FIDLAR Interview

Check it out doods! My first contribution to The Bay Bridged, Interview: FIDLAR drops self-titled debut album and discusses the highs and lows of partying.

Words by me, shot and edited by Bryan Banducci on January 18, 2013 at Bottom of the Hill.

FIDLAR returns to Bottom of the Hill TONIGHT, w/ Pangea and SF locals, Meat Market

If you're in San Francisco tonight, get yourself and your friends to Bottom of the Hill. This is the best venue in the city to see FIDLAR, so don't fuck up. Come play! Doors at 8.30, music starts at 9.

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.

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!