Mark Wilson

SF Weekly write-up

2009-11-12T22:38:26Z

SF Weekly did a write-up of 15 Degrees Below Zero for our show tonight at the Luggage Store Gallery. (This was definitely unexpected!) I think it's only available online, though, not in the actual print version.

"Local experimental outfit 15 Degrees Below Zero traverses the boundary between chance and control, playing inside a loose compositional wireframe that's more defined than those preferred by pure-improv noiseniks, but with the sonic details nevertheless fleshed out via aleatory improvisational flourishes. 15DBZ songs are really more like extended ambient/post-industrial/drone journeys — one Edgetone Records album is indicatively titled New Travel — where the listener is twisted and pulled by an invisible gravity, sucked into a slowly rotating wormhole, then released at the end in a new place. With instrumentation that includes shimmering guitars, spinning sample loops, and spritzes of distortion and noise, 15DBZ is public transportation that takes you somewhere you didn't know you wanted to go until you got there. If only Muni were so cool. Los Angeles cello/electronics duo Mem1 opens."
-John Graham,
http://www.sfweekly.com/events/15-degrees-below-zero-mem1-1708893/

Slobber

2009-11-09T17:25:13Z

Prior to the formation of Imperial Floral Assault Unit (the pre-cursor to 15 Degrees Below Zero), our guitarist Mike played bass in a Redwood City-based punk band named Slobber. They were only together from '95-'99, but during that time, they put out a couple of 7"s and did some touring (mostly in California, but also in the UK).

They recently reformed, and now they have a MySpace page where you can hear some of their fine tunes:

http://www.myspace.com/slobberrwc

I don't know if those are old recordings, new recordings of old tracks, or new tracks, though. It's definitely a lot different than the material that Mike works on with us, though!

Mike has also been in a slew of other bands/solo projects over the years (some with releases, some without any) such as Chlamydia Test Cloud (harsh noise), Cipher Utopia (experimental), Anti-Core (joke punk/noise), Cliffs and Bridges (goth/post punk), 18 Frames Per Second (post punk), Sunshine Terror Sound (noise), and probably others that I'm forgetting. Slobber was probably the most popular.

my "studio" setup

2009-10-28T17:29:15Z

my "studio" setup
Originally uploaded by conure_ifau

A friend on MySpace asked about my studio setup so I took a picture of it for him. However, I then decided that others might be interested in seeing it as well so here goes... (If you're on Facebook as well, you've probably already seen the picture.)

show update...

2009-10-26T19:58:12Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Oct 26: Pedestrian Deposit, Infinite Body, Let's Get Drunk!!!, Work/Death, Sean McCann @ Terminal, Oakland

Oct 27*: Pelican w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra @ The Independent, SF

Oct 29: Lords of OUtland w/ Eddie the Rat, Headboggle @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Oct 30: Melt-Banana @ Slim's, SF

Oct 30: MoeTar, Carla Kihlstedt/Matthias Bossi/Saadat Turkoz Trio, Mirthkon @ Starry Plough, Oakland

Oct 31: The Reptile House, Spellbound, Dead Souls @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Nov 1: Skinny Puppy @ The Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 1: Burmese, Deathroes, Brandon Nickell, Acre, Orhima @ The Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland

Nov 2: The Tiger Lillies @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 4*: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5*: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 5: Jello Biafra & the Guatanamo School of Medicine w/ Citizen Fish, Star F*cking Hipsters, MIA @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 6: Dinosaur Jr w/ Lou Barlow @ The Fillmore, SF

Nov 6: Venetian Snares w/ Nero's Day at Disneyland, Wisp @ DNA Lounge, SF

Nov 6: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 6: Devo @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 6: Jello Biafra & the Guatanamo School of Medicine w/ Triclops!, Munly & the Lupercalians, Burning Image @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 6: Terry Riley w/ Jon Leidecker (Wobbly) @ Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley

Nov 6: Kawabata Makoto (of Acid Mothers Temple) w/ ?Alos (oVo), Ava Mendoza @ Terminal, Oakland

Nov 7: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 7: Devo @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 7: Jello Biafra & the Guatanamo School of Medicine w/ Alice Donut, Victims Family, Knights of the New Crusade @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 8: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 8: The Pixies @ Fox Theater, Oakland

Nov 9: The Pixies @ Fox Theater, Oakland

Nov 9: Vandaveer w/ Stripmall Architecture @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Nov 12: Wobbly/Nate Boyce, Greg Zifcak @ Queen's Nail Gallery, SF

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Nov 15: The Black Heart Procession w/ Bellini @ The Independent, SF

Nov 16: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid @ The Independent, SF

Nov 18: Nitzer Ebb @ Slim's, SF

Nov 20: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum w/ Faun Fables @ The Independent, SF

Dec 13*: Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud @ Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley

Jan 8*: Sonic Youth w/ Sic Alps @ Fox Theatre, Pomona

Jan 9*: Sonic Youth w/ Sic Alps @ Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles

weekly show update...

2009-10-07T23:36:51Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Oct 7: Wake, LS-TTL, Wyatt Gurp, William S. Braintree, Kallipolis, Exillon @ Koko Cocktails, SF

Oct 8*: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. @ Slim's, SF

Oct 9: OvO w/ Worm Orouboros, Subarachnoid Space @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 9: The Raincoats w/ Grass Widow, Death Sentence: Panda!, Nodzzz, Magic Bullets, Weave, For Against, Gang of Four (DJ set), Savage Republic @ The Mezzanine, SF

Oct 10#: Cloud Archive, 15 Degrees Below Zero, 7-bit Hydra, The Internet Never Lies @ The Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland

Oct 10: Jarboe, Nezzy Idy, others @ Oakland Metro Opera House, Oakland

Oct 11: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ The Independent, SF

Oct 11: Nadja w/ Date Palms, Portraits @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 12*: Mono w/ Maserati @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 13: Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkeybirds w/ Bridez, Baths @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 15: KMFDM @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 15: Nadja w/ Circle of Eyes, WOrm Ouroborous, Maleficia @ Terminal, Oakland

Oct 16*: Butthole Surfers w/ Melvins @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Norcal Noisefest: Mucky Ducky, Daryl Shawn, Hypnotic Injection, Laces, WR, Liver Cancer, Sunken Landscapes, Raven Chacon, Chopstick, Father of the Flood, Audioemetic, Vankman @ Luna's Cafe, Sacramento

Oct 17: Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore, SF

Oct 17: A Place to Bury Strangers w/ The are Power, All the Saints @ The Independent, SF

Oct 17#: Norcal Noisefest: Droughter, Lycanthrope Legions of Noise, Jolthrower, Kill Kill Kill, We've Come For What's Ours, UEM, Blood Into Water, Cerebral Roil, Moe! Staiano, Actuary, Phog Masheeen, +DOG+, CJ Borosque, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Instagon, Lords of Outland, XDUGEF, Nux Vomica, Vertonen, Xome @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 17: Covenant @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 18: Norcal Noisefest: Superzapper Recharge, Aubrey, Sissisters, Dental Work, Adrien Barbobott, Gohger/Aural Antithesis, Medicine Cabinet, The Transhumans, Noisepsalm, Al Qaeda, Shrew Florist, Sabreteeth, IDX1274 vs Smite!, Kawaiietly Please, Rubber (O) Cement, Big City Orchestra @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18: Adrian Below @ Slim's, SF

Oct 19: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid @ The Independent, SF

Oct 22: Echo and the Bunnymen @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Oct 23: Nekro Festival: Burning Image w/ Limnus, Headless Lizzy & Her Icebox Pussy, Terran Traumantics, Alaric, Ragwater Revue, Swann Danger @ Oakland Metro, Oakland

Oct 23: Helios Creed/Chrome w/ Galaxxy Chamber @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 24: Nekro Festival: Kommunity FK w/ Charlie Starr & Toy Surprise, Diabolic Disciple, I Still Have Nightmares, Demonika & The Darklings, Saints of Ruin, Gitane Demone @ Oakland Metro, Oakland

Oct 24: Rykarda Parasol w/ Murder of Lilies, Nero Nava @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Oct 25 (3pm): Shnuffle, Hans Grusel, Loachfillet, Ralph White + Horaflora @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Oct 25: Compression of the Chest Cavity Miracle, David Kendall, Sgt. Cobra Queef, Elise Baldwin, Horseflesh, VSLS @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 25: Combichrist w/ Informatik @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 26: Pedestrian Deposit, Infinite Body, Let's Get Drunk!!!, Work/Death @ Terminal, Oakland

