THE PHENOMENAUTS
The New Up, Taxes
Fri, February 3, 2012
9:00 pm
Rickshaw Stop
$12.00
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THE PHENOMENAUTS
SF's favorite space-surf android rockers! "These guys aren’t like anything you’ve seen or heard before ... I saw Phenomenauts play in both New York City and San Francisco; each time the place was jam-packed with people chanting 'Science and honor!' A few dozen were dressed as robots, and endless streams of chicks looked like they’d just landed in from an R-rated Jetsons episode. Fanfare of that sort doesn’t happen by coincidence." --Thrasher
“A band that lives, loves and rocks on the grand scale of the cosmos." --SF Weekly
“A band that lives, loves and rocks on the grand scale of the cosmos." --SF Weekly
The New Up
San Francisco rock/pop five-piece The New Up, voted a Best Bay Area Breakout Band of 2009 on MTV2, is releasing their fourth studio CD, Gold, on October 26, 2010. Produced by The New Up and mastered by Roger Lian (The White Stripes, Madonna, The Killers, Smashing Pumpkins, The Strokes) at Masterdisk NYC, Gold is the culmination of a series of three EPs: Better Off (2009), which Performer Magazine called "An artful sonic balance that's miles beyond the typical indie-rock release," and the
CMJ Top 200-charting Broken Machine (2008). NBCSanDiego.com calls The New Up "dark, dreamy rock with gorgeous female vocals," Behind the Hype states, "Metric with a touch of The Rolling Stones, with a front woman with an addictive, classy, lingering voice," and Flagpole says, "striking, exotic and brashly coherent indie pop that feel[s] like the sonic equivalent of a thrill ride." Delivering captivating live performances that combine uniquely catchy songs with polished chops and inspired musicianship, The New Up features flute and electronics in addition to guitars, bass, drums, and – front and center – the intoxicatingly liquid voice of ES Pitcher, who the Sacramento News & Review calls "the bastard love child of Siouxsie Sioux and Karen O."
CMJ Top 200-charting Broken Machine (2008). NBCSanDiego.com calls The New Up "dark, dreamy rock with gorgeous female vocals," Behind the Hype states, "Metric with a touch of The Rolling Stones, with a front woman with an addictive, classy, lingering voice," and Flagpole says, "striking, exotic and brashly coherent indie pop that feel[s] like the sonic equivalent of a thrill ride." Delivering captivating live performances that combine uniquely catchy songs with polished chops and inspired musicianship, The New Up features flute and electronics in addition to guitars, bass, drums, and – front and center – the intoxicatingly liquid voice of ES Pitcher, who the Sacramento News & Review calls "the bastard love child of Siouxsie Sioux and Karen O."
Taxes
Former "crumb" frontman Robby Cronholm is the emotional motor that drives the band Taxes. Robby formed "crumb" in Southern California, and at the age of nineteen signed with Qwest/Warner Bros. and released "Romance is a Slow Dance." The release of the record led to "crumb" touring with such top tier acts as "Jimmy Eat World," "Death Cab for Cutie," and a slot on that year's Lollapalooza festival tour.
Eventually "crumb" disbanded and Robby waited a few years before forming what is now arguably the second greatest Rock band of all time: Taxes.
After enlisting the services of Berklee College of Music grad Brad Harbidge on drums and Cincinnati transplant and keyboardist extraordinaire Tristan Eckerson, the trio spent the next year writing and rehearsing the songs that would eventually appear on their debut EP. The trio then recruited the effects- driven, creative guitar sounds of New Zealand native Josh White and solid, "in the pocket" bass skills of New Yorker Jonathan Kepke.
With the group now fully formed, Taxes headed for the studio. Having known John Vanderslice for many years, Robby decided to record the EP at John's seminal Indie Rock studio Tiny Telephone, located in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District. Vanderslice recommended one of his top producers for the project. Laura Dean, having worked with artists such as Amanda Palmer, The Frail, and John Vanderslice, was the perfect woman for the job. The band recorded six songs over a period of a month, all of which will appear on their forthcoming EP "This is Going to End Badly."
Eventually "crumb" disbanded and Robby waited a few years before forming what is now arguably the second greatest Rock band of all time: Taxes.
After enlisting the services of Berklee College of Music grad Brad Harbidge on drums and Cincinnati transplant and keyboardist extraordinaire Tristan Eckerson, the trio spent the next year writing and rehearsing the songs that would eventually appear on their debut EP. The trio then recruited the effects- driven, creative guitar sounds of New Zealand native Josh White and solid, "in the pocket" bass skills of New Yorker Jonathan Kepke.
With the group now fully formed, Taxes headed for the studio. Having known John Vanderslice for many years, Robby decided to record the EP at John's seminal Indie Rock studio Tiny Telephone, located in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District. Vanderslice recommended one of his top producers for the project. Laura Dean, having worked with artists such as Amanda Palmer, The Frail, and John Vanderslice, was the perfect woman for the job. The band recorded six songs over a period of a month, all of which will appear on their forthcoming EP "This is Going to End Badly."
