HABITFORMING TOMORROW NIGHT @ MEZZANINE

THE PEELS, SCISSORS FOR LEFTY, HABITFORMING, DJ KEY BUMPS ON THE BEACH TO PLAY FREE SHOW AT MEZZANINE


Mezzanine will host a free show on Tuesday April 26, 2005, featuring Bay Area bands THE PEELS, HABITFORMING and SCISSORS FOR LEFTY with a special DJ set by KEY BUMPS ON THE BEACH. Mezzanine will co-produce the free concert with The Guardian as part of the club’s new CALIFORNIA HOMEGROWN MUSIC SERIES. The monthly concerts will provide an exciting venue for up-and-coming California-based bands to showcase their unique Bay Area sounds.

THE PEELS have been described as 80’s art rock meets new garage. But, it’s the compelling voice of lead singer Robyn Miller that has helped the band achieve international status. With comparisons to Janis Joplin’s amped-up proto-blues style, Miller and her band have released their self-titled debut with songs including “I Only Miss You When You’re Gone,” and “Only Son” propelling the band on a 50-date US/Canadian tour alongside The Ravonettes and Autolux beginning in May.

SCISSORS FOR LEFTY describes their sound as flirtatious indie-pop with adventurous messages of love gone wrong. Originally from the San Luis Obispo live scene, the band recently relocated to San Francisco where they quickly won local praise for their quirky style. They were named one of the top ten unsigned bands in the Bay Area by Live 105 and won the Pabst Blue Ribbon band spotlight in the SF Weekly.

HABITFORMING first emerged from the depths of the San Francisco avant-garde performance underground scene in 2002. Scoring art-minded theater pieces with their heavy grinding epic songs, HABITFORMING has matured into a full-fledged rock band with a style all their own. Melting melodic overtones with raw, industrial strength scores, the foursome are putting the finishing touches on their third album, “Involved.” The band will play a selection of upcoming tracks from the new album.



CALIFORNIA HOMEGROWN MUSIC SERIES

Featuring

THE PEELS, SCISSORS FOR LEFTY, HABITFORMING & DJ KEY BUMPS ON THE BEACH

TUESDAY APRIL 26, 2005

DOORS: 8:30 P.M.

ADMISSION: FREE

MEZZANINE

444 JESSIE STREET @ MINT

SAN FRANCISCO 21+

WWW.MEZZANINESF.COM

Wilco Tour Dates Announced

04-21 New Orleans, LA - State Palace Theatre *
04-22 New Orleans, LA - Fairgrounds Racetrack
04-23 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater *
04-25 Oklahoma City, OK - Coca-Cola Bricktown Event Center *
04-26 Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium #
04-27 Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theater @
04-29 La Jolla, CA - Price Center Ballroom @
04-30 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella Festival)
05-04 Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
05-05 Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
05-06 Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
05-07 Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
05-28 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch Festival)
06-11 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
06-16 Telluride, CO - Telluride Bluegrass Festival
06-17 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks
06-18 Lawrence, KS - Wakarusa Festival

* with Healthy White Baby
# with the Handsome Family
@ with Polar Goldie Cats

Death Cab on the OC this week!

Death Cab for Cutie make their on camera debut on THE OC Thursday, April 21. Whether you are a fan of the show or not (and if you
aren't you should be!), make sure to tune in or set your TIVO.

Death Cab perform three songs at the Bait Shop in the midst of the mayhem
that can only be found in Newport Beach. Does Ryan punch Nick for hitting on
Marissa? Does Ben make out with Julie Cooper? Does Seth finally get to see
his favorite band? All this and more will be revealed in just a matter of
hours ...

THE OC airs on FOX at 8 PM (7 PM central time). More info can be found at:
http://www.fox.com/oc/

THE RIDERS tonight at THE GIG in Hollywood

Remember these guys from FS13 & FS14? If you live down in LA, get out to THE GIG tonight @ 8:15PM

THE RIDERS @ The Gig - 7302 Melrose Avenue
Thursday, April 14th
8:15PM
$8 at the door

THE KILLERS ON JAY LENO TONIGHT!

Don't miss the boys tonight as the band is the musical guest on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and will perform their current single "Mr. Brightside" off their best-selling debut album "Hot Fuss." Seventies icon, actress and reality TV star Farrah Fawcett and Scottish actor Gerard Butler are also on the program.

