Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Vic Chesnutt has known Fugazi for a long time. In fact, the singer-songwriter supported them on what he believes was their first real tour, back in 1988. "I've opened for them several times over the years -- good buddies of mine and I love them," Chesnutt tells Spinner. But love is not the reason Fugazi's Guy Picciotto is now a member of...
Vic Chesnutt will be performing tonight at the Echoplex | Photo by Sandlin Gaither via Vic Chesnutt's Myspace Our Pick: The Vic Chesnutt Band, Warpaint @ Echoplex Tonight Australian singer-songwriter Butterfly Boucher will be gracing the Troubadour . LA-based string quartet the Section Quartet are poised to take on Largo at the Coronet . And, lastly, eclectic, experimental electronic duo Furcast will...
Husker Du's Grant Hart just released his first solo album since 1999's Good News for Modern Man. The record, Hot Wax, came out October 6th on Con D'or Records, and along for the ride were members of Godspeed You...
Thanksgiving is officially behind us and now it's full force til Christmas.The entire music industry shuts down after Dec 10th which means far less tours but more holiday parties stocked with Egg Nog! Some scene gossip: Local Natives have just signed to French Kiss Records and will be putting out their debut LP Gorilla Manor on Feb. 17th. Congrats gents! I have known Local Natives a very long time...
by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce 2009 has been quite the year for Vic Chesnutt . The prolific singer-songwriter released two albums ( At the Cut and the Jonathan Richman produced Skitter on Take-Off ), appeared on the Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse collaboration Dark Night of the Soul and toured extensively with his all-star band, featuring Fugazi's Guy Picciotto along with members of Canadian's post-rock...
PICK OF THE WEEK The Vic Chesnutt Band fea. Guy Picciotto & Members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor & Silver Mt. Zion w/ Warpaint & Liz Durrcett Tuesday, December 1 Echoplex | Info THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS Just Added! Aziz Ansari & Friends Largo at the Coronet Saturday, December 5 Info [ENTER TO WIN] Little Dragon w/ Hecuba Friday, December 4 El Rey Theater Info [ENTER TO WIN]...
This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce , providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter . Plenty of post-holiday options this week with the star-studded Vic Chesnutt Band at the Great American Music Hall tonight, Toronto's Little Girls at Hemlock Tuesday, perennial favorite Morrissey at Oakland's Paramount Theater Wednesday...
Little Dragon will be performing Friday night at the El Rey Theatre | Photo by Seek via Little Dragon's Myspace This week San Francisco-based alt pop act Girls will be headlining a sold-out show at the Troubadour with none other than the Morning Benders in tow. North Dakota-based singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau is poised to grace the Largo at the Coronet . The City of Brotherly Love's own experimental...
Kenneth Pattengale will be performing tonight at the Hotel Café | Picture via Kenneth Pattengale's Our Pick: Butch Walker, Kenneth Pattengale, Dave Schulz, Lynhurst @ The Hotel Café Tonight English electronic act Simian Mobile Disco will be headlining the Mayan Theatre in Downtown. Athens-based folk troubadours the Vic Chesnutt Band are poised to take on the Echoplex with none other...
S everal years ago , Guy Picciotto, best known as the guitarist of Fugazi, attended a Vic Chesnutt show at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. It was part of a free concert series held in the venue's main hallway. "You've got l...
Tomorrow night I will hopefully be spending some quality time with Liz. Okay, spending time at a table in the back, casually tapping my foot while enjoying what I can only assume will be a frosty brew.
Benevento/Russo Duo : Another instrumental take here, this one they dedicate to The Slip’s Brad Barr. Speaking of which, you can find another great rendition of this song on the LMA that in addition to The Duo, features Andrew Barr & Marc Friedman from The Slip. Source: 7-4-2003 Brothers Past : Most of the covers are pretty to-the-point this week, thankfully we have Brothers Past to extend...
Bowerbirds play a tiny desk concert at NPR Music. The Guardian profiles comics legend Osamu Tezuka and his creation, Astro Boy. Tezuka's comics look outward to the world, too: his influences are decisively international. Individual frames, as McCarthy points out,...
Metro Weekly profiles singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer. ''I like mixing up music and lyrics in ways that are confusing to compel the listener,'' the pop musician says. ''That's another thing I really like about this art form. You can make as...
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