If you haven't heard of Or, The Whale yet, the month of January is set to change that. The SF-based indie-country-folksters' debut album, On Light Poles and Pines, releases on Jan. 20, and has been described as omnipotent, epic, and painfully reflective. If you like your thoughts wistful and your alcohol grainy, then this might be the album for you. Check out their debut single, "Call and Response," then get tickets for their Jan. 16 show at the Independent. Click 'More' for more info. --Oscar
SF's annual Sketchfest never fails to please the comedy nerds. After months of wondering how they could possibly outdo last year's Kids in the Hall tribute, the annual festival of hilarity recently announced the reunion of the seminal comedy troupe, The State. Their early-90s television show on MTV revolutionized sketch comedy for years to come, and members then went on to produce classic comedy staples such as Wet Hot American Summer, Stella, Reno 911!, and more recently, Role Models. The comp
(Photo from Geronimo's MySpace page)Aquarius Records sang the praises of this East Los Angles act, Geronimo, in 2008, calling it sound "super minimal abstract doom" and noting "a pounding, Neanderthal groove, pelted with squelches, and laced with a strangled inhuman mewling." The latest single from the group, however, has nothing doomy or strangled about it. The song "Prints Tie" keeps with the minimal groove, but it keeps darkness at bay, instead dropping pastel synth melodies, subterranean sa
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Legendary Oakland hip-hop group Souls of Mischief yesterday announced the forthcoming release of their new album, Montezuma's Revenge. Produced by the equally-legendary Prince Paul (De La Soul, Gravediggaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School), the album features 18 songs worth of pure Hiero hip-hop, as well as cover art by esteemed illustrator Steve Lopez. Plans for an extensive tour--which hits SF's Slim's Oct. 20, alongside Wu-Tang lyrical stalwart Gh
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