Must See Bands

Which shows should I be sure not to miss?

Permalink Reply by Jane on February 6, 2008 at 7:23am: A few I know are fantastic live bands:

-Warm in the Wake (one of the best synth/organ/piano players I've ever seen!)

-My Morning Jacket

-Yo La Tengo (most of the time...)

-White Williams; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by j.gibson on February 6, 2008 at 3:28pm: the list looks unbelievable to me....here are a few bands....

the black keys - new album produced by danger mouse
black mountain
black moth super rainbow
blitzen trapper
bobby bare jr - who also did an album with my morning jacket
the botticellis - support san francisco music
daniel lanois - a great producer who has work with U2 , peter gabriel etc etc
dead confederate - their live shows have left buildings burnt
dirty on purpose
film school - please support san francisco music -
helio sequence - subpop
holy fuck - ripping
howlin rain - members of comets on fire - support san francisco music
joseph arthur - always an amazing show or art and music
kelly stoltz - subpop - support san francisco music
loquat - support san francisco music . kylee is very talented singer
lightspeed champion - NME artist of the month
mmj - one of the best bands on earth
okkervil river - top albums of the year on pitchfork
portugal the man - live shows are amazing -
russian circles - post rock at its best
sam champion
simian mobile disco - electro remix kings
soundtrack of our lives - brit rock great live show..with pete townsend kicks and all; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by MikeSavage on February 6, 2008 at 6:44pm: If I can make a semi-shameless plug (I manage one of the acts on the bill)...

The Hotel Cafe night at The Parish on March 13 should be awesome -- last year Slash, Perry Farrell and a bunch of A-listers jumped up and jammed together unannounced...

Lots of the bands on the Hotel Cafe Tour will be playing (not sure exactly who just yet) but some of the artists on the tour include Ingrid Michaelson, Sara Bareilles, Dan Wilson, Cary Brothers, Meiko (who I manage), Joshua Radin and more...

Should be pretty great!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rachel Masters on February 6, 2008 at 6:54pm: Sounds great! Thanks for the heads-up!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Funkyjenn on February 26, 2008 at 1:34pm: Yeah even with my press pass I couldn't get in to this show last year...but lucky me- this is LA on any given Tuesday night. A great show always!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by corey denis on February 7, 2008 at 8:03pm: the complete list of confirmed bands is right here; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by E-Dog on February 9, 2008 at 9:42pm: The Kills
Sons & Daughters
Robots In Disguise
The Cave Singers (ex Pretty Girls Make Graves and Blood Brothers)
Lyrics Born
Grand Ole Party
The Breeders (of course!)
Yo La Tengo (of course!)
Grand Archives (featuring Mat Brooke of Carissa's Wierd and Band of Horses)
Crystal Castles
Mad Lib
Shout Out Out Out Out
Vampire Weekend (I know they're over-hyped but I bet they put on a fun live show)
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Permalink Reply by donk on February 10, 2008 at 10:14am: At first run through the list, I would like to see:

Blitzen Trapper (Portland OR)
The Blow (Portland OR)
Bodies of Water (Highland Park CA)
Bon Iver (Eau Claire WI)
Bowerbirds (Raleigh NC)
Evangelicals (Austin TX)
Fleet Foxes (Seattle WA)
Handsome Furs (Montreal QC)
Jens Lekman (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Los Campesinos! (Wales UK)
MGMT (Brooklyn NY)
Okkervil River (Austin TX)
Tapes 'n Tapes (Minneapolis MN)
Vampire Weekend (New York NY)
White Hinterland (Boston MA); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Peter Eley on February 11, 2008 at 3:44pm: Hi,

Yes check out Laura Marling. only 17/18 years old, but a wonderful talent , compare to Beth Orton .. no greater compliment!

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Permalink Reply by The OaKs - Sat 2PM @ Spiros on February 11, 2008 at 6:06pm: Here's my list of wanna-sees:

The Acorn (Ottawa ON)
Anathallo (Chicago IL)
Bodies of Water (Highland Park CA)
Castanets (Portland OR)
Jason Collett (Toronto ON)
The Concretes (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Delta Spirit (Orange County CA)
Destroyer (Vancouver BC)
Earlimart (Los Angeles CA)
Headlights (Champaign IL)
The Helio Sequence (Portland OR)
Thurston Moore (Northampton MA)
The Most Serene Republic (Milton ON)
My Brightest Diamond (Brooklyn NY)
My Morning Jacket (Louisville KY)
The OaKs (Orlando FL) -March 12, The Wave (408 E 6th St)
The Octopus Project (Austin TX)
Okkervil River (Austin TX)
Dolly Parton (Sevierville TN)
Rogue Wave (Oakland CA)
So Percussion (Brooklyn NY)
Tapes 'n Tapes (Minneapolis MN)
The Vines (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Martha Wainwright (Montreal QC)
Yeasayer (Brooklyn NY)
Yo La Tengo (Hoboken NJ)

I've only got the date and location for The OaKs b/c, well, that's my band -
So I know that one!

If anyone else has leads on dates/times/locations for others on this list, hit me up!
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Permalink Reply by Peter Eley on February 12, 2008 at 4:25pm: oh and ... Stephanie Dosen (Nashville TN) .. great fun and a very fine voice.

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Permalink Reply by Jon from Oregon by way of Jersey on February 13, 2008 at 6:31pm: I am so super excited to see Wheatus. Teenage Dirtbag, Baby!

But besides them, Anathallo rocks my world.; ▶ Reply to This