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Goodbye bodacious party people
After 5 years of wild nights, broken guitar strings, strobe lights, and hella good music, we’re hanging up our dancing clogs and sunsetting the WillCall app.
Real talk, to you, the first at the WillCall doors. We want to give you guys a special shout-out for going above and beyond and making live music a lifestyle choice rather than just a hobby. You guys are the Garth to our Wayne. The macaroni to our cheese. The Peewee to our Herman. If it weren’t for your sweet music taste and Beyonce hair flips, we’d never have made it this far. #Fierce. Thanks for livin’ it up IRL on the dance floor with us and here’s to keeping the party rolling.
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Get your graveyard jams on. The Time Warp is now!
Indulgent end of year playlists, care of the WillCall massive.
KATIANA M.
You <3 these because... If you can listen to songs on repeat for almost a year and not get sick of them, thats a good sign.
Best live show of the year... Hands down R. Stevie Moore is the most insane show I've seen this year. Old man in nothing but pajama pants, rolling around on stage with a bottle of vino. My kind of human.
LAUREN K.
You <3 these because... This isn't in any real order here. I love all the songs equally. I suppose Twigs blew me away the most in 2014, mostly because she's always so shiny. And I have magpie tendencies.
Best live show of the year... Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Warfield. The old dudes get me every time.
MAI O.
You <3 these because... Well....
Best live show of the year: Old Gray at The Honey Hive Gallery 08/01/14.
STEPH L.
You <3 these because... I consider (most) of these songs contemplative electronic music, my fav vibe.
Best live show of the year... Ben Frost A U R O R A live. Because strobe overload transcendence.
VINCENT PEREZ
You <3 these because... No particular order, though have to say that Shut Up and Dance is the song I rock out to in my car, in my room, at the office, during church, eating a gluten free bagel...#loveit #yoloswagforjesus #yes #meow
Best live show of the year... Young the Giant. Fox Theater. AUH-MAZE-BALLS; I just want to meet their lighting designer and discuss gels.
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Bar Tab at Phono Del Sol!
The 4th Annual Phono Del Sol Music Festival brightens up San Francisco this weekend, and you're going.
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Wye Oak, Blackbird Blackbird, A Million Billion Dying Suns, and food trucks. So many food trucks.
Bar Tab will be fully enabled in the beer gardens, so you'll be able to charge drinks on your WillCall tab 'til your heart's content. Day drinkers, rejoice and be merry. See you there.
$25 tickets HERE.
Mid Year Review: Best of '14 (So Far)
Sure, we've only made it to July but that doesn't mean the first half of 2014 wasn't a doozy of a humdinger, packed to the hilt with top notch tunes from bands like Future Islands, Black Keys, and Mogwai, as well as heavy hitting summer singles from hot tamales like Beyonce, FKA Twigs, and St. Vincent. To help you sort though the huge mix of killer tracks out there, we've asked around the WillCall office and come up with this snazzy stack of songs to give you an idea of what we've been groovin' to since the year kicked off waaaay back in January (a million internet years ago). Blast this on ya boom box:
Fests on Fests on Fests
Festival season is upon us like glaze on a donut and we're ready to get sticky sweet with sweaty jams, outrageous outfits, food trucks, and the great outdoors. For those who wish to rave around the redwoods we have Northern Nights, daytrippers can get down with Monterey's First City Festival, and we city folk can find solace at SF's Phono Del Sol, right in the heart of Potrero Del Sol Park.
Big-ass blowout or intimate outdoor gathering, we've got your pick of festivals this summer and we've even got your pre-game playlists. Take a looksee + a listen below...
