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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Tonite! Emily Jane White, Helene Renaut Record Release, Ed Masuga @ Cafe du Nord! Friday: Matt Adams' Bday Party w/ Blank Tapes & Friends! Friday 3/18 Michael Musika Seance of Spells

Happy belated International Women's Day and Mardi Gras! ...Here are 3 upcoming events that SeaweedSway is presenting + a longer list of good shows + a few more news and announcements below that!... This list is meant to be passed on, please forward to friends who are looking for stuff to do or new music to check out and thanks as always for receiving these notices. :)

**Tonight! Wednesday: Hélène Renaut is releasing a real record, the Deer Convention! On vinyl! Emily Jane White and Ed Masuga will be playing too!! At Cafe du Nord. It's a very special night. Hélène's long-awaited album is being released as a limited edition vinyl w/ download card. Recorded by Jason Quever (Papercuts) & with a roster including Matt Montgomery (Adam Haworth Stevens), Donovan Quinn (Skygreen Leopard, 13th Month), Jasmyn Wong (Skygreen Leopards) & members of the Mumlers, you know you're in for a treat. Renaut will be backed by Joe Lewis on upright bass, Russ Blackmar on percussion, Chloe Roth on harmonies, and a mini string section featuring Carey Lamprecht and Deb Fox. Please purchase your ticket now at http://bit.ly/dunordtix!! Watch Hélène's Bumblebee video @ http://vimeo.com/20010598! ...Read a little more from the SF Weekly and The Bay Bridged.




*This Friday: it's Matt Adams' 30th Birthday Party w/ a bunch of favorites playing ~ the Blank Tapes, FpodBpod, Indianna Hale, Sleepy Todd, the Beehavers, and Childlike Divine ~ up in Mikey's attic (aka the Rusty Nail). Ooh gonna be so good & a nice sampling of music for your ears!! Sliding scale $5-10. Bring friends who like good music in cozy places. :)


*Friday March 18th: Michael Musika is finally releasing his novella and album, Spells, at the Rickshaw Stop. Also playing are the Brass Menazeri Brass Band and Toshio Hirano. A night of legends & serious sorcery. dj Zelijko will be closing the show w/ a dance party to continue the dance party. There is a beautiful flyer circulating, look around for one in the places you pass... and reserve your evening for this seance ceremony of the year! Oh yeah, and the Full Worm Moon is the next day, so we're releasing a new episode of Chasing the Moon - this time from Sonny & the Sunsets! Advance purchased tickets earn you extra appreciation & guaranteed entry: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/27191
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SeaweedSway Events
Below is a list of super-recommended shows. You can find the fuller list here: http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar (click "agenda" for a list version) or go here http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway for regular updates on cool events! 

March 9th - Wednesday - Tonight!!
Emily Jane White, Helene Renaut Record Release, and Ed Masuga at Cafe du Nord, SeaweedSway Presents! 
http://bit.ly/dunordtix

March 10th - Thursday
Wave Array and Ash Reiter Album Release w/ Buckeye Knoll @ Cafe du Nord
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187274924623093

March 11th - Friday

Matt Adams' 30th Bday Party @ the Rusty Nail w/ The Blank Tapes, FpodBpod, Indianna Hale, Sleepy Todd, the Beehavers, and Childlike Divine.
 $5-10. 843 Hayes St. Apt. C @ Fillmore. 8pm. As this is a house, please be courteous of the neighbors & do not hang out in the front + bring considerate friends. :) Drinks & snacks for sale, so bring some extra $$.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192203970802628

March 15th - Tuesday

The Beehavers, Sour Mash Hug Band, & Passenger and Pilot @ Bottom of the Hill

March 17th - Thursday
St. Patrick's Day Presents: The Barbary Ghosts & Shameless Seamus and the Aimless Amos's (Obo Martin's extra-Irish side project) at Amnesia
March 18th - Friday
Michael
 Musika Novella + Album Release seance w/ Brass Menazerie & Toshio Hirano + Sonny and the Sunsets' Chasing the Moon premier for the Full Moon at the Rickshaw Stop, SeaweedSway Presents! http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/27191
March 20th - Sunday
Audiafauna (Santa Cruz), Au Dunes / Graves (Portland), and Ariel Eisen (SF) + Jeremy Dalmas and The Absurdists @ the MakeOut Room, SeaweedSway Showcase!
 Early 7:30-11pm. $7.

