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Sic Alps releasing new record, playing @ Make Out Room 9/7 [mp3]

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:

mp3:
Sic Alps | “Glyphs”


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

december 2011 mix

mp3:
Positive Destruction // 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”

cool 2k11

NME recently put together a “cool list” of music makers and shakers for 2011; GorillavsBear did a good job ripping it apart in their list and perhaps pointed out the obvious in stating that making “‘cool lists’ is not really that cool.” Nevertheless, here’s our Bay Area version. Let us know what you hate in the comments.

10 Shiv Mehra // Creepers



mp3:
Creepers // “Spiral”


09 Corey Cunningham // Terry Malts



mp3:
Terry Malts // “Tumble Down”



08 Lars Finberg // Thee Oh Sees


mp3:
Thee Oh Sees // “The Dream”


07 Mikal Cronin


mp3:
Mikal Cronin // “Get Along”


06 Mark Tester // BURNT ONES


mp3:
Burnt Ones // “Do the Spell (Loud)”


05 Robbie Simon // Wet Illustrated



mp3:
Wet Illustrated // “Gypsy Town”



04 Tim Presley // White Fence



03 Blasted Canyons


02 Chris McVicker // Swiftumz


mp3:
Swiftumz // “Angelita”


01 Mike Donovan // Sic Alps



mp3:
Sic Alps // “Breadhead”


What’s going on this week?

[Real Estate - more pics]

Wednesday
The Spits @ The New Parish, 9pm [ticket giveaway]
Keep Shelly in Athens, Kisses, Blackbird Blackbird (dj set) @ The Independent, 8pm

Thursday
M83 @
Mezzanine, 9pm [sold out]
Geographer, Electric Guest @ Rickshaw Stop, 9pm [popscene]
Ty Segall @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 8pm [free w/ rsvp]
Blackbird Blackbird @
Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 9pm
Brightlighters, Brother Bently, The Big Bad Wolf, Saint Jaboi @ Milk Bar, 10pm [college night]

Friday
Real Estate, Big Troubles @
Slim’s, 9pm

Saturday
Woodsboro @
Needles and Pens, 7:30pm [record release]
Austra, Grimes @
Great American Music Hall, 8pm
Future Twin, Our Brother the Native, Dead Eyes @ Engine Works, 9pm [ep release]

Sunday
Kelley Stoltz, Prairie Dog, Tortured Genies @
Make-Out Room, 9pm

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mp3: Yikes // “The Cars”

By Noah Sanders

To sate your Thee Oh Sees craving until the November 15th release of Carrion Crawler/The Dream Seattle’s weekly rag The Stranger dug up this 9-song oddity from John Dwyer‘s impressively prolific past. Dwyer teamed up with Sic Alps’ frontman Mike Donovan in the wake of The Coachwhips’ dissolution to form Yikes, a thrashy, noisy precursor to both contributor’s current bands.

UK label Upset The Rhythm released The Secrets of Superflippin’, the band’s only EP.

Carrion Crawler/The Dream is out November 15th on In The Red.

mp3:
Yikes // “The Cars”


Yikes // “Pink Cigars”


What’s going on this week?

Monday (Halloween)
The Soft Moon, Led Er Est, Michael Stock @ The Independent, 9pm

Tuesday
Ty Segall, Kut U Up @
The Mezzanine, 9pm

Wednesday
King Tuff, Audacity @
1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 7pm

Thursday
El Ten Eleven, No Fires, Noys Annoise, Talk of Shamans @
The Depot [SF State], 6pm
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Gauntlet Hair @
Rickshaw Stop, 9pm

Friday
Sic Alps, Lilac, Sourpatch, Meridians @ Verdi Club, 8:30pm
Still Corners, Ganglians, Silver Swans @
Rickshaw Stop, 9pm
Shonen Knife, Shannon and the Clams, The Pleasure Kills @ Bottom of the Hill, 9pm
Wild Flag, Drew Grow & The Pastor’s Wives @ Great American Music Hall, 9pm

