Lately, I've been really diggin this band called Geographer. They're a local indie band from SF. Their music has all the right elements. It's beautiful, poignant, ethereal, melodic, and mellow, yet uplifting all at the same time. Check out their latest music video for "Can't You Wait."
Also, the band is playing at the Rickshaw Stop on Thursday, March 11 with another cool local indie band called LoveLikeFire. Stop by and witness their greatness for yourselves! Tix are only $12:
http://www.rickshawstop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=265
http://www.myspace.com/geographermusic
Saturday, February 20, 2010
This Providence @ The Regency Ballroom
I posted a blog on the CW Website a few days ago about the This Providence show. Check it out:
Last night (2/16), The Dino Initiative Tour reached the point of extinction. This Providence, along with headliners Motion City Soundtrack, stopped by the old stomping grounds of The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco for the tour’s last stop.
The Seattle-based quartet delivered a fun and fierce performance, with a set list largely consisting of tracks from their latest album, “Who Are You Now?”
As soon as the band emerged onto the stage, they went straight to work, getting the crowd to rock out to the upbeat dance-floor anthem “That Girl’s A Trick.” For the most part, the band kept things popping and lively, but the highlights of their performance came in their more mellow numbers, such as the heart-tugging latest single “Keeping On Without You” and a slowed-down rendition of “My Beautiful Rescue.”
Australian-born vocalist Dan Young was an absolute natural, wooing the audience, especially the ladies, with his charismatic personality and dreamy accent. Despite nursing a recent ankle injury, Young gave a valiant effort bustling about the stage and encouraging crowd involvement. He made light of the whole situation, stirring some laughs with his epic tale that involved everything from chasing down thugs to dishing out roundhouse kicks (he really just fell into a pothole).
This Providence definitely did not leave the crowd disappointed, inviting fellow tour mate Jordan Brown (of Set Your Goals) up on stage to pull off a grand finale of “Letdown.”
“Who Are You Now?” is out in stores now. It’s an amazing album, so go buy it!
Also, be on the lookout for them this Spring, as they will undertake their first-ever headlining tour!
Check out the band’s website for more info: http://www.thisprovidence.com/
Last night (2/16), The Dino Initiative Tour reached the point of extinction. This Providence, along with headliners Motion City Soundtrack, stopped by the old stomping grounds of The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco for the tour’s last stop.
The Seattle-based quartet delivered a fun and fierce performance, with a set list largely consisting of tracks from their latest album, “Who Are You Now?”
As soon as the band emerged onto the stage, they went straight to work, getting the crowd to rock out to the upbeat dance-floor anthem “That Girl’s A Trick.” For the most part, the band kept things popping and lively, but the highlights of their performance came in their more mellow numbers, such as the heart-tugging latest single “Keeping On Without You” and a slowed-down rendition of “My Beautiful Rescue.”
Australian-born vocalist Dan Young was an absolute natural, wooing the audience, especially the ladies, with his charismatic personality and dreamy accent. Despite nursing a recent ankle injury, Young gave a valiant effort bustling about the stage and encouraging crowd involvement. He made light of the whole situation, stirring some laughs with his epic tale that involved everything from chasing down thugs to dishing out roundhouse kicks (he really just fell into a pothole).
This Providence definitely did not leave the crowd disappointed, inviting fellow tour mate Jordan Brown (of Set Your Goals) up on stage to pull off a grand finale of “Letdown.”
“Who Are You Now?” is out in stores now. It’s an amazing album, so go buy it!
Also, be on the lookout for them this Spring, as they will undertake their first-ever headlining tour!
Check out the band’s website for more info: http://www.thisprovidence.com/
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Dino Initiative Tour @ The Grand Ballroom
Just came back from the interview/show. It went great! Got to interview Andy and Dan from This Providence. They were such great sports! The CW will probably have the video up in a few weeks or so. I'll let you know.
(Me with Andy and Dan from This Providence)
The Swellers, This Providence, Set Your Goals, and Motion City Soundtrack all played awesome sets!
This Providence Setlist
Motion City Soundtrack Setlist
Sorry folks, I'm too pooped to go into greater detail... but sometime soon I shall delve into it... =P
(Me with Andy and Dan from This Providence)
The Swellers, This Providence, Set Your Goals, and Motion City Soundtrack all played awesome sets!
This Providence Setlist
Motion City Soundtrack Setlist
Sorry folks, I'm too pooped to go into greater detail... but sometime soon I shall delve into it... =P
Monday, February 15, 2010
This Providence
Tomorrow, I'll be interviewing This Providence for the CW, and I'm so totally stoked! Check out their latest video:
"Keeping On Without You"
"Who Are You Now?" out in stores now! Go pick up the album, it's great!
Myspace
"Keeping On Without You"
"Who Are You Now?" out in stores now! Go pick up the album, it's great!
