The Dry Spells interview in Popmatters, at Cafe Du Nord on Sunday
One of our fave publications, Popmatters, has a great interview with The Dry Spells this month, check it here.
And of course, if you are in SF, you can round out your superbowl sunday with The Spells as they headline The Cafe Du Nord this Sunday the 7th. For more info, click here. January 27, 2010
Bart Davenport in NYC, The Dry Spells in SF
Two show announcements for you, spanning the breadth of our fine continent.
First, you have Bart Davenport, making a trip to NYC to mix a batch of songs with Quinn and Daniel (of the Phenomenal Handclap Band) for their garage/psyche side-project, The Incarnations. Never one to pass through the Apple without a shout out ot his fans there, BD has booked a last minute solo gig this Thursday, January 28th in Brooklyn at the legendary acoustic venue, Pete's Candy Shop. For more info, click here.
Back here in the Yay Area, The Dry Spells are celebrating their debut album, Too Soon For Flowers rating an NPR 2009 Album of the Year nod with a special headlining show next Sunday, February 7th, at the Cafe Du Nord. Opening the show will be The Sarees and The Lambs, it promises to be a great night. For more info, click here.
Bart Davenport on West Coast Live, Happy New Year!
Hey, friends! What better way to ring in the new year than to join us in listening to Bart Davenport perform on the Bay Area's own legendary, nationally syndicated public radio staple, West Coast Live? Tune in your terrestrial radio this Saturday, January 2nd for a very special performance by Bart Davenport as part of a special WCL broadcast from the SF Ferry Building . The show runs from 10am until Noon (PST), and for you Bay Area residents, check it out in person or tune in to KALW 91.7 FM. For those outside the Bay Area, don't fret, this is a worldwide deal! To check out the live broadcast on the internets, click HERE. And for a radio station carrying the broadcast in your area, click HERE.
Sugar & Gold Release Video for 'Neighborhood'
Just in time for Christmas, Sugar & Gold have released the video for Neighborhood, their love note to San Francisco. Locals can play "spot the landmark" throughout this great video, directed by Sam Young. Enjoy it with your eggnog!
Neighborhood from Sam Young on Vimeo.
December 16th, 2009
The Dry Spells' "Too Soon For Flowers" is NPR Album Of The Year!
The Best of 2009 lists are rolling in, and Too Soon for Flowers has been selected as 2009's album of the year by Bob Boilen, host of NPR's All Songs Considered.
To wit:
"[Too Soon for Flowers] was my comfort record all year long, over and over again I played this record....The Dry Spells mix the best of bands like Fairport Convention (my heart and soul is in love with late-'60s and early-'70s British folk music) and elements of a band like Television in the way they play their instruments and solos. And they have stories in their songs." -- Bob Boilen, NPR
Congrats to the Dry Spells for this honor on their debut album! To check it out for yourself, click here. And to check out the NPR Best of 2009 podcast, go here. Happy Holidays!
Xmas with Sugar & Gold!
Normally we over here at Antenna Farm Records are a pretty curmudgeonly bunch, willing participants in the war on Christmas. And one of the worst aspects of the whole season is the music, which is for the most part unlistenable treacle. But every once in a while the holiday redeems itself, and I am pleased to report that Sugar & Gold has recorded a Christmas song, called Xmas in Yr Neighborhood. And it's good! Maybe not good enough for us to start liking Christmas, but enough to exorcize the grinch for a few minutes. To check it out and download it for FREE, head over to the Bay Bridged!
Dry Spells Vinyl Now Available!
That's right. The Dry Spells performed on West Coast live last week, just after receiving copies of their debut album, Too Soon For Flowers in glorious vinyl, courtesy of our friends over at Empty Cellar Records. Limited to 500 copies on top notch 140 gram vinyl, these come complete with a download card for a high quality MP3 version. Get your copy HERE. To check out more more photos from the Spells show on West Coast live, check their facebook page.
The Dry Spells on West Coast Live, Bart Davenport in Pitchfork and Sugar & Gold wrap US tour at the Echoplex in Los Angeles
Tune in your terrestrial radio this Saturday, November 14th for a very special performance by The Dry Spells on nationally syndicated public radio program West Coast Live. The show runs from 10am until Noon (PST), for a radio station carrying the broadcast in your area, click Here.
