This Thursday Villagers are playing at Rickshaw Stop. They are yet another band on the Domino Records label that I love so much.
Villagers are an Irish band fronted by Conor J. O’Brien. Their debut album Becoming a Jackal was just released on June 8, 2010
The Black Crowes are coming back to San Francisco for six shows at The Fillmore. December 12, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19th. Tickets go on sale this Sunday.
Treasure Island Music Festival Early Bird tickets go on sale this morning.
LCD Soundsystem and Belle & Sebastian are the two headliners, along with a lot of other great bands. The festival takes place on Treasure Island October 16th and 17th.
Vampire Weekend is returning to the Bay Area after two sold out Fox Theater shows back in April.
They are playing at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Saturday, September 25th.
Presale begins June 24th at 10am with the password: contra
As teenagers, Saam Hagshenas and Jonathan Marks formed a band in the Midwest town of Rockford, Illinois. Eight years later, in Chicago, they become Hey Champ and add Pete Dougherty as the third member. The trio was signed by Lupe Fiasco’s label, 1st & 15th, in 2008. They have since been touring with everyone from Justice to Lupe himself.
Hey Champ will release their highly anticipated debut album Star on July 13 and play Popscene on July 15th.
There are a few bands that have presale starting this morning for the Fox Theater. Password for each is: love
Neil Young – July 11th & 12th
Rufus Wainwright – August 21st
Chemical Brothers – August 28th
Panda Bear – September 6th
Tickets went on sale this weekend for We Are Scientists at Slim’s. The show is on August 7th. They have a new album set to release on June 15th.
Chief are Evan Koga, Mike Moonves, and brothers Danny and Michael Fujikawa. Born and raised in Los Angeles. They signed last year to Domino Records (label for Arctic Monkeys, Wild Beasts and She & Him) and have their debut LP coming out on June 21st.
Chief are playing at Hotel Utah on June 8th. From the little I’ve listened to them, it seems like one of those shows where you’ll back in a few years and not believe you saw them in such a small venue…
Outside Lands lineup was announced today. Tickets go on sale June 6th.
If you’re staying in San Francisco for Memorial Day Weekend it should be worth going to check out the Austin indie rock band Voxtrot. They are playing at the Great American Music Hall on May 29th.
Although the band has only been around 2003 this is actually their farewell tour. In a long letter on the band’s website, frontman Ramesh Srivastava lays out the reasons for the band’s dissolution: “The career path of Voxtrot was truly one of long, simmering build, explosion, and almost instantaneous decay. Slowly, I am learning to replace any feelings of regret with positive memories of how amazing the whole thing was, and how it has, in an unexpected way, fortified my character.”