Hopscotch Day Parties, Day 2!

Megafaun at the Pour House. New CD was for sale. Maybe they'll have it tonight at Kings too.

Pinche Gringo at Slim's. Last time I saw him, it was Pinche himself, and he was great. His female sidekick, and her awesome voice, made it even better. 

All Tiny Creatures at Pour House

Hopscotch Night 1: More videos!

Ear Pwr at the Berkeley

John Howie Jr. and Rosewood Bluff at Lincoln Theatre

Max Indian (last show) at Lincoln Theatre. Carter's outfit was very 1965 JV basketball coach. 

Birds of Avalon at Pour House. First time seeing them since Craig's departure. I like the fact that they're all singing now and didn't hire another lead singer. 

And Best Coast at Pour House. Too crowded to get a good photo. Definitely the buzz band of the night. My VIP wristband came in handy!

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Hopscotch Night 1: Cannabis Corpse

The Mac is choking on having to upload seven videos at once, so I'm going to put up this one, head downtown for some day shows, then finish up this evening. Right now it's telling me that the Birds of Avalon video will take another seven hours to upload, so you may not see that one until tomorrow. 

Richmond's Cannabis Corpse at Slim's was my final stop of the night. I didn't know a whole lot about them, but I mostly trust Hank's opinion (he curated the show), and I had read this hilarious interview with singer Andy Horn on Invisible Oranges. They did not disappoint. I think I got a contact buzz just listening to them. Last show of the night, and the best in my opinion. Planning to download some of their stuff today, and will definitely check them out again.

 But wouldn't you know, my memory card ran out midway through recording their first song. Here's that partial video, plus some photos I got on my phone. These were ones I took just messing around with the Retro Camera app, and believe it or not, they came out better than the regular phone cam photos! 

Here are more photos from the entire night. 

Quickie update from Wednesday's pre-Hopscotch party

Trying to get out the door for night one of Hopscotch (1st stop: the VIP party at Sheraton) but wanted to put up some videos and photos from last night. Here's the lowdown: Caught a good bit of Valient Thorr (had to work today) who were totally on it, thought Howl were amazing, and ended up liking Junius, even if they had to grow on me a bit. Will update these videos with details later. I like how I managed to only get Valient Himself in the above photo. Looks like he's rockin all by himself onstage. I was very glad for Junius' dramatic stage lighting because it made it easier to take photos of them.


See more photos here.

Covering the shows

OK, I'll be tweeting from the shows, starting tonight with Valient Thorr and Howl at Kings, then posting photos and video the next day. I haven't used the Incredible's video feature, so I might try it tonight. So far haven't been impressed with the camera, but I will try to post a few photos anyway. Follow me on Twitter here! See you out tonight!