Fruitman has Faith”


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[directed by Micheal Shifflett]

Wax Idols back from tour, playing record release show @ Vitus next Saturday

[Wax Idols at Cake Shop via Phil Maier]

Fresh off their Kickstarted national tour with Terry Malts in support of No Future, the band’s first full-length out on , are playing their “official” record release show at Vitus Lounge in Oakland next Saturday, December 3rd with Burnt Ones, Manatee, and Cruel Summer. If you haven’t listened to the album just yet, it’s great. I have been streaming it at work on (along with the new Oh Sees record) pretty much non-stop and recommend you give it a listen. The Vitus show will also be celebrating a new Manatee‘s single on SLR, entitled “Single Payer Class War.” RSVP + more info on the Facebook .

Singer Hether Fortune’s other band, Blasted Canyons, play Positive Destruction’s second showcase event at Thee Parkside, Thursday December 15th. Read more about the showcase here.

listen: Ty Segall // “Cherry Red”

Here’s the sludge-fueled A-side to Spiders, yet another new track to add to Ty Segall‘s massive outpouring of jams this year. You can buy the 7″ over on . []

mp3: POW! // “Cyberattack!!”

Check out this jangly, discordant jam from our friends in . “Cyberattack!!” is the second song off the band’s inaugural EP release Pretend There, which you can grab on . Catch them at next week, and in December at our second annual showcase at Thee Parkside.

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