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favorites of 2012.5

Posted on 06/10/2025 by | 3 Comments

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:

1) Terry Malts :: Killing Time

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Terry Malts :: Tumble Down
Terry Malts :: Naueseous

2) Young Prisms :: In Between

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Young Prisms :: Floating in Blue
Young Prisms :: Better Days

3) White Fence :: Family Perfume Volumes 1 + 2
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White Fence :: Swagger Vets and Double Moon
White Fence :: King of the Decade

4) Grass Widow :: Internal Logic

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Grass Widow :: Goldilocks Zone
Grass Widow :: Disappearing Industries

5) The Mallard :: Yes On Blood

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The Mallard :: Vines
The Mallard :: Mansion

6) Wymond Miles :: Under the Pale Moon

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Wymond Miles :: Pale Moon

7) Ty Segall & White Fence :: Hair

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Ty Segall & White Fence :: Time

8) Burnt Ones :: Meet the Golden One
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Burnt Ones :: Meet the Golden One

9) Blasted Canyons :: 2nd Place

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Blasted Canyons :: Holy Geometry

10) Hunx :: Hairdresser Blues

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Hunx :: Always Forever

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february 2012 mix

Posted on 02/23/2012 by | Comments Off

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Positive Destruction // february 2012 mix

01 The Mallard : vines 00:00
02 Terry Malts : nauseous 03:14
03 White Fence : swagger vets and double moon 06:04
04 Young Prisms : floating in blue 08:27
05 Cool Ghouls : witch’s game 12:09
06 Synthetic ID : throwaway 17:18
07 Magic Bullets : what took you so long 20:04
08 Nodzzz : true to life 23:19

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mp3: Young Prisms // “Floating in Blue”

Posted on 01/23/2012 by | Comments Off

Check out this ethereal, moving new track from Young Prisms, who earlier announced details of yet another US tour that coincides with the release of their second album (dates below). “Floating in Blue” is the lead song on In Between, which drops March 27th on Kanine. [via]

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Young Prisms // “Floating in Blue”

Winter Tour Dates:

Feb 22 Cafe Du Nord San Francisco CA $
Feb 24 Mississippi Studios Portland OR
Feb 25 Comet Tavern Seattle WA ^
Feb 26 The Shakedown Bellingham WA ^
Feb 29 The Aquarium Dempsey’s Fargo ND #
Mar 1 7th Street Entry Minneapolis MN #
Mar 2 Empty Bottle Chicago IL
Mar 3 Cafe Bourbon Street Columbus OH #
Mar 4 DC9 Washington DC #
Mar 5 Glasslands Brooklyn NY #
Mar 6 Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia PA #
Mar 7 Great Scott Allston MA #
Mar 8 The Red Door Portsmouth NH #
Mar 9 Le Cagibi Montreal QC #
Mar 10 Drake Hotel Toronto ON 11pm curfew #
Mar 11 Paperhouse Detroit MI #
Mar 21 The Echo Los Angeles CA %

$ w/ Melted Toys
^ w/ Grave Babies
% w/The Black Ryder # w/ Boy Friend

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What’s going on this week?

Posted on 12/05/2025 by | Comments Off

Monday
King Lollipop, Peach Kelli Pop, Swiftumz @ 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 7pm

Tuesday
Iggy and the Stooges @ Warfield, 8pm
Broken Cities, Moonbell, Atlas @ Elbo Room, 8:30pm

Wednesday
Jonathan Richman @ Great American Music Hall, 8pm
Thee Oh Sees, Twin Steps, Cool Ghouls @ The Depot, 6:30pm [free sfsu show]

Thursday
Ganglians, Young Prisms @ Milk Bar, 8pm
The Fleshtones, Dukes of Hamburg, Teutonics @ The Knockout, 9pm [night one of two]

Friday
The Donkeys, Lilac, Buxton @ Bottom of the Hill, 9:30pm [co-headliners]
The Fleshtones, Top Ten, Chuckleberries @ The Knockout, 9pm [night two of two]

Saturday
Music for Animals, Kishi Bashi @ Engine Works, 9pm [+ special guest]
Tennis, Miniature Tigers, Devon Williams @ Bottom of the Hill, 10pm
Twin Steps, TRMRS, Uzi Rash, Yi @ Sugar Mountain, 8pm [TS record-release]
Nectarine Pie, The Love Dimension, Primitive Hearts @ 924 Gilman, 9pm [east bay psychedelic disaster]

Sunday
Shannon and the Clams, Buffalo Tooth, Primitive Hearts @ ATA, 3pm [ATA fundraiser/winter beach formal]
Grass Widow, Erase Errata @924 Gilman [girls rock camp showcase]

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Young Prisms touring w/ Big Troubles, playing @ Vitus in Oakland

Posted on 10/03/2025 by | Comments Off

[photo by Keith Axline]

San Francisco’s stoner psych crew Young Prisms are going on a tour with Slumberland-signed Big Troubles that kicks off at Vitus Lounge in Oakland on October 8th. Show starts at 9pm and costs 5 bones. You can RSVP here. Listen to two tracks from Big Troubles’ Romantic Comedy here. Full dates below:

