(Dizzy Balloon gets crafty with the merch setup)Live 105's Not So Silent Night Local Band Competition Finals with: Picture Atlantic, Please Do Not Fight, Go Kart Mozart, Music For Animals, and Dizzy BalloonMonday, Dec. 7, 2008Cafe du NordWords and images by Jennifer MaerzLast night, Live 105-supporting musicians bonded at Cafe du Nord over cups of free ice water and radio station schwag with one common goal in mind. They all wanted to open for the Killers, Death Cab For Cutie, Bloc Party, Franz
While I was busy judging the Live 105 battle of the bands last night, music director Aaron Axelsen put a bug in my hear about a new favorite act of his, Mapei. She's a rapper from Stockholm of all places, and her grimy beats and tough chick delivery make the tracks on her MySpace page instantly sticky. Mapei's signed to Downtown records (home to Santogold, Art Brut, Gnarls Barkley, and sonic peers Spank Rock) and she makes an initial swing through San Francisco on Thursday -- where she hits Axel
Lady Sovereign: Smelt it, dealt it, one stinker of a showWe posted the video from Lady Sovereign's performance at Rickshaw Stop on May 24, but for those who want to skip to the highlights (or lowlights, as it were), she performed a whopping three songs, total.
She stopped her set two songs in to go on a rant about the sound, qualifying her harsh words by saying "I'm not being an asshole, I'm just honest." She then dragged out her complaints, adding, "I will never play here again, I swear that.