In other news, Bart Davenport and Still Flyin' are back in the Bay Area after extensive fall tours. Bart returned from Spain to find a shout-out from tour-mate and stand-up guy Erlend Oye (of Kings of Convenience and Whitest Boy Alive) in the pages of Pitchfork, where he once again called out BD as his favorite folk performer. Check it Here
Finally, Sugar & Gold are on the verge of wrapping their mammoth US tour with a string of shows in the Southwest. Following a standout performance at Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest where they were one of the few acts to not play to a torrential downpour, the band finishes their journey at the Echoplex in Los Angeles this Friday the 13th (!) sharing the stage with Thunderheist, Winter Gloves, and Iheartcomix DJ Franki Chan. Not to be missed. For more info, click Here.
Free Sugar & Gold download on Insound's November Mixtape!!
Once again, an Antenna Farm artist is featured on an Insound mixtape, this time it's Sugar & Gold's AYA (remixed by Justin Van Der Volgen of !!!) featured alongside great songs by Flight of the Conchords, Asobi Seksu, Dark Meat, and Nirvana(?!) on their November mixtape. This is a free download from the Insound site, but only for 1 week, so check it!
Sugar & Gold Head West, including Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest!!
The mighty Sugar & Gold has wrapped up their east coast dates and send thanks to all the kids who made the shows such a success. Always amazing to play a new town to fresh faces who nonetheless seem to know the words to every song!
And now they head west for a series of shows in Texas, Arizona and SoCal, including a stop at Austin's FFF Fest on November 7th. There they will share the bill with luminaries such as Broadcast, Of Montreal,No Age, The Jesus Lizard, Danzig (!), the Pharcyde (!!), and too many more to count. For those of you in TX, this is not a show to miss. For more information, click here.
Sugar & Gold and Still Flyin' at CMJ!
This one's for all the NYC People, or just folks over there for CMJ, we've got a parcel of Sugar & Gold and Still Flyin' gigs for you to check out.
Sugar & Gold:
10/20 at the Popgun Booking Showcase @ Cameo Gallery, Brooklyn. (8pm)
10/21 DJ gig at the Terrorbird Day Party @ Cake Shop. (1pm)
Still Flyin':
10/21 NY, NY Piano's Forcefield Party (1pm)
10/21 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory Ernest Jenning Showcase (midnight)
10/22 NY, NY Slipper Room RightsFlow Party (afternoon)
10/23 Brooklyn NY Littlefield InTandem Party (7pm)
10/23 Brooklyn, NY Bruar Falls Capeshok Presents (11pm)
10/24 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House (7:30pm)
Check It!
Sugar & Gold's AYA Remix EP in stores today, feature on RCRD LBL!!
Yes, head over to your favorite local record store and pick yourself up one of these fine 140 gram slabs (complete with free download card), or if digital is yr style, hit up your favorite MP3 purvayor and the party is on. In the meantime, check out AYA, remixed by Justin Van Der Volgen (of !!!) in an exclusive feature over at RCRD LBL!
October 7, 2009Sugar & Gold release AYA Remix EP, Record Release Party and US Tour!
That's right! San Francisco's favorite party band is back with a brand new release, the AYA Remix EP. This jamming 5 song 12" Features a remix of crowd pleaser "AYA" by Justin Van Der Volgen of NYC dance punk outfits !!! and Outhud plus 3 new cuts exclusive to this release, including a cover of 80s Hi-NRG classic "Slice Me Nice" that has been described by XLR8R as "brighter and fuller" than the original!
This vinyl-and-digital-only release officially drops on October 13th, but you can grab your copy right now, here.
Join us as we celebrate the release this Thursday, October 8th at the infamous SF Eagle, with SF stalwarts the Vows and Battlehooch opening for Sugar & Gold's last local show before their full US tour, starting this week.
Speaking of which, those of you not in SF don't have to miss out on the good times! Sugar & Gold will be hitting the full four corners of the US throughout October and November, including stops at CMJ and Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest. This is your chance to catch the action first hand! Tour dates below.
