“Art Rock-East Euro-Polka-Surf Throwdownâ€
“Grass Rootsâ€, Bay Area-based art and concert promoters The 2010 Songbird Festival holds true to is promise of presenting diverse, eclectic, and expressive live performances by assembling a rarely seen “Hydra-like†rocking monster of Mid East Psychedelia, Punk Surf, and Hardcore Polka.
POLKACIDE: SF’s only Hardcore Polka band, celebrating 25 years of non-traditional traditional sweat and beer soaked revelry.Â
“It’s like a disease…no, it’s like an apocalypse…no, it’s like your worst nightmare of a Midwestern family reunion! It’s Polkacide.”-Music Calendar, SF Chronicle
KHI DARAG: Inspired by Persian classical, late 60’s acid garage psychedelia and surf mayhem, traditional Armenian and Jewish dances, Cambodian street music, Gothic art rock, and Bollywood soundtracks, SF Bay Area based ensemble Khi Darag walks a thin line between the modern and archaic.
“…this is exactly the kind of band Mike Patton or John Zorn would want playing at their wedding with a dancefloor of weirdos having the time of their life. So fun!- Aquarius Records, San Francisco
SPACE BLASTER: Made up from some of the most frighteningly talented members of the Bay Area avant garde Jazz and experimental rock scene, this black caped quartet serves up a set of unrelenting post-punk surf rock best described as “Dick Dale colliding head on with Ennio Morricone in a tragic collision involving two semis trapped in an atomic particle accelerator!
SF-based cello and vocal duo LOOP!STATION has been captivating audiences since 2002 with their deftly stacked and carefully interlocking live sampled phrases that create a truly unique and haunting soundscape “….Think the Cocteau Twins with PJ Harvey at the controls. Think hallucinatory aural investigations. Think great mea-out music…†– SF Weekly
Workingman Music and Songbird Festival Presents
Venue:
Blue Macaw
2565 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110-2511
Show at 8 p.m. $8-12 Cover
