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[alanlicht]

West coast tour for Havens starts this week! All solo sets

Thur 11/14 San Diego house show with Charles Curtis tix

Fri 11/15 Los Angeles 2220 Arts with Byron Westbrook and Shelley Burgon tix

Sat 11/16 Sacramento house with Old Million Eye RSVP to bcfaulkner@yahoo.com

Sunday 11/17 Oakland Thee Stork Club with Sharkiface tix

Monday 11/18 Arcata CA Miniplex at Richard's Goat Tavern with Meg Baird tix

Tues 11/19 Portland Turn Turn Turn with Ilyas Ahmed & Matt Carlson, Bob & Lila tix at door only

Wed 11/20 Seattle Wayward Music Series at Good Shepherd Chapel tix at door only

[black5design]

Inside a Vanagon. Vaxxines punk tour van parked in front of Thee Stork Club, Oakland. Project from Illustration class.

[jdsoundbite]

West Coast Shows Next Weekend

I’m looking forward to visiting California next weekend to play a few shows backed my pals Eli and Andrew from the band LAKE. Nic Hessler opens the LA show on Saturday, January 13th at Permanent Records Roadhouse. Suver opens the Oakland show on Sunday, January 14th at Thee Stork Club in Oakland. We will be playing most of the songs from our new album Love in the Time of Capital, as well as one…

[thehappywun]

My audio recording of the Smashing Times set from Thee Stork Club a couple weeks back, appearing with Violent Change (forthcoming), Now (posted), and Mister Baby (MIA)...

[georgethechen]

Zum celebrates its 25th anniversary as a record label with a series of shows on the West Coast. On Saturday, Dec 2, Oakland California’s renovated Thee Stork Club will host the Bay Area return of GROWING after thirteen years away! 

They will be joined by synth-doom act My Heart, an Inverted Flame, New York’s Somnambulists (solo project of Warren Ng), and Marshall Trammell & Paul Costuros Duo). DJ Melanie Marie will also be spinning and providing live visuals.

The New York/Olympia duo GROWING has a storied history of releases on Kranky and Silver Current and recent live and recorded collaborations with acclaimed harpist Mary Lattimore. GROWING released a CD EP with Zum in 2005 (a split with Mark Evan Burden) and contributed a track to the recent Zum Audio Volume 5 double-CD compilation. 

My Heart, an Inverted Flame played their second-ever show (their first was a 2022 Zum showcase at Noise Pop) after a few years of recording for Zum and Deathbomb Arc. The San Francisco/Ashland, Oregon duo delivers heavy doom drones using only synthesizers and percussion. Members Andee Connors (A Minor Forest, Common Eider, King Eider, aQuarius Records) and Marc Kate (I Am Spoonbender, Driftloss) also released a collaboration single with viral TikTok star Banshee. The Wire magazine called them “Stars of the Lid with a bad fucking attitude.”

Marshall Trammell (Music Research Strategies) & Paul Costuros are longtime Bay Area improvisers who convened for Trammell’s six-month residency at The San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum “For Friends” ending in early 2022. Their first recorded material as this Duo is documented in the track “Blue Cube” on Zum Audio Vol. 5. Trammell has toured extensively co-founder and former percussion of the Oakland-based Black Spirituals and currently as solo performer Music Research Strategies or the percussion in In Defense of Memory and White People Killed Them. Costuros has been in the projects Total Shutdown, Death Sentence: Panda!, The Fisticuffs Bluff, Murder Murder, and Burmese.

Somnambulists is Brooklyn-based Warren Ng. He has released solo material under the moniker Somnambulists and in the group This Invitation. Ng has been involved in collaborative film + live score performance works presented at experimental film festivals and exhibitions in New York and San Francisco including an expanded cinema series co-presented by the Microscope Gallery & The Whitney Museum (2016); Mono No Aware IX and X (2015 & 2016); and the SF Cinematheque's Crossroads 2016 & 2018 (presented at the SFMOMA). He has performed at Che Chen’s (75 Dollar Bill) Fire Over Heaven concert series in New York and this is his first appearance back in Oakland since 2019. This show will also be the album release for the new Somnambulists cassette Ascending Planes on Zum.

