Upcoming Shows

Here is a small sampling of upcoming shows in the Bay Area.  Pretty light schedule so far, but some must see action coming through.  We'll try and fill this out as more shows pop onto our radar, but for now have a look at what's coming up.


February

The Budos Band and DJ Afrolicious will be at the Independent on Thursday, February 23rd.  Tickets are $20 plus service charges and the show starts at 8:00. We are all huge fans of the Dunham/Daptone label so if any of their stacked roster is on tour we highly recommend checking them out. Seriously some of the best live music you can hear.  The opener Afrolicious was previously written up on the blog in this post.  Buy tickets for the show here.

Well I have some good news and some bad news.  The good news is that, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down will be co-headlining with John Vanderslice at The Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.  The bad news is that it's the same night as the Budos band show, Feb. 23rd.  First world problems, which awesome musical act do I go see?  Tickets are $18 and you can grab them here.



March

Sharon Van Etten and The War On Drugs are coming to the Independent on Wednesday, March 21st. Tickets are $20 plus service charges and doors open at 7:30. Sharon was previously on Yes Homo Pop Princess Mix 6, and possibly some of the Indie mixes. Grab tickets for the show here.






April

This one is a biggie for me.  This is a dude that I check tour schedules for and plot his movements on my wall map with pins and string.  Well guess what?  That string is headed straight for the Fox in Oakland.  My days spent praying have paid off.  Andrew Bird will be coming to town Friday April 13th.  Tickets are on the pricier side at $37.50 before service charges, but it's Andrew fucking Bird!!!  *Tries to whistle and just spits on himself*  He has been on at least two mixes from the blog that I can think of.  You may remember his appearance on Indie Mix 10...or maybe not.  Either way grab tickets for what is sure to be an amazing show here.

Childish Gambino will also be at the Fox in April.  He stops into town on Thursday, April 19th.  Tickets are $25 before the service charges.  He loves Asian girls and Asian girls love him...just ask SK or DANakaDAN. He sings a bit too much for me, but I have really particular taste when it comes to hip hop, actually I am not even sure if this is completely hip hop. The straight hip hop joints he has done I have enjoyed though. His comedy comes through in a lot of his raps and I appreciate a witty emcee. He also gets really personal and I give props to a rapper that is unafraid to show that part of himself on stage.  One of his songs was on Hip Hop Mix 10. Grab tickets for the show here.

Yes Homo Pop Princess Mix 6

Kiersten Holine has excellent taste in music. Her cover of the Beach Boy's, "God Only Knows" is the second track on this new mix. Above she covers another one of Stereofat's favorites, The Morning Benders. What? You also like Andrew Bird and Fleet Foxes??!! *Fumbles for ring pop to propose.*  Check out her website here.

Blondie makes some appearances on the mix and I am partuclarly fond of her French version of, "Sunday Girl."  Some comments from the youtube page by native French speakers said that they could not understand one word of the song.  I am not a French speaker so it all just sounds like pretty noises to me, but what's your prognosis Dr. Tres Quais? Can you pick up what she is putting down?

Blondie- Sunday Girl (French version)

Sharon Van Etten is all kinds of awesome. She has a heavy presence on the blogs I frequent and rightfully so. She crafts such pretty alluring music it's hard to not be drawn in by her voice.

NPR Music said, "Her songs are heartfelt without being overly earnest; her poetry is plainspoken but not overt, and her elegant voice is wrapped in enough rasp and sorrow to keep from sounding too pure or confident."

Word. Sample her song, "Love More" below. Yellow Ostrich does a bad ass cover of this that will be on an upcoming Indie mix as well.

Sharon Van Etten- Love More


Download the mix here or hit the jump for a couple more samples and the full tracklist.