March 25th - Saturday
An Evening of Experimental Americana w/ O'deathArann Harris & the Farm Band, and Helado Negro @ the Independent, Shelby Ash Presents
628 Divisadero, SF. 415-771-1421. 8:30 doors, 9pm show, $12, 21+. Show info: http://www.shelbyashpresents.net/independent/independent.html

April 8th - Friday
Buxter Hoot'n CD Release Show w/ Nick Jaina and Devotionals at Cafe du Nord
(Devotionals new video for Misericordia: http://vimeo.com/19547825)

also that night...
Woven Screening (Elia Vargas's film), Honeycomb and Ever Isles @ ATA

April 13th - Wednesday
Girls in Trouble, Jascha Hoffman, & poets in the Mission @ Viracocha
The Blank Tapes Album Release, Little Wings, Rad Cloud, Kacey Johansing @ the Great American Music Hall, Loving Cup Presents

April 17th - Sunday
SeaweedSway Showcase w/ Sabrina (pdx) @ the Make-Out Room!

May 7-8th - Saturday & Sunday
Fundraiser for Zambaleta - New Music Venue & School in the Mission - Presented by Joe Lewis - Lineup TBA soon!


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A few more things:


YOGA CLASSES Saturday & Sunday: I teach yoga classes weekly on Saturdays & Sundays at the Yoga Loft. Saturday is a Gentle Hatha class from 12:45-2pm and Sunday is a Restorative Class from 6:30-8pm. Each class is only $10! Check out http://theloftsf.com and http://seaweedswayyoga.blogspot.com for more details. I'd love to see you there! 321 divisadero st. @ page.
TINY ANTENNA HAVE LARGE RECEPTORS Radio Show: check out past and future episodes of Elia Vargas's show on Pirate Cat Radio - every Monday 6-8pm. He's been having lots of SeaweedSway bands - The Beehavers were 2 weeks ago, Helene Renaut was on this Monday, and Michael Musika is on next Monday. You can stream it live from anywhere and hear past shows at http://pcrcollective.org (new link). HOUSING LIST - post or sign up: if you're looking for housing in the sf bay, sign up to receive emails or browse recent posts at http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-housing / it's a google group i started to help pass along rooms for rent. please post any good room openings to looking-for-housing@googlegroups.com! JOB LIST - post or sign up: http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-jobs-in-sf-bay-area send me job announcements please!! this list is a little slow right now...

Devotionals have a new video out!! For the song "Misericordia". The song and video are beautiful and profound - filmed on and around the decay and expanse of the shores of the Salton Sea. the song features Tyson Vogel, Anton Patzner, & Lewis Patzner instrumentally - and the video also features Emily Ritz of Honeycomb. here is the link, please take it in & pass it around if you wish: http://vimeo.com/19547825  Catch them playing on Friday April 8th at Buxter Hoot'n's album release show (Nick Jaina plays too)!! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205318579483343

FpodBpod's Sean Olmstead was just interviewed by Popdose.com contributer Michael Fortes, on his music video-interview series, Parlour to Parlour. Each month, Fortes is peeking into artists' homes and creative processes to discover a bit of what's behind the songs and what makes them tick, this year focusing on a snippet of the Bay Area music scene, with lots of Seaweed Sway favorites. And this episode focuses on FpodBpod - rock and roll with a psychedelic soul. You can see Fortes' full FpodBpod musical report here: http://popdose.com/parlour-to-parlour-episode-27-fpodbpod/ and see a performance (w/ Joe Lewis on bass) of unreleased song "Annie": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TF6u5a7ONg Also check out last month's episode of the Blank Tapes, and stay tuned for future episodes! Thanks to Garrett Eaton for the awesome video footage. Catch them playing an acoustic-y set in Mikey's attic this Friday for Matt Adam's 30th birthday! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192203970802628