Oct 27: Pelican w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra @ The Independent, SF

Oct 30: Melt-Banana @ Slim's, SF

Oct 30: MoeTar, Carla Kihlstedt/Matthias Bossi/Saadat Turkoz Trio, Mirthkon @ Starry Plough, Oakland

Oct 31: The Reptile House, Spellbound, Dead Souls @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Nov 1: Skinny Puppy @ The Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 1: Burmese, Deathroes, Brandon Nickell, Acre, Orhima @ The Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland

Nov 2: The Tiger Lillies @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 4*: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5*: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 5: Jello Biafra & the Guatanamo School of Medicine w/ Citizen Fish, Star F*cking Hipsters, MIA @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 6: Dinosaur Jr w/ Lou Barlow @ The Fillmore, SF

Nov 6: Venetian Snares w/ Nero's Day at Disneyland, Wisp @ DNA Lounge, SF

Nov 6: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 6: Devo @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 6: Jello Biafra & the Guatanamo School of Medicine w/ Triclops!, Munly & the Lupercalians, Burning Image @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 7: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 7: Devo @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 7: Jello Biafra & the Guatanamo School of Medicine w/ Alice Donut, Victims Family, Knights of the New Crusade @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 8: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 8: The Pixies @ Fox Theater, Oakland

Nov 9: The Pixies @ Fox Theater, Oakland

Nov 9: Vandaveer w/ Stripmall Architecture @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Nov 15: The Black Heart Procession w/ Bellini @ The Independent, SF

Nov 18: Nitzer Ebb @ Slim's, SF

Nov 20: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum w/ Faun Fables @ The Independent, SF

Dec 12*: Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud @ Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley

Jan 8*: Sonic Youth w/ Sic Alps @ Fox Theatre, Pomona

Jan 9*: Sonic Youth w/ Sic Alps @ Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles

Saturday...

2009-10-07T06:08:33Z

in two weeks...

2009-10-03T22:48:38Z

show update...

2009-10-01T16:27:52Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Oct 1: Jim Kaiser/AC Way, Myles Boisen/Lisa Mezzacappa, John Hanes @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Oct 3: Caroliner w/ Rigormortis Clitaurus, Bullshit Detector, VSLS, Hans Gruesel's Krankenkabinet @ The Lab, SF

Oct 3*: Slim Cessna's Auto Club w/ Pine Box Boys @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Oct 3: Claire Voyant w/ Bloodwire, The Deephearted @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Oct 3: MS Waldron & James Kaiser, Maleficia, Jim Haynes, Joe Colley @ 21Grand, Oakland

Oct 4 (2pm): Caroliner w/ Coagulator, Chrome Genie's Barbie Worm, Mummers (Eype), Skozey Fetisch @ The Lab, SF

Oct 4*: New Model Army w/ Salty Walt & the Rattlin' Ratlines @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 7: Wake, LS-TTL, Wyatt Gurp, William S. Braintree, Kallipolis @ Koko Cocktails, SF

Oct 8*: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. @ Slim's, SF

Oct 9: OvO w/ Worm Orouboros, Subarachnoid Space @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 9: The Raincoats w/ Grass Widow, Death Sentence: Panda!, Nodzzz, Magic Bullets, Weave, For Against, Gang of Four (DJ set), Savage Republic @ The Mezzanine, SF

Oct 10#: Cloud Archive, 15 Degrees Below Zero, others @ ?, Oakland

Oct 10: Jarboe, Nezzy Idy, others @ ?, Oakland

Oct 11: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ The Independent, SF

Oct 11: Nadja w/ Gregg Kowalsky, Portraits @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 12*: Mono w/ Maserati @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 13: Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkeybirds @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 15: KMFDM @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 15: Nadja w/ Circle of Eyes, WOrm Ouroborous, Maleficia @ Terminal, Oakland

Oct 16*: Butthole Surfers w/ Melvins @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Norcal Noisefest: Mucky Ducky, Daryl Shawn, Hypnotic Injection, Laces, WR, Liver Cancer, Sunken Landscapes, Raven Chacon, Chopstick, Father of the Flood, Audioemetic, Vankman @ Luna's Cafe, Sacramento

Oct 17: Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore, SF

Oct 17: A Place to Bury Strangers w/ The are Power, All the Saints @ The Independent, SF

Oct 17#: Norcal Noisefest: Droughter, Lycanthrope Legions of Noise, Jolthrower, Kill Kill Kill, We've Come For What's Ours, UEM, Blood Into Water, Cerebral Roil, Moe! Staiano, Actuary, Phog Masheeen, +DOG+, CJ Borosque, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Instagon, Lords of Outland, XDUGEF, Nux Vomica, Vertonen, Xome @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 17: Covenant @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 18: Norcal Noisefest: Superzapper Recharge, Aubrey, Sissisters, Dental Work, Adrien Barbobott, Gohger/Aural Antithesis, Medicine Cabinet, The Transhumans, Noisepsalm, Al Qaeda, Shrew Florist, Sabreteeth, IDX1274 vs Smite!, Kawaiietly Please, Rubber (O) Cement, Big City Orchestra @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18: Adrian Below @ Slim's, SF

Oct 19: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid @ The Independent, SF

Oct 22: Echo and the Bunnymen @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Oct 23: Nekro Festival: Burning Image w/ Limnus, Headless Lizzy & Her Icebox Pussy, Terran Traumantics, Alaric, Ragwater Revue, Swann Danger @ Oakland Metro, Oakland

Oct 23: Helios Creed/Chrome w/ Galaxxy Chamber @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 24: Nekro Festival: Kommunity FK w/ Charlie Starr & Toy Surprise, Diabolic Disciple, I Still Have Nightmares, Demonika & The Darklings, Saints of Ruin, Gitane Demone @ Oakland Metro, Oakland

Oct 24: Rykarda Parasol w/ Murder of Lilies, Nero Nava @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Oct 25: Compression of the Chest Cavity Miracle, David Kendall, Sgt. Cobra Queef, Elise Baldwin, Horseflesh, VSLS @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 25: Combichrist w/ Informatik @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 27: Pelican w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra @ The Independent, SF

Oct 30: Melt-Banana @ Slim's, SF

Oct 31: The Reptile House, Spellbound, Dead Souls @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Nov 1: Skinny Puppy @ The Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 1: Burmese, Deathroes, Brandon Nickell, Acre, Orhima @ ?, Oakland

Nov 2: The Tiger Lillies @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 4*: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5*: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 5: Jello Biafra & the Guatanamo School of Medicine w/ Citizen Fish, Star F*cking Hipsters, MIA @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 6: Dinosaur Jr w/ Lou Barlow @ The Fillmore, SF

Nov 6: Venetian Snares w/ Nero's Day at Disneyland, Wisp @ DNA Lounge, SF

Nov 6: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 6: Devo @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 6: Jello Biafra & the Guatanamo School of Medicine w/ Triclops!, Munly & the Lupercalians, Burning Image @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 7: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 7: Devo @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 7: Jello Biafra & the Guatanamo School of Medicine w/ Alice Donut, Victims Family, Knights of the New Crusade @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 8: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 8: The Pixies @ Fox Theater, Oakland

Nov 9: The Pixies @ Fox Theater, Oakland

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Nov 15: The Black Heart Procession w/ Bellini @ The Independent, SF

Nov 18: Nitzer Ebb @ Slim's, SF

Nov 20: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum w/ Faun Fables @ The Independent, SF

Dec 12*: Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud @ Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley

Jan 8*: Sonic Youth w/ Sic Alps @ Fox Theatre, Pomona

Jan 9*: Sonic Youth w/ Sic Alps @ Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles

show update...

