5 SHOTS: Mickey & Wizzard Sleeve at Mortville
posted Tuesday Mar 2nd, 2010
Chicago scum-glammaries Mickey kicked off the Wizzard Sleeve LP release party at the formidable Mortville loft back in October with Static Static, and gallantly plowed through a driving set of uninhibited gutter-level pop that miraculously stews the nuances of junkshop glitter in a gastrointestinal bile that brings a salacious smile to any face. With their belligerent and boisterous bellowing coming full circle and culminating on their debut 7" single, released at the tail end of 2009 on HoZac Records, it's a refreshing blast of pre-safety pin punk goodness that's just so heart-poundingly pure that's ...
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5 SHOTS: Smith Westerns, Magic Kids and Hunx & His Punkettes VD SF
posted Friday Feb 19th, 2010
I think it must've been ladies' night this eve at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. For it was a sold-out, packed-solid night oozing with girls of all ages dying to hear the sweet sounds of the swoon-inducing line-up of Hunx and His Punkettes (featuring Hunx of Hunx and His Punx), the Smith Westerns, Magic Kids and Girls. I wasn't supposed to shoot Girls cuz of photo pass limitations but they weren't too strict about it and I probably could've gotten away with snapping a few but I woulda risked getting mauled by some very sweaty, anxious-to-be-right-up-front, hormone-laden ...
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Christmas Island, The Beets and Beach Fossils Tour Kicks Off at Cake Shop
posted Tuesday Feb 9th, 2010
Tonight in Brooklyn at Cake Shop, don't miss the kickoff show for the Christmas Island, Beets and Beach Fossils tour as it roars up, and braves the blizzard conditions all up and down the east coast this week and next. Beach Fossils are from Brooklyn and they've just released their debut 7" single on Captured Tracks which coasts in with a hazy, yet distantly bright pop sound that doesn't fall too short of Blank Dogs territory, yet manages to escape the darkness with an uplifting dreamy and steamy post-punk flutter that really hits the spot. Look ...
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5 SHOTS: Woven Bones + Fresh & Onlys SF 12.05.09
posted Friday Dec 11th, 2009
Fresh offa last Friday night's hangover, I found myself back in that city of sins--San Fran-Sicko, this time at the Amnesia in the Mission District. It was one of those bars with a ton of great, yet nicely-priced beer on tap, but with a packed, narrow room, I just knew any drink I purchased would only end up on my shirt. So I opted instead for cheapish bottled Corona to match the Tecates I'd been nursing the previous night's hangover with. The Aerosols were just finishing up when I arrived and couldn't really describe what it was I heard. Didn't ...
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5 SHOTS: SF Bay Area November 2009
posted Friday Nov 27th, 2009
Autumn is always filled with a bunch of really good shows here in San Francisco, and here's five of my recent faves. Old friends King Khan & BBQ Show always come around this time of year, this time straight out of a Hazard County jail cell. That didn't stop them from tearing the roof off of the packed Independent in SF with a long set that still seemed too short. Lover! came around, bringing more old friends and great songs, as Rich Crook never ceases to pound out the hits. They did a strange interview with ...
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5 SHOTS: Budget Rock 8 Fest SF 10.23-25.09
posted Friday Nov 20th, 2009
Welcome to another installment of the 5 SHOTS series here at VoT. This batch captures the blurred intensity, drunken affection, and delirious dereliction of the recent Budget Rock 8 Fest that went down in San Francisco at the end of October, courtesy of Tiger Lily. In case you weren't aware, the Budget Rock Fest celebrated it's eighth year and the lineup was a revisiting of the original 'budget rock' old guard, and also included a cavalcade of newer bands that keep it straight and don't have tour buses yet, so it all came together beautifully. Saturday night's lineup ...
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