Saturday
Wild Flag, Drew Grow & The Pastor’s Wives @
Great American Music Hall, 9pm
Zodiac Death Valley, The Icarus Line, The Tambo Rays @ Cafe Du Nord, 8:30pm

Sunday
Zodiac Death Valley, The Icarus Line, The Tambo Rays @
Cafe Du Nord, 8:30pm

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Anything else?

mp3: Sic Alps // “Cambridge Vagina”

Listen to the blown-out B-side to the second 7″ release by Sic Alps since Napa Asylum. Battery Townsley dropped September 20th over on Drag City. Pick it up here.

mp3:
Sic Alps // “Cambridge Vagina”


mp3: Sic Alps // “Breadhead”


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Here’s the opening track on Sic Alps‘ new 7″, now out on Drag City.

mp3:
Sic Alps // “Breadhead”


Preview: 2011 Woodsist Fest

Campground, by Petey Dammit [see more]

We’re pretty excited to say that this year’s Woodsist Festival is almost a month away, with a lineup that is representative of some of the biggest influences behind this blog, including Nodzzz, Thee Oh Sees, and our second-favorite LA/SF transplant, White Fence. This year’s fest is split up into two days, with performances on Saturday night (Fernwood) and Sunday afternoon (Henry Miller). The lineup is rounded out by Art Museums, Ducktails, Woods/Fresh and Onlys Big Band on Saturday night; and Real Estate, Fresh and Onlys, Woods, Sic Alps, and Sun Araw on Sunday.

Two day passes are sold out, but you can get on the waitlist for tickets to Sunday’s show here. Here’s a preview of what’s to come:

SATURDAY @ FERNWOOD 9:00pm-12:30am

Nodzzz
We talked to singer Anthony Atlas the day before their new album dropped on the Woodsist label. Read our interview here. Download a track off Innings here.

Art Museums
Coming off a 3-song 7″ release in late May (Bandcamp download comes with an extra track) and a stacked Slumberland Records showcase event at Rickshaw during this year’s SF Popfest.
Sadly, the Art Museums are no longer in existence, but the Mantles have taken their place on the roster.

Ducktails
Big year for the side-project of Real Estate member Matthew Mondanile: he’s started a new label (listen to a track from the first release here, due out June 25), and Domino Records has picked up both RE and Ducktails.

Woods/Fresh & Onlys Big Band
“Some kind of wonderful.”

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SUNDAY @ HENRY MILLER LIBRARY 2pm-10:30pm

Real Estate
Woodsist graduates signed to Domino for their sophomore album, due out in October. Watch them play a new, untitled track live earlier in May.

Thee Oh Sees
Castlemania has been out for a few weeks now, which means that John is already busy recording the next one.

Fresh & Onlys
Jennifer at SEE THE LEAVES has a great review of the recently-released Secret Walls LP here. Listen to track off the record here.

Woods
New 7″ inch due July 19th via Sacred Bones. Stream a track off the singles release here.

Sic Alps
Ty Segall
won’t be playing with his new/old band and current labelmates at Big Sur; the remaining Sic Alps are putting out a new 4 song 7″ via Drag City August 23rd, just in time for the Euro leg of their tour.

Sun Araw
Guess who also has a release on August 23rd? The space-rockers also have a split with Eternal Tapestry titled Night Gallery on Thrill Jockey due July 19. Listen to a track off the August Sun Ark/Drag City release here.

White Fence
Tim Presley’s White Fence is currently touring with the Strange Boys before splitting off to round out the Woods bill/tour. Listen to and download an entire live set at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa.

If you can’t make it to the great Woodsist Fest this year, all is not lost. The Independent plays host to Woods, Fresh & Onlys, and The Mantles July 29th. Real Estate, together with San Francisco dream-pop acts Melted Toys and Dominant Legs (who just recorded a split 7″), also play at the Independent a few days after the fest on August 2nd.

photos: Sic Alps (now with Ty Segall), Bare Wires, Younger Lovers // Cafe Du Nord (Vice Uncapped Live)

Vice threw a party 
Sic Alps and Sailor Jerry 
Sweaty mania 

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