ToniTE! LITTLE WINGS, SALT MINDS (w Mariee Sioux), MARK DAVID ASHWORTH & MURALISMO, & WILL SPROTT OF THE MUMLERS @ GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL

HELLO!

last minute reminder for tonight's show at the great american music hall!

if you're keeping track, it's the first official seaweedsway show there, & my first official collaboration w/ loving cup (justin davis). LITTLE WINGS, SALT MINDS, MARK DAVID ASHWORTH & MURALISMO, & WILL SPROTT OF THE MUMLERS + BOB THAYER OF RAD CLOUD DJ'ING -what???!!!

it should be a pretty mellow night overall; but you never know with these folks, little wings could break out a freestyle rap that will blow your mind & get you dancing like you never knew how. actually that is highly likely. important: doors are at 8, and will sprott of the mumlers starts at 8:30. he's so good that it's worth making an effort to be there for his set, seriously. & anyone who arrives before mark david ashworth & muralismo's set gets a free download of their latest album. see? we even have incentive items for early arrival! (they go second, so may as well catch will's set too, & enjoy the whole night). salt minds will be featuring sean kae of dearest, mariee sioux, & jeff manson tonight. they're one of my new favorites too. dance between sets to tunes spun by dj of the night bob thayer of rad cloud. the essential details are here: http://bit.ly/aug26rsvp & tix are here: http://www.gamhtickets.com/events/160694/Little%20Wings & hope you are there! oh, & this show is a good way to celebrate the end of mercury retrograde + the approach of the new moon! community event!

a list of lots o' september shows i'm helping with are below...

for those interested in yoga, i teach a weekly saturday gentle yoga class, 10:45am-12pm. it's only $10 to make it accessible to the community, & all levels are welcome...  this sunday will be the last restorative yoga class on that day/time, 6:30-8pm at the loft, also $10 & all levels. :) as it's switching to monday nights starting the 2nd week in september, 7:30-9pm. http://theloftsf.com

here are stories & pathways to songs for the bands playing tonight:

LITTLE WINGS
Little Wings was formed in San Luis Obisbo, CA, and the music of Little Wings carries the landscape of its place of origin like clouds carry water vapor, to release it in a myriad of forms over a changing landscape. Little wings is a project that revolves around frontman and songwriter Kyle Field, sometimes with drummer Adam Selzer, keyboardist Rob Kieswetter, bassist Mark Leece, and others. His debut album, Discover Worlds of Wonder , was released in 1999 by Walking Records and later in 2000 by K Records. It has been called "a dreamy, balladic tribute to the surreal aspects of the contemporary Californian landscape." Little Wings followed up this first release with The Wonder City and Wonderue to complete their Wonder Trilogy, consisting of three albums released on K and Knw-Yr-Own Records. In 2003, Little Wings released Harvest Joy , followed by Magic Wand in 2004 and Glow in 2005. He released Soft Pow'r in 2007. Kyle Field has played with the likes of Grandaddy, Lee Baggett, and Devendra Banhart, and is also a talented visual artist. A book of his drawings was published by the label Ahornfelder.
http://kyledraws.com
http://facebook.com/pages/Little-Wings/130230123665874

SALT MINDS
"Salt Minds Sounds like the last sequoia being turned into a tunnel through which to drive your car. Also it costs ten dollars every time you pass through the tree."
-Roger Waters
http://facebook.com/pages/Salt-Minds/130947443621991

MARK DAVID ASHWORTH & MURALISMO
http://markdavidashwroth.com
http://markdavidashworth.bandcamp.com
http://facebook.com/pages/Mark-David-Ashworth-Muralismo/166364723434353

WILL SPROTT of THE MUMLERS
http://themumlers.com
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ObmQ95akE-8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=q32QbVLgC1o
http://thebaybridged.com/2011/04/12/will-sprott-starry-plough

...SEPTEMBER SHOWS...

** = seaweedsway presents

Saturday Sept. 3rd
Tiny Home Album Release w/ Walking in Sunlight at the Yoga Loft**
7pm doors / 8pm show / no shoes please! (wear socks you like)
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108076155961954 - please rsvp so we know how many to expect (smaller space) & bring friends who are respectful of the space!

