Tag: Searching For Bart Davenport
May.05.2011

Antenna Farm Tour Update!

It must be that time of year! It feels like everyone we know is on tour and sometimes it gets hard to keep up. New shows are announced, secret special guests pop out of the woodwork, and nobody gets any sleep! But hey, that’s how we like it. Here is a brief rundown on three bands out working hard to bring their music to the people, burning miles on $4/gallon gas. Make sure to check them out in your town!

Agent Ribbons have been on the road a couple weeks and just announced a free show in Oakland on Wednesday the 18th at the mighty Uptown, plus we just got word that Mike Watt is playing their Bootleg Theater show in LA next week. Nuts! Here’s an update:

Agent Ribbons West Coast Tour

May 5 Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur
May 6 Seattle, WA @ The Comet
May 7 Portland, OR @ Saratoga w/Orca Team & the Happening
May 8 Portland, OR @ Record Room instore
May 10 Sacramento, CA @Harlows
May 11 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater w/ Mike Watt & Le Butcherettes (CD release show!)
May 12 Bolinas, CA @ Smiley’s Saloon
May 13 Modesto, CA Off the Air @ Cafe Deva
May 16 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place w/ Garrett Pierce
May 17 Grass Valley, CA @ Tin House w/ The Horoscopes
May 18 Oakland, CA @ The Uptown (free show!)
May 20 Sacramento, CA @ Cesar Chavez Park
May 22 Los Angeles, CA @ Bardot w/ Dead Sara
May 25 Hermosa Beach, CA @ Sainte Rocke w/ Garrett Pierce
May 26 Echo Park, CA @ Origami Vinyl In-Store
May 27 Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture
May 29 Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space
May 30 Las Cruces, NM @ TBA
June 2 Austin, TX @ The Ghost Room

Meanwhile, San Francisco’s Social Studies are charting a similar route up the west coast with longtime friends The Donkeys. The boys from San Diego have a brand new album out and are bringing Social Studies along for a few west coast shows, from LA to Seattle.

Tonight it’s Monterey, before the Bottom of the Hill in SF on Friday, then on up to Portland and Seattle. Both of these bands put on a great show, so be sure to come on out. Bay Area friends, we’ll see you on Friday at the Bottom!


Social Studies west coast dates with The Donkeys

May 5th Monterey, CA @ Carbones
May 6th San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
May 9th Portland, OR @ Holocene
May 10th Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern





And finally, Bart Davenport is wrapping up his Spanish solo tour before taking a short break and heading right back out with his new psychedelic hang band, The Incarnations. An outgrowth of NYC’s Phenomenal Handclap Band, The Incarnations are a power trio featuring BD, alongside Daniel and Bing from the PHCB, mashing the best of their yacht rock tendencies with a psyche-garage hard edge. Tuff.

Bart Davenport on tour in Spain

May 5 Zaragoza @ La lata de bombillas
May 6 San Sebastian (Donostia) @ Sala Kontadores!
May 10 Valladolid @ Café teatro
May 11 León @ Gran Café
May 12 Madrid, Astoria Club @ Nasti
May 14 Albacete @ Velouria

With Incarnations EUROPE…

May 26 Madrid @ Ramdall
May 27 Barcelona @ PRIMAVERA SOUND FESTIVAL
May 28 Ibiza @ Las Dalias
May 29 Paris @ La Maroquinerie



Whew, that’s a handful! Again, as these great artists cross your path, be sure to check them out. You won’t regret it! Happy Spring!

by on May 5, 2011
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Apr.04.2011

Bart Davenport on tour in Europe!

Antenna Farm is pleased to announce that Bart Davenport has departed for Europe, on a 2+ month tour that will include solo dates in Germany and Spain, a French tour with Honeycut, and dates across Europe with Incarnations.

Bart has a great new solo album he’s promoting, called Searching For Bart Davenport, released in Germany by our friends at Tapete. The LA Weekly had this to say about it:

“Davenport has the clear timbre of a James Taylor and a gentle acoustic touch, but this impeccable selection of deep covers betrays a rarer sensibility: Bert Jansch, non-obvious Arthur Lee and Caetano Veloso, Bridget St. John, Gil Scott-Heron — yep, dude’s one of ours.”

