Cruel Summer - 2016-04-20 - The Knockout SF (w/Shark Toys and Bent Shapes)

Cruel Summer
2016-04-20
The Knockout
San Francisco, CA

With Landlines (not taped), Shark Toys, and Bent Shapes

Taped by thehappyone, a blend of Edirol R09-HR and Olympus LS-5 recording devices.

Setlist

'home taping is killing music', soundchecking
Leeches
Dusted
Lavender
Trust
Eraser
Skyless

Sound clears up a bit from track 3 onwards as I positioned the Olympus more advantageously.

New tracks "Trust" and "Skyless" are now my favorite tracks from them.  Now that Young Prisms are no more, these guys are setting the bar for what you'd call "shoegaze" in the City.

Support them by seeing them live and buying merch:  https://cruelsummmer.bandcamp.com/

A 7" is coming out in a few weeks with "Around You / Around Me", backed by "Crazy", from their Part Time Punks session, I believe.

Listen to their performance here:

Shark Toys
2016-04-20
The Knockout
San Francisco, CA

(Olympus LS-5)

Many tracks still unidentified, these guys are way ahead of their releases!

Bent Shapes

2016-04-20
The Knockout
San Francisco, CA

(Edirol R-09HR)

Setlist

pre-gig PA, soundchecking

Realization Hits

Xerox Voids

Behead Yrself, Pt 2

Samantha West

Bites And Scratches

What We Do Is Public

Big Machines

Girl U Want [Devo]

New Starts In Old Dominion

Total: 31:15

An AMH production.  Please visit https://bentshapes.bandcamp.com/ to support the group or see them on tour!

Shark Toys - 2016-01-10 - Bottom Of The Hill SF

Shark Toys
10 Jan 2016
Bottom Of The Hill
San Francisco CA

taper: thehappyone
kit: Sonic Studios DSM-6s/L > Olympus LS-5

Not going to get into why, but the blog is BACK.  Decided it will be mixing old and new stuff, as I get time.

Opening act for the Terry Malts / Male Gaze show at Bottom Of The Hill...both of these bands are now mixed SF/LA outfits, so fitting that an LA band would open for them.

I don't have a setlist for this one, and I came in late and likely missed a couple of songs, with the first one I captured here.   Any song IDs appreciated!

Don't know too much of these guys, they've been together since at least 2009, and their discography seems to consist of a 7" EP, an LP, and a rare-as-@@@ tape.  The set seems to have been all new tracks, which should hopefully show up at some point.  The PTP folks describes these guys as "equal parts Desperate Bicycles, Subway Sect, Tronics, and the early Flying Nun catalogue."  Add a bit of Fall influence and it makes for a worthwhile opening act.

Stream from YouTube

This uses TunesToTube to convert individual tracks and pictures into uploaded content.  Wasn't really happy with other options, as let's face it, many of us don't download anything anymore, so this is my solution for that.

Download (320k MP3 in zipfile).  Available for those who have iTunes or want to "have" these.

Lossless available UPON REQUEST, available via Bittorrent.

Photos

Not many, wasn't in a photo-taking mood at that point in the proceedings.

Seems that this band has been somewhat underserved online, at least until some friends pitched in. Here's a link to another song played at Pehrspace about two years ago (31 Jan 2014) filmed by the Razorcake people...

Another one from Permanent Records from 7 Oct 2013, also filmed by Razorcake.

A third one from Razorcake, this one from 5 Oct 2013 @Permanent Records, Eagle Rock.

 

From: flavia claros, from mid-July 2013

and "Library" (off their first EP) from 26 Nov 2012 (the description is mislabelled)

And from the Dirty Snapshots folks, from 1 Jul 2012.
This is the same one that's the first track on my recording.

"Dots" (last song on their S/T LP) late May from Take Off, in LA?

And "Who Cares"
(credit: flavia claros)

From Permanent Records, in late July 2012
(credit: flavia claros)

One from SXSW in 2012

And the oldest thing I could find...a fragment of "Don't Know", live from the Echo, 29 March 2009

Part Time Punks Festival 2009 - Shark Toys + Abe Vigoda + The Intelligence (pt. 1)

The Intelligence

Presenting these in reverse order, as that presentation makes the most sense for these.  At least to me.

The Intelligence
Part Time Punks Festival
2009-10-11
The Echoplex
Los Angeles CA 

taper: bcingyou, using Sony ECM-990F > M-Audio Microtrack II.

01 intro / The Universe

02 Nice Tries

03 Debt & ESP

04 Dating Cops, busted snare, joke

05 Thank You God For Fixing The Tape Machine

06 The World Is A Drag

07 Tuned To Puke

08 Block Of Ice  [Thee Oh Sees]

09 Like Like Like Like Like Like Like

10 Black Hole [The Urinals]

11 The Unessential Cosmic Perspective

12 outro

INTELLIGENCE (bcingyou recording, pCloud)

An assemblage of video clips synced from my friend's Kodak Easyshare, maybe also incorporate footage from my iPhone?

The Intelligence from the 'Part Time Punks' fest at the Echo in LA on October 11th, 2009, featuring Lars Finberg and cohorts. Two brief clips, joined together....including "The World Is A Drag" [0:00], "Like Like Like Like Like Like Like" [1:18], "Black Hole", a Urinals cover [3:14], and their last song, The Unessential Cosmic Perspective [4:34]

DVD d/l of above.