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Snap sounds King Krule 6 Feet Beneath the Moon (true Panther/XL, aug. 26)
archy “King Krule” Marshall may look like a callow school-kid, dressed up in his father’s suit, but the South Londoner has the soul and voice of a wise, world-weary bluesman three times his senior. 6 Feet Beneath the Moon — his long-awaited debut LP — is an astonishing achievement, displaying Marshall’s nuanced storytelling, exceptional jazz-based guitar work, and versatility. over the album’s 14 tracks, he weaves affecting tales of urban ennui, malaise, and disaffection, balanced by fleeting moments of ardent love and nostalgic surrender. though he wears his influences on his ill-fitting sleeve (Drury, Strummer, Morrissey, Dilla), the finished article sounds like nothing else out now — with dark wave, blues, punk, indie, and electro all thrown into the mix. It is all filtered through Marshall’s singular lens and mature perspective, creating a fresh, cohesive sound while painting an engulfing portrait of his London. — Daniel Alvarez
www.slimspresents.com 333 11th St. btwn. Folsom & Harrison San Francisco 415/522-0333 WED. SEPT. 4 • DOORS 7:30 / SHOW 8 • $16 ADV. / $16 DOOR TONIGHT!
BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY –
www.slimspresents.com 859 O'Farrell St. btwn. Polk & Larkin San Francisco 415/885-0750 TONIGHT!
WED. & THURS. SEPT. 4 & 5 DOORS 7 / SHOW 8 • $24 ADV. / $26 DOOR
CODY CANADA AND JASON BOLAND
CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES
THURS. SEPT. 5 • DOORS 7 / SHOW 8 • $16 ADV. / $19 DOOR
FRI. SEPT. 6 • DOORS 8 / SHOW 9 • $17 ADV. / $17 DOOR
ACOUSTIC SONG SWAP
SAVES THE DAY INTO IT. OVER IT. HOSTAGE CALM
AARADHNA
COMING TOGETHER: COALITION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BLUES SOCIETIES F E AT U R I N G
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RONNIE STEWART, JC SMITH, STAN ERHART, WILEY TRASS, TIA CARROLL, AUSTIN DELONE, AMY LOU, DONNIE GREEN, MICHAEL WARREN, CARL GREEN, BIGCAT TOLEFREE, LARA PRICE
SAT. SEPT. 7 • DOORS 8 / SHOW 9 • $24 ADV. / $24 DOOR
AN EVENING WITH
FRI. SEPT. 6 • DOORS 6:30 / SHOW 7 • $15 DOOR ONLY SEAN HEALY PRESENTS
DREADNOUGHT•OHMYHEART•WANDER CHEATING DAYLIGHT•PHORMS
HEPCAT
THE CHAMPIONS INC.
THE COVER-UPS•THE SELECTER DJ KIRK SUN. SEPT. 8 • DOORS 7:30 / SHOW 8 • $21 ADV. / $21 DOOR KFOG PRESENTS
SAT. SEPT. 7 • DOORS 8 / SHOW 9 • $30 ADV. / $30 DOOR
JGB WITH MELVIN SEALS
RECREATING THE JERRY GARCIA BAND AT THE WARFIELD SHOW FROM MARCH 2,1990 SUN. SEPT. 8 • DOORS 7 / SHOW 8 • $17 ADV. / $17 DOOR
(OF COLLECTIVE SOUL)
TITUS ANDRONICUS
ED ROLAND
& THE SWEET TEA PROJECT
LOST BOY
KINGSBOROUGH
MON. & TUES. SEPT. 9 & 10 GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR SOLD OUT—THANK YOU!
