JULY 2008
Tuesday, July 1
Tue 7/1 7:00 PM Bazaar Cafe [5927 California St San Francisco, CA 94121]
Rob Woodcock - Double Bass
Charlie Gurke - Bari Sax
Compositions and improvisations. Two full sets!
Tue 7/1 9:30 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
Heavy Winged
One and Seven Death (Ettrick + Oaxacan)
Barn Owl
Wednesday, July 2
Wed 7/2 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Megafaun + Ben Bracken + Discomedusae + Core ogg Coal Man (Jorge Boehringer)
Thursday, July 3
Thu 7/3 8:00 PM Outsound Presents in association with Luggage Store Gallery The New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Daryl Shawn (Oaxaca, Mexico)
9pm Jonathan Segel - violin & computer
Using a common Tascam four-track and a microcassette dictaphone, Daryl Shawn twists his able nylon-string guitar into shapes both unrecognizable and familiar, from pastoral soundscapes to glitchy wails.
Saturday, July 5
Sat 7/5 7:00 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell St. SF]
Guitarist and expatriate Daryl Shawn will be celebrating the release of his new instrumental CD "As Promised" with a performance at Meridian Gallery, part of a 33-date solo tour. Highlighted this evening will be selections composed for two separate weddings, in addition to other solo works displaying Shawn's background in flamenco, classical, experimental, and ambient music.
Monday, July 7
Mon 7/7 8:00 PM Cafe Du Nord [2170 Market Street near 16th & Sanchez SF]
THE SCOTT AMENDOLA BAND FEATURING NELS CLINE (WILCO) AND JEFF PARKER (TORTOISE)
THE JIM CAMPILONGO ELECTRIC TRIO
Mon 7/7 8:30 PM Kingman's Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave near Solano Ave Albany]
TrueCollapse (Michael Dale/Karl Evangelista/Jason Hoopes/Alex Vittum), Timosaurus, Lighthouse
Wednesday, July 9
Wed 7/9 9:00 PM Bluesix [3043 24th St. @ Treat St. SF]
Rob Woodcock - Double Bass & Charlie Gurke - Bari Sax
Compositions and improvisations
Thursday, July 10
Thu 7/10 8:00 PM Outsound Presents in association with Luggage Store Gallery The New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm: Alicia Byer - clarinet
9pm: Trio: Cheryl Leonard - natural-object instruments and prepared viola; Felix Macnee - drums and found objects; Cliff Neighbors - guitar, found objects, paper
Friday, July 11
Fri 7/11 8:00 PM Royce Gallery [2901 Mariposa St San Francisco, CA 94110]
room: Batterie! at 8pm as part of Z Programs ROOM at Royce Gallery in San Francisco, CA. The first of four Summer 2008 concerts.
Fri 7/11 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Performing with Swedish saxophonist, Biggi Vinkeloe, are local stalwarts: Donald Robinson, Damon Smith, Chris Brown, Jonny Wartel, Michele Collins, John Shiurba, Tim Perkis
Saturday, July 12
Sat 7/12 6:00 PM New Langton Arts [1246 Folsom Street SF]
Soundwave>Series ((3)): Human Street Textures
Composer David Graves & sound artist [ruidobello] devise a tour route collecting live moving street sounds on a Double-Decker Bus.
Sunday, July 13
Sun 7/13 12:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
The Umpteenth Annual Transbay Skronkathon and Community BBQ
an all-day event and annual fundraiser for The Transbay Creative Music Calendar with many many artists and lots and lots of sausages.
Sun 7/13 8:00 PM ODC Dance Commons [351 Shotwell SF]
sfSoundSeries: Steve Reich's Four Organs (1970), Giacinto Scelsi's Kya (1959), Salvatore Sciarrino's Muro d'orizzonte (1997), Tom Dambly performing Mauricio Kagel's Atem (1970) for trumpet and tape, violist Alexa Beattie performing Alan Hilario's kîbo (1997), and a new collaborative work by sfSoundGroup and Matt Ingalls.