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Connect with Seaweed Sway in other realms:
Thank you for reading and participating in community events!! This is a weekly or so list of bay area music shows, with a few yoga and nature events mixed in. Please submit events in the format above a couple of weeks in advance to seaweedsway@gmail.com. Thank you!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Beth Custer Ensemble & CoV in Berkeley Tonite! New Devotionals Video & FpodBpod Interview! Emily Jane White & Helene Renaut Record Release Wed. @ Cafe du Nord!


Hello everyone & happy March!

Here are some fun news & event highlights, then please read on for the full event list!

Tonight, I'm singing in Conspiracy of Venus at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley and would love to see you there! We're opening for the talented, dynamic, funky, soulful Beth Custer Ensemble - doors at 7 and we sing at 8 sharp. Then we're singing 2 songs w/ BCE to close the night! The venue is only a block from the Downtown Berkeley BART, and as this is a rare East Bay show for us, we especially hope you can make it! http://bit.ly/custerconspiracyTIX

Devotionals have a new video out!! For the song "Misericordia". The song and video are beautiful and profound - filmed on and around the decay and expanse of the shores of the Salton Sea. the song features Tyson Vogel, Anton Patzner, & Lewis Patzner instrumentally - and the video also features Emily Ritz of Honeycomb. here is the link, please take it in & pass it around if you wish:http://vimeo.com/19547825

FpodBpod's Sean Olmstead was just interviewed by Popdose.com contributer Michael Fortes, on his music video-interview series, Parlour to Parlour. Each month, Fortes is peeking into artists' homes and creative processes to discover a bit of what's behind the songs and what makes them tick, this year focusing on a snippet of the Bay Area music scene, with lots of Seaweed Sway favorites. And this episode focuses on FpodBpod - rock and roll with a psychedelic soul. You can see Fortes' full FpodBpod musical report here: http://popdose.com/parlour-to-parlour-episode-27-fpodbpod/ and see a performance (w/ Joe Lewis on bass) of unreleased song "Annie": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TF6u5a7ONg Also check out last month's episode of the Blank Tapes, and stay tuned for future episodes! Thanks to Garrett Eaton for the awesome video footage.

Next Wednesday: Helene Renaut is releasing a real record, the Deer Convention! On vinyl! Emily Jane White and Ed Masuga will be playing too!! At Cafe du Nord. It's going to be a very special night.Hélène's long-awaited album is being released as a limited edition vinyl with download card. Recorded by Jason Quever (Papercuts) and with a roster including Matt Montgomery (Adam Haworth Stevens), Donovan Quinn (Skygreen Leopard, 13th Month), Jasmyn Wong (Skygreen Leopards) and members of the Mumlers, you know you're in for a treat. Get your tickets now at http://bit.ly/dunordtix and if you know anyone who dj's 60's/soul/mo-town/girl groups please have them get in touch!

Friday March 18th Michael Musika is finally releasing his novella and album at the Rickshaw Stop. Also playing are the Brass Menazeri Brass Band & Toshio Hirano. A night of legends. dj Zelijko will be closing the show. There is a beautiful flyer circulating, if you can help pass them out, please let me know... and mark your calendar (& your friends!) for this seance ceremony of the year! Oh yeah and it's right by the Full Moon, so we're releasing a new episode of Chasing the Moon - this time from Sonny & the Sunsets! Advance purchased tickets earn you extra karma points: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/27191

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SeaweedSway Events
Below is a list of super-recommended shows. You can find the fuller list here: http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar (click "agenda" for a list version) or go here http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway for regular updates on cool events! 