2009-09-23T21:17:49Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Sep 22: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sep 23: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sept 23: Revolting Cocks @ The Fillmore, SF

Sep 24*: OM w/ Lichens @ The Independent, SF

Sep 24: Sarah Rose Stiles and Rachel Wood-Rome, Instagon @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Sep 25-26*: Stella Natura fest: Katabatik, Sere, C.O.T.A., Novemthree, Procer Veneficus, Voice of Eye, Velnias, Lux Interna, Ruhr Hunter, Auna & Core, Changes, Wolfskin, Halo Manash @ campground near Grass Valley, CA

Sep 26: Fognozzle, Audioemetic, Chopstick, Makele Mbembe, Hanuman Zhang, Artificial Ingredients @ Godwaffle Noisepancakes, SF

Sep 27: Bonfire Madigan w/ Odessa Cher, Kelli Rudick @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 29: Imperative Reaction w/ Dismantled, Psyclon Nine @ DNA Lounge, SF

Sep 30: Hocico w/ Hardwire, People's Republic of Europe @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 1: Jim Kaiser/AC Way, Myles Boisen/Lisa Mezzacappa, John Hanes @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Oct 3: Caroliner w/ Rigormortis Clitaurus, Bullshit Detector, VSLS, Hans Gruesel's Krankenkabinet @ The Lab, SF

Oct 3*: Slim Cessna's Auto Club w/ Pine Box Boys @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Oct 3: Claire Voyant w/ Bloodwire, The Deephearted @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Oct 3: MS Waldron & James Kaiser, Maleficia, Jim Haynes, Joe Colley @ 21Grand, Oakland

Oct 4 (2pm): Caroliner w/ Coagulator, Chrome Genie's Barbie Worm, Mummers (Eype), Skozey Fetisch @ The Lab, SF

Oct 4*: New Model Army w/ Salty Walt & the Rattlin' Ratlines @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 7: Wake, LS-TTL, Wyatt Gurp, William S. Braintree, Kallipolis @ Koko Cocktails, SF

Oct 8*: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. @ Slim's, SF

Oct 9: OvO w/ Worm Orouboros, Subarachnoid Space @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 9: The Raincoats w/ Grass Widow, Death Sentence: Panda!, Nodzzz, Magic Bullets, Weave, For Against, Gang of Four (DJ set), Savage Republic @ The Mezzanine, SF

Oct 10 (unconfirmed): Cloud Archive, 15 Degrees Below Zero, others @ ?, Oakland

Oct 10: Jarboe, Nezzy Idy, others @ ?, Oakland

Oct 11: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ The Independent, SF

Oct 11: Nadja w/ Gregg Kowalsky, Portraits @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 12*: Mono w/ Maserati @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 13: Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkeybirds @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 15: KMFDM @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 15: Nadja w/ Circle of Eyes, WOrm Ouroborous, Maleficia @ Terminal, Oakland

Oct 16*: Butthole Surfers w/ Melvins @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Norcal Noisefest: Mucky Ducky, Daryl Shawn, Hypnotic Injection, Laces, WR, Liver Cancer, Sunken Landscapes, Raven Chacon, Chopstick, Father of the Flood, Audioemetic, Vankman @ Luna's Cafe, Sacramento

Oct 17: Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore, SF

Oct 17: A Place to Bury Strangers w/ The are Power, All the Saints @ The Independent, SF

Oct 17#: Norcal Noisefest: Droughter, Lycanthrope Legions of Noise, Jolthrower, Kill Kill Kill, We've Come For What's Ours, UEM, Blood Into Water, Cerebral Roil, Moe! Staiano, Actuary, Phog Masheeen, +DOG+, CJ Borosque, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Instagon, Lords of Outland, XDUGEF, Nux Vomica, Vertonen, Xome @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 17: Covenant @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 18: Norcal Noisefest: Superzapper Recharge, Aubrey, Sissisters, Dental Work, Adrien Barbobott, Gohger/Aural Antithesis, Medicine Cabinet, The Transhumans, Noisepsalm, Al Qaeda, Shrew Florist, Sabreteeth, IDX1274 vs Smite!, Kawaiietly Please, Rubber (O) Cement, Big City Orchestra @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18: Adrian Below @ Slim's, SF

Oct 19: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid @ The Independent, SF

Oct 22: Echo and the Bunnymen @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Oct 23: Nekro Festival: Burning Image w/ Limnus, Headless Lizzy & Her Icebox Pussy, Terran Traumantics, Alaric, Ragwater Revue, Swann Danger @ Oakland Metro, Oakland

Oct 24: Nekro Festival: Kommunity FK w/ Charlie Starr & Toy Surprise, Diabolic Disciple, I Still Have Nightmares, Demonika & The Darklings, Saints of Ruin, Gitane Demone @ Oakland Metro, Oakland

Oct 24: Rykarda Parasol w/ Murder of Lilies, Nero Nava @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Oct 25: Compression of the Chest Cavity Miracle, David Kendall, Sgt. Cobra Queef, Elise Baldwin, Horseflesh, VSLS @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 25: Combichrist w/ Informatik @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 27: Pelican w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra @ The Independent, SF

Oct 30: Melt-Banana @ Slim's, SF

Oct 31: The Reptile House, Spellbound, Dead Souls @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Nov 1: Skinny Puppy @ The Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 1: Burmese, Deathroes, Brandon Nickell, Acre, Orhima @ ?, Oakland

Nov 2: The Tiger Lillies @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 4*: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5*: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 6: Dinosaur Jr w/ Lou Barlow @ The Fillmore, SF

Nov 6: Venetian Snares w/ Nero's Day at Disneyland, Wisp @ DNA Lounge, SF

Nov 6: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 6: Devo @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 7: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 7: Devo @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 8: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 8: The Pixies @ Fox Theater, Oakland

Nov 9: The Pixies @ Fox Theater, Oakland

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Nov 15: The Black Heart Procession w/ Bellini @ The Independent, SF

Nov 18: Nitzer Ebb @ Slim's, SF

Nov 20: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum w/ Faun Fables @ The Independent, SF

Dec 12*: Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud @ Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley

Jan 8*: Sonic Youth w/ Sic Alps @ Fox Theatre, Pomona

Jan 9*: Sonic Youth w/ Sic Alps @ Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles

weekly show update

2009-09-16T23:38:34Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Sep 17: The Psychedelic Furs w/ Happy Mondays @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Sep 18: I Am in Dust Festival: Thomas Dimuzio, Noisepsalm, Kwisp, Ure Thrall, Cursed Chimera @ private location, SF

Sep 19 (2pm)*: Starving Weirdos, William Fowler Collins, Metal Rouge, Darwinsbith, Jim Haynes, John Davis, Danny Paul Grody @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 19: Tarentel, Keith Fullterton Whitman, Ducktails, Pete Swanson, The Alps, Joe Grimm, Operative @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 19: I Am in Dust Festival: Voice of Eye, Nux Vomica, Death of the West, Free Rein @ private location, SF

Sep 19*: Dirty Three w/ Faun Fables @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Sep 19: Meat Puppets w/ Dead Confederate @ Slim's, SF

Sep 20*: Savage Republic @ The Victoria Theatre, SF

Sep 20: Grouper, Christina Carter, Ilaya Ahmed, Barn Owl, Sun Circle, Common Eider,King Eider, Brendan Murray @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 20: Apoptygma Berzerk w/ The Surrender, Aerodrone @ DNA Lounge, SF

Sep 22: Jill Tracy w/ Vernian Process @ Elbo Room, SF

Sep 22: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sep 23: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sept 23: Revolting Cocks @ The Fillmore, SF

Sep 24*: OM w/ Lichens @ The Independent, SF

Sep 25-26*: Stella Natura fest: Katabatik, Sere, C.O.T.A., Novemthree, Procer Veneficus, Voice of Eye, Velnias, Lux Interna, Ruhr Hunter, Auna & Core, Changes, Arnica, Wolfskin, Halo Manash @ campground near Grass Valley, CA

Sep 26: Fognozzle, Audioemetic, Chopstick, Makele Mbembe, Hanuman Zhang, Artificial Ingredients @ Godwaffle Noisepancakes, SF

Sep 27: Bonfire Madigan w/ Odessa Cher, Kelli Rudick @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 29: Imperative Reaction w/ Dismantled, Psyclon Nine @ DNA Lounge, SF

Sep 30: Hocico w/ Hardwire, People's Republic of Europe @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 3*: Slim Cessna's Auto Club w/ Pine Box Boys @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Oct 3: Claire Voyant w/ Bloodwire, The Deephearted @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Oct 4*: New Model Army w/ Salty Walt & the Rattlin' Ratlines @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 7: Wake, LS-TTL, Wyatt Gurp, William S. Braintree, Kallipolis @ Koko Cocktails, SF

Oct 8*: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. @ Slim's, SF

Oct 9: OvO w/ Worm Orouboros, Subarachnoid Space @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 9: The Raincoats w/ Grass Widow, Death Sentence: Panda!, Nodzzz, Magic Bullets, Weave, For Against, Gang of Four (DJ set), Savage Republic @ The Mezzanine, SF

Oct 10: Jarboe, Nezzy Idy, others @ ?, Oakland

Oct 11: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ The Independent, SF

Oct 11: Nadja w/ Gregg Kowalsky, Portraits @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 12*: Mono w/ Maserati @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 13: Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkeybirds @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 15: KMFDM @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 15: Nadja w/ Circle of Eyes, WOrm Ouroborous, Maleficia @ Terminal, Oakland