Monday, July 14
Mon 7/14 9:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany, CA ]
Improv/Noise Hootenanny & Social Club with your host Lucio Menegon and a form of Split Lip (Jon Brumit, Suki O'Kane) + Myles Boisen, Thomas Carnacki, John Hanes, Srcote, Jonathan Segel and many others, such as yourself. Comfy couches, low lighting, weird music. On the spot collaborations encouraged.
Wednesday, July 16
Wed 7/16 9:00 PM Bluesix [3043 24th St. @ Treat St. SF]
Every Wednesday Luke Westbrook presents The Listening Hut at Bluesix, where featured artists perform acoustic solo and duo improvisations. This week Ross Hammond and special guest artists TBA.
Thursday, July 17
Thu 7/17 3:00 PM KFJC 89.7 FM [Los Altos Hills, CA]
No More Twist!, a performance art duo consisting of Les Hutchins and Polly Moller, will share live music and talk about their new piece, "Inquisition", premiering on July 23rd on the first night of the Edgetone New Music Summit.
Thu 7/17 7:59 PM Balazo Gallery [(18th and Mission), SF]
Mission Creek Music Fest: Ettrick, Rubber O Cement, Amir Coyle, Hora Flora, Mikey Yeda, Bleachy Bleachy Bleach, Take Up Serpents, designs on the wall by Arachnid Arcade and Amir Coyle
Thu 7/17 8:00 PM Outsound Presents in association with Luggage Store Gallery The New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm ad-hoc avant-garde free-improv hoedown
9pm Kris Tiner (LA)/Donald Robinson duo
Thu 7/17 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
solo guitar: John Schott and Peter Walker
Thu 7/17 9:00 PM Starry Plough [3101 Shattuck Ave @ Prince Berkeley]
A night of mind-bending anti-pop.
Brian Kenney Fresno--Singer of modern tales, urban legends,and epics of the absurd.
Fuzzy Cousins--Art rock duo celebrating their CD release w/special guest performances.
miRthkon--Prog rock avant-jazz thrash sextet, bending your mind.
Friday, July 18
Fri 7/18 6:00 PM deYoung Museum [50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive SF, CA]
Soundwave>Series ((3)): AudioBus-Zoe Keating
Bay Areas own acclaimed avant-electro, one-woman-orchestra cellist, Zoe Keating will develop and perform a live score to her very own San Francisco bus tour route for an audience on a bus.
Fri 7/18 8:00 PM Argus Lounge [3187 Mission (@ Valencia) San Francisco]
Barnwave (w/ Kevin Blechdom and Christopher Fleeger), Oaxacan, Pink Canoes, Clovis Heald
Fri 7/18 9:00 PM Bluesix Acoustic [3043 24th Street (@ Treat Street), San Francisco, CA 94110]
Bluesix Acoustic Presents an Evening with The Lost Trio: Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone; Dan Seamans - bass; Tom Hassett - drums. The Lost Trio will play two sets, starting at 9 pm, featuring a LOT of new material, and some pieces from their newest Evander Music release, "Plays The Solid Gold Hits".
Saturday, July 19
Sat 7/19 6:00 PM Art Engine Gallery [1035 Mission St SF]
Soundwave>Series ((3)): AudioBus-Goh Nakamura
Bay Area troubador, Goh Nakamura is famous for singing about parking tickets, impossible crushes, and faraway dreamlands
Sat 7/19 7:00 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
The Mission Creek Music Festival presents William Hooker Trio and Peter Walker
Sat 7/19 8:00 PM New Langton Arts [1246 Folsom Street SF]
Brooklyn composer/improvisers Jon Moniaci and Chris Peck perform with interdisciplinary collective Heart the Bland as part of the Collision series on the Mission Creek Music Festival. Also: choreographer Hope Mohr, The Mirror Theory of NLP, and MGM GRAND.
