Some of my favorite tracks by these artists, all uploaded for you in a "concert mix." You Bay Area folks are going, right?
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1. The Album Leaf, "Another Day (Revisited)," from In a Safe Place (2004)
2. Under Byen, "Byen Driver," from Det er mig der holder traerne sammen (2002)
Saturday 30 June 2007
The Album Leaf
with Under Byen / Arthur & Yu
@ Slim's
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3. Battles, "ipt2," from EP C/B EP (2006)
Monday 2 July 2007
Battles
with Ponytail
@ Slim's
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4. SUNN O)))'s "0))) Bow 1," from Flight of the Behemoth (2002)
(Sorry -- encoded at 128 kbps because Box.net wouldn't allow a file over 10 mb.)
Wednesday 4 July 2007
Sunn O)))
with Earth / Wolves in the Throne Room / Weedeater
@ The Independent
Not my favorite SUNN O))) track (that would probably be something like "Bassaliens"), but everything else was over 12 minutes long.
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5. The Psychedelic Furs' "Pretty in Pink," from The Psychedelic Furs (1980)
6. The Fixx's "Secret Separation," from Walkabout (1986)
Sunday 15 July 2007
The Psychedelic Furs
with The Fixx / The Alarm
@ Mezzanine
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7. The Polyphonic Spree's "Section 9 (Light & Day / Reach For The Sun," from The Beginning Stages of the Polyphonic Spree (2002)
Tuesday 17 July 2007
The Polyphonic Spree
with Jesca Hoop
@ The Great American Music Hall
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8. Sonic Youth's "Teen Age Riot," from Daydream Nation (1988)
Thursday 19 July 2007
Sonic Youth
@ Berkeley Community Theatre
They're playing the entire album from start to finish.
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9. Slint's "Good Morning, Captain," from Spiderland (1991)
(Sorry -- encoded at 128 kbps because Box.net wouldn't allow a file over 10 mb.)
Sunday 22 July 2007
Slint
with Phantom Family Halo
@ Bimbo's
They're playing the entire album from start to finish too!
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10. The Smashing Pumpkins' "Glynis," from the No Alternative compilation (1993)
Tuesday 31 July 2007
The Smashing Pumpkins
@ The Fillmore
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11. Pelican's "Red Ran Amber," from The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw (2005)
(Sorry -- encoded at a horrible 112 kbps because Box.net wouldn't allow a file over 10 mb.)
Sunday 12 August 2007
Pelican
with Clouds / 400 Blows / Gargantula
@ The Great American Music Hall
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12. Wing's "For All We Know," from Wing Sings The Carpenters (2003)
Tuesday 21 August 2007
Wing
@ Cafe Du Nord
Plus Wing wrote to tell me: "please inform all my fans as many as possible since i come so far and spend so much money wich i don,t care. i just want to greet all my fans in sanfran. my first visit." I asked if there were any other concert dates in other cities and she wrote: "i just doing one singing for sanfransico only.see how my fans like me. i,ll come back very soon if all my fans want me." That means you.
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13. Midlake's "Van Occupanther," from The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006)
Thursday 27 September 2007
Midlake
@ The Great American Music Hall