Shit’s happenin! Some great shows coming up in the SJ vicinity.

grandfanali:

New Grand Fanali Presents Northern California concert listings, updated 11/29. Rockage2.0 announced for Feb 8-10

New South Bay all ages music movement, MAKE A SCENE SJ is seeking passionate young people who want to help improve the San Jose music scene. Read about it here. Get involved: makeasceneSJ@gmail.com

  ****** Homestead Lanes Bowling Alley (aka X-Bar) - 20990 Homestead Road in Cupertino, CA 95014 - 408-225-5700 http://www.homsteadlanes.com - ALL AGES venue (21+ to drink) ******


-12/15 at Homestead Lanes - Hard Girls + The Albert Square (reunion) + Summer Vacation + Chotto Ghetto + Reid Saw A Ghost. 8pm all ages $8. Info. (indie punk)

-1/12 at Homestead Lanes - “The 11th Annual Silicon Valley Brownout” w/ The Record Winter + Mike Huguenor (of Hard Girls / Shinobu) + Cartoon Bar Fight + ColorScout + Matthew Joseph Payne (of Glowing Stars) + Casey Jones. 8pm all ages $8. Info. (indie/ rock)

******Crepe Place - 1134 Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz, CA 95062 - 831-429-6994 http://thecrepeplace.com/ - ALL AGES venue (21+ to drink) ******

-12/13 at Crepe Place - Thanks Buddy + That Ghost + The Gutz. $8 all ages 8pm. Info. (indie)

-1/4 at Crepe Place - Ghost of Wrights + Cartoon Bar Fight + A Yawn Worth Yelling. 8pm all ages $8. Info. (indie)

-12/29 at Crepe Place - Time Spent Driving + Happy Body Slow Brain + TBA 8pm all ages $10. Info. (indie rock)

-1/13 at Crepe Place - Moon Eater + E V Kain (members of Hella/ Broken Bells/ Cigar) + San Francesca 8pm all ages $8. Info. (indie)

-1/18 at Crepe Place - Slime Girls + crashfaster + Together We Are Robots + TBA 8pm all ages $8 Info. (chiptune/ rock)

********* San Jose Rock Shop - 30 North 3rd Street San Jose, CA 95110. http://sjrockshop.com/private-club/ Private ALL AGES venue (requires $5 annual membership fee) ************

-12/21 at SJ Rock Shop - Kepi Ghoulie + Dog Party + KiLL The Bats. 6pm all ages $8 Info. (pop punk)

-12/27 at SJ Rock Shop - CAPS (last show) + Monstrauss + Bloodpig + 51-50. 6pm all ages $8. Info. (punk)

-12/28 at SJ Rock Shop - Cartoon Bar Fight + French Cassettes + Picture Atlantic (acoustic). 6pm all ages $8. Info. (indie)

********* San Pedro Square Market - 87 North San Pedro Street San Jose, CA 95110. http://www.sanpedrosquaremarket.com/ FREE - ALL AGES venue *********

-12/29 at San Pedro Square Market - “Daydream Nation Vol.9” w/ The Ghost Of Wrights + Ghost & The City + The English Language. FREE 7pm all ages. Info.

-1/26 at San Pedro Square Market - “Daydream Nation Vol.10” w/ Northern Son + TBA + TBA. FREE 7pm all ages. Info.

-2/23 at San Pedro Square Market - “Daydream Nation Vol.11” w/ TBA + TBA + TBA. FREE 7pm all ages. Info.

-3/30 at San Pedro Square Market - “Daydream Nation Vol.12” w/ TBA + TBA + TBA. FREE 7pm all ages. Info.

******Blank Club - 44 South Almaden Ave in San Jose, CA 94113 - 408-292-5265 http://www.theblankclub.com/- 21+ only venue******



-12/5 at Blank Club - The Ghost Of Wrights + The Oarsmen + The High Sea 9pm FREE 21+ (indie/ rock)

-12/12 at Blank Club - The Whammy (Slim Jim Phantom of Stray Cats) $13/$15 9pm 21+ (rockabilly)

-12/19 at Blank Club - Picture Atlantic + Dogcatcher + Ghost Parade 9pm FREE 21+ (rock)

-12/26 at Blank Club - That Ghost + Chronoscopes + TBA 9pm FREE 21+ (indie)

-1/2 at Blank Club - Belle Noire + Bonnie & The Bang Bang + Owl Paws + TBA 9pm FREE 21+ (rock)

-1/9 at Blank Club - Pounders + Ten Days New + Spider Heart 9pm FREE 21+ (punk/ rock)

-1/16 at Blank Club - crashfaster + Slime Girls + Together We Are Robots. 9pm FREE 21+ (chiptune)

-1/23 at Blank Club - Amonie + Vela + TBA 9pm FREE 21+ (indie/ noise)

-1/30 at Blank Club - The Golden Hour + Melvoy + Light The Rocket 9pm FREE 21+ (rock)

-2/6 at Blank Club - Buried At Birth + F*Ck The Facts + TBA 9pm $5 21+ (hardcore)

-2/13 at Blank Club - TBA

-2/20 at Blank Club -Usurper Vong + TBA 9pm FREE 21+ (indie/ rock)

-2/27 at Blank Club - Casey Chisholm + TBA 9pm FREE 21+ (indie)


******other Grand Fanali Presents events******

-1/10 at Bottom Of The Hill - 1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
SOLOS (Spencer Seim of Hella/ The Advantage) + E V Kain (members of Hella/ Broken Bells/ Cigar) + San Francesca. 8pm all ages $10 (indie/ rock). Info. Tickets.

