Dadfag
Vinyl release party!! On Scenic Abuse , the San Francisco, CA trio, Dadfag strive for a straight up No-Wave ethic full of driving bass, with just the right guitar noise assault. Scenic Abuse presents the right marriage between blistering guitars with very precise minimal noise and frenetic 50s acid Jazz -laden vocals. Dadfag sounds like a streamlined version of NY City’s iconic duo, God Is My Co-Pilot, working to be a moodier version of Bush Tetras. The album opens with the Glenn Branca –esques track “Interrogation” and then swoons into 12 pure tracks of solid Lydia-Lunch-inpired gold. Dadfag includes Eva Hanan, Danielle Benson and Alan Mikinis. The slow blistering track, “Water” is the most memorable track on the album, which showcases Dadfag’s anger, beauty and passion at their height. All together, Scenic Abuse is a dark, swirling frenzy that makes the listener continuously beg for more. It’s the perfect escape from the average Run-of –the mill post-punk ethic, delving more into art and visions. Scenic Abuse is the perfect Saturday night album. -Gary S. Angelo

Baths
From the ashes of the late, lamented Tea Elles comes the new band called Baths. Shimmering, submersive, serrated drone pop with unstoppable hooks. Don't miss.

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Clipd Beaks
With an aesthetic that ranges all over the sonic map, hitting rhythmic postpunk and layered psychedelic drone, Oakland trio Clipd Beaks can be difficult to pigeonhole. Not that journalists haven't tried, sometimes with rather inaccurate results — giving the band such creative tags as "electro-disco noiseniks."

Singer and guitarist Nick Barbeln says getting lumped in with the electronica crowd has been a mixed bag. "It's frustrating to be classified as disco/dance/what have you," he explains at his Piedmont neighborhood apartment, where he's joined by drummer Ray Benjamin and bassist Scott Ecklein. "But at the same time, it gave us an opportunity to be sort of a new kind of proto-rock band. It seemed to illuminate how we work with samplers and effects along with our instruments."

No doubt part of the reason for the misclassification is that Clipd Beaks released their 2006 Preyers EP on local avant-tronic label Tigerbeat 6. But Preyers leaned more in an ominous rock direction — in the vein of England's Factory Records roster — than technoland. However, the band never maintains the same sound for long. Its 2008 Hoarse Lords album on New York label Lovepump United was a more abrasive, No Wave affair. Clipd Beaks' new album, To Realize, is a return to the ambient atmospheres of early recordings, albeit more song-oriented and densely complex. [Their new album] 'To Realize' is a leap forward for the group." - Mike Rowell, SF Weekly

Late Young
Late Young exist as a vessel prodding the laws [or freedoms] available to the traditional holy trinity of guitar, bass, & drums. With an interest to bridge the not so distant gaps between all sounds vast, heavy, propulsive, ambient & otherwise, the SF triplet asks what "pop" or "power trio" or "mind trip" may or may not mean. Hailing the triumph of being alive each day, turning the astral mack to 11, & taking the power back, the vibe is empowerment. If anchors are your sort of thing, some inspiration: Evening Star, Karp s/t, Ride ep's, Lesson no.1 & Symphonies... (bio)

White Cloud

The Donkeys
The Donkeys self-titled debut is an instant classic. We know you’ve heard this sort of hyperbolic crap before and it’s usually a total letdown. We at Antenna Farm can’t change the past but we can guarantee the supreme ruling-ness of The Donkeys. They hail from San Diego and if you need credentials they’ve played as the backing band for both Casiotone For The Painfully Alone and Cass McCombs. That alone should give you an idea of their range. These dudes draw a line from classics like The Velvet Underground, Curtis Mayfield and Television to The Kingsbury Manx, Of Montreal and The Radar Bros.

The Donkeys debut album covers a stupefying amount of musical territory in the span of 40 minutes. From the fuzzed out psychedelics of “She’s A Wolf” and “No Need For Oxygen,” to the country-rock of “Come On Virginia” and “Blood Hill,” to the indie-pop of “In The Morning” and “Black Cat,” these boys don’t care about distinctions of pop music, and after a listen, you won’t either.

Recorded throughout 2005 by Jason Quever (Papercuts) at his Pan American Recording Studio, The Donkeys is a timeless collection of American popular music. That is, if your definition of pop music goes all the way from Blind Willie McTell to Pavement. (bio)

The Parson Red Heads
"Indeed, the Parson’s debut has the feel of a bright blue summer day melting into a cotton-candy pink twilight—11 songs and 45 minutes of Byrdsian jangle, super ball bouncy bass lines, stone-washed four-piece harmonies, and the occasional drowsy slide guitar lick. It’s the ideal soundtrack to a lazy afternoon cookout, with filets and BBQ-sauce smothered chicken breasts on the grill, a Corona with lime tucked into your palm.

Parson’s make no secret about trying to build upon the city’s laid-back legacy, relentlessly channeling the spirit of the Byrds, CSNY, and Gram Parsons. Indeed the album chugs along so velvet-soft and painless that its show-stopper, “Full Moon,” (a centerpiece of the band’s dynamic live show) creeps up on you with its graveyard lyrics, serpentine Zombies keyboards, and twisting miasma of psychedelic guitars." - Stylus Magazine

Social Studies
"Haunting organ sounds and joyful keyboard lines, placid female vocals and exuberant group shout-alongs, catchy pop choruses and extended lists of historical figures, garage rock and Appalachian acoustic guitar playing. Pop fans with a sense of humor and a not-so-secret history of nerdy tendencies will not be disappointed." - The Owl Mag

The Burning of Rome

Oh Captain, My Captain
Portland's Oh Captain My Captain “evoke three different branches of the pop family tree- the Beatles, Queen and Radiohead." - Willamette Week

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Apache
"The '70s gave birth to rock genres like glam, power pop and punk - with which Apache is clearly acquainted. Rather than merely mimicking the sounds of the past, this band has truly embraced what was brilliant and fascinating about that era of music and fueled it with new energy and the wisdom of knowing when something was done right the first time around." - SF Chronicle, 96 Hours

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Hollow Earth