10/08- Oakland, CA- Vitus *
10/09- Los Angeles, CA- The Echo *
10/10- Tucson, AZ- Club Congress *
10/12- Norman, OK- The Opolis *
10/13- Lawrence, KS- Replay Lounge *
10/14- Des Moines, IA- Vaudeville Mew*
10/15-St. Louis, MO- Style House *
10/17- Washington DC- Black Cat Backstage *^
10/19- Cambridge, MA- TT The Bears *
10/20- New York, NY- CMJ
10/21- New York, NY- CMJ
10/23- Chicago, IL- Beat Kitchen
10/26- Denver, CO- HI Dive
10/27- Salt Lake City, UT- Kilby Court
10/28- Reno, NV- Tonic Lounge

*w/ Big Troubles

^w/ John Maus

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What’s going on this week?

Posted on 10/03/2025 by | Comments Off

Monday
Built by Stereo, Simon and the Fire Breathers, Meat Market, Younger Lovers @ Bottom of the Hill, 8:30 pm

Tuesday
Deep Teens, No Babies, Uzi Rash, Whitman @ Jam City (1570 7th St., Oakland), 8pm
Switftumz Listening Party @ Casanova Lounge, 6pm
Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles, Colleen Green @ Great American Music Hall, 8pm

Wednesday
Zola Jesus @ Amoeba, 6pm (free)

Thursday
Switftumz, Little Mercury, Lenguas Largas @ The Knockout, 9pm

Friday
120 Minutes, Sleep ∞ Over @ Elbo Room, 10pm
Melted Toys, ChuCha Santamaria Y Usted @ 1314 Grant Ave., (free)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Twin Sister @ Slim’s, 9pm
The Fresh and Onlys, Tamaryn, Wax Idols @ Great American Music Hall, 9pm
Old Firm Casuals, Brassknuckle Boys, Young Offenders, Airfix Kits, Living Eyes @ Thee Parkside, 9pm

Saturday
Barn Owl, Date Palms, Danny Paul Grody @ San Francisco Zen Center, 6pm
Dead Meadow, Burnt Ones, POW! @ Cafe Du Nord, 9:30pm
Girls, Sonny and the Sunsets, PAPA @ Great American Music Hall, 9pm
Big Troubles, Young Prisms @ VITUS (201 Broadway), 9pm

Sunday
Japanther @ East Bay Rats MC Club House, 9pm
Girls @ Amoeba, 2pm $free
Girls, Sonny and the Sunsets, Carletta Sue Kay @ Great American Music Hall, 8pm

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We’re giving away tickets to the Halloween weekend Ty Segall + Nobunny show at Brick and Mortar Music Hall. Read more details here.

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What’s going on this week?

Posted on 08/21/2011 by | Leave a comment

Monday
Apache, Daddy Long Legs, Lenz // A.J.’S HOUSE OF BLUES (3127 TELEGRAPH AVE., Oakland), 6:30pm $FREE

Tuesday

Wednesday
Magic Trick, Magic Bullets, PreTeen, The Tambo Rays // Rickshaw Stop, 8pm $8
White Mystery, Sir Lord Von Raven, Nectarine Pie, Human Waste // Stork Club (Oakland), 9pm

Thursday
The Soft Moon, Craft Spells // Rickshaw Stop, 9pm $10
Ty Segall, Shannon and the Clams // The Knockout, 9pm $5
Hyena with Pixel Memory, James & Evander and Black Jeans // Milk Bar, 9pm $5
White Mystery (Chicago), Burnt Ones, Dimples, Mrs. Magician // Hemlock Tavern, 8:30pm $7

Friday
Traditional Fools, Outdoorsmen, Uzi Rash, Shrouds // Thee Parkside, 9pm $10
Young Prisms, Grave Babies, Permanent Collection // Hemlock Tavern, 9:30pm $10

Saturday
Ty Segall, Bare Wires, Cosmonauts // Hemlock Tavern, 9:30pm $5

Sunday
Moonhearts, Pangea, King Lollipop, Si Si Si // Hemlock Tavern, 2:30pm $7
Mikal Cronin, Mouthbreathers (In the Red), Cosmonauts // Hemlock Tavern, 9pm $7
R. Stevie Moore, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Carletta Sue Kay, Tropical Ooze // Make Out Room, 7:30pm $15/$20

Monday (8/29)
R. Stevie Moore, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Kelley Stoltz, Tropical Ooze // Make Out Room, 7:30pm $15/$20


Anything else?

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Read our interview with Mikal Cronin, who’s playing the concluding show of Total Trash Fest 3 (with Moonhearts during the day and then with his touring band at night, formed by members of Pangea).

Wax Idols and Terry Malts have set up a Kickstarter to help fund a 20+ stop October/November US tour. The first 10 to pledge more than $50 receive a Wax Idols LP and some button swag designed by both bands. You can donate here. Read our interview with Wax Idols frontwoman Hether Fortune here.

