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Outside Lands has arrived. Remember last year? Substantial Muni fail, Radiohead's sound cutting out, Mr. Clothezoff, and other freshman-year festival growing pains... this year, we have a gaggle of headliners and acts that hit their prime a generation ago, but also an array of potentially promising Outside Lands night shows the entire week, including The Dodos (sold out, unfortunately), Holy Fuck and Os Mutantes. And that's on top of a week that's already front-loaded with Ted Leo at BOTH and Pete Yorn at the Fillmore on Monday and SubPop's Fruit Bats at Ameoba SF and the Independent on Tuesday. We've been analyzing the schedule, trying to figure out which day of the festival we are the most (and least) excited for. For some reason though, while we do so, we're finding ourselves drifting off and daydreaming of the Flaming Lips, Girl Talk and Grizzly Bear...
Select list of shows around the city, after the jump...
Outside Lands has arrived. Remember last year? Substantial Muni fail, Radiohead's sound cutting out, Mr. Clothezoff, and other freshman-year festival growing pains... this year, we have a gaggle of headliners and acts that hit their prime a generation ago, but also an array of potentially promising Outside Lands night shows the entire week, including The Dodos (sold out, unfortunately), Holy Fuck and Os Mutantes. And that's on top of a week that's already front-loaded with Ted Leo at BOTH and Pete Yorn at the Fillmore on Monday and SubPop's Fruit Bats at Ameoba SF and the Independent on Tuesday. We've been analyzing the schedule, trying to figure out which day of the festival we are the most (and least) excited for. For some reason though, while we do so, we're finding ourselves drifting off and daydreaming of the Flaming Lips, Girl Talk and Grizzly Bear...
Select list of shows around the city, after the jump...
Monday, August 24th
Ted Leo, Jeff the Brotherhood @ Bottom of the Hill, $15
Pete Yorn, Juliette Commagere, J.D. King @ the Fillmore, $28.50
Tuesday, August 25th
Fruit Bats, Death Vessel, A B & The Sea @ the Independent, $12/14
Fruit Bats @ Amoeba SF, (FREE)
Wednesday, August 26th
The Dodos, Spencey Dude & The Doodles @ Rickshaw Stop, (sold out)
Dredg, RX Bandits, As Tall As Lions @ the Fillmore, $20
Thursday, August 27th
Holy Fuck, City Light, Ghosts on Tape @ the Independent, $15
Akron/Family, Howlin' Rain @ Rickshaw Stop, $10
20 Minute Loop, The Famous @ Cafe du Nord, $10
Friday, August 28th
Marilyn Manson @ The Warfield, $32.50
Outside Lands, Day One: Pearl Jam, Incubus, Tom Jones, Thievery Corporation, The National, Built to Spill and more
Wave Array, Goodbye Nautilus and The Working Title @ Cafe du Nord, $10
Street Sweeper Social Club @ the Independent, $25
Saturday, August 29th
Outside Lands, Day Two: DMB, Black Eyed Peas, Jason Mraz, TV on the Radio and more
Calexico, Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta @ the Independent, $25
Blue Sky Black Death, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Boy in Static @ Bottom of the Hill, $10
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Her Space Holiday @ Mezzanine, $25
Sunday, August 30th
Outside Lands, Day Three: Tenacious D, M.I.A., Modest Mouse, Band of Horses, Ween, Atmosphere and more
Os Mutantes, Extra Golden @ the Independent, $25
Going to something exciting that's not on the list? Have recommendations on where to go or where not to go? Let us know in the comments.
Ted Leo, Jeff the Brotherhood @ Bottom of the Hill, $15
Pete Yorn, Juliette Commagere, J.D. King @ the Fillmore, $28.50
Tuesday, August 25th
Fruit Bats, Death Vessel, A B & The Sea @ the Independent, $12/14
Fruit Bats @ Amoeba SF, (FREE)
Wednesday, August 26th
The Dodos, Spencey Dude & The Doodles @ Rickshaw Stop, (sold out)
Dredg, RX Bandits, As Tall As Lions @ the Fillmore, $20
Thursday, August 27th
Holy Fuck, City Light, Ghosts on Tape @ the Independent, $15
Akron/Family, Howlin' Rain @ Rickshaw Stop, $10
20 Minute Loop, The Famous @ Cafe du Nord, $10
Friday, August 28th
Marilyn Manson @ The Warfield, $32.50
Outside Lands, Day One: Pearl Jam, Incubus, Tom Jones, Thievery Corporation, The National, Built to Spill and more
Wave Array, Goodbye Nautilus and The Working Title @ Cafe du Nord, $10
Street Sweeper Social Club @ the Independent, $25
Saturday, August 29th
Outside Lands, Day Two: DMB, Black Eyed Peas, Jason Mraz, TV on the Radio and more
Calexico, Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta @ the Independent, $25
Blue Sky Black Death, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Boy in Static @ Bottom of the Hill, $10
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Her Space Holiday @ Mezzanine, $25
Sunday, August 30th
Outside Lands, Day Three: Tenacious D, M.I.A., Modest Mouse, Band of Horses, Ween, Atmosphere and more
Os Mutantes, Extra Golden @ the Independent, $25
Going to something exciting that's not on the list? Have recommendations on where to go or where not to go? Let us know in the comments.
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None of this is complete without a cranky blog from SF's "Author / Booklover / Observer of Neighborhoods", Michelle "I Am Conveniently Named After The" Richmond:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail?entry_id=46102
Ted Leo was pretty good last night. Surprisingly good sound (i.e. you can actually hear the vocals) even if the guitar was a bit low in the mix. The biggest problem was that he just got back from recording and apparently hasn't played live that much with his current backing band and they're not quite as tight as they could be. Still, a great show, lots of new material, and he ended up playing two encores.
I'll be at Coda listening to AgapeSoul ( http://www.darrylanders.com/ ) - $10
I'd like to complain about Tenacious D some more.
Hell of a lot better than the Beastie Boys. The real complaint should be about Dave Matthews. Are they catering to the "frat boys trying to get laid" demographic or something?
Dude, I've had farts that sounded better than Tenacious D, and were actually funny, which is unlike Tenacious D.