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next is the support band(s),
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Friday
December 13
2013 8:30PM doors -- music at 9:00PM ••• 21 AND OVER $10 20 Sided Records Holiday Party Trainwreck Riders myspace.com/thetrainwreckriders cowpunk, alt-country Tartufi tartufirock.net/ post-rock Cannons And Clouds cannonsandclouds.net/ indie rock Couches facebook.com/couchessf indie rock Trainwreck Riders Andrew Kerwin, Morgan Stickrod, Pete Frauenfelder, and Steve Kerwin -From San Francisco, California -The Trainwreck Riders don't play alt-country, and they're certainly not rockabilly. Instead, this San Francisco quartet is not quite a quarter century too late for their ideal scene partners: they're a cowpunk band, in the tradition of Green on Red, Rank and File, and a number of now all but forgotten fellow travelers. The twangy country influence in the guitars and vocals is matched to an energetically punky rhythm section that drives the group in a way that Uncle Tupelo and their brethren never quite managed. That punk energy is well earned, since the Trainwreck Riders' roots are in the Bay Area hardcore scene, which lead guitarist and harmony singer Andrew Kerwin has been a part of since his teens. Inspired by the first wave of cowpunk acts and later country and punk hybrids like the Meat Puppets and the Mekons, Kerwin, his drummer and brother Steve Kerwin, and lead singer and rhythm guitarist Pete Fraudenfelder formed the Trainwreck Riders in 2003 as part of a loose conglomeration of Bay Area bands that played art galleries and similarly non-traditional spaces, performing music with folk or other traditional infleunces. Since then, they've produced four albums and garnered a sizable following with their perfect fusion of very different genres. Tartufi Lynne Angel, Brian Gorman & Ben Thorne. -From San Francisco, California -Tartufi creates loop-heavy, sonically diverse soundscapes with overlaying harmonies, melodies, and polyrhythms that interweave between the lands of beauty, loss, and triumph. The effect is something unlike most popular music today; an aural overhaul, a hypnotic surrender to their sound, and a wonder to witness, live or on record. They have been voted one of the best live bands in San Francsico and the best indie band by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Cannons And Clouds -Zachary Blizzard, Joshua Kane, Louis Santucci, Steven Medd, Travis Woodland, and Reece Noble. -From San Francisco, California -San Francisco's Cannons and Clouds assert tastefully designed, melody-forward, vocally charged, heavy "indie post-rock." Both wistful and dynamic, their music is accentuated by slow-building crescendos, rich multi-part vocal harmonies, and soaring layers of electrically sonic, face-melting, soul-crushing, kegel-clenching convergences of both rhythmic and melodic psychedelia, all while maintaining a propensity for integrating unfeigned ballads and confessional narratives into their manifold framework. Couches Kevin C, Chris G, and David M. -From San Francisco, California. -Couches is a three-piece slacker indie rock band from SF. With heavy surf vibes and harmonies, Couches is a testament to the young adolescent spirit of the great state of California. Their music is grounded and their lyrics echo that feeling of being right where you belong. They also like to party. |
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