Sat 7/19 9:00 PM Orbis Nex [http://www.vialmagazine.com/breadcrumbs.html]
Katanexus - Weird Musick in Oakland
with: Echtra (of Fauna; Olympia WA), Dirt Spatula, Gun w/Occasional Music
Sat 7/19 10:00 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
Chris Schlarb Presents: Twlight and Ghost Stories with: Vijay Anderson - drums Joel Brown-Tarman (Ellul) - voice, monome, organ Alexander Kort - cello Matt Davignon - drum machine, electronics Joel St. Julien - voice, monome, guitar Chris Schlarb - guitar, devices Kris Tiner - trumpet, flugelhorn. Part of the Mission Creek Music Festival
Sunday, July 20
Sun 7/20 6:00 PM Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Outsound Presents The 7th Annual Edgetone New Music Summit
Matt Davignon, Tom Nunn, Tom Duff, Mark Wilson, LX Rudis, Scott R Looney, NoiseFx.com and more! featuring drum machines, synths, electronics, pedals, inventions. A free public event presented as a micro-demo exposition where local experimental musicians demonstrate how they use their gear, and let you make sounds with their stuff. Explore the mysterious worlds of invented unusual acoustic instruments, computer music software, and "tablecore" electronics, all presented in a friendly environment.
Sun 7/20 8:00 PM ASHKENAZ [1317 San Pablo Ave. @ Gilman Berkeley]
Take a Plunge in the deep end of the pool and let yourself flow into Trance Dancing and Whole Body Meditation as AXIS MUNDI recreates the ancient cave rituals of vedic India and fans the mystical flames of TranceFormation. Spontaneous, Deep dark Devotional Psy-Trance Chanting with Live Looping, pulsing Global Beatz, and the throaty growl of the Didjeridu revive the untamed longings of the Eternal Dance...the Spontaneously Arising ecstatic agony of endless bliss born at the dawn of consciousness.
Tuesday, July 22
Tue 7/22 7:00 PM Pirate Cat Radio Studio Cafe [2781 21st Street, SF]
Outsound Presents The 7th Annual Edgetone New Music Summit OutSpoken - The Artist Run Label Presentation/Q&A: Rent Romus will talk about how he created and runs a community based all artist label. He will compare and contrast the community model of Edgetone Records with other prevalent model types within the music industry talking about the ups and downs and workarounds in the spirit of DIY music production.
Wednesday, July 23
Wed 7/23 7:15 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
A Unique experimental multimedia experience No More Twist! (sound and light lie detector featuring Polly Moller & Les Hutchins), Kwisp (Volumetric Movies: Dioramic Holo-Cinema system featuring Walter Funk and Lenny Bove), Thickness/Monolayer (cut-up film and sound track featuring members from Epic Abridged)
Wed 7/23 8:00 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell St. SF]
Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents Tintinnare, a new work by Tom Bickley. In this new work composer Tom Bickley explores bells in various roles: calls to attention, invitations to contemplation, energizing sounds, signifiers of solemnity, bringers of delight, awareness, transcendence and presence. Inspired by the sculptures of Bruce Hasson and a long fascination with bells, Tom invites your participation in this two-hour acoustic and digital multi-channel listening and sounding experience.
Wed 7/23 9:00 PM Cafe Du Nord [2170 Market Street near 16th & Sanchez SF]
Caroliner Rainbow Rotting De-Mastered Schooner Atop the Horse Corsery, Hans Grusel's Krankenkabinet, Loachfillet, Amphibious Gestures, Bones
Thursday, July 24
Thu 7/24 7:15 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
Outsound Presents The 7th Annual Edgetone New Music Summit
SonicExplore Extended & Explorative sculpted sound Birgit Ulher Trio w/Gino Robair & Tim Perkis, (the) giants of gender w/Kyle Farrell & Jenna Barvitski(from Ohio), Shudder w/Kyle Bruckmann, Lance Grabmiller, Phillip Greenlief and special guest from The Netherlands Jorrit Dijkstra
Thu 7/24 7:15 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
Outsound Presents The 7th Annual Edgetone New Music Summit Day Two: SonicExplore Extended & Explorative Sculpted Sound
