No plans on the 4th of July?  Hit up this local music showcase at El Rio.  Cool bands+cool people+free BBQ provided by Sneaky's=good times on the 4th of July. 

Birdmonster

Two Sheds

Finn Riggins

D Numbers

Writer

Murray the Theif

Low Red Land

Birds & Batteries

Details: 

1:30 pm-8:30 pm

+21

$8 (that's $1 per band AND you get free BBQ)

Portland based indie-electro-fun time band Starfucker will be at Bottom of the Hill tonight.  We'll be interviewing them before the show so keep an eye out for the podcast in the articles section. 

Is there band you'd like to see us interview?  A festival we should cover?  Let us know! Contact us at dj@somafm.com with your suggestions. 

There is a benefit show Sunday, June 28 at Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco with Mojo Nixon, Jello Biafra, John Easdale and Mark Eitzel; and all proceeds are going to benefit Paul Williams, the guy who created the first magazine of pop music criticism and rock culture, Crawdaddy!, when he was 17 and in college. Crawdaddy! went live on the web back in 1997, so in many ways he's the father of many of the music blogs out there.

But in 1995, Paul was in a serious bicycle accident that caused traumatic brain injury, leading to early onset of dementia, and a steady decline. He hasn't be able to write in the last few years, and he's now to the point where he now requires full-time care. Like so many freelancers, Paul didn't have the benefits of a corporate employer providing him with medical, disability or life insurance. The cost of his care has been a huge drain on his wife who has been struggling to pay for it.

A lot of writers who got their start with him – David Fricke from Rolling Stone, Jon Landau of Springsteen fame, many others – have been writing about him, and helping his family build a website to try to get word out about his legacy and to get donations to help pay for his care.

So if you care about rock journalism or just writing about music, please come out and join Mojo Nixon, Jello Biafra, John Easdale and Mark Eitzel in raising money to help Paul in this trying time for him.

It will be a great show, and it's for a good cause. Tickets are $20. and 100% of that goes direct to Paul.

Pitch Black from New Zealand is in town this week for a show Friday night at Mission Rock, and tonight will share their technique at Pyramind studios, including showing their live touring rig, how they compose their music, how they incorporate visuals, as well as sharing production tips and techniques.

Check them out Tonight (Thursday) at Pyramind Studios in San Francisco's South of Market district.

Loyal listener Harvey was in San Francisco recently and decided to stop by our studio.   He also donated $50 in exchange for a t-shirt.  Thanks Harvey!

Do you like Weinland? Check out the interview we got with them last week!  We talked to Adam, Ian and Rory about how they formed the band, where the name is from and their beard-rock status.  

If you like that interview, check out others in the Articles Section. 

Is there band you'd like to see us interview?  A festival we should cover?  Let us know! Contact us at dj@somafm.com with your suggestions. 

We're a little behind on selecting the SomaFM Listener of the Month. But congratulations to Jonas in Germany for winning the title!

Jonas has been listening to SomaFM for 4 years now.  Drone Zone is his alarm clock, Groove Salad is his choice of programming during the day and he likes Boot Liquor but only listens on Sundays.  Jonas currently works in accounting but is planning to hunt for something a little more exciting in the future.  Hope SomaFM helps brighten up your job hunt!

If you know someone who deserves to be listener of the month, e-mail us at dj@somafm.com.  Let us know their name, age, occupation and how long they've been listening to SomaFM, and why you think they should be the listener of the month. 

A little video from Wednesday night's kickoff at SAT. Electronic music plus interactive events, starting with everyone being given color-coded clean-room suits, progressing on to live electronic music performances with analog visuals; a paper airplane construction contest; headon ping-pong, and video target shooting.

Here's a little taste of Mutek.

Opening with THE FUN YEARS (Ben Recht and Isaac Sparks) , BURNT FRIEDMAN and CAN drummer JAKI LIEBEZEIT.