DJ Bio:

Melanie Marie is a visual artist and creative coder based in Oakland. Initially working with installations centered around Macintosh SE & SE/30 computers, she is now primarily focused on live coding visual synthesis in collaboration with live musicians. Melanie is a host of Transformations Radio and Beloved Radio. Her work and music sets focus on the relationships between music and imagery.

ZUM BIO:

Siblings Yvonne (Xiu Xiu) and George Chen (Common Eider, King Eider, KIT) launched the Zum Audio compilation series (including acts like Duster, Modest Mouse, Deerhoof, Yellow Swans, Zach Hill) in 1998. Over the ensuing decades, the label has released indie emo pioneers Nuzzle, Canadian noiseniks AIDS Wolf, and even Chen’s own stand-up comedy EP.

To mark this anniversary, the latest Zum Audio Vol 5 was released in a double CD format as well as on digital. George Chen set out to survey present-day experimental electronics, drones, hardcore, and mutant pop.

LINKS

ZUM - linktr.ee/zumaudio

GROWING -https://growing-music.bandcamp.com

Marshall Trammell -https://www.musicresearchstrategies.info

Paul Costuros -https://www.discogs.com/artist/310473-Paul-Costuros

Somnambulists -somnambulistsmusic.bandcamp.com

My Heart, an Inverted Flame -https://myheartaninvertedflame.com

Melanie Marie -https://projectvisualsensation.com

[slovenlyrecordings]

Can’t make it to Virginia City to catch Subsonics with Billy Childish and Th' Losin Streaks? Well you have two more very rare opportunities to witness this peerless ATL powerhouse with shows in Oakland at Thee Stork Club (July 15) and San Francisco at Bottom of the Hill (July 16), and we couldn’t be more gassed to bring their haywire boom-shang-a-lang to the Bay Area.

Subsonics self-titled album from 1991 and 2nd album “Good Violence” get their first every vinyl treatments this fall on Slovenly Recordings. Come out and help us celebrate this landmark occasion in advance of release!

[vyva-melinkolya]

Vyva Melinkolya, Thee Stork Club, Oakland CA

[gayverlyearp]

Thee Stork Club, Oakland

[webuiltthiscity]

Upcoming Shows - Dec. 2024

Dec. 15 - Social Distortion at the Fillmore

Dec. 16 - Christopher Owens at the Chapel

Dec. 18 - Bad Tiger at Thee Stork Club in Oakland

Dec. 19 - Fishbone at the Great American Music Hall

Dec. 16-17 - X at the Cornerstone Brewery in Berkeley

Dec. 20 - Fear at the Regency Grand Ballroom

Dec. 21 - Digable Planets at the Warfield

Dec. 30-31 - Primus at the Fox Theater in Oakland

Dec. 31 - Luna at the Rickshaw Stop

Jan. 10 - Bad Bad Hats at the Bottom of the Hill

Jan. 10-11 - English Beat at the Cornerstone Brewery in Berkeley

Jan. 10 - Chime School at the Kilowatt

Jan. 15-16 Frank Black at the Fillmore

Jan. 20 - Alan Sparhawk at the Great American Music Hall

Jan. 25 - Windows95man at August Hall

Jan. 25-26 - Ani DiFranco at the Fillmore

Jan. 31 - Foster the People at the Fox Theater in Oakland

Feb. 1 - Foster the People at the Fox Theater in Oakland

Feb. 6 - Bright Eyes at the Fox Theater in Oakland

Feb. 7 - Porridge Radio at the Chapel

Feb. 8 - Cursive at August Hall

Feb. 13 - John Doe at the Ivy Room in Albany

Feb. 14 - Guster at the Fox Theater in Oakland

Feb. 17 - Mount Eerie at the Great American Music Hall

Feb. 17-18 - MJ Lenderman at the Independent

Feb. 20 - Wallace at the Independent

Feb. 21 - Geographer at August Hall

Feb. 22 - Les Savy Fav at the Great American Music Hall

Feb. 28 - Soccer Mommy at the Fillmore

Mar 5 - The Devil Makes Three at the Rickshaw Stop

Mar. 8 - Flipturn at the Fox Theater in Oakland

Mar. 17 - Pom Pom Squad at the Rickshaw Stop

Mar. 21 - The Linda Lindas at the Fillmore

Mar. 23 - Great Grandpa at the Rickshaw Stop

Mar. 24 - Snow Patrol at the Fox Theater in Oakland

Mar. 26 - Kim Deal at the Fillmore Mar. 28 - Franz Ferdinand at the Warfield

Apr. 1 - Hovvdy at the Independent

Apr. 2 - Pom Poko at Brick & Mortar Music Hall

Apr. 4 - Rubblebucket at August Hall

Apr. 4 - Spelling at the Great American Music Hall

Apr. 5 - Wheatus at the Bottom of the Hill

Apr. 9 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the Independent

Apr. 10 - The Avett Brothers at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 