Featuring: giants of gender w/Kyle Farrell & Jenna Barvitski(from Ohio); Birgit Ulher Trio w/Gino Robair & Tim Perkis; shudder, featuring Kyle Bruckmann, oboe; Lance Grabmiller, laptop - audiomulch; Phillip Greenlief, tenor saxophone, Bb clarinet; special guest Jorrit Dijkstra (Boston/Netherlands), lyricon
Thu 7/24 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
William Hooker (percussion) and Damon Smith (bass) perform live music to the film, Symbol of the Unconquered by Oscar Michaux +Liz Allbee, Aurora Josephson, Jacob Lindsay, Weasel Walter, William Winant
Friday, July 25
Fri 7/25 7:00 PM Cafe Bastille [22 Belden Place, San Francisco (1 block below Kearny, between Bush and Pine)]
Cafe Bastille Presents Michael Gold Quartet: Michael Gold - Saxophone; Paul Mindrup - Piano; Scott Chapek - Bass; Tom Hassett - Drums
Fri 7/25 7:15 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
Outsound Presents The 7th Annual Edgetone New Music Summit
SonicPulse Noertker’s Moxie(performing a new suite of music, "La Naturecanique," to the film loops of David Beck), C.O.M.A. w/John Vaughn, Dax Compise & Zach Silver (CD Release celebration performance for Big Words),Different Strokes (string duets with Yehudit & Beth Snellings), GoGo Fight MasterSaxophonist Aaron Bennett's Power Quartet w/Lisa Mezzacappa, John Finkbeiner, and Vijay Anderson
Fri 7/25 8:00 PM Royce Gallery [2901 Mariposa St San Francisco, CA 94110]
room: 117 Strings at 8pm as part of ROOM at Royce Gallery in San Francisco, CA. Z Programs ROOM Summer 2008 continues with “101 Strings”
Fri 7/25 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Club Sandwich presents: Murder Murder + Midwife + High Mayhem Improv (NM and local quartets) + Soft Teeth (Ava Mendoza, Jacob Felix Heule)
Saturday, July 26
Sat 7/26 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
Outsound Presents The 7th Annual Edgetone New Music Summit
SonicIndustrial A cross hatch of sound demolition 15 Degrees Below Zero w/Daniel Blomquiest, Michael Addison Mersereau, and Mark Wilson, Say Bok Gwai (CD Release celebration performance for CHINK IN THE ARMOR)w/Alex Yeung & Andre Custodio, Mute Socialite w/Moe! Staiano, Ava Mendoza, Alee Karim, & Shayna Dunkleman, The Late Severa Wires w/ Ultraviolet, Mike Rowland, Yozo Suzuki, & Carlos Santistevan(Santa Fe NM)
Sunday, July 27
Sun 7/27 6:10 PM pharaoh maybelline's sound trough [mission, sf back patio ]
an evening of the most experimental music ~
in a side patio in the Mission.
Monday, July 28
Mon 7/28 8:00 AM Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm [655 Willowside Rd, Santa Rosa]
Manfred Bleffert workshops begin in Santa Rosa
Mon 7/28 12:00 PM Albany Bulb [Buchanan Street and I-80 Albany]
THE FIRST ANNUAL COCHINO FESTIVAL: TELEPATHIK FRIEND, 60 WATT KID, Jacob Felix Heule & KANOKO NISHI, WHITMAN, STELLALUNA, ALAS, ALAK, ALASKA!, SOME DARK HOLLER (member of GOWNS), MOM, FANCIE, PREGNANT, TONY DRYER, ADAM LIPMAN, SAMUEL ELI VICTOR
Tuesday, July 29
Tue 7/29 7:00 PM City Lights Bookstore [261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway SF]
George E. Lewis discussing
A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music
published by University of Chicago Press
Tue 7/29 8:00 PM Climate Theatre [285 9th St (at Folsom) SF]
Lisa Mezzacappa's Before & After: Aaron Bennett, saxophones, John Finkbeiner, guitar, Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass, and Vijay Anderson, drums opening for Aaron Novik's Love Triangle Elementary School
Tue 7/29 8:00 PM Cafe Du Nord [2170 Market Street near 16th & Sanchez SF]
Emily Bezar CD Release concert: Emily and her band celebrate the release of "Exchange", Emily's 5th album of orginal jazz-rock-classical songs. http://www.emilybezar.com
Events outside the Bay Area
Thursday, Jul 10 2008 8:00 PM
Java Lounge
2416 16th Street Sacramento, CA 95818
Java Lounge Presents An Evening with The Lost Trio
Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone
Dan Seamans - bass
Tom Hassett - drums
Join The Lost Trio for an evening of new material from their ever-expanding book of compositions and gems from the American Songbook.
