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TONIGHT: Live Performance by Oona; Interview with Weather Pending

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Oona
myspace.com/oonamusic
8pm
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Oona Garthwaite has been singing for as long as she can remember, and began playing piano when her parents brought one home from the school rummage sale. After foraying into rap, punk and jazz, she eventually returned to her native Oakland and began to co-write her first full-length effort, Shhhhout!, with Dave Tweedie.

Weather Pending

http://www.weatherpending.net/

9pm
On their first album, And How!, the San Francisco trio known as Weather Pending creates deep, sultry, continuously unfolding music with a sound that’s vaguely familiar and surprisingly unique. The band’s electronic grooves and the smoky vocals of singer Janie Oliver draw you in. Bass player and producer Rob Cross accompanies Oliver’s luminous vocals with the dark, melancholy rhythms of hip hop and dub reggae, profound tones that swirl and dance with the elemental force of a restless ocean while guitarist Brian Bloi’s chords color with shimmering overtones that emote with aching melodies. The album’s ten sultry songs have a cinematic, one drop, hip hop flavor driven by the subliminal swing enhanced by guest drummers Max MacVeety (Crown City Rockers, Zion I) and Derek G. Taylor (Nino Moschella, Alice Russell, Hyim, Darondo).

My First Earthquakes New Video: Cool in the Cool Way

TONIGHT: Interview with The Blacks, Forrest Day and My First Earthquake

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The Blacks

http://www.theblacksarehere.com/

8pm
“JUST IMAGINE A FEMALE FRONTED PISS’N'VINEGAR DESCENDANT OF JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, AND YOU’LL HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHERE THE BLACKS ARE COMIN’ FROM.” -AQUARIUS RECORDS

Forrest Day

http://www.forrestday.com/

8:40pm
I’m Forrest Day. But my name also represents the nastiest 7-piece band you ever heard. The tracks you hear on this page are me in the studio with some great help from Chocolate O’Brian and Luke Dillon. I’m a beatmaker, songwriter, sax-player, and singer. SINGER!!! Now, however, I am going to record this beautiful band. If you have not been to a show then you are missing out, it is ridiculous! We are at our best now, a year and a half old, and beginning to reach other cities and states. My style is free, and I will continue to do whatever I want! I am going city by city and showing people what we do.

My First Earthquake

http://www.myfirstearthquake.com/

9:20pm
My First Earthquake’s first full-length album, is a collection of 10 electro / indie pop / dance rock songs. You might like it if you’re a fan of Metric, The Ting Tings, New Young Pony Club, Ladyhawke, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, or Blondie. Produced by the fantastically-talented Anthony Molina of Mercury Rev, it’s being released on June 20, 2009.

TONIGHT: Interview with The Greening

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The Greening

http://www.myspace.com/thegreening

9:20pm
The Greening’s mission statement is to push pop music to new frontiers through their blend of accessible experimentation. Our first stab at this was realized on our debut LP, 2003′s After Shoal Parlor (released on our label, Zairecords–it’s available with secure Paypal checkout here!). And then . . . we went behind the scenes.

TONIGHT: Live Perfomance by Stitchcraft; Interview with As a People

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Stitchcraft

http://www.myspace.com/stitchcraft

8pm
LIVE PERFORMANCE
StitchCraft is a story of the way that community creates music and music creates community. Like a communally created quilt, or the feast in the folk tale of Stone Soup; the players of StitchCraft took their name to honor the participation of the muse, the audience, and play with the questions of life, death, adventure and self realization in our human experiences. These musicians have a powerful presence and their visible connection on stage makes their music shine and their audiences attentive.

As a People

http://www.asapeople.com/

9:20pm
“Local trio As a People make indie rock that’s as charmingly shambolic as it is blisteringly rockin’. It’s impressive that they can manage to sound so schizophrenic on a three-song EP without altering their sonic palette much from song to song. Luckily, lead vocalist Adam Yas’s theatrical yelp keeps the proceedings from becoming too disjointed. The standout song, “Viktor,” plays with the same loud-quiet dynamics as the rest of the EP by getting groovy when you expect it to simply thrash.” (Aaron Sankin, SF Guardian)