MON. SEPT. 9 • DOORS 7 / SHOW 8 • $25 ADV. / $25 DOOR
THURS. SEPT. 12 • DOORS 7 / SHOW 8 • $16 ADV. / $19 DOOR
TERA MELOS•THE NEW TRUST
NEDELLE TORRISI
MINUS THE BEAR
JULIA HOLTER
All ages always! Great food! Great music! Paid Parking: For Slim’s at Costco / For GAMH at AMC1000 Theater Garage. Dinner tickets with reserved seating available at all shows. Limited Seating. Box offices open 10:30am - 6pm Mon. thru Fri. & show nights. ($1 service charge) Tickets on-line www.slimspresents.com. For tickets by fax info. call 415/255-0333 (Slim’s) / 415/885-0750 (GAMH) • Phone orders at 1-888-233-0449. Tickets for both clubs available at both box offices. All ticket sales are final–no exchanges/refunds. Limited access/seating for disabled
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Belle AnD SeBAStiAn the thIrD eye Centre (Matador records, aug. 27)
Belle and Sebastian, ’90s twee sweethearts, are at it again — kind of. this time, the band is serving the general public a tray of audible assorted snacks featuring b-sides from the latter half of its career. Dubbed The Third Eye Centre, no song sounds the same — one track will boast a rockabilly twang (“Last trip”) and another will be a previously unreleased remix of fan-favorite “your Cover’s Blown (Miaoux Miaoux remix).” It’s a solid album, but it’s easy to suss out the dated songs, such as “Suicide Girl,” an anxious love song about the object of singer-guitarist Stuart Murdoch’s affections, an alternative girl who wants him to take nudes of her FOOD + DRINK
the fall albums we’ve been playing on a loop
for the famed early-2000s “punky” soft-core porn site of the same name. But in all, the fun of The Third Eye Centre is getting the chance to hear songs you may have not had the chance to listen to from the back end of Belle and Sebastian’s jam-packed catalog. — erin Dage
malistic thread woven throughout Chelsea Wolfe’s output, and Beauty is Pain is no exception. the La-viaSacramento artist’s otherworldly vocals tend often to translate into a wild creature elegantly whipping through a foggy forest. (Indeed, Wolfe described her newest LP as a “love-letter to nature.”) her powerful soprano hollers are matched to ethereal whispery echoes, maintaining a balance between lightness and darkness, which has become a common theme in her work, as it is in nature. and this vocal balance is a mainstay in Wolfe’s music, no matter what’s backing it instrumentally. her previous release, 2012’s Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs, was, obviously, acoustic, but the sparse record is still deeply unsettling. With Beauty is Pain, the singer-songwriter returns to a darker, grittier sound. and yet, there’s a more electronic twist on her early doomy experimental guitarwork (as with breakout 2011 record Apokalypsis), bursting with both synths and strings this time, without missing the black-hearted emotional core rooted in all living things. — emily Savage
King KhAn & the ShrineS IDLe no More (Merge, Sept. 3)
For those who have oft pondered “What if a soul band and a Southern rock group got together and made sweet, beautiful music?” weirdo psychedelic soul band King Khan & the Shrines has the answer with its latest release, Idle No More. Featuring dancey soul numbers like “Luckiest Man,” Stooges-esque songs such as “thorn in her Pride,” ditties with ’60s girl group-esque guest spot vocals like “Pray for Lil” — Idle No More combines many genres and musical elements to form a cohesive, well produced album. the album can easily be separated into three acts: dance numbers, slow-ballad interlude, and soul revival resolution. Six years have passed since previous album, What Is!?, and Idle No More has definitely been worth the wait. — Dage
ChelSeA Wolfe Beauty IS PaIn (Sargent house, Sept. 3)
JoAnnA grueSome WeIrD SISter (Slumberland, Sept. 10)
Jangly noisepop cacophony with pro-feminist and anti-homophobia lyrics — this Cardiff band’s debut fulllength, Weird Sister, hits all the right hot spots and makes them tingle. Plus there’s the name, Joanna Gruesome, a cheeky play on a gentle fellow musician. But Weird Sister speaks for itself, with standout tracks like opener “anti Parent Cowboy Killers” matching dissonant guitars and pounding drums with lovely melodious vocals that rise into screams at the hook, akin to the Vaselines in bed with L7. there’s also classic K records-evoking twee ode “Wussy Void,” and jagged noiseball “Graveyard,” which starts off with what sounds like helium seeping out of a balloon. the record includes songs from a 2011 eP, “Sugarcrush,” “Madison,” and “Candy,” further deepening the getting-to-know-you state of the Welsh quintet, a group to which you do need to start paying attention. — Savage
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