And for MORE details (and to be a part of this whole social networking thing everyone seems to be talking about) check the Facebook event page (and don't forget to RSVP!)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=165845961104&index=1
SUGAR & GOLD US TOUR DATES
10/8 The Eagle RECORD RELEASE PARTY!!! San Francisco, California
10/9 Someday Lounge w/ Strength Portland, Oregon
10/10 Vera Project w/ Strength Seattle, Washington
10/13 Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, Utah
10/14 Meadowlark, Denver, Colorado
10/15 The Repla,y Lawrence, Kansas
10/16 UW Madison Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin
10/17 Life During Wartime @ The Hideout, Chicago, Illinois
10/18 Cosmic Charlies, Lexington, Kentucky
10/19 The Mohawk, Buffalo, New York
10/20 Popgun CMJ showcase @ Cameo Gallery New York, New York
10/21 DJ'ing at Terrorbird CMJ Day Party@ Cake Shop New York, New York
10/22 941 Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
10/24 The Southern w/ James Husband, Charlottesvile, Virginia
10/25 the Triple w/ James Husband, Richmond, Virginia
10/26 Broadways w/ James Husband, Ashville, North Carolina
10/27 Local 506 w/ James Husband, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
10/28 The Whig, Columbia, South Carolina
10/29 Caledonia Lounge, Athens, Georgia
10/30 Club 529, Atlanta, Georgia
10/31 The Bottletree Cafe, Birmingham, Alabama
11/1 The Hi-Tone, Memphis, Tennessee
11/2 The Exchange, Hot Springs, Arkansas
11/3 The Hi-Lo, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
11/4 Boiler Room, Denton, Texas
11/5 Mango’s, Houston, Texas
11/6 The Limelight, San Antonio, Texas
11/7 Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin, Texas
11/10 Club Congress, Tucson, Arizona
11/12 Beauty Bar, San Diego, California
11/13 the echo/echoplex, Los Angeles, California
Bart Davenport tours Europe, Still Flyin' hits the East Coast!!
European fans of Bart Davenport can rejoice as he sets out to criss-cross the continent through much of September and October, while Still Flyin' continue their global domination with a series of east coast dates.
Bart Davenport European Tour Dates:
9/10/09 E-Werk, Erlangen
9/11/09 Spatz & Wal, Unna
9/12/09 Raststaate, Aachen
9/13/09 Centralstation, Darmstadt
9/14/09 Nouveau Casino, Paris
9/15/09 Emile Vache, Metz
9/16/09 D:qliq, Luxembourg
9/19/09 Landet, Stockholm
9/21/09 Ost-Pol, Dresden
9/22/09 Haus Der Pioneer, Gera
9/24/09 Privatclub, Berlin
9/25/09 Reeperbahnfestival, Hamburg
With October dates in Spain TBA!
Still Flyin' East Coast Tour Dates:
9/19/09 40 Watt, Athens, GA
9/20/09 The Earl, Atlanta, GA
9/21/09 Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
9/22/09 Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
9/23/09 DC9, Washington DC
9/25/09 Mercury Lounge, NYC
9/26/09 Cafe 939, Boston, MA
9/27/09 Johnny Brendas, Philadelphia, PA
Free Compilation from Antenna Farm!!
That's right! Antenna Farm is celebrating 30 releases of fine music with a compilation featuring some of our favorite songs and artists from the last 5 years...and the best part is that we're offering it to you, for a limited time, absolutely free. Yes, you read that correctly. This 20 track digital-only release features great songs from Still Flyin', Bart Davenport, Sugar & Gold, The Botticellis, Papercuts, The Donkeys, and many more.
And yes, it is available for free download, all you have to do is write us at euphoria@antennafarmrecords.com and put the word "Euphoria" in the subject line. We'll write you back with a unique code and send you to our download site...and you'll be good to go.
So for more info and a complete track listing, check here. And happy downloading!
The Dry Spells featured on NPR's Song of the Day!!
That's right, the song is Sruti off of the recently released Too Soon For Flowers and NPR calls it a "magical and utterly California vibe", which sounds about right! Check it here. August 11, 2009The Dry Spells debut album Too Soon For Flowers out Today!!
Antenna Farm is proud to present the debut album from San Francisco's the Dry Spells, out today. Pick up your copy of Too Soon For Flowers at your local independent record store, Insound/iTunes/eMusic/Amazon MP3, or right here at the Antenna Farm Store!