-2/8 - 2/10 ROCKAGE 2.0 at San Jose Woman’s Club - San Jose, CA 95112
Rockage is a three-day celebration of indie music + retro gaming.
Minibosses (AZ) + Bit Brigade (GA) + Matthew Joseph Payne + crashfaster + Mega Ran/ Random (AZ) + Gnarboots + Jean Baudin + Slime Girls + Hello, The Future! + Those Who Fight (TX)  + Jazzybosses (AZ) + Good Hustle + Curious Quail + San Francesca + Cartoon Bar Fight + Mike Park + Dog Party +  DJ Coco + DJ Mr Smith + many more TBA Fri: 3pm-10:30pm Sat: noon-10:30pm Sun: noon-8pm (chiptune/ indie/ rock)
Tickets. Rockage Website.

Surprise. :) Free show tomorrow evening downtown SJ. Did you miss our album release show the other week? If sooo…you know what to do!

San Jose Band Cartoon Bar Fight Looks at Life and Death with New Album | Activate | Metroactive Music

Big feature on CBF in the San Jose Metro this week! Thanks to Aaron Carnes. 

Black Friday | Rockage 2.0 three day passes on sale for $20 today!

CBF plays the Make A Scene SJ showcase at Rockage on Friday, Feb 8 alongside our friends in Curious Quail, San Francesca and Good Hustle—but we’ll be there all weekend! Grab a three day pass today and come have fun with us. :)

Happy Thanksgiving. Love you. :)

jrsdphotography:

Cartoon Bar Fight @ SLG Art Boutiki, November 16^th, 2012

This was Cartoon Bar Fight’s CD release show and it is a really, really amazing album. You should get it.

Album Review: Cartoon Bar Fight 'Reincarnate'

Up in the San Jose Metro today. Thanks to Amulya Datla. <3

HELL. YES. Retro gamers + indie music lovers uniteee! We are so excited for this. You better fucking come out so I can lap you in DKR N64 (CBF will be running this area). Get your ticket now before the price bump. It’s only $20! Goooo! 

rockagesj:

Announcing the MAKE A SCENE SJ showcase at Rockage2.0 on 2/8/13.

MAKE A SCENE SJ is a South Bay all ages music movement encouraging young people to become more involved in their local music scene.

~ Performing Friday 2/8/13 ~ doors open at 3pm ~ music starts at 5pm

GOOD HUSTLE: notorious afrobeat idols from San Jose, supreme party starters

SAN FRANCESCA: electronic indie rock threesome from San Jose

CARTOON BAR FIGHT: gloomy indie folk ensemble from San Jose

CURIOUS QUAIL: folk pop gamer faction from San Jose

…and more!

Rockage 2.0 Tix: “Early bird” tix are on sale now! Grab a three-day pass for only $20 here. 3-day pass price goes up to $30 on 12/8. Single day tickets will be available at the door for $20 cash each day.

New show announced! Very much looking forward to trying out San Jose’s newest all-ages venue, San Jose Rock Shop! Facebook event and more info here.

Show Review: Cartoon Bar Fight Album Release

A nice review courtesy of Tara Singh and Amulya Datla over at blacklightfindings.com.

Cartoon Bar Fight CD Release | Metroactive (Photos)

Thanks to Jessica of JRSD Photography! <3<3

I posted this on FB this morning, buuuuuut…

Hello you guys. I am a sentimental fuck and went to sleep last night with tears of joy in my eyes after our release show. To everyone who came to that show to support us last night, helped promote it, hosted it, and got our new album— I appreciate you and love you. We wouldn’t be anything at all without you. Thank you so incredibly much for being there for me and us and for helping us along. Our next stop is Decemeber 28th at the new San Jose Rock Shop with Picture Atlantic and French Cassettes. I hope to see you soon. Love, Kendall : )

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A friend reported that about 120 people showed up during last night’s show, AND STAYED for the whole thing. That tells me that our music scene in San Jose is alive and kicking major ass. Let’s keep this up and continue supporting each other. <3

Here’s a video of our closing song, “Reincarnate,” courtesy of our buddies at Local Bay Area music.

Cartoon Bar Fight in this week’s San Jose Metro. Thanks to Aaron Carnes.

Broken Audio Reviews: Cartoon Bar Fight - Reincarnate

Thanks to our pal Frank over at Broken Audio for the kind review!

brokenaudio:

After five years as a band, the indie-folk outfit Cartoon Bar Fight has released their debut LP titled Reincarnate; the follow up for their 2011 EP, Tell All The Children.

With Reincarnate, CBF has evolved their sound to a brand new level. Their EP was mostly an effort between…

CBF on Society6

Thanks to Terry Fan (our incredible album artist) for the sweet post!

Digital Release Today | Reincarnate

Dear ones,

We’ve decided to put our brand new album, “Reincarnate,” up on Bandcamp today so you can have a listen before our release party this Friday at Art Boutiki (downtown San Jose). We hope you’ll like it.

pitchfork:

Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum is going out on tour at the top of next year.

CBF Album Release Show-- one week to go!

*giggle* Happy Halloween from your pals in CBF. Come celebrate our album release with us Nov. 16th at Art Boutiki. Enjoy this impromptu rendition of the title track, “Reincarnate.” Live from a graveyard.

A/V: Kevin Self & Eric Fanali. Thanks!

10/29/12. Chillin out on somebody’s tomb. Got some surprises for you tomorrow.