Micah Anderson is a San Jose musician who is bringing his sounds to the city tonight. His version of acoustic rock is earthy and enjoyable and fits in well with The Haight which is where tonight’s performance will be held. The show is at The Red Vic and begins at eight tonight. Make sure to check out his San Fran Voice CD Review published last month!
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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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If you’re going to be hanging out in the East Bay this weekend, or don’t mind heading over there, you should check out The Battle of the Bands that’s happening over at Oakland Metro tomorrow. More specifically, you should check out some of the people playing at this event that San Fran Voice has supported in the past. For example, there is Aoede who you know from our interview as well as our CD review. Band battles are always a good time – you get to get involved in the music in a big way – and this is a …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.
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Stacy Alexander is a versatile Bay Area artist who uses mosaic art, among other mediums to share her perspective on the world. She’s a recycler who uses found and re-used objects to create her pieces, frequently letting the items dictate what the work will be about rather than trying to design a piece and then find the right materials for it. Asked to finish the sentence, “The life of an artist is …”, Stacy tells us that it is “a heavenly hell full of insecure securities, pain and joy”. Stacy not only lives this life herself but also supports …read more
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of the music by local singer-songwriter Shane Papatolicas. He’s got lyrics that reference my favorite city in the world (San Francisco, of course) and a voice that’s like cloudless shelter from the foggy San Francisco chill. So it’s no surprise that I like the newest song (Slow Down, Hold Out) that Shane posted on his site. He downplays it by reminding listeners that it’s just a rough cut demo he put out there for some feedback, but the truth is that it’s already a pretty solid piece. You can hear it by following …read more
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* painting by Ryoko Tajiri
Ryoko Tajiri is a Bay Area artist whose paintings come from the Bay Area Figurative movement. A description of the work by the artist includes: “I simplify the figure and environment into only the necessary shapes. My paintings represent new perspectives of daily life experiences.” To learn more about the work, you can check out Ryoko’s San Fran Voice interview.
If you happen to be in Sacramento this weekend … or you’re interested in heading there for the weekend … check out Ryoko’s paintings at the Art Foundry Gallery there. Tomorrow is the opening reception from 6-9 …read more
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