Myspace
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Happy Valentine's Day, bee-yotches!
And so ends another uneventful V-day. *shrugs* Meh...oh well. But, looking forward to seeing Motion City this coming Tues @ the Regency Ballroom (as well as interviewing This Providence)!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Coachella = No Go
This year, I was planning to make a trip to Coachella, and I was so excited about the possibility of going. Me amongst all the music and all the people, camping out under the stars. I had it in my head that this would be one those life-changing, grandiose experiences.
Unfortunately, things didn't pan out... people didn't want to go...
I was thinking of going on my own... but then reality set in. It would probably be dangerous for me, and it doesn't help that I'm a defenseless and naive little girl. A number of things could happen to me. I could get heat-stroke from the extremely hot temperatures, unassumingly get roofied, get crushed from the rowdy crowd, get lost on my way back to wherever I would be staying at... all alone... anything could happen to me, and nobody would know...
So, looks like this year, Coachella is a bust. It's a bummer because the line-up this year was pretty good, but I guess not good enough to get my peepz to go. =[
Oh well. Probably wasn't meant to be. Maybe sometime time in the near future, the stars will align and everything will work out so that I'd be able to go. And hopefully, the line-up will be even better.
Anyway, I'm trying to look on the upside of things. Now that I have come to grips that Coachella is out of the picture, I'm already thinking about the all the shows that I could attend, now that I won't have to use all my moolah on Coachella. I'm planning on attending the following shows:
Friday March 5, Tegan & Sara @ Fox Theater
Saturday March 27, Copeland @ Slim's
Saturday April 17, The Avett Brothers @ Fox Theater
At least the Avett Brothers are coming to town that weekend of Coachella, so I won't have to stay home and mope around about not getting to go.
Unfortunately, things didn't pan out... people didn't want to go...
I was thinking of going on my own... but then reality set in. It would probably be dangerous for me, and it doesn't help that I'm a defenseless and naive little girl. A number of things could happen to me. I could get heat-stroke from the extremely hot temperatures, unassumingly get roofied, get crushed from the rowdy crowd, get lost on my way back to wherever I would be staying at... all alone... anything could happen to me, and nobody would know...
So, looks like this year, Coachella is a bust. It's a bummer because the line-up this year was pretty good, but I guess not good enough to get my peepz to go. =[
Oh well. Probably wasn't meant to be. Maybe sometime time in the near future, the stars will align and everything will work out so that I'd be able to go. And hopefully, the line-up will be even better.
Anyway, I'm trying to look on the upside of things. Now that I have come to grips that Coachella is out of the picture, I'm already thinking about the all the shows that I could attend, now that I won't have to use all my moolah on Coachella. I'm planning on attending the following shows:
Friday March 5, Tegan & Sara @ Fox Theater
Saturday March 27, Copeland @ Slim's
Saturday April 17, The Avett Brothers @ Fox Theater
At least the Avett Brothers are coming to town that weekend of Coachella, so I won't have to stay home and mope around about not getting to go.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise
The Avett Brothers' album "I And Love And You" was my top album of last year, and even till this day, I play it like crazy non-stop. The song "Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise" struck a chord with me, in particular. I'm in a crucial crux in my life, on the brink of graduation. I have to make some important decisions. I'm still trying to figure it all out, and to be totally honest, I'm petrified of what happens next. I feel that this song basically embodies my feelings on this whole situation... it speaks to me and it speaks for me (exactly what music is supposed to do)...
Here's "Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise":
There’s a darkness upon me that’s flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what’s wrong and what’s right
And it comes in black and it comes in white
And I’m frightened by those that don’t see it
When nothing is owed or deserved or expected
And your life doesn’t change by the man that’s elected
If you’re loved by someone, you’re never rejected
Decide what to be and go be it
There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I’ll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There’s a darkness upon you that’s flooded in light
And in the fine print they tell you what’s wrong and what’s right
And it flies by day and it flies by night
And I’m frightened by those that don’t see it
There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I’ll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I’ll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There’s a darkness upon me that’s flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what’s wrong and what’s right
There’s a darkness upon me that’s flooded in light
And I’m frightened by those that don’t see it
Here's "Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise":
There’s a darkness upon me that’s flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what’s wrong and what’s right
And it comes in black and it comes in white
And I’m frightened by those that don’t see it
When nothing is owed or deserved or expected
And your life doesn’t change by the man that’s elected
If you’re loved by someone, you’re never rejected
Decide what to be and go be it
There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I’ll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There’s a darkness upon you that’s flooded in light
And in the fine print they tell you what’s wrong and what’s right
And it flies by day and it flies by night
And I’m frightened by those that don’t see it
There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I’ll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I’ll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There’s a darkness upon me that’s flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what’s wrong and what’s right
There’s a darkness upon me that’s flooded in light
And I’m frightened by those that don’t see it
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