Valley fog, KDVS, Tandori Chicken USA in El Sobrante, NOVA, 80s indie rock, The Aggie Hotel, Woodland High School, Steve Hutchinson, Cheese Park, Car Talk, Led Zeppelin and Thin White Rope, Hawaii, model railroads, 3am "gaming", Apocalypse Now!, Anderson Valley, tobacco, Vassar House, The Fab Four, Charlie Rose, Indian food, The Fort, Townes Van Zandt, disco, Marching Band-Uh, Uncle Tupelo, The Wise Yoda, Luke McLuke, Mike Boner, Steve Bryant's climbing wall, Willie, and the Clash.
Sounds Like
Like most musicians we hate saying what we sound like about as much as we hate carrying equipment. Here are what others have compared us to: Camper Van Beethoven, Meat Puppets, Wilco, John Doe, Pavement, Ass Ponys, Leonard Cohen, Uncle Tupelo, Feelies, Kinks, Neil Young, Shramms, Thin White Rope, etc.
Humiliation comes in a variety of colors, sizes, and shapes. One size does not fit all. On its 3rd album, Humiliation Jacket, Carquinez Straits offers ten humiliation options for the fashion runway. Continuing its tradition of laid back tempos and roots-rock guitar turned sideways, the Straits fit their jackets around narratives involving stranded bassists, neighborhood spies, sensitive bikers, Sigourney Weaver, and the abusive couple downstairs. The new album was recorded by Tony Cale at Retrofit Studio in Sacramento, and features guest pedal steel player Josh Lacey of Forever Goldrush.
Formed in Sacramento in 1999, Carquinez Straits is vocalist/guitarist Jed Brewer, bassist Greg Hain, guitarist Mark Searle, and drummer Paul Takushi. Band members play/have played in such bands as Harvester, Chance the Gardener, and the Lookyloos, who have released albums with DGC, Lather, and Warners Bros. Carquinez Straits has released two previous albums on Lather: 2002’s The Flat Earth Just Got Flatter and 2004’s Where The Freeways Arc Over The Burnt Edges. A non-album song titled “The House of Sand” will appear on the Sacramento compilation Tomato Steak Arcade later this spring.
The band has played live with the likes of Centro-matic, Radar Bros., Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Barbara Manning, The Long Winters, The Moore Bros., Virginia Dare, and The Feeling.
Albums available via:
www.latherrecords.com
www.tonevendor.com
www.milesofmusic.com
or download at
www.emusic.com
We got METAL SANAZ TO HOST our New Years EVE BASH!!! We are preselling Tickets to this New Years Eve Cancer Fundraisier! We play early(around 9pm) So buy a ticket and help fight Cancer and support local music! ALL AGES! $10! Plz hit us up! We really need your help! Biggest show in town!!!!
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Not nearly as exciting as the Macy's gift card...There's a new review of TRUE WEST's Hollywood Holiday Revisited is in the October SPIN. Click it to check it.
Hello everyone, Im very proud to announce that The Hidden Desert Project continues , with new songs probably by the end of this month. It will include:
Les Hommes Sauvages featuring Kristof Hahn of the legendary The Swans and Angels of Light fame with their cover of "Mr. Limpet". And if you are guessing : "wow that should sound awesome" , you are absoulutely right- it does.
And then we have a man on the mission , and yes, he is serious talent this guy : Trent Miller & Skeleton Jive with "Timing".
Also to come : Brightcarvers, with Jeffrey Richards of Hazeldine , Vic Chesnut and Nels Andrews fame , and if you are just a little bit into americana , you will expect the best of his version of " Wire Animals".
More Americans: The Eyes with "The Ruby Sea", great band. And least, but certianly not last , our VERY OWN - Van Cleef Continental with "Disney Girl"!!
hello. just a reminder two chances to see camper van beethoven in northern california.
aug 17 at the attic in santa cruz. the attic is closing. last show ever. 8pm early.
aug 18th. pt reyes. far west music fest. http://www.kwmr.org/events.html
hope to see you there.
Grass Roots Record Co. Summer Revue tour! Hope to see you there!
June 22nd - Marilyn's Sacramento, CA June 23rd - The Echo Los Angeles, CA June 24th - Steynberg Gallery Slo, CA June 25th - The Attic, Santa Cruz, CA June 26th - The Hemlock San Francisco, CA June 27th - Holocene, Portland, OR June 28th - The Triple Door, Seattle, WA June 30th and July 1st - What You got? Festival Olympia, WA
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