Dry Spells Featured in Insound, Dusted!!
The Dry Spells' record release show is this Thursday at Cafe Du Nord, and our favorite online retailer, Insound, is featuring their song "Batwood" in their August mixtape. This is a free download from the Insound site, check it!
The great reviews for Too Soon For Flowers just keep coming, including a really nice one from Jen Kelly over at Dusted. It really captures the essence of the album and the band, so we just had to share it with you, check it out here.
If you're in SF, be sure to check out the record release show this Thursday! For more info and directions from the Cafe Du Nord website, click here.
For MORE details (and to be a part of this whole social networking thing everyone seems to be talking about) check the Facebook event page (and don't forget to RSVP!)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109851693532&ref=nf
July 28, 2009
Dry Spells Record Release Party for Too Soon For Flowers!
Please join us next Thursday, August 6th at San Francisco's Cafe Du Nord to celebrate the release of The Dry Spells' debut album, Too Soon For Flowers. Described by NPR as mixing "the rockier side of Fairport Convention with the folkier side of Fleetwood Mac...the perfect weekend wake-up music", this album is a modern classic, equal parts traditional European folk and hard-edged psychedelic rock.
For this special show, The Dry Spells will be joined by friends Kelley Stoltz, Jessica Pratt, and AF's own The Botticellis. Copies of Too Soon For Flowers will be available from the band, and you can pick one up there....or you can always order a copy from us here at Antenna Farm!
For more info and directions from the Cafe Du Nord website, click here.
For MORE details (and to be a part of this whole social networking thing everyone seems to be talking about) check the Facebook event page (and don't forget to RSVP!)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109851693532&ref=nf
July 13, 2009
Mission Creek 2009 is Underway!
San Francisco's Mission Creek Music Festival is back, and presenting 10+ plus days and nights of great live music from the Bay Area and beyond. But this year, they're taking things to the next level. MCMF is celebrating it's 13th year with it's first large-scale free daytime outdoor concert. This Saturday (July 18th) is McLaren Park, join Antenna Farmers Bart Davenport and the Botticellis (backing Spanish star Xoel Lopez) along with close friends like the Moore Brothers, Rubies, Kelley Stoltz, Persephone's Bees, plus special performances by Dead Meadow, Birds and Batteries, The Aerosols and more! Rounding it out will be DJ Neil Martinson of Smile. This is one free summer show you will not want to miss!
For more details and directions, check the Facebook event page (and don't forget to RSVP!)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122640906132
Mission Creek Music Festival website
McLaren Park info
June 22nd, 2009
Sugar & Gold with Music For Animals at SF's Rickshaw, on KALX today!
KALX 90.7 FM presents an all-ages party this Thursday at San Francisco's Rickshaw Stop, with Sugar & Gold headlining. Local heroes Music For Animals and Echo Park's Castledoor open the show. This may well be your last chance to catch S&G for the summer, as they are hard at work in the studio prepping an EP for release this fall and their second full-length album for the spring. The band will, however, be on KALX today, Monday, June 22nd, from 12 until 3pm PST. Listen in at 90.7 FM in the Yay Area, or at kalx.berkeley.edu anywhere in the webosphere. They'll be spinning their fave tunes as well as debuting a brand new MFA remix they've just completed. Some new tunes off their upcoming EP if we're lucky...
And of course, the media assault continues, Sugar & Gold's song Neighborhood will be featured on the first episode of MTV's "Real World Cancun" airing this Wednesday. Check it!
June 9th, 2009
The Dry Spells announce debut album and tour dates, and are featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered"
Antenna Farm Records is pleased to announce the debut album from San Francisco's The Dry Spells, set for release on August 11th, called Too Soon For Flowers. The Dry Spells play psychedlic-tinged rock that leans heavily on British and American traditional folk, featuring an array of electric and acoustic instrumentation, driving guitars, and soaring harmonies.
Featuring past and present members of SF's critically lauded, Retro-Prog-Psych
transcendentalist outfit Citay, the Dry Spells have been making waves locally for the past few years, and are now starting to get noticed nationally. They are featured this week on NPR's All Songs Considered (to check out a podcast, click here) and have just announced some California tour dates. For more info on the Dry Spells, click here.
