What’s going on this week?
[Real Estate - ]
Wednesday
[ticket giveaway]
Thursday
[sold out]
[popscene] [free w/ rsvp]
[college night]
Friday
Saturday
[record release]
[ep release]
Sunday
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[Real Estate - ]
Wednesday
[ticket giveaway]
Thursday
[sold out]
[popscene] [free w/ rsvp]
[college night]
Friday
Saturday
[record release]
[ep release]
Sunday
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By Noah Sanders
To sate your Thee Oh Sees craving until the November 15th release of Carrion Crawler/The Dream Seattle’s weekly rag dug up this 9-song oddity from John Dwyer‘s impressively prolific past. Dwyer teamed up with ’ frontman Mike Donovan in the wake of The Coachwhips’ dissolution to form , a thrashy, noisy precursor to both contributor’s current bands.
UK label Upset The Rhythm released , the band’s only EP.
Carrion Crawler/The Dream is out November 15th on .
mp3:
Monday (Halloween)
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Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Anything else?
Listen to the blown-out to the second 7″ release by since . Battery Townsley dropped September 20th over on . Pick it up .
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We’re pretty excited to say that this year’s is almost a month away, with a lineup that is representative of some of the biggest influences behind this blog, including , , and our second-favorite LA/SF transplant, . 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 , , Woods/Fresh and Onlys Big Band on Saturday night; and , , , , and on Sunday.
Two day passes are sold out, but you can get on the waitlist for tickets to Sunday’s show . 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 .
Art Museums Sadly, the Art Museums are no longer in existence, but the Mantles have taken their place on the roster.
Coming off a 3-song 7″ release in (Bandcamp download comes with an extra track) and a stacked Slumberland Records at Rickshaw during this year’s SF Popfest.
Ducktails
Big year for the side-project of Real Estate member Matthew Mondanile: he’s started a (listen to a track from the first release , due out June 25), and Domino Records has .
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. 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 .
Fresh & Onlys
Jennifer at SEE THE LEAVES has a great review of the recently-released Secret Walls LP . Listen to track off the record .
Woods
New 7″ inch due July 19th via . Stream a track off the singles release .
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 August 23rd, just in time for the Euro leg of their tour.
Sun Araw
Guess who also has a release on ? The space-rockers also have a split with titled on due July 19. Listen to a track off the August Sun Ark/Drag City release .
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 . 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 .
Vice threw a party Sic Alps and Sailor Jerry Sweaty mania
My little mix for the . Enjoy.
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01 Roof Light // “Playground Sunburst”
02 Brothertiger // “Like Water”
03 LA Vampires // “Streetwise”
04 Sic Alps // “Do You Want To Give $$?”
05 Gus Cutty // “All Mine”
06 Beach Fossils // “Youth”
07 Witch Gardens // “Small Daring Boy”
08 The Drums // “Saddest Summer”
09 Sonny and the Sunsets // “Too Young to Burn”
10 Washed Out // “Eyes be Closed”
11 Brooks Arthur Ensemble // “Heart be Still”