San Francisco Voice

Remember way back in July when we interviewed Chris Stroffolino about his music? If you don’t, you can check out the original interview with Chris. But as a refresher course, we learned about his solo music, his busking days, and his work with “literate garage rock” band Continuous Peasant. I’m sure you already know this, but reading about music isn’t the same as actual going to hear music. So now’s your chance to get off the page and go check out what Chris is doing.
The event is called “A Tribute to Unacknowledged Godmother of ‘Freak Folk’, Helen Adam”. The title …read more

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If you don’t have plans yet for your Halloween night, you can head to The Thrillhouse and catch The Reaction. (You know them from our interview here on the site, if not from somewhere else in the city.) You can also learn more about the band from their MySpace page. The Thrillhouse is at 3422 Mission St. I’ve never been there so I can’t give you the gist about it but if you know, you should leave your comments here so everyone else can get to know about it as well!

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Unequaled Clarity is a San Francisco band from Pacifica that plays a Bay Area brand of punk rock. By the end of this post, you’ll know ten things about them that you didn’t already know and you’ll be ready to go see them perform. They’re playing on the 4th and on the 9th of this month but you’ll have to head down to Pacifica to see them. Check them out on MySpace in the meantime.
The interview was done with Joe Zpantis, the band’s drummer:
1. Unequaled Clarity consists of the following Key People: Joe Zpantis on drums, his brother Yiani on bass, …read more

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As most of you already know, I’m working out the logistics of possibly putting together a sampler CD of music from the city. I received a lot of really great ideas and assistance about the CD from those of you who know more about making music in this city (and in general) than what I know. I’ve compiled that information and will be working on a business and marketing plan to further develop the CD. (If you’re going to do creative things, you should do them right!)
Although plans will be in the works, further developments will be unlikely to be …read more

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Warren Teagarden is an indie rock musician who pulls together an array of different influences to affect his sound. No matter which influence you hear on any given song, you can bet that he’s playing honest music straight from the heart. His EP was reviewed here on SFV last week and now you can get the full story about his work from his interview.
What can you tell us about your musical history? What made you strike out on your own after playing with a band here?
I started out as a bedroom guitarist, for many years I just played by myself …read more

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Steven Gary has been in love with music for as long as he can remember. He’s studied a number of different instruments, has played in bands, choral groups and barbershop quartets and can now be heard showing off his skills as a singer-songwriter here in San Francisco. Learn more about this interesting musical past (and get lots of great musical advice) from his interview here with San Fran Voice. Steven Gary can be seen live tonight at SNOB wine bar starting at 8. He can also be seen at the end of the month (the 29th) over at Ghirardelii Square.
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If you head to the MySpace of the Bay Area band Useless Desires, you’ll see that their quote there is, “If no one else understands you …” Scroll down and you’ll see that the thought is finished up with, “we won’t either. But at least you’ll have fun listening to your songs!” That’s the kind of playful tongue-in-cheek approach that the band takes to life, despite some of the angst you can hear in their songs. The foursome plays rock that’s classic in some ways, alternative in others and honest at every level. In this interview, you can find out …read more

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Wow. Where to start with the seven track self-titled EP by Warren Teagarden? The influences heard on this EP are many and varied and totally fascinating. Throughout the first track, “Jennifer’s Dead”, I keep being reminded of The Crash Test Dummies. Something about the almost-spoken vocals and the way the instrumentals supplemented them was reminiscent of them. On other tracks, there’s this weird hint of a memory of some deep-voiced seventies singer that I heard on a cassette in someone’s car once … the kind of voice that conjures up the images of swirling colors and parties with people you’ve …read more

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Passionate. That was the word that sprung to mind when I first interviewed The Reaction back in June. And the word continues to hold true as the band gets busier and busier playing their music. They’ve got two shows this month in San Francisco so you can catch them live and see that passion for yourself.
Both shows are going to be in The Mission. The first show is this Sunday, September 16th at The Knockout where The Reaction is playing with La Plebe, Shootin Lucy and Newsense. The second is at the end of the month, on Thursday September 27th, …read more

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When I was first introduced to Walty through a reference by John Bartkowiak (who provides some of the songwriting talent on Walty’s CD, Let It Out), I wasn’t sure what to expect. I read the info on the website and couldn’t quite figure out if Walty was a singer-songwriter or the name of a band. And though it was pretty clear what was meant by the information that Walty first played in the Bay Area with a ska bluegrass pop trio called Yah-Yah Littleman, it didn’t really give me too much indication of what to expect from the music itself.
As …read more

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