Apr. 18 - Laura Jane Grace at the Cornerstone Brewery in Berkeley

Apr. 19 - Pansy Division at the Bottom of the Hill

Apr. 26-27 - Camper Van Beethoven at the Fillmore

May 9-10 - They Might be Giants at the Fillmore

May 9-13 - Yo La Tengo at the Chapel

May 14 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

May 14 - Justice at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

May 16 - Jack White at the Fox Theater in Oakland

May 19-20 - Panda Bear at the Chapel

May 23 - Gang of Four at the Chapel

May 27 - Cheekface at the Independent

June 6 - The Wedding Present at the Chapel

June 15 - OMD at the Fox Theater in Oakland

June 17 - Elvis Costello at the Masonic

July 21 - Ben Kweller at the Independent

July 30 - The Mekons at the Great American Music Hall

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thee stork club, oakland ca

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[deadly-nightshade]

Hulder @ Thee Stork Club / The Decibel Tour 2024 (Oakland)

[alanlicht]

Havens live at Thee Stork Club, Oakland November 17 2024

Good video of "Havens" live, one of my favorite performances from the fall 2024 west coast tour

[chrisryanspeaks]

Lightheaded's Debut Album 'Combustible Gems': A Fresh Take on Classic Pop

Lightheaded is a standout pop group. Their music is rich with melodious tunes and harmonious arrangements that strike a balance between sweet and poignant, both familiar and innovative. Their sound is characterized by the delightful blend of Sara Abdlebarry's dynamic and artful lead guitar on a Gretsch, complemented by the bell-like tones of Stephen Stec's Rickenbacker, all grounded by Cynthia Rickenbach’s Hofner Violin bass, reminiscent of the bass tones on Michel Polnareff's debut album. Cynthia and Stephen craft pop songs with a timeless appeal, drawing from a deep appreciation of classic influences. Cynthia's attire often includes a Gene Clark T-shirt, signaling her admiration for Dusty Springfield, The Aislers Set, and Joan Jett. Stephen, on the other hand, is heavily influenced by Big Star, The Clientele, and The Go-Betweens. Their music, much like that of The Aislers Set and Belle & Sebastian, presents a rich tapestry of pop history and top-tier rock and roll. Their first album, Combustible Gems, explores their musical identity through intricate melodies and chords, producing exceptionally captivating music. The debut single "Dawn Hush Lullaby" blends electric folk-pop with a waltz-like start, transitioning into a vibe akin to Greenwich Village pop, reminiscent of a Norma Tanega song. "Moments Notice" is an irresistibly rhythmic track that starts with a Motown or The Jam feel before Sara's mesmerizing guitar riff elevates it into a sublime pop realm. "Hugging Horizons" could be described as the sound of young New Jersey, a soulful track that ventures into innovative pop territories. The album concludes with "Because of You," which features a Johnny Marr-style guitar and lush strings, capturing a tone that is sophisticated yet earnest, and endearingly sincere. Check out “Bright Happy Girls” below: TOUR DATES May 24 Somerville, MA - Union Tavern w/Little Oso May 25 Providence, RI - Lost Bag w/Little Oso May 26 Brooklyn, NY - 18th Ward w/Little Oso May 28 Asbury Park, NJ - Johnny & June's w/Little Oso May 29 Philadelphia, PA - Abyssinia w/Little Oso May 31 Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel w/Heavenly Jun 06 Oakland, CA - Oakland Weekender at Thee Stork Club Jun 08 Los Angeles, CA - Permanent Records Roadhouse w/Uni Boys & The Smashing Times Jun 14 NYC, NY - The Broadway w/The Umbrellas & The Smashing Times Jul 19 Brighton, UK - Rossi Bar w/Mt Misery Jul 20 Cardiff, UK - The Moon w/Mt Misery Jul 21 Oxford, UK - Tap Social w/Mt Misery Jul 22 Leeds, UK - Royal Park Cellars w/Mt Misery Jul 23 Sheffield, UK - The Delicious Clam w/Mt Misery Jul 24 London, UK - SLR Showcase at The Lexington w/Birdie & Tony Molina Jul 25 Manchester, UK - Gulliver's w/Mt Misery Jul 26 Glasgow, UK - Glas-Goes Pop! festival Jul 28 Glasgow, UK - Monorail Music Read the full article

