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Treasure Island Festival Saturday Music Sampler
…as a discography larger that most artists ever get to achieve. Definitely, worth a listen. Murs: Not to long ago we posted about Murs the scientist, dropping knowledge. His new album Murs For President is his first on a major label. Having been a member of the famous underground crew, The Living Legends, Murs has worked with anyone from Slug (Atmosphere) to Grouch. Providing a little hip hop to all the dance step, synthesizer infused, DJ music on…
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Music Labels and Blogs in 2011
A friend recently asked me if I wanted to start a music label. I asked him if he was crazy. The conversation ended there. Today’s major labels like the British EMI are reminiscent of the 1997 film Titantic, as the boat sinks and Leonardo Di Capro hangs on to a wood plank before freezing to death, while his love Kate Winslett survives to tell his story. Hold on to dear life labels, the big ship you sailed is going down! Kid Cudi : “5…
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Si*Se Interview with SFCritic
Here is my recent interview for SF Station with Si*Se. Si*Se: “The Chain” (Cover) Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. The first group signed to David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label, Brooklyn’s Si*Se watched a smooth beginning turn difficult as it navigated the music business and later bounced f…
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Sila & The Afrofunk Experience Interview: Starting with a Dream
…can Music Hall, for the celebration of my award. I am also running back into the studio to record a follow up album to be released in May. I’m hoping to move forward in my music career. (SFC): Are you hoping to go to a larger label? (SM): This whole time I’ve been under my own indie label, self-produced, self-released. So out of this, I’m hoping that better things come around. Unfortunately, until someone says “you’re the shit,” no one listens to…
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Noise Pop 2010 Lineup Announced
Noise Pop, San Francisco’s indie music festival, announced its week long lineup. With an abundance of rising talent, The Dodos, Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, Foreign Born and Magnetic Field’s are some of the bigger names. The Dodos are scheduled to play with Magik Magik. I’m pretty excited after reading the Noise Pop release: The Dodos & Magik*Magik Orchestra Collaborative Performance will be a one of a kind exclusive performa…
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Coachella Lineup Announced
For the last few years Coachella’s lineup has been unequivocally superior to any other music festival in the US. In 2010 the trend continues. The three day festival is headlined by Jay-Z, Muse, and Gorillaz. Though these are the “headliners,” they’re not necessarily even the “best” groups playing. Other names include (in no particular order) Phoenix, Thom Yorke (*with ??? added), Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear…
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Spoonful of Noise Pop 2010
The Noise Pop Festival begins TONIGHT, and while many will recognize names like Yoko Ono and Magnetic Fields, most of the bands remain relatively unknown. SFCritic decided it would be best to share a little who’s who to help our fans prepare for the festival. This is a great opportunity to get out of your house, check-out quality music for bargain prices (most tickets are under $20). Here are a few picks: Nico Vega (The Independent on Feb…
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Foreign Born at Rickshaw: Noise Pop 2010
All Photos by Victoria Smith Foreign Born, the shoegaze, folk-jammy rock that my photographer described sounded “like Tom Petty a little–oh wait, maybe Tom Waits,” headlined the Rickshaw for Noise Pop. Playing a lively set that was brightly fun, particularly for the cross-dressing hippies in the front-row, Foreign Born put on my favorite performance of the festival (yes, I did see The Dodos). Whereas I critiqued Man/Miracle for…
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Treasure Island Recap
With two different days of full of treasures, SFCritic put together a recap of the events, people, and performances for this year’s Treasure Island Music Festival for betterPropaganda. If you’ve heard enough about the festival, don’t worry just look at the photos–they’re amazing. Here are some examples below, and links to Day 1 and Day 2. Day 1http://betterpropaganda.com/content.aspx?id=1230 Day 2http://betterpropag…
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Two Treasures from Treasure Island Festival
One is the loneliness number, so then two is the best way to enjoy the Treasure Island Festival. Just look at all the twos: 1) We gave two different bands, 2) both playing on different days (2 days), 3) two sets of questionnaires, 4) which we collected at two different points (pre- and post-performance), 5) with the hopes that together they would give two different perspectives, 6) on two very different days of the Treasure Island Music Festiv…
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