Oct 16*: Butthole Surfers w/ Melvins @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Norcal Noisefest: Mucky Ducky, Daryl Shawn, Hypnotic Injection, Laces, WR, Liver Cancer, Sunken Landscapes, Raven Chacon, Chopstick, Father of the Flood, Audioemetic, Vankman @ Luna's Cafe, Sacramento

Oct 17: Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore, SF

Oct 17: A Place to Bury Strangers w/ The are Power, All the Saints @ The Independent, SF

Oct 17#: Norcal Noisefest: Droughter, Lycanthrope Legions of Noise, Jolthrower, Kill Kill Kill, We've Come For What's Ours, UEM, Blood Into Water, Cerebral Roil, Moe! Staiano, Actuary, Phog Masheeen, +DOG+, CJ Borosque, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Instagon, Lords of Outland, XDUGEF, Nux Vomica, Vertonen, Xome @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18: Norcal Noisefest: Superzapper Recharge, Aubrey, Sissisters, Dental Work, Adrien Barbobott, Gohger/Aural Antithesis, Medicine Cabinet, The Transhumans, Noisepsalm, Al Qaeda, Shrew Florist, Sabreteeth, IDX1274 vs Smite!, Kawaiietly Please, Rubber (O) Cement, Big City Orchestra @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18: Adrian Below @ Slim's, SF

Oct 19: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid @ The Independent, SF

Oct 23: Nekro Festival: Burning Image w/ Limnus, Headless Lizzy & Her Icebox Pussy, Terran Traumantics, Alaric, Ragwater Revue, Swann Danger @ Oakland Metro, Oakland

Oct 24: Nekro Festival: Kommunity FK w/ Charlie Starr & Toy Surprise, Diabolic Disciple, I Still Have Nightmares, Demonika & The Darklings, Saints of Ruin, Gitane Demone @ Oakland Metro, Oakland

Oct 24: Rykarda Parasol w/ Murder of Lilies, Nero Nava @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Oct 25: Compression of the Chest Cavity Miracle, David Kendall, Sgt. Cobra Queef, Elise Baldwin, Horseflesh, VSLS @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 27: Pelican w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra @ The Independent, SF

Oct 30: Melt-Banana @ Slim's, SF

Oct 31: The Reptile House, Spellbound, Dead Souls @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Nov 1: Skinny Puppy @ The Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 1: Burmese, Deathroes, Brandon Nickell, Acre, Orhima @ ?, Oakland

Nov 2: The Tiger Lillies @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 4*: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5*: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 6: Dinosaur Jr w/ Lou Barlow @ The Fillmore, SF

Nov 6: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 7: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 8: Jean-Luc Ponty @ Yoshi's, Oakland

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Nov 15: The Black Heart Procession w/ Bellini @ The Independent, SF

Nov 18: Nitzer Ebb @ Slim's, SF

Nov 20: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum w/ Faun Fables @ The Independent, SF

Dec 12*: Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud @ Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley

Jan 8*: Sonic Youth w/ Sic Alps @ Fox Theatre, Pomona

Jan 9*: Sonic Youth w/ Sic Alps @ Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles

Aiding & Abetting's review of 15DBZ's "Resting on A" CD

2009-09-15T16:22:56Z

"Improvisational, but in a most unusual way. This trio builds its songs slowly, adding and subtracting sounds and ideas until the main theme has been established. I have no idea what the track titles mean ('3.4.1', '2.19.2', etc.), but that just doesn't worry me. I'm lost in the whirl."
-Jon Worley,
Aiding & Abetting,
http://www.aidabet.com/

Connexion Bizarre's review of 15DBZ's "Resting on A" CD

2009-09-15T16:22:25Z

"I'm not terribly familiar with 15 Degrees Below Zero, although I do seem to remember liking some of the stuff that I have heard from them in the past. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Resting On A. To be honest, I'm sort of at a loss as to why anyone would release this sort of thing. I can sum up this whole record quickly for you, in one word, in fact: pointless.
Resting On A is a very simple record; it sounds like some guys got together, recorded a bunch of random sounds, tossed them into a sampler, turned the distortion up and then dropped them haphazardly into a sequencer. Now, I know that sounds like a ridiculous over-simplification, but sadly it's actually not. Every song is basically some distorted field recordings, a distorted drone and maybe some distorted bass guitar noise, all just sort of laid on top of each other with no particular attention paid to structure, flow, or integration. The whole thing just feels empty and haphazardly thrown together. Even the song titles reek of pointlessness ('2.5', '3.4.1', '3.4.4'... really, that's all you could come up with?). A perfect example of why this album fails is '3.12.1'. This track features a weird and quasi-creepy sounding sample that plays for the whole track; however, it sounds completely out of place and doesn't mesh with the noisy atmosphere whatsoever. It doesn't help that the mixing is so poor that you can barely even make out what the sample is saying, not to mention the noise will randomly just stop or skip for a second and then start again. The whole time I listen to this record I can't help but think to myself, 'Why does this exist?' It feels like these guys were like, 'Hey, this is a cool sample and, um, here are some distorted noises... Yeah, just throw them all into the track and it'll probably sound cool'. Honestly, if that was how the studio process went, I would not be surprised in the slightest. Ok, so to be fair, once in a while there will be a notable, or even atmospheric, dark/evil sounding drone. There are even some fairly cool sounding noisy sections which evoke mental images of abandoned abattoirs and dead rotting bodies in the bathtub (though these are few and far between), but bands like Steel Hook Prostheses have been doing this sort of thing for years, and doing it much better with significantly more terrifying results . Bands like SHP succeed because they have convincing atmospheres and feeling behind their music; Resting On A feels empty and void of goal or purpose. Though the album is mostly noise, the over twenty-minute track '2.5' is predominantly slow moving drone ambient, and I think this is the best part of the whole record. It's not terribly interesting, but it flows just enough in its desolate minimalism to conjure up some semblance of atmosphere. I would urge 15DBZ to focus more on droning ambient.
The bottom line is that this is very basic, directionless noise ambient album which I will never listen to again, and it is unnecessary in just about anyone's collection. Some of it is not terrible, but there is nothing here to make you say, 'Hey I really want to pull that 15DBZ album off the shelf'."
rated: 3/10
-Dan Barrett,
Connexion Bizarre,
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/

15DBZ won't be playing Portland on Saturday

2009-09-10T22:55:52Z

Unfortunately, due to a family emergency on Dan's side, 15 Degrees Below Zero won't be able to play Portland this Saturday. We hope to re-schedule a date in the future.

show update...

2009-09-10T03:36:32Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Sep 10: Ian Winters & Evelyn Fierra, Bill Hsu with Moe! Staiano @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Sep 11: Kommunity FK w/ Repeater @ Death Rock Dive Bar, Stork Club, Oakland

Sep 12: Babyland w/ Caustic @ The Gilman, Berkeley

Sep 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero, Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule, Thee Casualty Company, Blood Seeks Blood, Cascadian Winter, StaticOpera @ Circadia Arts Center, Portland, OR

Sep 17: The Psychedelic Furs w/ Happy Mondays @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Sep 18, 19: I Am in Dust Festival: Voice of Eye, Thomas Dimuzio, Nux Vomica, Noisepsalm, Kwisp, Ure Thrall, Cursed Chimera, Death of the West @ private location, SF

Sep 19 (2pm)*: Starving Weirdos, William Fowler Collins, Metal Rouge, Darwinsbith, Jim Haynes, John Davis, Danny Paul Grody @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 19: Tarentel, Keith Fullterton Whitman, Ducktails, Pete Swanson, The Alps, Joe Grimm, Operative @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 19*: Dirty Three w/ Faun Fables (Why is this horrible, horrible band opening for D3?) @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Sep 19: Meat Puppets w/ Dead Confederate @ Slim's, SF

Sep 20*: Savage Republic @ The Victoria Theatre, SF

Sep 20: Grouper, Christina Carter, Ilaya Ahmed, Barn Owl, Sun Circle, Common Eider,King Eider, Brendan Murray @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 20: Apoptygma Berzerk w/ Aerodrone @ DNA Lounge

Sep 22: Jill Tracy w/ Vernian Process @ Elbo Room, SF

Sep 22: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sep 23: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sept 23: Revolting Cocks @ The Fillmore, SF

