What Do You Do In San Francisco: Jenna Bush Tribute Edition
by Danish Aziz
This week's awesomeness makes up for last week's audio weakness and then some. Oh yeah, it's supposed to get up to 93 degrees on Friday. Oh yeah, and it's Bay to Breakers this weekend.
Tuesday, May 13
Kate Nash @ The Fillmore. The Streets meets Lily Allen.
Kate Nash - "Foundations" (mp3)
Cloud Cult @ Bottom of the Hill. Last week Minneapolis was rep'd by Tapes 'n Tapes, this week it's Cloud Cult. Salt of the earth!
Vetiver for FREE @ Amoeba Berkeley. Maybz that chick who helped ruin Star Wars will be there?
Wednesday, May 14
The Dodos for FREE @ Amoeba SF. BeST neW MUZIx!!!
Crowded House @ The Fillmore. "Trying to catch the deluge in a paper cut"!
Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over" (mp3)
Thursday, May 15
The Proclaimers @ Slim's. Scottland's U2.
The Proclaimers - "Over and Done With" (mp3)
The Bad Plus @ Palace of Fine Arts. When will there be piano trio covers of rap songs?The Bad Plus - "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath Cover) (mp3)
Radio 4 w/ Roxy Cottontail @ PopScene. How being a party promoter qualifies one for a rap career is beyond me, but Radio 4 have that hit!
Gordon Gano (of the Violent Femmes) @ Boom Boom Room. Not to be confused with Gordon Gekko.
Violent Femmes - "Gone Daddy Gone" (mp3)
Friday, May 16
Robyn @ Bimbo's 365. The Swedish Uffie!
Kenny Loggins @ Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium at Marin Center. Will the post-bros riot when dude plays "Highway to the Danger Zone"?
Kenny Loggins - "Highway To The Dangerzone" (mp3)
The Dirtbombs @ The Independent. Awesome live show; Jack White kind of jacked their sound in the Detroit days.
Murder By Death w/ Dios @ Bottom of the Hill. Dios should be headlining this.
Saturday, May 17
Mission Bazaar @ The Armory building - Local capitalism/art in the porn palace
Metro Area @ Vessel. Metro Area = Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani who were once contenders for coolest DJs in NYC. I probably don't own the right striped shirt to go to a place like Vessel, but this would be an amazing set.
Metro Area - "Atmosphrique" (mp3)
Sister Sledge w/ Holy Ghost! @ Mezzanine. Disco party; old meet young, black meet white.
Holy Ghost - "Hold On" (mp3)
The Kills @ Slim's. Post-punk.
Etta James @ Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium at Marin Center. Marin Veterans' Auditorium holding it down!
Etta James - "At Last" (mp3)
Sunday, May 18
Bay To Breakers featuring the Million Pirate March. B2B is the new Halloween; Halloween is the new New Year's Eve; NYE is the new Kwanzaa.
El Perro Del Mar w/ Lykke Li @ Bimbo's 365. Lykke Li made one of the best songs of '08 thus far. Ms. Li will be opening for fellow Swede El Perro Del Mar, so prepare for cute overload!
Lykke Li - "Little Bit" (mp3)
El Perro Del Mar - "God Knows" (mp3)
SF Oyster Fest featuring She and Him plus many more @ Great Meadow at Ft. Mason. There is an unfounded rumor (started by me right now) that Nat Port will be in attendance to see fellow try-too-hardster Zooey Deschanel. It is also rumored (again by me) that Christina Ricci will be performing Captain Beefheart covers with kazoo-only accompaniment.
Monday, May 19
Roll in to work kinda late
Clinic @ The Independent. Nobody else sounds like Clinic; "Distortions" is one of the top 100 songs of the 00's.
Clinic - "Distortions" (mp3)
Danish Aziz is the senior contributor to This Recording. He would like to congratulate Jenna Bush on a terrific wedding.
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