[audiofuzz]

Lightheaded's Debut Album 'Combustible Gems': A Fresh Take on Classic Pop

Lightheaded is a standout pop group. Their music is rich with melodious tunes and harmonious arrangements that strike a balance between sweet and poignant, both familiar and innovative. Their sound is characterized by the delightful blend of Sara Abdlebarry's dynamic and artful lead guitar on a Gretsch, complemented by the bell-like tones of Stephen Stec's Rickenbacker, all grounded by Cynthia Rickenbach’s Hofner Violin bass, reminiscent of the bass tones on Michel Polnareff's debut album. Cynthia and Stephen craft pop songs with a timeless appeal, drawing from a deep appreciation of classic influences. Cynthia's attire often includes a Gene Clark T-shirt, signaling her admiration for Dusty Springfield, The Aislers Set, and Joan Jett. Stephen, on the other hand, is heavily influenced by Big Star, The Clientele, and The Go-Betweens. Their music, much like that of The Aislers Set and Belle & Sebastian, presents a rich tapestry of pop history and top-tier rock and roll. Their first album, Combustible Gems, explores their musical identity through intricate melodies and chords, producing exceptionally captivating music. The debut single "Dawn Hush Lullaby" blends electric folk-pop with a waltz-like start, transitioning into a vibe akin to Greenwich Village pop, reminiscent of a Norma Tanega song. "Moments Notice" is an irresistibly rhythmic track that starts with a Motown or The Jam feel before Sara's mesmerizing guitar riff elevates it into a sublime pop realm. "Hugging Horizons" could be described as the sound of young New Jersey, a soulful track that ventures into innovative pop territories. The album concludes with "Because of You," which features a Johnny Marr-style guitar and lush strings, capturing a tone that is sophisticated yet earnest, and endearingly sincere. Check out “Bright Happy Girls” below: TOUR DATES May 24 Somerville, MA - Union Tavern w/Little Oso May 25 Providence, RI - Lost Bag w/Little Oso May 26 Brooklyn, NY - 18th Ward w/Little Oso May 28 Asbury Park, NJ - Johnny & June's w/Little Oso May 29 Philadelphia, PA - Abyssinia w/Little Oso May 31 Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel w/Heavenly Jun 06 Oakland, CA - Oakland Weekender at Thee Stork Club Jun 08 Los Angeles, CA - Permanent Records Roadhouse w/Uni Boys & The Smashing Times Jun 14 NYC, NY - The Broadway w/The Umbrellas & The Smashing Times Jul 19 Brighton, UK - Rossi Bar w/Mt Misery Jul 20 Cardiff, UK - The Moon w/Mt Misery Jul 21 Oxford, UK - Tap Social w/Mt Misery Jul 22 Leeds, UK - Royal Park Cellars w/Mt Misery Jul 23 Sheffield, UK - The Delicious Clam w/Mt Misery Jul 24 London, UK - SLR Showcase at The Lexington w/Birdie & Tony Molina Jul 25 Manchester, UK - Gulliver's w/Mt Misery Jul 26 Glasgow, UK - Glas-Goes Pop! festival Jul 28 Glasgow, UK - Monorail Music Read the full article

[thehappywun]

Now 2023-11-08 Thee Stork Club Oakland CA Outstanding promising local band Now rocking Thee Stork Club. Playing with Mister Baby, The Smashing Times, and Violent Change. Recorded with my Shúfone 15, audio synced up with Sonic Studios DSM-6s/L mics plugged into a TASCAM DR-22WL. Bandcamp: https://nowww.bandcamp.com/ "And Blue Space Is Burning Noon" also available on Sloth Mate Productions: https://slothmate.bandcamp.com/album/... (also home of releases from Children Maybe Later / Cindy / Violent Change)

[sludgebucketmusic]

Conan live at Thee Stork Club, Oakland 4/15/24

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