* please put down Friday, June 6 on your calendar as we'll be hosting the second annual PRE-BFD PARTY @ 330 Ritch Street with THE WHIGS (Atlanta), ACTION DESIGN (North Bay/CD release party) and THE HUNDRED DAYS (sf) all performing live. (plus, i'll be djing to boot) doors at 9pm, 21+ please and this event is FREE!! (lots of booze, beer and 3 great bands to kick off your BFD weekend)

* so, when i was back in High School out in lovely Livermore i was making crappy birdhouses in shop class, flunking out of pre-Algebra, dissecting poor dead frogs in Biology AND not organizing local music festivals and learning about the music biz 101 as is the case with some Sophomore's and Junior's from Burlingame High! this Sunday, May 18 down in Burlingame, several students, along with the Youth Advisory Committee, have went ahead and organized quite an impressive music event: the 1st Annual Day On The Green Music Festival, featuring 8 Bay Area bands- Project 13, Element 94, Fighting The Villain, Undergone, All Ages, Company Car, Mud and Chow Nasty.... damn! A bunch of mini "Bill Graham's" in the making here and I'm sure i'll be using these students to help me book future BFD's and NSSN's in the future. (myspace.com/dotg08 for more info)

* excited this weekend to head down down to Weenie Roast in Los Angeles, our sister station KROQ's big summer festival, and i'll be back in time for soundcheck next Sunday @7pm with my special friend Miles the hipster co-hosting the show with me. (and i'll tell y'all how Metallica was @ Weenie Roast)

coming up this Sunday, 5.18, new music to spin from THE CURE, MY MORNING JACKET, WOLF PARADE, FLEET FOXES, THE ROOTS, THE BLACK ANGELS, SCARLETT JOHANSSON and tons more. free tickets for these upcoming shows, too: RANCID @ the warfield on 9.25, LONG BLONDES @ great american music hall on 6.2, FOALS @ popscene on 5.22, CAROLINA LIAR @ slim's on 5.20, LADYTRON @ the sold-out Fillmore on 5.27 and more......

late,
aaron

top 5 most wanted records from soundcheck last week: (most requests, texts, emails)

1. DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? we are rockstars (almost gold)
2. ATMOSPHERE- you (east/west)
3. SANTOGOLD- l.e.s. artistes (downtown)
4. LADYTRON- ghosts (nettwerk)
5. MIDDLE CLASS RUT- new low (unsigned)

soundcheck single of da week: THE PRESETS- this boys in love (modular records)

top 5 reasons the Bay Area music scene kicks so much booty right now: (i.e. most requested local bands of the week)

1. ROUGE WAVE- Chicago x 12
2. THE MATCHES- wake the sun
3. THE HUNDRED DAYS- hey
4. PORT O'BRIEN- i woke up today
5. APSIDE- she's lovely

shows that you must hit up this week!!

TUESDAY: kate nash (uk) @ fillmore
WEDNESDAY: port o'brien (oakland) @ rickshaw (cd release party)
WEDNESDAY: ra ra riot (nyc) and the little ones (nyc) @ cafe du nord
THURSDAY: radio 4 (nyc) @ popscene with djs aaron (me) and omar (www.popscene-sf.com)
FRIDAY: robyn (Sweden) @ bimbo's
SATURDAY: built for the sea (sf), hundred days (sf), overview (sf) and more, plus dj miles the cool kid @ great american music hall
SATURDAY: the kills (uk) @ slim's
SUNDAY: the dresden dolls (Boston) @ fillmore
MONDAY: clinic (uk) @ the independent

5 new records that have me doing backflips in my office:

1. THE ROOTS- rising down (for fans of: lyrics born, de la soul, deltron 3030, atmosphere, Jurassic 5, a tribe called quest)
2. FRIGHTENED RABBIT- the midnight organ fight (for fans of: once soundtrack, snow patrol, damien rice, the twilight sad, arcade fire)
3. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE- narrow stairs (for fans of: ben gibbard, postal service, built to spill, john vanderslice, rouge wave, the shins)
4. BLACK ANGELS- directions to see a ghost (for fans of: dandy warhols, brian jonestown massacre, brmc, warlocks, velvet underground)
5. SCARLETT JOHANSSON- anywhere i lay my head (for fans of: aaron's ex-girlfriends, mazzy star, neko case, she & him, opal)


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