Phono Del Sol Though they may only have a 10 band lineup, being on the smaller side just makes this little fest all the more lovable. Taking up the whole of San Francisco's Potrero Del Sol Park with two stages, a marketplace of hipster must-haves, and a beer garden, we recommend you start staking out your perfect viewing location ASAP. The all-day, all-ages fun is sponsored by The Bay Bridged and Tiny Telephone. Bonus! Bar Tab is fully enabled in the beer gardens, so you can skip the ATM lines. Snag tickets here! Here's who's on:
Northern Nights Held in a grove of redwoods, near the sparkling swimming holes of the Eel River, just off highway 101; this is the fest for your granola crunching, electro freak, sustainable living, partying types. Vegan and gluten-free food options, yoga and craft classes, stand up comedy and wellness workshops, plus a bevy of sexy beats and smoking DJ sets as you make s'mores? Sounds like the organic craft beer drinking, hammock lounging, biodegradable, booty shaking event of the summer. Bonus! A portion of the proceeds from ticket and beverage sales are donated to the Medocino and Humboldt School Districts, non-profits, and local environmental groups. Snag tickets here! Here's who's on:
First City Festival Taking place in Monterey, California's first official capital city, this weekend of music, food, and fresh ocean breezes will relax and revive the most jaded, faded city slicker. For amongst the picturesque coastal setting the historic grounds feature a full on carnival complete with free and unlimited rides and games so kickin', so freaking cool, so crazy fun you might just forget to go see any of the bands play. Held on the same spot as The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, (the pioneering three-day rock festival that introduced America to the wonders of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Ravi Shankar, and Janis Joplin) there are three stages, not to mention a Vaudeville variety stage, local craft beers, wine, and fancy food vendors. Bonus! You can dig through the vinyl record collections of collectors and dealers at The Beat Swap Meet. Snag tickets here! Here's who's on:
This Week! Booka Shade, Bleached, STRFKR, & A Sold-Out Show We'll Release Tickets to Really Soon...
Summer is in full rage mode and we at WillCall have the tools to beat back the doldrums, escape the sun, and surrender to dance oblivion. Racking up shows on shows from the East to the West coast, we are spreading the love like fireflies in flight, fireworks in flames, and freaky-deaky twerk fests all over your face. So whether you're scrimping and saving every last minute of tan time or can barely handle the heat, this little playlist is chock full of talent to pull you up out of that hammock and onto the dance floor. Oh, and it also contains a hint — we'll release tickets to a sold-out SF show soon. Shhhh......
Come Watch The Universe Explode
Though the universe may reach back about fourteen billion years, San Francisco’s A Million Billion Dying Suns (AMBDS), the transcendent project of guitarist-singer-songwriter Nate Mercereau, is but two years in existence. Not yet upon their September full-length debut, the band is already a blazing beacon for psych-revival, based on their guitar blowouts, searing fuzz, and spacey barrels through the void. While we countdown to the Phono Del Sol Festival featuring AMBDS, we caught up with Nate to see where he gets the fuel for his philosophical fodder and a thing for Blink-182.
Q. Whereabouts in San Francisco do you call home? A. Different Fur Studios/Secret Studios/the Sunset
Q. Are you a native? A. I am from Poway, CA. I moved to San Francisco in 2006 and did most of my life learning here. Still do.
Q. When you started out, what kind of music were you making? A. Many different types. I played classical french horn in high school and college, wrote and recorded songs for multiple metal and hardcore bands. Had a couple joke bands mostly doing improvised noise. Played guitar in a swing band, had a jazz trio, it wasn't very serious just having fun.
Q. First show you played in the city? A. As AMBDS, The Showdown on 6th and Mission. First gig as a guitarist was at The Orchard Hotel with a jazz trio.
Q. Tell us about a time you played a non-traditional venue... A. Being from Poway, CA, there is a universal love and respect for Blink-182. So much so, that I played in a Blink-182 cover band for three years while they were broken up. We did a house show in an abandoned building next to a middle school and advertised it simply as Blink-182 House Show. Immediately got rolled by the cops. We left, came back two hours later, did the show, loved life.
Q. Transcendental rock music, eh? Recount a transcendental experience. A. Playing original music and improvising within that musical framework with your best friends is transcendental itself. Each time we play we're creating sound vibrations that have never been heard or felt before. We each are feeding each other through this particular musical framework. This is not a unique thing, a lot of bands do this, the thing is to realize that what's actually happening is amazing. The way we play is not strictly tied to the recordings. This freedom is what I consider truly transcendent about playing live music. Also mescaline.