Sep 24*: OM w/ Lichens @ The Independent, SF

Sep 25-26*: Stella Natura fest: Katabatik, Sere, C.O.T.A., Novemthree, Procer Veneficus, Voice of Eye, Velnias, Lux Interna, Ruhr Hunter, Auna & Core, Changes, Arnica, Wolfskin, Halo Manash @ campground near Grass Valley, CA

Sep 26: Fognozzle, Audioemetic, Chopstick, Makele Mbembe, Hanuman Zhang, Artificial Ingredients @ Godwaffle Noisepancakes, SF

Sep 27: Bonfire Madigan w/ Odessa Cher, Kelli Rudick @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 29: Imperative Reaction w/ Dismantled, Psyclon Nine @ DNA Lounge, SF

Sep 30: Hocico w/ Hardwire, People's Republic of Europe @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 3*: Slim Cessna's Auto Club w/ Pine Box Boys @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Oct 3: Claire Voyant w/ Bloodwire, The Deephearted @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Oct 4*: New Model Army @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 7: Wake, LS-TTL, Wyatt Gurp, William S. Braintree, Kallipolis @ Koko Cocktails, SF

Oct 8*: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. @ Slim's, SF

Oct 9: OvO w/ Worm Orouboros, Subarachnoid Space @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 10: Jarboe, Nezzy Idy, others @ ?, Oakland

Oct 11: ...And YOu Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ The Independent, SF

Oct 11: Nadja w/ Gregg Kowalsky, Portraits @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 12*: Mono w/ Maserati @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 13: Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkeybirds @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 15: KMFDM @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 15: Nadja @ Terminal, Oakland

Oct 16*: Butthole Surfers w/ Melvins @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Norcal Noisefest: Mucky Ducky, Daryl Shawn, Hypnotic Injection, Laces, WR, Liver Cancer, Sunken Landscapes, Raven Chacon, Chopstick, Father of the Flood, Audioemetic, Vankman @ Luna's Cafe, Sacramento

Oct 17: Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore, SF

Oct 17: A Place to Bury Strangers w/ The are Power, All the Saints @ The Independent, SF

Oct 17#: Norcal Noisefest: Droughter, Lycanthrope Legions of Noise, Jolthrower, Kill Kill Kill, We've Come For What's Ours, UEM, Blood Into Water, Cerebral Roil, Moe! Staiano, Actuary, Phog Masheeen, +DOG+, CJ Borosque, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Instagon, Lords of Outland, XDUGEF, Nux Vomica, Vertonen, Xome @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18: Norcal Noisefest: Superzapper Recharge, Aubrey, Sissisters, Dental Work, Adrien Barbobott, Gohger/Aural Antithesis, Medicine Cabinet, The Transhumans, Noisepsalm, Al Qaeda, Shrew Florist, Sabreteeth, IDX1274 vs Smite!, Kawaiietly Please, Rubber (O) Cement, Big City Orchestra @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18: Adrian Below @ Slim's, SF

Oct 19: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid @ The Independent, SF

Oct 25: Compression of the Chest Cavity Miracle, David Kendall, Sgt. Cobra Queef, Elise Baldwin, Horseflesh, VSLS @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 27: Pelican w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra @ The Independent, SF

Oct 30: Melt-Banana @ Slim's, SF

Oct 31: The Reptile House, Spellbound @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Nov 1: Skinny Puppy @ The Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 2: The Tiger Lillies @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 4: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5: Puscifer @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

Nov 5*: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 6: Dinosaur Jr w/ Lou Barlow and the Missingmen @ The Fillmore, SF

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Nov 20: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum @ ?, SF

Dec 12*: Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud @ Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley

next Saturday in Portland, OR!

2009-09-06T03:25:30Z

another show update....

2009-08-31T23:53:27Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Sep 2: Mark Burgess @ Rockit Room, SF

Sep 3: Jucifer w/ Grayceon @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Sep 4#: 15 Degrees Below Zero, Meredith Tromble, Laetitia Sonami, Cloud Archive @ The Lab, SF

Sep 5: Jucifer w/ Nobunny @ Uptown, Oakland

Sep 5: Safety Scissors, Wobbly, Sutekh, Eats Tapes @ The Lab, SF

Sep 5: Moe!kestra @ CellSpace, SF

Sep 6: David Wilson/Flight Orchestra, 7-Bit Hydra, Daniel Iglesia, Peter Foucaut with Johnathan Grover and Jake Coolidge @ The Lab, SF

Sep 12: Babyland w/ Caustic @ The Gilman, Berkeley

Sep 11: Kommunity FK w/ Repeater @ Death Rock Dive Bar, Stork Club, Oakland

Sep 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Circadia Arts Center, Portland, OR

Sep 17: The Psychedelic Furs w/ Happy Mondays @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Sep 18, 19: I Am in Dust Festival: Voice of Eye, Thomas Dimuzio, Nux Vomica, Noisepsalm, Kwisp, Ure Thrall, Cursed Chimera, Death of the West @ private location, SF

Sep 19: Tarentel, Keith Fullterton Whitman, Ducktails, Pete Swanson, The Alps, Joe Grimm, Operative @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 19: Starving Weirdos, William Fowler Collins, Metal Rouge, Darwinsbith, Jim Haynes, John Davis, Danny Paul Grody @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 19*: Dirty Three w/ Faun Fables (Why is this horrible, horrible band opening for D3?) @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Sep 19: Meat Puppets w/ Dead Confederate @ Slim's, SF

Sep 20: Savage Republic @ The Victoria Theatre, SF

Sep 20: Grouper, Christina Carter, Ilaya Ahmed, Barn Owl, Sun Circle, Common Eider,King Eider, Brendan Murray @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 20: Apoptygma Berzerk w/ Aerodrone @ DNA Lounge

Sep 22: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sep 23: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sept 23: Revolting Cocks @ The Fillmore, SF

Sep 24*: OM w/ Lichens @ The Independent, SF

Sep 25-26*: Stella Natura fest: Katabatik, Sere, C.O.T.A., Novemthree, Procer Veneficus, Voice of Eye, Velnias, Lux Interna, Ruhr Hunter, Auna & Core, Changes, Arnica, Wolfskin, Halo Manash @ campground near Grass Valley, CA

Sep 26: Fognozzle, Audioemetic, Chopstick, Makele Mbembe, Hanuman Zhang, Artificial Ingredients @ Godwaffle Noisepancakes, SF

Sep 27: Bonfire Madigan w/ Odessa Cher, Kelli Rudick @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 29: Imperative Reaction w/ Dismantled, Psyclon Nine @ DNA Lounge, SF

Sep 30: Hocico w/ Hardwire, People's Republic of Europe @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 3*: Slim Cessna's Auto Club w/ Pine Box Boys @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Oct 3: Claire Voyant w/ Bloodwire, The Deephearted @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Oct 4*: New Model Army @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 8*: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. @ Slim's, SF

Oct 9: OvO w/ Worm Orouboros, Subarachnoid Space @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 10: Jarboe, Nezzy Idy, others @ ?, Oakland

Oct 11: ...And YOu Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ The Independent, SF

Oct 11: Nadja w/ Gregg Kowalsky, Portraits @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 12*: Mono w/ Maserati @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 13: Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkeybirds @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 15: KMFDM @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 15: Nadja @ Terminal, Oakland

Oct 16*: Butthole Surfers w/ Melvins @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Norcal Noisefest: Mucky Ducky, Daryl Shawn, Hypnotic Injection, Laces, WR, Liver Cancer, Sunken Landscapes, Raven Chacon, Chopstick, Father of the Flood, Audioemetic, Vankman @ Luna's Cafe, Sacramento

Oct 17: Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore, SF

Oct 17: A Place to Bury Strangers w/ The are Power, All the Saints @ The Independent, SF

Oct 17#: Norcal Noisefest: Droughter, Lycanthrope Legions of Noise, Jolthrower, Kill Kill Kill, We've Come For What's Ours, UEM, Blood Into Water, Cerebral Roil, Moe! Staiano, Actuary, Phog Masheeen, +DOG+, CJ Borosque, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Instagon, Lords of Outland, XDUGEF, Nux Vomica, Vertonen, Xome @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18#: Norcal Noisefest: Superzapper Recharge, Aubrey, Sissisters, Dental Work, Adrien Barbobott, Gohger/Aural Antithesis, Medicine Cabinet, The Transhumans, Noisepsalm, Al Qaeda, Shrew Florist, Sabreteeth, IDX1274 vs Smite!, Kawaiietly Please, Rubber (O) Cement, Big City Orchestra @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 19: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid @ The Independent, SF

Oct 25: Compression of the Chest Cavity Miracle, David Kendall, Sgt. Cobra Queef, Elise Baldwin, Horseflesh, VSLS @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 30: Melt-Banana @ Slim's, SF

Nov 1: Skinny Puppy @ The Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 2: The Tiger Lillies @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 5*: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Nov 20: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum @ ?, SF

Dec 12*: Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud @ Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley

show update...

