Brooklyn’s Dub Trio have played San Diego many times before, but Tuesday night was their first headlining show here. After stints as the backing band for Mike Patton and Matisyahu, they brought angular metal riffs peppered with dub breakdowns to the Casbah. The subwoofers got a workout, as did the audience’s ribcages. Check out the photos…
MP3: Subsurfer – “Girl Problem”
MP3: Subsurfer – “Simon”
San Diego has always been known for its surfing, but it can now pride itself on being the home of “subsurfing” too. Continue reading…
The planet known as twee might be in the Descendant at the moment, but no one told The Yellow Dress that.
The seven-piece San Francisco band wears its heart on its sleeve, fashioning adorable ballads out of acoustic guitar strums, hand claps, whistling, and frontman Dan Weiss’ delirious game-show-host vocals. On their just-released sophomore album, Humblebees, The Yellow Dress leave apathy and pretentiousness to the buzz bands, opting instead for relentlessly cheery, homespun ditties with a heartfelt edge. Continue reading…
Canadian chanteuse Feist has released a video from her newly minted fourth album, Metals. In the video, the O&B Best of 2007-winner flaunts her ankle-length mane of hair, writhes in a dark forest, and seemingly commands the elements as she poses the song’s titular question.
Feist also performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last week, so if you prefer videos of the live performance variety, you can watch that below. Continue reading…
MP3: Picastro – “Skullduggery”
Stream: Picastro & Nadja – Fool Redeemer EP
Toronto experimental trio Picastro has released four full-length albums since its 2002 formation, the latest of which is 2009’s Become Secret. This year, the band collaborated with fellow Canadians Nadja on a split called Fool Redemer. Unlike a traditional split album, with side A featuring tracks by one band and side B by another, members of both groups contributed to each other’s songs, creating a tour de force of atonal experimentation.
Picastro will join Scout Niblett at the Soda Bar on December 5; in anticipation of the show, band leader Liz Hysen sent us a list of her influences. Continue reading…