"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" airs weeknights at 11:30 pm ET/10:30 pm CT on NBC. Check your local listings for additional information.

DEAD MEADOW RULES

simply put, their live show peels paint off the walls. amazing!!!!!!

DEAD MEADOW TONIGHT AT BOTTOM

TONIGHT AT BOTTOM OF THE HILL (SAN FRANCISCO)
Wed, April 13 9 : 00 pm (doors at 8:30) $12 (all ages)
KUSF co-announces...
Dead Meadow (New record on Matador)
Jennifer Gentle (Sub Pop)
The Out Crowd (from Portland; members of The Brian Jonestown Massacre)

I mentioned them in FS19, but they don't need any help. Stoner rock at it's finest, sludgy sludge perfection. Pick up their latest release, Feathers.

DOWNLOAD MP3
"At Her Open Door"

THE CHEAT

I love it when you go to see one band and get blown away by the supporting band that you've never heard of before. Tonight, that was the case. I went down to Studio Z, a questionable venue in SOMA (horrible sound guy), only to find out that the whole night was running late and that the band I was there to see, was higher in the bill than expected. I forgot my earplugs and had to suffer through the first band while my ears bled.

Then came THE CHEAT from Berkeley. Holy shit! This kid's voice is like Ian McCulloch from Echo & The Bunnymen and the band was like Television, with almost a surf guitar kinda sound. I found out they are seniors at Cal Berkeley, about to graduate and move down to LA to live in one of their parent's house and make a go of it. I bought their 6 song CD and it sounds even better (remember, bad sound guy). Here is their Myspace page - http://www.myspace.com/thecheatband

Then for the band of the night, SCISSORS FOR LEFTY (FS19). I was really hoping that the funky band I had imagined wasn't going to come out sounding like garbage, and to my relief, they didn't at all. In fact, I like them more than before and it makes the whole thing make even more sense. Oddballs, unpredictable grooves, and a giant drummer, plus dancers. Now that may be normal in most towns, but in SF where everyone is too cool to dance, this just doesn't happen often. In case you didn't get your Future Sounds 19, download Ghetto Ways, or sample many of their other tracks HERE.

KILLERS SHOWS THIS WEEK

They are back in the US, and still hate The Bravery. Here are their dates for this week:

AP 12 @ RIMAC ARENA (La Jolla)
AP 13 @ THE VAULT (Long Beach)
AP 15 @ THE JOINT (Las Vegas)
AP 16 @ THE WILTERN (Los Angeles) 2 SHOWS
AP 17 @ THE WILTERN (Los Angeles)

Stratford 4 calls it quits

This in from Pitchfork..............


Stratford 4 Disband, Form New Bands

James Gregory reports:
Ah, springtime-- a chance to clean out the garage, prune the bushes, and slap on a new lick of paint. And the seasonal cliché seems to be holding true in indieland this year, as according to a recent post on the Stratford 4's website, the San Francisco-based fuzzbox addicts apparently gave themselves up for Lent this year and never bothered to call "time in" again. 40 days be damned, the band's website has just announced the quartet's official breakup this week.

The annoyingly gossip-free statement posted on the site's main page laid out the band's final thoughts as such: "We want to thank all of you for coming to the shows, buying the records, and just emailing to say hi. We were together for close to six years, and it was worth every minute." OK, fair enough, but somebody double check who Yoko's been shacking up with lately.

Formed in 1998 and often compared to My Bloody Valentine and the Velvet Underground, the Stratford 4 will leave behind three studio LPs, including the upcoming swan song Keep Your Crazy Head on Straight, which has been promised for release on a yet-to-be-named Tuesday in the late summer/early fall 2005. And before you do the logical thing and just bust out Loveless and White Light/White Heat, 3/4 of the band will be testing fan loyalty by splintering off into two new groups.

As the official statement continues: "The music isn't over just yet. Jake and Andrea have a new band called Love Like Fire, and Sheetal has a new band called August Bodies. And we're happy to announce that we're playing our debut shows together." Hey, maybe people really can stay friends afterwards! Interested parties can check out both groups when they perform at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on April 18, along with Serene Lakes.

* Pitchfork Review: Stratford 4: Love and Distortion
* Stratford 4: http://www.stratford4.com

FEIST on Interscope-Cherry Tree Records

I just was given the FEIST record and I'm pretty impressed!! What a voice. You may know her from the BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, as she's been around for awhile.

