Save the Date : FEBRUARY 7

WILD WILD WETS is returning to San Francisco on February 7th!! The band throws down loud garage rock and roll with post punk and psychedelic flavors--particularly during live shows when it has a projection artist lighting the entire stage, so come out next month for the wettest show you will ever experience. Until then, check out Wild Wild Wets' track "Realized Into Redwood" over at the band's bandcamp page.

The band will be blowing up Thee Parkside along with The Spyrals, Barbarian and Nectarine Pie. Let's make these San Diegans feel at home. Come out and support California homegrown music!

[EDIT]: Ty Segall must be a robot

After releasing three albums last year, Ty ushered in 2013 with a brand new project appropriately titled Fuzz, along with Charles Moothart. The two musicians are set to play one of their first shows together at The Fillmore on January 18th--a supreme day for music in the city considering [EDIT:] Tycho [NOT Thee Oh Sees] and FIDLAR are playing The Independent and Amoeba/Bottom of the Hill, respectively, the same night. What to do, what to do...?

Maybe this will help you decide:

Moon Duo returns home

flyer by Celeste Byers

The San Francisco locals of Moon Duo are returning home to the city tomorrow night! Along with keyboardist Sanae Yamada, Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson weaves other-worldly space rock through familiar lo-fi fuzZz to create a neo-psychedelic sound that's both sinister and charming at the same time. So head over to Bottom of the Hill tomorrow night and be ready to have your senses stimulated. In the meantime, check out Moon Duo's music video for "Sleepwalker." Its definitely worth sharing again.

FIDLAR at/versus The Fillmore: Why was no one stoked?

Lead vocalist/guitarist Zac Carper crowd surfing. Notice: stoked people on the right, not stoked people on the left. Photos by Bryan Banducci.

Last week I saw FIDLAR for the fourth time this year, and the band's show at the Fillmore was by far the most tame affair yet. Why? I blame The Fillmore, Delta Spirit and Delta Spirit's shitty fans. Just kidding. Kind of.

Click HERE to read my breakdown of the show over at the eventseekr blog!

Emily and Me after the 30 minutes set. So Stoked.

Moon Duo: Wooden Shjips' guitarist Ripley Johnson's side project!

Moon Duo is a San Francisco-based project featuring Ripley Johnson of the Wooden Shjips and Sanae Yamada. Armed only with a guitar and keyboard, the band creates krautrock-inspired psychedelic garage stuff that's dreamy and creepy at the same time. I like it, and if you like the fuzZz of the Wooden Shjips and a lo-fi aesthetic, I think you'll like it too.

Although the band created a light, expansive sound on its 2011 debut album Mazes, Moon duo offers much darker tones on its 2012 effort, Circles. Weighed down by a fair amount of reverb and processed guitar, the record is a product of the winter Moon Duo spent isolated in the Rocky Mountains. The band hasn't completely lost its buoyant energy though, as there is as much ridiculous charm packed into the album as there are sinister vibes. "Sleepwalker," the lead single and first track off of Circles, sets the tone for the entire album. The video is an absolute masterpiece. It makes me grin and grimace at the same time.

FIDLAR: album news and tour info!!

album art from FIDLAR's upcoming LP

One of my favorite live acts of the year has been the garage punk band FIDLAR. The four-piece band of misfits kills it during shows with its loud, abrasive, substance-inspired catalog of songs and always matches its audience's energy. So if you like whiskey and cheap beer, check out FIDLAR's US and European tour schedule to see if the bands stopping in your city. The tour tonight! So brace yourself, San Diego.

10-08 San Diego, CA - House of Blues **
10-09 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre **
10-10 Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre **
10-26 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo ^
10-31 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues %
11-01 Houston, TX - House of Blues %
11-02 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11-04 Dallas, TX - House of Blues +
11-08 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern +
11-09 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore +
11-12 Salt Lake City, UT - The Grand +
11-14 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
11-15 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant #
11-16 Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts #
11-17 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall #
11-19 Chicago, IL - House of Blues #
11-21 Cleveland, OH - Cambridge Room #
11-23 Phadelphia, PA - TLA #
11-27 New York, NY - Irving Plaza #
11-28 Boston, MA - House of Blues #
12-01 Paris, France - Espace B
12-02 Utrecht, Holland - Le Guess Who Festival
12-04 London, England - Dingwalls
12-06 Manchester, England - Soup Kitchen

** with the Hives
^ with Pangea, the Shrine and Meat Market
+ with Delta Spirit
# with Delta Spirit and JEFF the Brotherhood

FIDLAR's debut LP will be out in the States on January 22nd and on February 4th in the UK. Here's the leading track off the album-- "Cheap Beer" !!

The Bots.

Considering the heap of mass-produced pop stars at the forefront of mainstream music, it's nice to see a pair of young kids creating their own brand of music. The Bots is garage punk rock band made up of brothers Anaiah and Mikaiah Lei, who were respectively 9 and 12 when they started writing music together. With Mikaiah, now 19 years old, on guitar and lead vocals and 15 year old Anaiah on drums and backup vocals, the duo creates some snappy, blues-inspired music--good old-fashioned rock that reminds me of another sibling duo called The White Stripes. These Southern California dudes are spending the better half of 2012 touring the world, and they managed to do so without the "Disney" label slapped across their foreheads. Bravo! Check out their 2011 tune "Northern Lights," above!