2009-08-24T20:28:47Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Aug 25: Kwisp, Matt Ingalls, Z Bug, Hogwind, My Daddy Ate My Eyes, Rigor Mortis, Clitaurus @ El Rincon, SF

Aug 25: Pharmakon, R Jencks, Orhima @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Aug 29*: Calexico w/ Sergio Mendozo y La Orkestra @ The Independent, SF

Sep 3: Jucifer w/ Grayceon @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Sep 5: Jucifer w/ Nobunny @ Uptown, Oakland

Sep 4#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ The Lab, SF

Sep 12: Babyland w/ Caustic @ The Gilman, Berkeley

Sep 11: Kommunity FK w/ Repeater @ Death Rock Dive Bar, Stork Club, Oakland

Sep 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Circadia Arts Center, Portland, OR

Sep 17: The Psychedelic Furs w/ Happy Mondays @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Sep 18: I Am in Dust Festival: Voice of Eye, Thomas Dimuzio, Nux Vomica, Noisepsalm, Kwisp, Ure Thrall @ ? SF (I've only seen information regarding this in one place, so I'm not absolutely sure that it's really happening.)

Sep 19: Tarentel, Keith Fullterton Whitman, Ducktails, Pete Swanson, The Alps, Joe Grimm, Operative @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 19: Starving Weirdos, William Fowler Collins, Metal Rouge, Darwinsbith, Jim Haynes, John Davis, Danny Paul Grody @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 19*: Dirty Three w/ Faun Fables (Why is this horrible, horrible band opening for D3?) @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Sep 19: Meat Puppets w/ Dead Confederate @ Slim's, SF

Sep 20: Savage Republic @ The Victoria Theatre, SF

Sep 20: Grouper, Christina Carter, Ilaya Ahmed, Barn Owl, Sun Circle, Common Eider,King Eider, Brendan Murray @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 20: Apoptygma Berzerk w/ Aerodrone @ DNA Lounge

Sep 22: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sep 23: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sept 23: Revolting Cocks @ The Fillmore, SF

Sep 24*: OM w/ Lichens @ The Independent, SF

Sep 25-26*: Stella Natura fest: Katabatik, Sere, C.O.T.A., Novemthree, Procer Veneficus, Voice of Eye, Velnias, Lux Interna, Ruhr Hunter, Auna & Core, Changes, Arnica, Wolfskin, Halo Manash @ campground near Grass Valley, CA

Sep 26: Fognozzle, Audioemetic, Chopstick, Makele Mbembe, Hanuman Zhang, Artificial Ingredients @ Godwaffle Noisepancakes, SF

Sep 27: Bonfire Madigan w/ Odessa Cher, Kelli Rudick @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 29: Imperative Reaction w/ Dismantled, Psyclon Nine @ DNA Lounge, SF

Sep 30: Hocico w/ Hardwire, People's Republic of Europe @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 3*: Slim Cessna's Auto Club w/ Pine Box Boys @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Oct 3: Claire Voyant w/ Bloodwire, The Deephearted @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Oct 4*: New Model Army @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 8*: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. @ Slim's, SF

Oct 9: OvO w/ Worm Orouboros, Subarachnoid Space @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 10: Jarboe @ ?, Oakland

Oct 11: ...And YOu Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ The Independent, SF

Oct 11: Nadja w/ Gregg Kowalsky, Portraits @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 12*: Mono w/ Maserati @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 13: Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkeybirds @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 15: KMFDM @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 15: Nadja @ Terminal, Oakland

Oct 16*: Butthole Surfers w/ Melvins @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Norcal Noisefest: Mucky Ducky, Daryl Shawn, Hypnotic Injection, Laces, WR, Liver Cancer, Sunken Landscapes, Raven Chacon, Chopstick, Father of the Flood, Audioemetic, Vankman @ Luna's Cafe, Sacramento

Oct 17: Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore, SF

Oct 17: A Place to Bury Strangers w/ The are Power, All the Saints @ The Independent, SF

Oct 17#: Norcal Noisefest: Droughter, Lycanthrope Legions of Noise, Jolthrower, Kill Kill Kill, We've Come For What's Ours, UEM, Blood Into Water, Cerebral Roil, Moe! Staiano, Actuary, Phog Masheeen, +DOG+, CJ Borosque, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Instagon, Lords of Outland, XDUGEF, Nux Vomica, Vertonen, Xome @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18#: Norcal Noisefest: Superzapper Recharge, Aubrey, Sissisters, Dental Work, Adrien Barbobott, Gohger/Aural Antithesis, Medicine Cabinet, The Transhumans, Noisepsalm, Al Qaeda, Shrew Florist, Sabreteeth, IDX1274 vs Smite!, Kawaiietly Please, Rubber (O) Cement, Big City Orchestra @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 19: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid @ The Independent, SF

Oct 25: Compression of the Chest Cavity Miracle, David Kendall, Sgt. Cobra Queef, Elise Baldwin, Horseflesh, VSLS @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 30: Melt-Banana @ Slim's, SF

Nov 1: Skinny Puppy @ The Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 2: The Tiger Lillies @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 5*: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Nov 20: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum @ ?, SF

Dec 12*: Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud @ Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley

show update...

2009-08-16T22:42:01Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Aug 16*: Loop!Station w/ Nicki Jaine, Jill Tracy @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Aug 20: Pharmakon, Praying For Oblivion, Eight Evening, Carrion @ Terminal, Oakland

Aug 22: Elk/Carrion, Reptile Brain Virus @ Merchants Saloon, Oakland

Aug 23*: Six Organs of Admittance w/ Master Musicians of Bukkake @ The Independent, SF

Aug 23: The Cult @ The Warfield, CA

Aug 25: Kwisp, Matt Ingalls, Z Bug, Hogwind, My Daddy Ate My Eyes, Rigor Mortis, Clitaurus @ El Rincon, SF

Aug 25: Pharmakon, R Jencks, Orhima @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Aug 29*: Calexico w/ Sergio Mendozo y La Orkestra @ The Independent, SF

Sep 3: Jucifer w/ Grayceon @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Sep 5: Jucifer w/ Nobunny @ Uptown, Oakland

Sep 4#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ The Lab, SF

Sep 12: Babyland w/ Caustic @ The Gilman, Berkeley

Sep 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Circadia Arts Center, Portland, OR

Sep 17: The Psychedelic Furs w/ Happy Mondays @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Sep 18: I Am in Dust Festival: Voice of Eye, Thomas Dimuzio, Nux Vomica, Noisepsalm, Kwisp, Ure Thrall @ ? SF (I've only seen information regarding this in one place, so I'm not absolutely sure that it's really happening.)

Sep 19: Tarentel, Keith Fullterton Whitman, Ducktails, Pete Swanson, The Alps, Joe Grimm, Operative @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 19: Starving Weirdos, William Fowler Collins, Metal Rouge, Darwinsbith, Jim Haynes, John Davis, Danny Paul Grody @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 19*: Dirty Three w/ Faun Fables (Why is this horrible, horrible band opening for D3?) @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Sep 19: Meat Puppets w/ Dead Confederate @ Slim's, SF

Sep 20: Savage Republic @ The Victoria Theatre, SF

Sep 20: Grouper, Christina Carter, Ilaya Ahmed, Barn Owl, Sun Circle, Common Eider,King Eider, Brendan Murray @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 20: Apoptygma Berzerk w/ Aerodrone @ DNA Lounge

Sep 22: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sep 23: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sept 23: Revolting Cocks @ The Fillmore, SF

Sep 24*: OM w/ Lichens @ The Independent, SF

Sep 25-26*: Stella Natura fest: Katabatik, Sere, C.O.T.A., Novemthree, Procer Veneficus, Voice of Eye, Velnias, Lux Interna, Ruhr Hunter, Auna & Core, Changes, Arnica, Wolfskin, Halo Manash @ campground near Grass Valley, CA

Sep 26: Fognozzle, Audioemetic, Chopstick, Makele Mbembe, Hanuman Zhang, Artificial Ingredients @ Godwaffle Noisepancakes, SF

Sep 27: Bonfire Madigan w/ Odessa Cher, Kelli Rudick @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 29: Imperative Reaction w/ Dismantled, Psyclon Nine @ DNA Lounge, SF