Tuesday Sept. 6th
Avi Buffalo, Wild Pack of Canaries, & You Are Plural (Olympia) + DJ Ted Bagel Radio @ Bottom of the Hill
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=261419623884118

Thursday Sept. 8th
Michael Musika, Yesway, & Ramon & Jessica at the Beatbox
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152439011502007

Friday Sept. 9th
YesWay, Passenger & Pilot, You Are Plural (Olympia), & Hanalei at Mama Buzz Cafe in OAKLAND**
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125129674249738

Sunday Sept. 18th
The Disposition, Morph Dwarf, & Uncle Rebel @ the Make-Out Room, SeaweedSway Showcase, Mission Creek Arts & MusicFestival co-presents**
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220455564639915

Wednesday Sept. 21st
Loving Cup Presents: The Blank Tapes, Chloe Makes Music, & Range of Light Wilderness @ the Great American Music Hall
http://theblanktapes.com

Thursday Sept. 22nd
Dominique Leone, Body Parts (LA), & 3 Leafs at Amnesia**, Mission Creek Arts & Music Festival co-presents
9pm
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142184825871908

Friday Sept. 23rd
Sonya Cotton Album Release w/ Kelly McFarling at the Community Music Center
http://sonyacotton.com

Thursday Sept. 29th
Sugar Candy Mountain, Ramon & Jessica, & Lone Valkyrie (Portland) at Amnesia**
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=104510939653965

....A FEW MORE THINGS....

PARLOUR TO PARLOUR: 
go on an adventure with Obo Martin! http://popdose.com/parlour-to-parlour-episode-32-obo-martin
interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giKHAhV4Zkw&feature=player_embedded
learn the inter-workings of Michael Musika's world! http://popdose.com/parlour-to-parlour-episode-31-michael-musika
while you're there, see past episodes of Anna Ash, Ash Reiter, The Beehavers, fpodbpod, & the Blank Tapes, and stay tuned for more of Michael Fortes' take on Bay Area Music in 2011.

CHASING THE MOON:
Chasing the Moon is a monthly music video podcast that is celebrated with a live show and screening of the new episode near the full moon each month. See past episodes of James Vincent McMorrow, Quinn DeVeaux, Thao & Mirah, Birds & Batteries, John Vanderslice, Sonya Cotton, Indianna Hale, Michael Musika, Silian Rail, Slow Motion Cowboys, Oona, Judgement Day, Lavay Smith, Foxtails Brigade, Steve Taylor, Kacey Johansing, TaughtMe, the Devotionals, Magic Leaves, Sea of Bees, Ever Isles, Sonny & the Sunsets, Gojogo, Brass Menazeri, Cuckoo Chaos (San Diego), & Matt Bauer. http://chasingthemoon.pdcst.com
SF WEEKLY SEAWEEDSWAY INTERVIEW: i'll be plugging this for awhile, skip if you've read it. :) emily savage of SF Weekly's All Shook Down music blog recently interviewed me about promoting shows for 7 years in the bay area with SeaweedSway. yay! THANKS emily & to all of you for being a part of it!
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/07/promoting_bands_in_sf_a_how-to.php 

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TONITE! DRESSES & PERHAPSY debut! SAINTSENECA & VIKESH KAPOOR on tour! midwest represent @ AMNESIA

TUESDAY AUGUST 23RD at AMNESIA, SEAWEEDSWAY PRESENTS: DRESSES Debut! with ERICA FINK, Bob Thayer of Rad Cloud, Sean Olmstead of FpodBpod, Indianna Hale, & Matt Adams of the Blank Tapes SAINTSENECA from Columbus, Ohio VIKESH KAPOOR from Pennsylvania & PERHAPSY's Debut! Derek Barber of Bells & Anna Ash's band 853 Valencia St. betw. 19th & 20th St. $5-7 at the door gets you into the show + a beaded necklace made by Erica! 9pm

RSVP/Invite Friends if you please: http://on.fb.me/aug23rsvp

POSTER BY ERICA FINK (DRESSES)