March 3rd - Thursday 
Beth Custer & Conspiracy of Venus @ Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. 
doors 7pm / we sing first at 8pm. then we close the night singing 2 songs w/ the Beth Custer Ensemble! http://bit.ly/custerconspiracytix

Little Wings Black Grass Album Release Show w/ live sets from Sandy's & Jeffrey Manson at Park Life. 220 Clement St. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200080976669888

Mark D. Ashworth, Bells, Nadia Shihab @ Kaleidoscope
March 4th - Friday 
Annie Bacon's Folk Opera w/ Maddy Streicek & Lea Grant @ Viracocha.

March 5th - Saturday 
Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo) & We is Shore Dedicated @ Amnesia.
 Doors 8pm / Stan goes 1st at 9pm. $20.

Spring Time Glowing Blue - range of light wilderness, sandy's, ever isles, & the garth hudson river in bolinas at Andrew's house. 5pm on.

March 9th - Wednesday
Emily Jane White, Helene Renaut Record Release, & Ed Masuga at Cafe du Nord, SeaweedSway Presents! 
http://bit.ly/dunordtix
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151494944904768

March 11th - Friday

Matt Adam's 30th Bday Party @ the Rusty Nail w/ The Blank Tapes, FpodBpod, Indianna Hale, Sleepy Todd, the Beehavers, & Childlike Divine.
 $5-10. Hayes @ Fillmore. 8pm.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192203970802628

March 15th - Tuesday

The Beehavers, Sour Mash Hug Band, & Passenger & Pilot @ Bottom of the Hill
March 18th - Friday
Michael
 Musika Novella-CD Release w/ Brass Menazerie & Toshio Hirano + Sonny & the Sunsets' Chasing the Moon premier for the Full Moon at the Rickshaw Stop, SeaweedSway Presents!http://rickshawstop.com
March 20th - Sunday
Audiafauna (Santa Cruz), Graves / Au Dunes (Portland), & Ariel Eisen (SF) @ MakeOut Room, SeaweedSway Showcase!
 Early 7:30-11pm. $7.
April 8th - Friday
Buxter Hoot'n CD Release Show w/ Devotionals at Cafe du Nord

Woven Screening (Elia Vargas's film), Honeycomb & Ever Isles @ ATA

Benefit Concert & Ocean-Themed Art Auction for Ocean Science Adventures at 111 Minna
Girls in Trouble, Jascha Hoffman, & poets in the Mission @ Viracocha
The Blank Tapes Album Release, Little Wings, Rad Cloud, & Kacey Johansing @ the Great American Music Hall, Loving Cup Presents

April 17th - Sunday
SeaweedSway Showcase @ the Make-Out Room!

May 7-8th - Saturday & Sunday 
Fundraiser for Zambaleta - New Music Venue & School in the Mission - Presented by Joe Lewis - Lineup TBA soon!

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A few more things:

YOGA CLASSES Saturday & Sunday: I teach yoga classes weekly on Saturdays & Sundays at the Yoga Loft. Saturday is a Gentle Hatha class from 12:45-2pm & Sunday is a Restorative Class from 6:30-8pm. Each class is only $10! Check out http://theloftsf.com & http://seaweedswayyoga.blogspot.com for more details. I'd love to see you there! 321 divisadero st. @ page.

TINY ANTENNA HAVE LARGE RECEPTORS Radio Show: check out past & future episodes of Elia Vargas's show on Pirate Cat Radio - every Monday 6-8pm. He's been having lots of SeaweedSway bands - The Beehavers were this week, Helene Renaut is next Monday, & Michael Musika is on the week after. You can stream it live from anywhere and hear past shows at http://pcrcollective.org/ (formerly http://piratecatradio.com)

HOUSING LIST - post or sign up: if you're looking for housing in the sf bay, sign up to receive emails or browse recent posts at http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-housing / it's a google group i started to help pass along rooms for rent. please post any good room openings to looking-for-housing@googlegroups.com!

