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In their own words: The Family Crest goes to ‘War’
The Family Crest. Courtesy: Keith Stein. About seven years ago, I began writing music for a project, The War. The first installment of the project is The Family Crest‘s new EP, Prelude to War. An overture of sorts, Prelude to War is meant to give you a taste of what’s to come. The EP…
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Q&A: SF swamp blues band Hibbity Dibbity prepares for BottleRock
Even though San Francisco bluesy soul band Hibbity Dibbity formed in 2013, the same year as the inaugural BottleRock Napa Valley music festival, tomorrow will mark the first time singer-guitarists Chris Braun and Tom Relling, bassist Parker Simon and drummer Jack Gehegan attend the annual musical gathering together. BottleRock…
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Q&A: AJ Lee on the state of California bluegrass
AJ Lee, courtesy Tammi Coombs. A new wave bluegrass musicians is making the genre popular again in California, and it’s not your grandfather’s style of high-pitched, male-centered music. Exhibit A is the presence of the California Bluegrass Association at San Francisco’s Pride Parade next month; a first for any…
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Q&A: Fran Healy and Eric Pulido of BNQT plot the supergroup’s future
Bob Dylan’s The Band has been an influence on Midlake’s Eric Pulido for years, because that band allowed each musician to have an individual voice. Each took turns leading songs in a round-robin manner, with the others supporting. All the musicians were friends outside of The Band, and had…
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Q&A: Magic Giant finds music in nature on In The Wind
Courtesy: Brantley Gutierrez From the redwoods on Northern California’s coast to fields of daisies in Crested Butte, Colorado, folky pop band Magic Giant returns with In The Wind, an album as musically diverse as the locales in which it was recorded. Magic Giant, Armors 9 p.m., Friday Popscene at…
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Q&A: Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard grows as a songwriter on solo record
When Joe Goddard hits the stage at Public Works next week, Hot Chip fans can expect a wholly different show. The band’s longtime frontman just released his solo album, Electric Lines, which we called “dance music from his heart.” As high energy as ever, Goddard’s solo show focuses more on…
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Q&A: Vancouver’s Current Swell gets serious, charts new sonic course on sixth album
Folky Vancouver, B.C. band Current Swell spent its first 12 years and five albums making breezy reggae-tinged pop tracks about carefree travels and youthful living. This makes their latest, When To Talk and When To Listen, either an anomaly or a distinct change of direction. Current Swell 9 p.m.,…
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Q&A: Poliça’s Channy Leaneagh on touring with New Order and “Music for Pieces of Wood”
Photo: Paige K. Parsons BERKELEY — Earlier this year, Minneapolis electronic pop band Poliça celebrated its fifth anniversary with a show at the city’s venerable First Avenue concert hall. Last week, vocalist-songwriter Channy Leaneagh, bassist Chris Bierden and drummers Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson began an amphitheater tour opening…
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Three rounds (on Twitter) with the New Pornographers’ Todd Fancey
Vancouver indie pop band The New Pornographers were gearing up for a show in Los Angeles Wednesday afternoon, but lead guitarist and Nova Scotia native Todd Fancey still made time to answer a few questions for us via Twitter. Fancey has been busy releasing a solo record and working…
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Q&A: Goldfrapp’s Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory
Goldfrapp. Courtesy photo. Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory may have spent the last couple of years out of the spotlight, but the polymorphing electronic duo has stayed busy following the release of their its album, 2013’s Tales of Us. Following a two-year tour, the vocalist-producer Goldfrapp and multi-instrumentalist Gregory…
