Subject: Vetiver

• MP3 of the Day: Megafaun

  June 16, 2008

• MP3 of the Day: Rosewood Thieves

  August 20, 2008

• Vetiver Signs to Sub Pop

  November 11, 2008

• Countdown to Noise Pop: 22 Days

  Courtesy of Noise Pop The Closer: Les Savy Fav Get ready, San Francisco. That annual extravaganza of musical zanyness, alt./indie hiptitude, and overall sub-mainstream coolness known as Noise Pop is only three short weeks away! As always, attending a festival with so many performances in so many different venues requires plenty of pre-planning, so it's not too early to save your pennies, mark your calendars, and begin mapping out your N-Pop strategy.  This year's festival looks

  February 2, 2009

• Track of the Day: Papercuts

  Jason Quever's folksy pop project Papercuts dropped a new record recently, You Can Have What You Want, on Vetiver's Gnomonsong label. The album has similarities to Vetiver, in its gentle, laze about by the river vibe, but Quever also treads into narcotic dream pop territory like another  Bay Area favorite, Gris Gris. Quever's a local fixture in the nu-folk circuit, but he got some out of town help for this release, recording his sophomore album for Gnomonsong with Beach House's Alex Scally.

  February 25, 2009

• SF @ SXSW: Talking House Records' Texas Takeover

  EKAphotographySee You in Austin: Bart Davenport If you're going to Austin, Texas' annual music festival SXSW, remember the date March 20. On that day, SF-based indie Talking House records is throwing what it calls a "14-hour rager" featuring "a ton of the Bay Area's most interesting bands" at the Wave nightclub in Austin. Co-sponsored by Live 105, the event features a free day party and an official SXSW showcase in the evening. Without even the hint of local bias (okay maybe just a hint), this

  March 2, 2009

• Track of the Day: Vetiver

  Whether you're a fan of Vetiver, suave rock, karaoke, or homeless guys in rollerblades, the new Vetiver video for "Everyday" is downright awesome. The San Francisco folksters riff off those so-bad-they're-kinda-amazing videos that come with karaoke machines, and the parody is a perfect hit (including strange genre tags, cheeseball romances, terrible costuming, and overacting thespians). Check it out below.

  March 9, 2009

• Last Night: Vetiver at Great American Music Hall

  VetiverWednesday, April 8, 2009Great American Music HallBetter than: There's a fine line these days between jam bands and folk-leaning rock bands with guitar riffs that linger like the scent of patchouli. Vetiver loosens the reins without awakening the Dead too much.There's a new lightness to Vetiver's material, a breezy happy-go-luckiness that adds a chipper pace and attitude to the local band's latest record, Tight Knit. So even as the group furthers its forays into soft rock, there's a kick

  April 9, 2009

• Magic Concept Ride

  Vetiver hits folk gold on Tight Knit.

  April 1, 2009

• A San Franciscan’s guide to SXSW

  March 11, 2009

• Tussle offers up the cream of the beat

  August 27, 2008

• Cruising the bargain bins with Vetiver’s Andy Cabic

  April 30, 2008

• Get your gloom on with the Black Heart Procession

  January 9, 2008

• Ex-Tussle head Alexis Georgopoulos Goes for Brian Eno-esque Ambience with Arp

  October 31, 2007

• Letters to the Editor

  April 11, 2007

• Flaccid nostalgia

  March 28, 2007

• Slicing the '60s

  Papercuts' bittersweet California pop

  February 14, 2007

• Jumpin' Jack Flash: the digital shift in rock photography

  January 31, 2007

• Freaks, noiseniks, and beach bums

  December 20, 2006

• Floppy hats, Fernwood memories, and a big (((folkYEAH!))) to Big Sur

  November 29, 2006

• Bringing It All Back Home

  The latest, greatest acid-folk reissues

  October 25, 2006

• Vetiver

  To Find Me Gone

  May 24, 2006

• Floating on Vetiver's fumes; Free jazz befriends Four Tet

  March 29, 2006

• Brodreo Drive

  It's like a beer commercial. A XXX beer commercial.

  January 25, 2006

• Quiet Is the New Loud

  Have a blast dialing down entertainment options this year

  January 18, 2006

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  October 12, 2005

• Keeping Up With the Johnsons

  What does an androgynous New York City cabaret singer have in common with the burgeoning freak-folk movement?

  March 2, 2005

• Bohemian Rhapsody

  If Brightblack weren't a trio of big, lovable hippies, it'd probably be huge by now

  January 12, 2005

• Music Awards Nominees

  October 20, 2004

• Quirky as Folk

  Devendra Banhart's mystical trip

  July 7, 2004

• Sonny's Days

  June 16, 2004

• Various Artists

  April 7, 2004

• Best Web Site for Live Indie Rock Tips

  May 14, 2003

• House of Tudor

  April 9, 2003

• Tonalism in Big Sur: All Night Ambient Music (Free Tix Available)

  Windy and Carl(((folkYEAH!))) promotes the most interesting music events in Northern California, hosting numerous shows in Big Sur and the Santa Cruz Mountains. Next week, honcho Britt Govea has two big performances: Animal Collective on Wednesday, May 27, and an extra special all night gathering dedicated to ambient music on Thursday, May 28 called Tonalism. Tonalism goes from 4:20 p.m. to 5 a.m. at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur and offers two stages of electronic and acoustic music: Wind

  May 21, 2009

• 10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

  Dear & Yonder​It took five. long. days. to get here, but man, it's finally the weekend. Let's celebrate. We've got a couple of ideas. Dear & Yonder Pt. 1: Art Show‏ @ Mollusk (Friday)We love Mollusk parties, mostly for the fact that they force us to hang out so close to the ocean. And then, of course, there's all the cool art, film, and music the surf shop supports. Tonight it has another film/visual art/band combo going on, as the kickoff event for Dear & Yonder goes down at Mol

  August 7, 2009

• SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

  October 17, 2007

• Freak Folk Supergroup (Cabic, Rice, Farmer Dave) Coming to the Independent

  ​Forget the Monsters of Folk. The real underground neo folk act to keep an ear on is Emerald Triangle. The group has a serious California soft rock pedigree: San Francisco's own Andy Cabic of Vetiver, together with Farmer Dave (Venice denizen who's played with tons of acts, most notably Beachwood Sparks), another So Cal cohort Jonathan Rice (who plays solo and with Jenny Lewis), and Jonathan Wilson (who plays with Black Crowes).So far the fruits of their collaborations are a mystery, as the Em

  October 23, 2009

• Last Night: New Folk Rock Supergroup The Emerald Triangle

  The Emerald TriangleMonday, Nov. 2, 2009The IndependentBetter than: Watching Vetiver open for Chris Robinson's Wooden Family open for Jonathan Rice open for Ryan Adams open for Interpol.Paul Scott ​"We're aware that this is a very strange thing," Vetiver front man Andy Cabic announced from the stage last night, his eyes tucked under a floppy brown hat. "It's a thing that doesn't really exist outside of here."It was the San Francisco songwriter's way of explaining that the band he was performin

  November 3, 2009