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super secret guest @ The Cave tomorrow?

Posted on 08/04/2025 by | 2 Comments


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Based on multiple not-so-secret clues, the (probable) answer to the Terry Malts’ refrain “Where is the weekend?” tomorrow will be at 3201 3rd Street (“The Cave”).
Besides the Malts, Weekend would joins fellow shoe-gazers Young Prisms and Speculator. Show starts at 10pm, $5. You can find more details on the event page.

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What’s going on this week?

Posted on 08/01/2025 by | Leave a comment

[Bare Wires at Public Works]

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Tuesday
Audacity // Hemlock Tavern, 9pm $7
 Real Estate, Melted Toys, Dominant Legs // The Independent, 8pm $15
The She’s, The Fling, The Street and Babe Shadow // Cafe Du Nord, 8:30pm $10

Wednesday
Midnite Snaxxx, Veronica, Dreamdate // Hemlock Tavern, 9pm $5
Plantain, Soft Science, The Lost Library, Oddly Even // Make-Out Room, 8pm $8

Thursday
Grass Widow, Broken Water, GGreen, Uzi Rash // Sugar Mountain (2515 San Pablo, Oakland), 9pm $6

Friday
TMRS, Twin Steps, Blasted Canyons // Engine Works (190 Capp St.), 9:30pm $5
 Speculator, Terry Malts, Young Prisms, TBA Special Guest // The Cave (3201 3rd St.), 11:30pm $5
Broken Men, Adelitas, Broken Water, Dimples // Thrillhouse Records (3422 Mission St.), ?pm $FREE

Saturday
Terry Malts, Crazy Band // RVCA, 7pm $?
Wet Illustrated, Angora Debs, Dimples // Hemlock Tavern, 9:30pm $6
Royal Baths, WHITE CLOUD, Little Wings, Sea of Bees // Verdi Club, 7pm $10-$20
Bare Wires, The Groggs, Nectarine Pie & more // Thee Parkside, 2pm (San Frandelic Summer Fest) $12

Sunday
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Anything else?

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What’s going on this week?

Posted on 07/11/2025 by | 2 Comments

[White Arrows in Pharr, Texas]

Tuesday
Jonathan Richman feat. Tommy Larkins on drums // Make-Out Room, 8pm $15

Wednesday
Jonathan Richman feat. Tommy Larkins on drums // Make-Out Room, 8pm $15

Thursday
Portugal the Man, White Arrows // Rickshaw Stop, 9pm $13
Street Eaters, Yi, Detach Dolls, Fucking Ocean // The Knockout, 9pm $5
Jonathan Richman feat. Tommy Larkins on drums // Make-Out Room, 8pm $15
The Standells, The Devil-Ettes, The Bitter Honeys // The Independent, 8pm $13/$15

Friday
Generationals, Gardens & Villa // Cafe Du Nord, 9:30pm $10
Young Prisms, Nectarine Pie, Moccretro // The Convent (660 Oak St., Oakland), 6pm $FREE/(recommended $10 donation)
Hausu, Loftons, Surf Club, Fine Steps, Monster Treasure // Empresso Coffeehouse (1825 Pacific Ave., Stockton), 7pm $FREE

Saturday
Kisses (Clift Session) // Clift Hotel, 7pm $FREE w/RSVP
Pamela, The Fucking Ocean // Afterlife (988 Valencia), 8pm $FREE
The Silent Comedy, Saint Motel, The Tambo Rays // Cafe Du Nord, 9:30pm $10/$12
Black Rainbow, Younger Lovers, Alabaster Choad, Displeasure // Serra Bowl (Daly City), 8pm
Aesop Rock, Mirah, Man/Miracle, Magik Magik Orchestra, Religious Girls, Appetite & San Gruno // Potrero Del Sol Park, 12pm $FREE

Sunday
The Younger Lovers, Courtney & The Crushers, Dirty Cupcakes // The Knockout, 9pm $5

Anything else?

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Girls tour dates announced in support of their new album, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost to be released September 13th via True Panther. The final stop will be a two-nite stand, performed at Great American Music Hall. Tickets to go on sale Friday, or sooner if you sign up for the mailing list on the band’s facebook.

Sep 03 Los Angeles, CA – FYF
Sep 14 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
Sep 15 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
Sep 16 Nashville. TN – Mercy Lounge
Sep 17 Chapel Hill, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Sep 19 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Sep 20 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
Sep 22 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Sep 23 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Sep 24 Boston, MA – Paramount Center
Sep 25 Montreal, QC – Corona Cabaret (POP Montreal Festival)
Sep 27 Toronto, ONT – Mod Club Theatre
Sep 29 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Sep 30 Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
Oct 01 Minneapolis, MN – First Ave Nightclub
Oct 04 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
Oct 05 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
Oct 06 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Oct 08 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Oct 09 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall


Shannon and the Clams put out a new video with help from their friends at Echolocale, shot inside Cakeland. Check out “Done With You,” off of their LP Sleep Talk, below. Pick up the record on vinyl/CD/cassette at 1-2-3-4 GO! Records.

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