Q. Big on books? Summarize an inspiring concept from literature or philosophy. A. There's a book called The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley. This book was huge for me because it takes various religions of the world and boils down their similar principles. It shows how they are all seeking the same thing: transcendence through the human condition. They all want to say in one way or another, that we will be OK. And no matter what you believe, you will be OK.
Q. What do you dig about Pharaoh Sanders’ The Creator Has a Master Plan? A. This is the ultimate transcendental jam. It's a half hour of tribal rhythms, otherworldly sax playing and singing, giving it all up to whatever "the creator" is. The master plan will continue with or without you. This song concept is both humbling and inspiring at the same time. It is vague enough to relate to any faith or lack of faith. It's a song of surrender and participation.
Q. And lastly, if you had a Bay Bridge billboard for your upcoming full-length debut, what would it say?
A. AMBDS. DEAL WITH IT.
Catch A Million Billion Dying Suns along with Wye Oak, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Nick Waterhouse, Blackbird Blackbird, White Fence, Yalls, Tony Molina, The Tambo Rays, and Bill Baird at the Phono Del Sol Festival Music Festival on July 12th! Get tickets here!
We Proud: The Very Best of SF Pride 2014
Scoop up your sequins, fix your feathers, and fly your rainbows high, Pride is creeping up like a tidal wave of wacky wardrobe choices and a whole lotta skin, sweat, and sin. If the thoughts of bears baring it all, buzzcut beauties slapping strangers with a smile, and any and every sort of sexual free for all get you salivating, then take a long look at our list of pride parties and lick your lips. We're gonna go so hard the gutters will be covered in glitter, glitter, and GLITTER 'til next June. Even more Pride in the app.
6/27 - Bearaccuda SF Gay Pride @ Public Works The wild things come out to play when DJ Hifi Sean brings London's underground dance scene to the hairiest, hunkiest, best groomed beards in the Bay Area. Prep for hot jets of man foam.
6/27 - Big Gay Birthday @ Mezzanine A little pre-Pride party that serves to celebrate SF’s 238th birthday in outrageous San Francisco style, with DJ sets by JD Samson (MEN, Le Tigre) and DJ Rapid Fire, a live performance by Double Duchess, drag performances by Honey Mahogany and Peaches Christ, featured cocktails, birthday suits, and general gluttonous revelry.
6/27 - Roger Sanchez @ Audio Hosted by Grammy winner and house music pioneer, Roger Sanchez, this boogie fest is brought to you by the very man whose first single "Luv Dancin" set the stage for your first foray into fanny packs, frottage, and the super shiny spandex obsession of the 1990s.
6/29 - Honey Soundsystem Pride: Discodromo @ Mighty Rounding out the weekend with an 8-hour romp is Honey Soundsystem's annual Pride Sunday, featuring: good loving vibes, vibrant multitudes of colors, and the italian stallions from Cocktail D'Amore records, DISCODROMO.
6/29 - Sunday MASS: Reuben Wu of Ladytron [DJ Set] @ The Chapel Preserving the sanctity of dance by providing revelers with soul cleansing, fresh to death electronic beats every week, the Pride edition of MASS is sparing no expense as they deliver the full venue experience, with three rooms of dancing, drinking, and spanking hot homoeroticism.
6/29 - Hard French Hears Los Homos IV @ Mezzanine Champions of genderqueer Bay Area weekends, Hard French is gearing up for another galvanizing get down with Midnight Magic, Hi Fashion, DJ CARNITA, DJ Brown Amy, DJ Beyondadoubt, 6 Parties in 6 Hours, Daddies Plastik, and an orgasmic feast of funk, disco, electro, and soul.
Uh Huh Her, What So Not, Lil Jon. Turn down for what now?
