Worst band I've ever heard. If that's what 10 years of playing sounds like, what were they doing for the first 9 1/5 years, playing cards? Even for noisy garage rock, they suck.
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Brian Pritchard
Sic Alps
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Great American Music Hall
859 O'Farrell
San Francisco, CA 94109
Category: Bars/Clubs
Region: Hayes Valley/ Tenderloin
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Find out when Sic Alps plays with Thee Oh Sees, the Sandwitches, and Ty Segall on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at Great American Music Hall. 8 p.m., $13 advance, $16 doors; www.gamh.com.
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Sic Alps may seem like the perennial also-rans of the local garage-rock scene, but this nearly-decade-old trio deserves higher esteem. And if earning the approval of indie headmasters like Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo hasn't been enough to yank the band into a broader spotlight, maybe its second full-length will be. Napa Asylum is a massively gritty, determinedly listless double album named after a cage for the insane located to our north. Over 22 songs, Mike Donovan and Co. wander through dreamy folk, distressed microditties, and semiconscious psych-pop, all under the constant glare of pretty much no fidelity — the squeaks, squawks, hisses, and pops of old, cheap gear are nearly constant. But Napa Asylum isn't all grainy atmosphere — songs like the woozy "Do You Want to Give $$," the jaunty "Trip Train," and the positively anarchic "Soil" rank among Sic Alps' most satisfying. So is this one underrated S.F. rock outfit?
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