Sep 30: Hocico w/ Hardwire, People's Republic of Europe @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 3*: Slim Cessna's Auto Club @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 19: Claire Voyant w/ Bloodwire, The Deephearted @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Oct 4*: New Model Army @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 8*: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. @ Slim's, SF

Oct 9: OvO w/ Worm Orouboros, Subarachnoid Space @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 10: Jarboe @ ?, Oakland

Oct 11: ...And YOu Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ The Independent, SF

Oct 11: Nadja w/ Gregg Kowalsky, Portraits @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 12*: Mono w/ Maserati @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 13: Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkeybirds @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 15: KMFDM @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 15: Nadja @ Terminal, Oakland

Oct 16: Butthole Surfers @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Norcal Noisefest: Mucky Ducky, Daryl Shawn, Hypnotic Injection, Laces, WR, Liver Cancer, Sunken Landscapes, Raven Chacon, Chopstick, Father of the Flood, Audioemetic, Vankman @ Luna's Cafe, Sacramento

Oct 17: Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore, SF

Oct 17: A Place to Bury Strangers w/ The are Power, All the Saints @ The Independent, SF

Oct 17#: Norcal Noisefest: Droughter, Lycanthrope Legions of Noise, Jolthrower, Kill Kill Kill, We've Come For What's Ours, UEM, Blood Into Water, Cerebral Roil, Moe! Staiano, Actuary, Phog Masheeen, +DOG+, CJ Borosque, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Instagon, Lords of Outland, XDUGEF, Nux Vomica, Vertonen, Xome @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18#: Norcal Noisefest: Superzapper Recharge, Aubrey, Sissisters, Dental Work, Adrien Barbobott, Gohger/Aural Antithesis, Medicine Cabinet, The Transhumans, Noisepsalm, Al Qaeda, Shrew Florist, Sabreteeth, IDX1274 vs Smite!, Kawaiietly Please, Rubber (O) Cement, Big City Orchestra @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 19: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid @ The Independent, SF

Oct 25: Compression of the Chest Cavity Miracle, David Kendall, Sgt. Cobra Queef, Elise Baldwin, Horseflesh, VSLS @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Oct 30: Melt-Banana @ Slim's, SF

Nov 1: Skinny Puppy @ The Regency Ballroom, SF

Nov 2: The Tiger Lillies @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 5: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Nov 20: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum @ ?, SF

Dec 12*: Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud @ Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley

I'm trying to do these on a weekly basis again.

2009-08-06T19:09:27Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Aug 6: HexRx w/ Syndika:Zero, C/A/T @ DNA Lounge, SF

Aug 7: Attitude Problem, Squim, A Story of Rats, Brown, Grasslung, Pulse Emitter @ Terminal, Oakland

Aug 7*: Melvins @ Blank Club, San Jose

Aug 8*: Sunn 0))) w/ The Accused @ The Independent, SF

Aug 8: Jefre Cantu & Paul Clipson, Grasslung & Matthew Swiezynski, Pulse Emitter & Matthew Swiezynski @ Artists' Television Access, SF

Aug 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero/Big City Orchestra @ ubRadio Salon

Aug 12: Depeche Mode @ The Shoreline, Mountain View

Aug 14: Down w/ Melvins @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Aug 14: James Perry w/ Unwoman @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Aug 16*: Loop!Station w/ Nicki Jaine, Jill Tracy @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Aug 20: Pharmakon, Praying For Oblivion @ Terminal, Oakland

Aug 23*: Six Organs of Admittance w/ Master Musicians of Bukkake @ The Independent, SF

Aug 23: The Cult @ The Warfield, CA

Aug 23: Project Pitchfork @ DNA Lounge, CA
(Well, I've seen several people post this date at least, but I haven't seen anything official about it.)

Aug 25: Kwisp, Matt Ingalls, Z Bug, Hogwind, My Daddy Ate My Eyes, Rigor Mortis, Clitaurus @ El Rincon, SF

Aug 25: Pharmakon, R Jencks, Orhima @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Aug 29*: Calexico w/ Sergio Mendozo y La Orkestra @ The Independent, SF

Sep 3: Jucifer w/ Grayceon @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Sep 5: Jucifer w/ Nobunny @ Uptown, Oakland

Sep 4 or 5#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ The Lab, SF

Sep 12: Babyland w/ Caustic @ The Gilman, Berkeley

Sep 17: The Psychedelic Furs w/ Happy Mondays @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Sep 18: I Am in Dust Festival: Voice of Eye, Thomas Dimuzio, Nux Vomica, Noisepsalm, Kwisp, Ure Thrall @ ? SF (I've only seen information regarding this in one place, so I'm not absolutely sure that it's really happening.)

Sep 19: Tarentel, Keith Fullterton Whitman, Ducktails, Pete Swanson, The Alps, Joe Grimm, Operative @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Sep 19: Starving Weirdos, William Fowler Collins, Metal Rouge, Darwinsbith, Jim Haynes, John Davis, Danny Paul Grody @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 19*: Dirty Three w/ Faun Fables (Why is this horrible, horrible band opening for D3?) @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Sep 19: Meat Puppets w/ Dead Confederate @ Slim's, SF

Sep 19: Claire Voyant w/ Bloodwire, The Deephearted @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Sep 20: Savage Republic @ TBA, SF

Sep 20: Grouper, Christina Carter, Ilaya Ahmed, Barn Owl, Sun Circle, Common Eider,King Eider, Brendan Murray @ Swedish American Hall, SF

Sep 22: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sep 23: Pet Shop Boys @ The Warfield, SF

Sept 23: Revolting Cocks @ The Fillmore, SF

Sep 24*: OM w/ Lichens @ The Independent, SF

Sep 25-26*: Stella Natura fest: Katabatik, Sere, C.O.T.A., Novemthree, Procer Veneficus, Voice of Eye, Velnias, Lux Interna, Ruhr Hunter, Auna & Core, Changes, Arnica, Wolfskin, Halo Manash @ campground near Grass Valley, CA

Sep 26: Fognozzle, Audioemetic, Chopstick, Makele Mbembe, Hanuman Zhang, Artificial Ingredients @ Godwaffle Noisepancakes, SF

Sep 29: Imperative Reaction w/ Dismantled, Psyclon Nine @ DNA Lounge, SF

Sep 30: Hocico w/ Hardwire, People's Republic of Europe @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 4*: New Model Army @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 8*: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. @ Slim's, SF

Oct 10: Jarboe @ ?, Oakland

Oct 12*: Mono w/ Maserati @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 15: KMFDM @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Butthole Surfers @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Norcal Noisefest: Mucky Ducky, Daryl Shawn, Hypnotic Injection, Laces, WR, Liver Cancer, Sunken Landscapes, Raven Chacon, Chopstick, Father of the Flood, Audioemetic, Vankman @ Luna's Cafe, Sacramento

Oct 17: Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore, SF

Oct 17: A Place to Bury Strangers w/ The are Power, All the Saints @ The Independent, SF

Oct 17#: Norcal Noisefest: Droughter, Lycanthrope Legions of Noise, Jolthrower, Kill Kill Kill, We've Come For What's Ours, UEM, Blood Into Water, Cerebral Roil, Moe! Staiano, Actuary, Phog Masheeen, +DOG+, CJ Borosque, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Instagon, Lords of Outland, XDUGEF, Nux Vomica, Vertonen, Xome @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18#: Norcal Noisefest: Superzapper Recharge, Aubrey, Sissisters, Dental Work, Adrien Barbobott, Gohger/Aural Antithesis, Medicine Cabinet, The Transhumans, Noisepsalm, Al Qaeda, Shrew Florist, Sabreteeth, IDX1274 vs Smite!, Kawaiietly Please, Rubber (O) Cement, Big City Orchestra @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 30: Melt-Banana @ Slim's, SF

Nov 2: The Tiger Lillies @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Nov 5: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

Sonic Youth at The Independent...

2009-07-28T19:16:08Z

Sonic Youth will be playing at The Independent on Monday. Tickets went on sale at noon, and I have mine!

yes, it's been a while for one of these...