This from ALLMUSICGUIDE

"Feist joined Broken Social Scene in the recording of their sophomore effort, You Forgot It in People. The album, which was released in 2002, became a critical success among the indie crowds after winning a Juno Award for "Alternative Album of the Year in 2003. Feist had already had plans for a second solo album by this time. When she wasn't touring North America and Europe with Broken Social Scene, Feist and Renaud Letang of Manu Chao and Chilly Gonzales went back and forth between Calgary, Toronto, and Paris for its recording. Let It Die was released on Arts & Crafts in May 2004. Feist has also contributed vocals to works by Kings of Convenience, Apostle of Hustle, and Jane Birkin."

So if you don't have it, I'd recommend picking it up, it's gorgeous.

Last weekend the Juno Awards bestowed the crown of Best New Artist upon Feist at their annual ceremony. The Canadian songstress also took home the award for Best Alternative Album for her new record "Let It Die". Arcade Fire who? U.S. audiences will finally be treated to the release of Feist's debut "Let It Die" later this month and will be able to catch her jawdropping live show as she heads out on tour with British Sea Power.

EXCLUSIVE: What's Really Behind the Killers-Bravery Feud

Go to HITSDAILYDOUBLE.COM and check out the cartoon for in the right-hand column.....

EXCLUSIVE: What's Really Behind the Killers-Bravery Feud

THE CLOUD ROOM - LIVE ON KEXP Today!

Tune in @ 2 PM TODAY (e.s.t.)

The Cloud Room (FUTURE SOUNDS 17) will be broadcasting live on KEXP

stream it from your iTunes radio
or go to http://www.kexp.org

Saul Bellow - RIP

Novelist Saul Bellow Dies
By WENN
............................................
Nobel Prize winning novelist Saul Bellow has died at the age of 89.

The writer--the son of Russian immigrants--had his wife and daughter by his side when he died of natural causes at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts April 5.

Bellow, whose works include Seize the Day, Henderson the Rain King, Herzog, Mr. Sammler's Planet and Humboldt's Gift, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976.

http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/article/2439018

MY HOTLIST

Some tunes you should know about and download:

BLOC PARTY - Like Eating Glass
INTERPOL - C'Mere
M.I.A. - Sunshowers
BRAZILIAN GIRLS - Pussy
FIONA APPLE - Not Above Love
ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - Hope There's Someone
M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us
AUTOLUX - Here Comes Everybody
REGINA SPEKTOR - Us
SPOON - I Turn My Camera On

FILM SCHOOL full length song preview

If you'd like to hear a track from the forthcoming FILM SCHOOL LP to be released later this year, you can download 'Harmed' on INSOUND.COM by clicking HERE.

The Killers to play LOLLAPALOOZA - July 5 in Chicago

In case you didn't already know this.....
US touring festival LOLLAPALOOZA will make just one stop this year (05), 12 months after poor ticket sales led to the event being scrapped.

BECK, THE KILLERS and KINGS OF LEON are among the acts slated to perform at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, in July (05).

This is also really funny.........
IN OTHER KILLERS' RELATED NEWS....

THE BRAVERY have slammed their rock rivals THE KILLERS - after the Las Vegas outfit accused them of stealing their look, style and sound.

The SOMEBODY TOLD ME band have compared The Killers frontman BRANDON FLOWERS to a disabled child, and claim the band copied their image to enliven their boring live performances.

Singer SAM ENDICOTT says, "The poor guy, he's scared. I feel bad talking about him, because it's like hitting a girl. It's like picking on a kid in a wheelchair."

Guitarist MICHAEL ZACHARIN adds, "If you have seen them live, they are incredibly boring. You remember what they used to look like, then people started comparing them to us and suddenly they got a stylist and Brandon frosted his hair and he's buying the cute pink jacket."

Maybe this will be true if the boys start wearing Micheal Stipe-type makeup stripes across their faces....

AND IF YOU JUST DON'T GET ENOUGH KILLERS INFO....

try these fansites on for size:

Kill Me Now: The Killers Daily News

Destiny Is Calling Me


The Killers - aFANsite

The Killers Site


The Killers, Killers Fansite

The Killers ~ Desperate

The Killers Online - A Killers Fansite

Watch THE KILLERS' "Smile Like You Mean It' video

A new video, check it out - You can watch the video here now via the links below:

Windows Media -

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