August 19th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Featured, random
Flyer design by Joey Enos. Different Fur Presents… Ourself! It’s our Anniversary yo and we want to bask in all our 43-year-old glory with all y’all. So the deal is you’re cordially invited to Café Du Nord, Friday August 26th for a night of brilliant music and carousing with friends. The last show we did [...]
July 8th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
Also-ran or phenomenon? Will Govus Since Washed Out hit the scene back in 2009 he’s dialed down the sampling and scaled up the songwriting with his new album, Within and Without. With a background in everything from jazz to instrumental hip-hop he produces a synthy soundscape that will put the dreamy buzz(or acid trip?) in [...]
June 30th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
A B & The Sea will be playing a show with Young Digerati for Popscene on Thursday, June 30th at The Rickshaw Stop. There are no advance tickets on sale for this event, all tickets will be sold at the doors. $8/21+ and $10/18+. Doors at 9 PM. Come out and support local music! For [...]
June 23rd, 2011 | by lindsey | published in cool
Clark Barclay, under the name The Bins – aptly entitled due to his obsession with record store discount bins, has released his debut EP. Every Minute of Every Day samples over a hundred different clips and took five years to complete. “The concept was to flip through every album I have, find the melody or [...]
June 23rd, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Featured, friends
Santa Cruz instrumentalists Sound Tribe Sector 9′s latest EP When the Dust Settles debuted on iTunes and quickly emerged to the number one spot in the electronic charts. The EP was mixed at Different Fur with Nic Pope and is full of drippy electro saturated with jazz and world music. STS9 is already highly acclaimed, [...]
June 20th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in news
We always had a feeling SF band Lilac doubled as a sex cult. Now all suspicions are confirmed in their scintillating new Broke-Ass Band Interview. Sit back and read it right now, then go buy the band and Chloe Roth some Yamo for doing such a good interview. Lilac’s self-titled debut EP is in stores [...]
June 1st, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
Tonight @ the Make Out Room please join us for the Penny Arcade live music showcase!!! Tons of great bands and musical guests, including SkyStone, Forever Goldrush, and Pat Parra for his SF CD Release. Parra’s CD lowered was recorded and mixed in his bedroom and mastered at Fur by Patrick Brown. Available for download [...]
June 1st, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Featured, video
Heartbeats from David Dutton on Vimeo. The Frail released the video for “Heartbeats” today. The lead single off their latest EP Lasers Over Lovers (which was recorded in one night at Different Fur with Ben Bernardy) is thick with lavish synths and danceable bass lines. The video goes through a sort of urban Wizard of [...]