JOB LIST - post or sign up: http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-jobs-in-sf-bay-area send me job announcements please!! this list is a little slow right now...

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Connect with Seaweed Sway in other realms:
Thank you for reading & participating in community events!! Please let me know if you are getting this twice or if you'd like to unsubscribe at any time! This is a weekly or so list of bay area music shows, with a few yoga & nature events mixed in.

Photo and Caption by Antonio Busiello from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/energizer/winners/2010/2/

Anacapa Arch

I took this picture of Anacapa Arch last November. Visibility is usually good during October and November at the Channel Islands but that day was incredible. It was a perfect day; calm water, strong sun, and great visibility. I also helped myself with the underwater strobe. 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Wed. 3/9: Emily Jane White, Helene Renaut Record Release, & Ed Masuga @ Cafe du Nord


Wednesday March 9th

SeaweedSway Presents:
EMILY JANE WHITE
HELENE RENAUT (Record Release!)
ED MASUGA
~at Cafe du Nord~

Address: 2170 Market St. SF, CA 94114
Time: 8:30pm doors / 9:30pm show
Press Inquiries, please contact: Jessie Woletz, seaweedsway@gmail.com


SeaweedSway is proud to present the record release show for Hélène Renaut's new album, The Deer Convention - at Cafe du Nord on Wednesday, March 9th - the line up will include local favorites Emily Jane White and Ed Masuga.

Hélène's long-awaited album is being released as a limited edition vinyl with download card. Recorded by Jason Quever (Papercuts) and with a roster including Matt Montgomery (Adam Haworth Stevens), Donovan Quinn (Skygreen Leopard, 13th Month), Jasmyn Wong (Skygreen Leopards) and members of the Mumlers, it is now available for review

- Feel free to view and share the video for the single "Bumblebee".


- Scroll down to read what the press had to say about Hélène's music and for a complete one-sheet.

The album is now available on Bandcamp, and is now on iTunes, as of today!

Please get in touch for interviews, press passes, photo passes, PR materials, or anything else.




******More Info About the Bands******


Co-headliner: Emily Jane White
Acclaimed dark folk-rock chanteuse Emily Jane White has just released her third album in Europe, Ode to Sentience, and is anticipating a release in the US. This will be her first Bay Area show since May 2010, a rare occasion to hear a preview of the new material.

Co-Headliner: Hélène Renaut - Record Release
This will be the record release show for local folk-pop musician 
Hélène Renaut. Recorded by Jason Quever (Papercuts) at PanAmerican Studios, The Deer Convention features guest appearances by Matt Montgomery (Adam Haworth Stevens), Donovan Quinn (Skygreen Leopards13th Month), Jasmyn Wong (Skygreen Leopards), members of The Mumlers, and Quever himself. The 12' limited edition vinyl, with a sweet cover designed by Simone Rubi (FeistKings of Convenience) comes with a download card, and will be made available at the show. A description of The Deer Convention and past quotes from the press for Hélène Renaut are below. 
Opener: Ed Masuga
Local favorite Ed Masuga is a self-described "finger-picking maniac; a folk and blues orchestra of beautiful clanks and calls". At two years old he saw his dad compete on the game show "Name That Tune," and though the appearance netted just a jukebox and a trip to Puerto Rico, Ed's future as a traveling musician had been fully inspired. Also a true dream-inducer songsmith.





More Info About HÉLÈNE RENAUT



NEW RECORD - THE DEER CONVENTION
by Jon Pruett

Somewhere on the coast of Northern California, whether amidst the watchful eyes of San Francisco's Mission District denizens or up the highway even further where the air is clearer, you'll find Hélène Renaut. Guitar in hand, she's hit up stages high and low and worked at carving out her own little corner in the world, preserving something otherwise intangible. 

Renaut is French by birth and that influence, that sound – that idea of the chanson is something that carries over distinctly into her own songwriting. She's married this with a hopeful, wistful air that is more akin to American folk - and still there's this hint of the sweet primroses from the British Isles. It's all one.

