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This Week in Le Rock: Feb 4 - 10
It's that time again. (We can't believe it's already Monday.) As usual, there is great music going on every night of the week so make sure you take the jump to see our daily recommendations. We've been counting down the days to see Sara Bareilles since we heard about this tour back in December. It's here. Finally. Bareilles will be opening for James Blunt in the VH1's "You Oughta Know" tour. There's no way you haven't heard of James Blunt - his single, "You're Beautiful" was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2006. This was the first time a Brit had been in the #1 spot since Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" in 1997. Clearly, everyone knows who James Blunt is. The real question is: Do you know who Sara Bareilles is? We've been spouting praise about this singer/songwriter since we saw her open for Aqualung almost a year ago. We knew she would be big; we just had a feeling. Now with "Love Song" on regular airplay on radio stations nationwide there's a reason she's opening for Blunt in the "You Oughta Know" tour. With high-powered vocals, Bareilles can out-sing most, if not all, of the music industries' pop stars. Not only do we love her rich yet effortless voice, but her clever music is indeed what pop music needs right now. We would never miss her concert and you shouldn't either.
Robyn graces the popscene stage on Thursday night in support of her new Rakamonie EP, that was released digitally on January 29th. The UK has already showed their love for Robyn and the EP, as her track “With Every Heartbeat” reached #1 in the charts there. Over in Berkeley, the Audiophiles, will be opening over at Blakes for The Federalists. These four high school guys from San Francisco have been tearing up the local music scene for awhile now and they deserved to be noticed. Update: The Audiophile show is on Friday, not Thursday.
Friday, you have two choices: The Bruises or Editors. If you like smaller venues that serve up amazing local music, then head over to the Red Devil Lounge for The Bruises' CD release party. "We just make music we like, without trying to be a part of any fad or musical trend," says guitarist/singer Jen Black. Now, if you want to see a huge, genuine rock show, then the Editors/Hot Hot Heat/Louis XIV concert at the Warfield, is the place to be. SFist's Krissy saw their 2006 show and said, "Though we’re hard-pressed to find the originality in it, Editors do what they do extremely well." Sounds good enough for us.
Take the jump to see the full listings...
FULL LISTINGS:
Monday, February 4th:
Social Distortion with 22 Jacks (rescheduled from January 6th) @ Fillmore, $30*
Black Mountain @ Independent, $14
The Minks @ Bottom of the Hill, $8
Tuesday, February 5th:
Matt Costa @ Slim's, $15*
Grand Ronde and The May Fire @ Red Devil Lounge, $8*
Velvet Revolver @ Warfield, $65, $50
The Freighthoppers @ Slim's, $12
Rickie Lee Jones @ Cafe du Nord, SOLD OUT
General Jones @ Hotel Utah, $6
Wednesday, February 6th:
Sara Bareilles and James Blunt @ Warfield, $39.50*
Shoshana Bean @ Swedish American Music Hall, $15*
the everybodyfields and I See Hawks in L.A. @ Independent, $12
Blood On The Wall @ Bottom of the Hill, $8
Sean Smith @ Cafe du Nord, $10
Aaron Stone @ Hotel Utah, $6
Thursday, February 7th:
Robyn @ popscene, $12*
Audiophiles and The Federalists @ Blakes, $12*
Rhett Miller and Jennifer O'Connor @ Independent, $20
Prezident Brown @ Slim's, $21
Badstrip @ Bottom of the Hill, $8
Raul Midon @ Swedish American Music Hall, $22
San Francisco Bluegrass Old-Time Festival @ Cafe du Nord, $11
The Flagpoles @ Hotel Utah, $7
Jill Scott @ Paramount Theatre, $77.50, $62, $42.50
Tempo No Tempo @ Hemlock Tavern, $6
Bellavista @ Rickshaw Stop, $8
Friday, February 8th:
Editors, Hot Hot Heat, Louis XIV @ Warfield, $23*
The Bruises (CD Release) @ Red Devil Lounge, $10*
Audiophiles and The Federalists @ Blakes, $12*
North Mississippi Allstars and Alvin Youngblood Hart @ Independent, $25
HorrorPops @ Slim's, $15
Tesla with Cinder Road @ Fillmore, $32.50
Shred Zeppelin @ Bottom of the Hill, $10
Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express @ Cafe du Nord, $15
The Devil's Own @ Hotel Utah, $7
Jill Scott @ Paramount Theatre, $77.50, $62, $42.50
Black Lips @ Great American Music Hall, $15
Saturday, February 9th:
New Monsoon with special guest Tim Carbone @ Fillmore, $22.50*
Super Furry Animals & Holy Fuck @ Great American Music Hall, $20*
Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ Warfield, $35
North Mississippi Allstars and Alvin Youngblood Hart @ Independent, $25
The Gourds @ Slim's, $15
Limbeck @ Bottom of the Hill, $10
The Pine Box Boys @ Cafe du Nord, $13
il gato @ Hotel Utah, $7
Sunday, February 10th:
Griffin House, Sons of William and Alexa Wilkinson @ Hotel Utah, $12*
Pinback @ Fillmore, $25
Joe Bagale and Steve Taylor (CD Release) @ Cafe du Nord, $10
Image courtesy of The Bruises' Myspace Page