Annie’s Social Club on Folsom near 5th in San Francisco is the latest club to buckle to the recession, having announced that it’s last show will be on New Year’s Eve. (more…)
Archive for 2009
SAM’S BBQ SUPPORTS SAN JOSE LIVE MUSIC
Friday, November 27th, 2009
Music fans in and near San Jose can welcome Sam’s Bar-B-Que at 1110 South Bascom Avenue as an addition to that venue-starved city as roots Americana finds its way to the club every Tuesday and Wednesday, usually in the form of bluegrass. The country band Larry Lynch and the Country Classics, not to be confused with the alt-country band Loretta Lynch, plays there every fourth Wednesday. All of the bands at Sam’s are timed for dinner and a show, 6:00-9:00. (more…)
SHOVELMAN’S FOLKTRONICA
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Shovelman
A marriage between folk and electronica was destined, so if Shovelman hadn’t come along someone would have had to invent him.
Why “Shovelman?” Well, because he plays a snow shovel rigged to be a combination fret-less guitar and percussion instrument. Said shovel feeds its sounds into an array of samplers, compressors and other foot-operated gizmos to put the tronic in folktronica.
Every song is mixed from scratch, starting with a simple beat which Shovelman will sample and build upon (more…)
QUARTER MILE COMBO ROCKS THE HOUSE
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
North Bay rockabilly outfit Quarter Mile Combo spent a good piece of 2008-2009 fretting about the slow progress of Motels, Gas and Beer, their first CD with Nettie Hammar (Mighty Slim Pickins) on vocals. Gary Daly (drums) and Justin Barr (guitar) played in the late Hopped Up! and QMC 1.0 while Todd Troublemaker (upright bass) joined from Revival Revue. Collectively these musicians have rocked Sonoma County, the Bay Area and Viva las Vegas for a decade or two.
The CD opens with a few mid-tempo chords that power into a pedal down rocker called “Kitten” — a take no prisoners tribute to the long clawed, human variety. Nettie loves her some cat songs, including “Cougar.” “She’s older than your mother and all of her friends.”
And, to make sure that she’s not just a one cat lady, (more…)
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT VS. CITY HALL
Thursday, October 29th, 2009The Supervisors hearing room was packed to overflowing on Monday October 28th as nightlife’s supporters and detractors rallied to their respective causes. This wasn’t even a Board of Supervisors meeting; it was a committee of three Supervisors: Bevan Dufty, the man who would be king; Eric Mar, a democrat in name only; and Chris Daly, the local press’s favorite whipping boy, (self-flagellation aside).
SF Dept. of Over-Regulation