Summer is in full swing across the country and we've a bevy, a buttload, a full on cornucopia of fresh shows in our app to see you through to your weekend warrior ways. Whether you want to dance out the doldrums with Painted Palms, take it slow and sultry with Emily Wells, or are out to fight the law with Dead Kennedys you oughta fire up the app, we got shows on shows glistening like vine ripe tomatoes.
This week, though. Just listen...
This week's shows are looking so saucy, so spicy, and gosh darn so scrumptious that we just have to give you an early taste. We've got Alice Glass doing her DJ thing at 1015 Folsom in SF, Marnie Stern + Tweens cracking skulls at Rough Trade in NYC, and the double double punch of Blackbird Blackbird at King King in Hollywood. Start slurping it up now, and fire up the WillCall app to grab your tickets!
Buckle up, winos! We’re going to BottleRock.
If you’re as big a lush as some of us, then you’re probably already prepping for BottleRock 2014. Robert Smith, Andre 3000, Bradford Cox, and oodles of vino.
If you need us, you’ll find us dancing like lovecats and remembering a bygone era when LL Cool J still made videos featuring Rick Rubin, and Ed Kowalczyk sang songs about dolphins and lightning crashing.
And watching these bands...
FRIDAY!
1pm: Empires Fine young things.
3:45pm: Matisyahu Miss the beard, but we’re still enamored with the beats.
4:45pm: Hurray for the Riff Raff Don’t worry, it’s not THAT RiffRaff.
5:15pm: TV On The Radio Perfect excuse to howl at the moon. Arooo!
5:30pm: Robert DeLong Because you need a shoulder workout. (Hands in the air, anyone?)
7pm: Mayer Hawthorne Breakin’ hearts and gluing them back together.
7:30pm: The Cure Robert Smith is like goth deity. He continues to shine [um, dim?] dark vibes upon us.
10pm: Back At The Ranch Polishing off Napa’s finest, humming ‘Hey Jealousy’ out loud, and hopefully discussing the fact that TV on the Radio is still one of Brooklyn’s best live bands. SATURDAY!
2:30pm: The Soft White Sixties One of our favorite local bands.
3pm: No Age They’ll make you want to start a 2-piece band and spend way too much money on distortion pedals.
4-6pm: Blocked out for wine drinking Because Napa.
6pm: Weezer Too epic for words guys. We have no words.
6:15pm: De La Soul It’s just Me, Myself, and… wine!
8pm: Outkast They’re our kind of prototype. SUNDAY!
Sleep in today. Because wine.
1:15pm: Thee Oh Sees Guitars strapped up high are our jam. It would also be un-San Franciscan of us to miss this set. Welcome home!
2:45pm: Spin Doctors Just go ahead now.
3:30pm: Keep Shelly In Athens A haze of kaleidoscopic beats.
4:45pm: Mexican Institute of Sound Pride from our brothers south of the border.
6:30pm: LL Cool J Camcorder and the whole shit (press rewind).
6:45pm: The Black Angels Austin Psych Fest comes to Napa.
8:15pm: Deerhunter If you haven’t seen Bradford Cox live, shame on you. Rectify this immediately.
10pm: So long Napa, we’re heading back to the baaaaaaay.
Listen to this playlist we cobbled together. It features all of these stunners!
Full Bottle Rock 2014 schedule here.
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Get Ready For The Rise Of Dawn Golden
Dawn Golden's self-proclaimed sad bangers are emotionally evocative looks into the mind of their creator Dexter Tortoriello. As half of the ambitious ambient duo Houses, Tortoriello is no stranger to the electronic scene but his Dawn Golden project marks a descent into his own musical realm. To prepare for his headlining spot at Saturday's WillCall Presents show, we spoke with him about his recently released album 'Still Life,' his happenchance relationship with Diplo, and the occult origins of Dawn Golden's otherwise adorable name. Read on.
Q. Your music seems very introspective. Are your songs a reflection of events in your life?
A. Dawn Golden is very much an extension of myself and my past. I use it as a drainpipe for a lot of things. I don't have insurance, and I can't afford a therapist anymore.
