Treasure Island: Day Two

Day two rolls over San Francisco in a wave of hazy clouds and sputtering rain.  We arrived at Treasure Island right as Ra Ra Riot was closing out their set.   (more…)

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Treasure Island: Day One

So I land in San Francisco late Friday. My friend Jono – who will be my roomie and festival partner – meets me on the Mission. We decide to catch dinner, and over sweet potato fries and Sangria, we discuss Treasure Island. I’m excited about the lineup. Both days are pretty well segregated in musical styles: Saturday has a lot of indie related, buzz-worthy groups like Die Antwoord, LCD Soundsystem, and Miike Snow, and Sunday’s lineup reads like a collection of festival favorites, such as Belle and Sebastian, The National, Broken Social Scene, etc. (more…)

This entry was written by Jesse Gernigin, posted on November 12, 2010 at 5:18 pm, filed under Live and tagged , , , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Everybody Was In the French Resistance…Now! – Fixing the Charts

Fixing the Charts by Everybody Was In The French Resistance…Now! is an Eddie Argos Art Brut concept band.  Helping Eddie is Dyan Valdes of the Blood Arm, who does her part in both playing the synthesizer and softly rounding out the pliant vocal soundscape. Together, their creation is a tootling rush of trumpets and hand claps backed up by lambent guitar lines that fizz through historical and witty lyrics. (more…)

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The Swimmers – People Are Soft

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The Swimmers is a four piece band from Philadelphia, whose first album Fighting Trees, released in 2008, caught a lot of positive attention.  Running hot on their debut, The Swimmers return with a catchy, quick and very 60’s British album titled People are Soft.

The Swimmers – What This World is Coming To

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This entry was written by Jesse Gernigin, posted on December 21, 2009 at 3:21 pm, filed under New Music and tagged , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Florence + the Machine – Lungs

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Florence Welch is the founder, writer, and creator of Florence + the Machine, a British indie rock/art rock band whose debut album Lungs came out on July 6, 2009 in the UK.  After selling over 100,000 copies and receiving much critical acclaim, the album has finally found its way over to our home soil.  As Welch’s first album, Lungs surprisingly managed to possess a grand marathon of faculty oft reserved for the masters or the mad.

Florence + the Machine – Kiss with a Fist

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This entry was written by Jesse Gernigin, posted on December 14, 2009 at 12:25 pm, filed under New Music and tagged , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Q+A: Sissy Wish

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Hot off the release of her latest album, Beauties Never Die, electro-pop Norwegian artist Sissy Wish refuses to limit her sound to a single genre.  Her album combines rock stylings with pop sensibilities – this translated superbly to an energetic live set at Cicero’s last month.  Before her show, ELEVEN spoke to Sissy Wish about American audiences, the music police, and defining European pop.

Sissy Wish – DWTS

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This entry was written by Jesse Gernigin, posted on November 3, 2009 at 12:26 pm, filed under Q+A and tagged , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.