The Deer Convention is a pocket-sized valise carrying a dozen of Renaut's most expressionist sentiments. It's something she's carried with her for the past few years - honing, polishing, finding the ins and outs of the song and letting them all become part of the big fabric. They naturally found a recording home in PanAmerican Studios, helmed by Jason Quever (Papercuts), where  the album was captured almost nearly all live on tape, in one take. Additional help, flavor, and deep color was provided in parts by members of The Mumlers, as well as key individuals and friends Matt Montgomery (Adam Haworth Stephens), Jasmyn Wong, and Donovan Quinn (both Skygreen Leopards). The result is a lightly orchestrated, deeply personal world of acoustic guitars, strings, horns, upright bass and light drums - accented here and there by an electric guitar or glockenspiel line.

The Deer Convention fights in its own way against jaded sensibilities and rises up for the purity of songwriting. “Bumblebee” is pop song best appreciated among the wildflowers, while other tracks touch on the ease in which love can come (“To Be A Child”) or the difficulties when it doesn’t (“Wisdom Of the Dove”). There are moments within that switch up mysterious travelogues with the most subtle of backdrops - putting Renaut in the role of navigator ("February's Daughter") aided by an electric guitar lead that is akin to Richard Thompson's Fairport work  - but diffused, like a film in slow-motion. "The Way You Looked At Me" sounds as if you took your favorite song by The Shirelles and threw it in the ocean and waited for it to return - battered and beaten into a new natural form. Old forms give new forms. Similar words could be typed out for "Keep Your Garden Clean" - a spin on an Appalachian ballad, or “Orpheus” – where the Greek myth serves as metaphor for the uncertainty of love in our modern world.

If there’s a constant in her musical routes, it’s the forever and always influence of artists like The Beatles and Nick Drake – impeccable pop music but with introspection at every turn. Beyond that, Renaut cites the lyricism of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, the vocal work of '20s and ‘30s female jazz singers like the Boswell Sisters or Bessie Smith, Karen Dalton, Bert Jansch, Donovan, the Kinks, and the Zombies' lush harmonies as key chapters in her development.

Through all of this - through all of the lyrical mysteries, the spirited takes on girl group sounds, British folk, curious pop, and dusty avenues that haven't been given a permanent title yet, there is still Hélène Renaut at the center, spinning tales, playing guitar - singing her experience, making it ours. 

The Deer Convention will be made available on sweet, limited edition vinyl and will come with a download card for all of your new-fangled devices. 

PRESS QUOTES

"Hélène Renaut's simple tenderness evokes fellow Frenchwoman Françoise Hardy; her spare approach, Marissa Nadler. Complex acoustic guitar parts are trimmed with playful glockenspiel, trombone, and soft percussion. But what's most charming about the Brittany-born, San Francisco-based singer-songwriter is how she dresses up adult motifs in kid's attire."Bumblebee" finds Renaut grappling with crushing isolation through a blushingly cute chit-chat with a bee. The aching restlessness of "The Deer Convention" is hidden underneath her childlike wonder of golden light. Rather than showing the singer-songwriter circumventing grown-up crises, these songs offer the realization that adolescence can be damn fun, especially set against folk music that simultaneously makes you blush and squirm."

"The voice of Hélène is as lithe as a slowly moving could in the bright blue sky and her acoustic guitar playing is lulling and pure"

"Hélène Renaut sets this one on fire with "Bumblebee", providing all the intangibles that make French chanteuse-age so righteous when it works...a clean, full recording, simple and effective arrangements, and a voice to die for."

"The French pop splendour of Helene Renaut kicks off disc two in style, the sweet as honey "Bumblebee" oozing class."

"...delicate guitar melodies and charming ballads."

"...evokes early Floydians punting down the River Cam, albeit infused with La Francais... Superb summery sounds."

"...often recalls the broodingly ornate songs of Love's Arthur Lee spiced with just a little dash of Revolver-era John Lennon"

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