Q. We hear the name Dawn Golden has some interesting connotations to it. Can you explain the origin of your band name?
A. Originally it was meant as a homage to The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, which was an occult organization in the early 1900s. I got really into reading about it, and I'm a fairly big fan of Aleister Crowley, so I was excited to see that if you just swapped the words, it turns into a girl's name, and I always liked girls' names especially when they sound as nice as Dawn Golden sounds.
Q. Tell us about your relationship with Diplo and Mad Decent Records. How did you get their attention?
A. I think some writer from Impose Magazine tweeted Diplo a link to my Bandcamp page. He sent me a Myspace message later that night that I didn't see for a few days. I was really scared to sign with them, as they just don't really put out stuff that sounds like what I do. I called him one night and interrogated him about why he was signing me. His response was that, in all honesty, I shouldn't sign with them because I don't need a label, and I should only do it if I wanted to build something with him. I signed the contract the next day.
Q. If you could have any artist cover one of your songs, what song and what artist would you like to see take a swing at your track?
A. I'd like to see Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel do a cover of anything that I've ever written. He was my entire reason for starting to make music in the first place.
Q. Your new album ‘Still Life’ is about to drop. We're super pumped to hear it! What can you tell us about the new record in the meantime?
A. If I had to give it any preface, I guess I would say that I spent three years writing and recording it, and in that time my life changed in so many ways, both good and bad. I put everything I have into it, and so there's not much to say other than that I hope people can identify with it and recognize a part of themselves in it.
Q. So you used to be into death metal right? Who were some of your favorite bands? How did that love influence your music?
A. Yes! I was really into a lot of the entry level stuff like Deicide and Cannibal Corpse and Slayer (though they're more speed metal). My favorite metal band growing up was Neurosis though. 'Through Silver in Blood' changed my life.
Q. At WillCall we tend to get pretty excited about new music. Who are some of your favorite new artists?
A. There's so much good music out right now if you look for it. My current favorites right now are Florist, Metome, Nothing, Ricky Eat Acid, Ryan Hemsworth, and pretty much anything on the Odd Castles blog.
Catch Dawn Golden with Robot Science and Ducktails this Saturday May 17th at Neck Of The Woods. Get tickets here: getwillcall.com/woohoo
Study Up On Your Robot Science
You already know Charlie Yin. He's graced the WillCall stage before under the moniker Giraffage, his immaculately seductive main project. On Saturday he's set to tear down Neck of the Woods with his first-ever performance as Robot Science. We got a hold of him to talk about important matters like video games and zero-gravity venues. Check it.
Q. So Robot Science is the side project to Giraffage, how do those two projects influence each other?
A. There’s some crossover but Robot Science is much more minimalistic/happy/cute. I don’t really write too much for Robot Science anymore now that I’m focusing on Giraffage but I would love to soon once my schedule frees up a bit.
Q. Your tracks remind us of some sort of awesome video game. If you could make the soundtrack to any game which would you choose?
A. I would love to make a soundtrack for a Chrono Trigger-esque RPG game
Q. How do you come up with such fun beats? They make us want to dance like maniacs!
A. I sit down at my laptop and then press a few buttons here and there, occasionally moving some sliders.
Q. As a Californian musician, how do you see the area’s scene changing?
A. I don’t really keep track with California’s scene, I’m just on the Internet a lot and you can post music from anywhere on the Internet. I think as a whole, geography-specific scenes will start becoming less relevant than Internet-clique type scenes.
Q. What would be your dream venue? Madison Square Garden? The moon?
A. The moon for sure, would love to play a zero gravity show. Catch Robot Science with Dawn Golden and Ducktails this Saturday May 17th at Neck Of The Woods. Get tickets here: getwillcall.com/woohoo
For Yo Mama
This one goes out to all the ladies with babies, the mamas, the grandmamas, the great grannies, and anybody brave enough to go and give the painful gift of life. This May 11th we celebrate the women whose wombs we came crying and screaming like a fury from, with 20 some songs that remind us of them. Whatever your opinion on the policies of parenthood, you gotta give it up for your mom. Who else would carry you around 24/7 for 40 full weeks?