story of the night: the MidWest is well-represented with this show. Erica Fink, founder of DRESSES, is from Michigan - now located in the East Bay. She'll be joined by a supergroup line-up of Bob Thayer (Rad Cloud) on bass, Sean Olmstead (FpodBpod) on guitar, Indianna Hale on drums, & Matt Adams (the Blank Tapes) on shaker & percussion. She grew up listening to Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Rufus Wainwright, Lucinda Williams, & Gillian Welsh... whose influences she combines with a fun, whimsical, at times humorous & always honest & intriguing sense of music & life. In Erica's words: "Imagine a modest, two-bedroom home in West Virginia. There is a vegetable garden, one specifically placed sunflower and a kitschy ceramic duck peeping out behind a well-behaved shrub that lines the sidewalk to the front door. The door is dark red and decorated with a wooden, rustically painted "Home Sweet Home" sign. You are not home. You open the door, walk inside and find a family disco dancing on hand-made wooden tables in the living room. Barry White is playing on the family's out dated stereo system. The man of the household is belligerently singing into a vessel that could easily be mistaken for a miniature urn. He is singing to someone that isn't in the room. The daughters are lying on the floor, face down, pounding the dirty carpet with their feet, covering their ears while pleading with their father to turn down the music. They are embarrassed. The woman of the household frivolously pushes the furniture to the edges of the room as to make more room for the cartwheels she will inevitably incorporate into her disco-dance routine. The son, the youngest of the bunch, is fixated in a permanent headstand against the back wall of the living room. Each member of the family has a gentle disregard for the other. Barry White is on repeat and there is no end in sight. Dresses sits on the hill beside this home and patiently watches this curious situation unfold." http://soundcloud.com/dresses Dresses will be preceded by one of my new favorite bands, SAINTSENECA, who are touring through from Columbus, Ohio. Hear their new album - released last week - here! http://tunes.mamabirdrecordingco.com/ (Listen on repeat recommended.) I'm hearing a Modest Mouse sound, others hear Neutral Milk Hotel, and they seem to be kin of the Dovekins. Basically: “Foot-stomping psych folk of the highest order.” – yvynyl I may be biased cuz they're from Ohio (my homestate), but please come see 'em & decide for yourself. http://tunes.mamabirdrecordingco.com/ (new album streaming!) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Saintseneca/188015902193 http://paperbrigade.com/saintseneca-saintseneca http://paperbrigade.com/saintseneca-grey-flag (listen to the last song grey flag on repeat!) http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/video/saintseneca/beasts/ VIKESH KAPOOR hails from Pennsylvania - though he's on the west coast often now - recording in Portland, OR w/ producer Adam Selzer (who has also recorded favorites M.Ward, Langhorne Slim, the Decemberists, Jolie Holland). I'm hearing a Nick Drake meets Bob Dylan sound, & he's been compared to the great Woody Guthrie. In his traveling & touring, he has supported the likes of AA Bondy, Willy Mason, Tim Fite & The Felice Brothers. Preview: http://vimeo.com/21179857 http://vikeshkapoor.com/epk PERHAPSY is Derek Barber, who is opening the night (early arrival encouraged). He also happens to be from Ohio (Ohio represent!) & has landed in the East Bay now too (East Bay represent!). He regularly plays in new sensations BELLS & ANNA ASH's bands, but here we will finally get to hear his own sounds. In Derek's words: The name Perhapsy comes from an E E Cummings’s poem entitled “warped this perhapsy.” The particular poem is somewhat disjointed and filled with words that end abruptly, run together, and letters that capitalize at random intervals. Listening to the self-titled debut of Perhapsy, one could draw comparisons to Cummings’s poetic stylings. The short, mostly instrumental songs bring to life a genre filled with run-on fragments and songs layered by guitar harmonies — often quick in pace yet also cyclical in form and structure. Rarely do debuts like this evoke so much hope, but of course this isn’t Derek Barber’s first project. After spending several years playing guitar in The Winston Jazz Routine and Every Gentle Air, Barber continued writing and playing shows with a revolving cast in Ann Arbor, MI while persuing dual degrees in jazz guitar and English. After wrapping up his degree in music, he felt it was time to properly document the songs — booking studio time in the hometown of Mansfield, Ohio with the goal of making the very first record for Perhapsy (with the help of some old friends). Currently Barber is putting together new works in his new home of Berkeley, CA. While an attractive contributor to East Bay's own BELLS and Anna Ash projects, Barber continues to write under the Perhapsy moniker. This music, while performed in both solo and ensemble format, sees Barber experimenting beyond previous instrumental work and into the territory of looping guitar effects, rhythmic experiments, and a newfound embrace of singing. The result has even been called a kind of "post-post rock" yet not without intentional humor or quantified definition. Instead, there is a hope that Barber's music might not only reveal something about the artist previously unknown, but also help the listener by conceiving it with utmost honesty. http://myspace.com/perhapsy http://soundcloud.com/perhapsy you will be graded on how well you retain all of this info & recite it back. dresses are not mandatory for this show, but will be for the next. thanks & really hope to see you there! xo jessie ...a Seaweed Sway Presents production... encouraging community around music, yoga, & environmental happenings http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway http://seaweedsway.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/seaweed-sway (weekly email list of events)