2009-07-27T19:02:11Z

*have ticket
#am performing at

Jul 28*: Jarvis Cocker w/ Wooden Shjips @ The Fillmore, SF

Jul 29#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Wednesday Night Live, KZSU, Stanford University

Jul 31: After the Apex @ Rooster's Roadhouse, Alameda

Aug 2*: Sonic Youth w/ Awesome Color @ Fox Theater, Oakland

Aug 2: Deerhoof w/ Abe Vigoda, Zach Hill, Death Sentence: Panda @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Aug 6: HexRx w/ Syndika:Zero, C/A/T @ DNA Lounge, SF

Aug 7: Attitude Problem, Squim, A Story of Rats, Brown, Grasslung, Pulse Emitter @ Terminal, Oakland

Aug 7*: Melvins @ Blank Club, San Jose

Aug 8*: Sunn 0))) w/ The Accused @ The Independent, SF

Aug 8: Jefre Cantu & Paul Clipson, Grasslung & Matthew Swiezynski, Pulse Emitter & Matthew Swiezynski @ Artists' Television Access, SF

Aug 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero/Big City Orchestra @ ubRadio Salon

Aug 14: Down w/ Melvins @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Aug 14: James Perry w/ Unwoman @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Aug 16*: Loop!Station w/ Nicki Jaine, Jill Tracy @ Cafe du Nord, SF

Aug 20: Pharmakon, Praying For Oblivion @ Terminal, Oakland

Aug 23*: Six Organs of Admittance w/ Master Musicians of Bukkake @ The Independent, SF

Aug 25: Kwisp, Matt Ingalls, Le Kim, Z Bug, Hogwind @ El Rincon, SF

Aug 25: Pharmakon, R Jencks, Orhima @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Sep 3: Jucifer w/ Grayceon @ Annie's Social Club, SF

Sep 5: Jucifer w/ Nobunny @ Uptown, Oakland

Sep 12: Babyland w/ Caustic @ The Gilman, Berkeley

Sep 17: The Psychedelic Furs w/ Happy Mondays @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Sep 18: I Am in Dust Festival: Voice of Eye, Thomas Dimuzio, Nux Vomica, Noisepsalm, Kwisp, Ure Thrall @ ? SF (I've only seen information regarding this in one place, so I'm not absolutely sure that it's really happening.)

Sep 19*: Dirty Three w/ Faun Fables (Why is this horrible, horrible band opening for D3?) @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Sep 19: Meat Puppets w/ Dead Confederate @ Slim's, SF

Sep 19: Claire Voyant w/ Bloodwire, The Deephearted @ The Retox Lounge, SF

Sep 20: Savage Republic @ TBA, SF

Sep 24*: OM w/ Lichens @ The Independent, SF

Sep 25-26*: Stella Natura fest: Katabatik, Sere, C.O.T.A., Novemthree, Procer Veneficus, Voice of Eye, Velnias, Lux Interna, Ruhr Hunter, Auna & Core, Changes, Arnica, Wolfskin, Halo Manash @ campground near Grass Valley, CA

Oct 4: New Model Army @ DNA Lounge, SF

Oct 8*: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. @ Slim's, SF

Oct 12*: Mono w/ Maserati @ Great American Music Hall, SF

Oct 16: Butthole Surfers @ Regency Ballroom, SF

Oct 16: Norcal Noisefest: Mucky Ducky, Daryl Shawn, Hypnotic Injection, Laces, WR, Liver Cancer, Sunken Landscapes, Raven Chacon, Chopstick, Father of the Flood, Audioemetic, Vankman @ Luna's Cafe, Sacramento

Oct 17: Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore, SF

Oct 17#: Norcal Noisefest: Droughter, Lycanthrope Legions of Noise, Jolthrower, Kill Kill Kill, We've Come For What's Ours, UEM, Blood Into Water, Cerebral Roil, Moe! Staiano, Actuary, Phog Masheeen, +DOG+, CJ Borosque, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Instagon, Lords of Outland, XDUGEF, Nux Vomica, Vertonen, Xome @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Oct 18#: Norcal Noisefest: Superzapper Recharge, Aubrey, Sissisters, Dental Work, Adrien Barbobott, Gohger/Aural Antithesis, Medicine Cabinet, The Transhumans, Noisepsalm, Al Qaeda, Shrew Florist, Sabreteeth, IDX1274 vs Smite!, Kawaiietly Please, Rubber (O) Cement, Big City Orchestra @ Cafe at The Green's, Sacramento

Nov 5: Múm @ The Independent, SF

Nov 12#: 15 Degrees Below Zero @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF

ugh...

2009-07-13T16:38:23Z

My body aches. Jennara and I moved into a really nice apartment on Van Ness at Ellis on Saturday. We have our own spot in the building's secure parking garage, and it's walking distance from the Great American Music Hall, Edinburgh Castle, Red Devil Lounge, Hemlock Tavern, Regency Ballroom, and many other places. The bus ride to work is only 10 minutes now, rather than 35-50 minutes. This place is a lot smaller than our old apartment, but we're going to have it laid out a lot nicer than we had the last one.

sweet...

2009-06-03T21:37:10Z

15DBZ and Conure shows are being booked. More details will be posted as the shows come closer.

7/1- Conure, The Human Quena Orchestra -- TBA, Sacramento

7/23 - Forms of Things Unknown, Peter Kolovos, Conure, Hans Fjellestad, Thomas Dimuzio -- Outsound New Music Summit, San Francisco Community Music Center, SF

7/24 - Ashley Paul, Eli Keszler, Noisepsalm, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Big City Orchestra -- Terminal, Oakland

7/29 - Big City Orchestra and 15 Degrees Below Zero (collaboration) - ubRadio Salon, DFM Radio Television International (http://dfm.nu/)

7/29 - 15 Degrees Below Zero - Wednesday Night Live, KZSU, 90.1

11/12/09 - TBA, 15 Degrees Below Zero -- LSG New Music Series, Luggage Store Gallery, SF

All About Jazz's review of 15DBZ's "Resting on A" CD

2009-06-01T13:36:04Z

"This West Coast USA trio sparks slight remembrances of vintage Brian Eno ambient electronica, amid many nouveau uplifts and curiously interesting disparities. Mastered by electronics master Thomas Dimuzio, the artists create dark, streaming extended note sound-sculpting motifs via keys, samplers, loops, and other implements or facilitations.

Lucid similes of space travel combined with segments that are akin to unveiling a shrouded mystery come to fruition, as the band mimics an expanding universe during several passages. They produce eerie and brooding soundscapes on '2.5', where the music seems to traverse a vast frontier that defies any rigid semblances of time and space. In addition, the trio seemingly shreds through sweeping layers of multihued textures, awash with harrowing echoes, corpulent bass notes, and oscillating noise shaping articulations.

The music plays tricks with the psyche which, of course, delineate a desired effect accomplished through the power of shrewdly arranged patterns that intersect at various points. They render daunting sojourns and at times, perform as though they are conversing with a higher entity. In certain passages, either Michael Addison Mersereau[, Daniel Blomquist,] or Mark Wilson iterates a phased-out alien tongue amid modulating backdrops that perhaps mimic the solar winds. Hence, it's an artful and fascinating trek into the land of electronica that probes the boundaries of phantasmagorical imagery and sane reasoning."
-Glenn Astarita,
All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/

FON17: L'Echec de la Matiere released (with Conure remix)

2009-05-29T19:51:50Z

FON is please to announce the release of FON17: L'Echec de la Matiere as a FREE internet download.

L'Echec de la Matiere is an eclectic compilation of remixes and re-interpretations of tracks originally found on FON10: Triomphe de la Matiere by Perfection Plastic. All tracks are 320k CBR mp3s and a PDF of the artwork is included.

Many thanks to all the bands and their labels for contributing to this release and allowing us to give it away for FREE. Many of these bands are very well known and established in their respective genres and they have graciously agreed to provide their work here at no charge. If you can show some financial appreciation for this work, please consider buying their music from one of the links noted in the tracklisting found on http://www.forceofnature.cc/releases/?rid=FON17.

Tracklisting
1. Bad Girls (remixed by Captive Six, featuring Ben from C/A/T)
2. La Réaction (Mordu par LAN Formatique)
3. Triomphe (remixed by The Vomit Arsonist)
4. Control (Decon remix by Pine Tree State Mind Control)
5. Bad Girls (remix by Aliceffekt)
6. Atomic Glory (remixed by The [law-rah] collective)
7. Intérieur (remixed by synnack)
8. Glow (Yes, We Still Make Music remix by GASR)
9. Atomic Glory (All of this has Happened Before remix by REPLOGEN)
10. Bad Girls (CATFIIIIIIIGHT Mix by Caustic)
11. Interieur (remixed by Conure)
12. Hard Times (remixed by Memmaker)
13. Mad (remixed by Prometheus Burning)