You can grab a copy of Searching For Bart Davenport on LP or CD format here.

It’s worth noting that Bart is also promoting the French release of a new Honeycut album, called Comedians. Focused on organic songwriting, the album is a giant stylistic leap forward from the band’s debut, and sure to quickly become a new audio essential.

In short, it’s hard to keep up with BD, one of the most respected singer-songwriters in the Bay Area, but let’s try!

Tour Dates After the Jump!

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by on April 4, 2011
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Mar.01.2011

Presenting…. “Searching For Bart Davenport”

Shortly after a European tour back in early 2010, German label Tapete approached Bart Davenport about doing an album with them. They wanted to discuss doing an record that would be closer to his solo acoustic performances than anything he’d released previously, the idea being to just record Bart with just acoustic guitar and voice….plus a good amount of reverb!

Bart liked the idea, but proposed a small twist: instead of doing originals, the album would be made up of covers of some of his favorite singer songwriters. People familiar with BD’s live shows know he has a penchant for great and inventive covers, drawn from a wide range of classic songwriters. The result is the revelatory new album, Searching For Bart Davenport.

And indeed, you may recognize a few tracks contained herein. With just his guitar and gentle baritone, Bart takes on songs by Broadcast, Love, Gil Scott-Heron, The Moore Brothers, Kings of Convenience, Bert Jansch, The Incredible String Band, Caetano Veloso and more, stripping them of their ornate garments and shimmering jewelry in order to reveal their inner beauty, the way only Bart Davenport can do.

Through a special arrangement with Tapete Records, Antenna Farm is pleased to make a limited run of Searching For Bart Davenport available on LP or CD through the Antenna Farm store (LPs pressed on 140 gram vinyl and come with high quality MP3 download card). This is an import and is not scheduled for an American release, but for a limited time, you can find a copy right here.

To get a feel for Searching For Bart Davenport, check the video for BD’s cover of Broadcast’s ‘Come On Let’s Go”. Recorded months before Trish Keenan’s tragic death, the song is a touching tribute to her work, a radical reworking from the original that is nonetheless a fitting remembrance of her immense talent as a songwriter.

by on March 1, 2011
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Feb.16.2011

Bart Davenport and Social Studies play Noise Pop Next Week!

Social StudiesIt’s that time of year again in San Francisco….Noise Pop! Now in it’s 19th year (starting to feel old yet?!!?) this SF tradition has firmly established itself as a great showcase for both local and international talent, always a good time and a great way to discover cool new music.

This year is no different, with shows from Peanut Butter Wolf, Ted Leo and Yo La Tengo amongst others…PLUS our own Social Studies and Bart Davenport!

Wednesday, February 23rd, Social Studies play the Bottom of the Hill in SF, opening for Typhoon and Admiral Radley. This show is likely to sell out, so consider getting tickets in advance here. And if you haven’t checked out Social Studies’ 2010 album Wind Up Wooden Heart, do yourself a favor and check out their song Time Bandits:

Social Studies – Time Bandit

And then, on Friday, February 25th, Bart Davenport opens for Alexi Murdoch at the Swedish American Hall, upstairs from the Cafe Du Nord. This intimate, seated show is already sold out, but you can still get a crack at it with a Noise Pop badge (which, incidentally, gets you into ALL of the Noise Pop shows!).

Bart’s got a great new covers album out on German label Tapete called “Searching For Bart Davenport“, with great songs by Caetano Veloso, Gil Scott-Heron, the Moore Brothers, Broadcast, and more! More on this album soon, we will have copies for sale in the Antenna Farm webstore….as soon as our shipment clears customs!!!!

For now, check out his cover of The Kings of Convenience‘s Cayman Islands:

Bart Davenport – Cayman Islands

For more info on these fine shows and Noise Pop in general, plus some great free music and video, be sure to visit the Noise Pop site, there’s a ton of great stuff happening next week you won’t want to miss!

by on February 16, 2011
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