Upcoming Live Dates
6/25 - Chico, CA- Cafe Coda w/ Citay
6/26 - Nevada City, CA- The Basement w/Citay, Kings & Queens, Dame Satan
6/27 - San Francisco, CA- The Tempest w/ Citay, Dame Satan and
tUnE-YaRdS
7/1 - San Luis Obispo, CA- House Party w/Citay
7/2 - Los Angeles, CA- Silverlake Lounge w/Citay and the Chapin Sisters
7/3 - Big Sur, CA- Mother Hips Family Hipnic w/Citay, Mother Hips, Parson Redheads, and more
7/4 - Monterey, CA- Underground Lounge w/Citay
7/16 - San Francisco, CA- Rickshaw Stop w/That Ghost & No-One and the Nobodies
April 28th, 2009
Still Flyin' and Winfred E. Eye albums in stores today!
That's right, kids. In stores today, the new CD from Winfred E. Eye "Til I Prune" and the new LP from Still Flyin' "Never Gonna Touch The Ground". So head over to your favorite independent local record store and pick yourself up a copy, or hit the AF store for home delivery.Join us as we celebrate these fine releases! First, Winfred E. Eye will be taking over the mighty KALX Berkeley (90.7 FM in the Yay Area, http://kalx.berkeley.edu/ for those of you in the rest of the world) at 10 am PST this Thursday (4/30) for some live performance and in studio interview type action. They will then be playing SF's House of Shields the next night (Friday, May 1st) to celebrate the record release.
More info: http://houseofshields.com/
Then, on Saturday May 9th, join Still Flyin as they jam SF's Cafe Du Nord a new one for their record release, no bummers allowed. Note opener Excalibrah, and be warned, this snap will be off the chain. For more info:
For more info: http://www.cafedunord.com/index.php
Rock. April 21st, 2009
Still Flyin' and Winfred E. Eye pre-orders available now!!
Hey friends, just a week until some great new releases from Antenna Farm hit stores, but those of you in the know can get your orders in early!
4/28 is the release date for Still Flyin's debut full length "Never Gonna Touch The Ground" available from Antenna Farm on glorious 140 gram vinyl, complete with snazzy poster and download card so you can jam it on your i-walkman thingy. Check it here.
4/28 is also the release date for Winfred E. Eye's 4th full length "Til I Prune". They're celebrating with a series of shows in Southern California and SF, plus a live in-studio appearance on Berkeley's KALX 4/30. You can pick up a copy from the band at any of these shows or check it here.
Get on it, friends!
Winfred E. Eye and Antenna Farm Present "Til I Prune" out April 28th!
They're back. Antenna Farm Records is pleased to present the first album release in almost 6 years from our old friends Winfred E. Eye. The last time these Oakland mainstays released a record, the Iraq war was brand new, Britney Spears seemed sane, and Bush seemed certain to be a one term president. A lot has changed in the intervening years, but W.E.E. remain the gritty, hirsute storytellers they always have been, prepared to share their best work to date.
With Til I Prune, the band’s fourth full length
and their first for Oakland’s Antenna Farm
Records, Winfred E. Eye have delivered their
most mature set of songs to date. Following a band
hiatus during which Calvert, an early childhood
educator, released a solo album of children’s
songs, W.E.E. has returned to the dark highways
that they know so well, but with an expanded
vision and songwriting chops that have fully come
into their own. Drawing upon a sonic palette that
ranges from Beefheart-inspired stompers to dark drones with repeated guitar lines and impassioned
cries, and even including a couple of solemn lullabies, Til I Prune balances a boozy melancholy with a
strong dose of dark humor and even, at times, a sense of satisfaction with loves found, and not yet lost.
Upcoming Live Dates
4/18 - San Jose - Streetlight Records In-Store. Record Store Day!
4/24 - Los Angeles - The Smell w/
CB Brand, Young Hunting and Lorno
4/25 - San Diego - Bar Pink w/Willard Grant Conspiracy
4/26 - Los Angeles - American Apparel presents Sundays in the Courtyard at Space 15 Twenty
5/1 - San Francisco - House of Shields w/Harbours