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Sun May 25

Italians Do It Better - Glass Candy

also with Chromatics, Farah, DJ Mike Simonetti


Website
$5

Location
Date and Time
Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102 map
cross street: Van Ness
district: Civic Center

Sun May 25 (9pm)

Description
"Mike Simonetti cut his teeth in the '80s hardcore scene in New York City, attending notorious shows and buying records back when "collector's prices" were pretty much reserved for Elvis 78s. The sheer number of clubs where a savvy dude could DJ in the city at that time was overwhelming. When clubs started closing and gigs evaporated in the '90s, Simonetti turned his finely tuned eardrums groundward. After a brief stint as a zinester ('twas the season), he started the infamous record label Troubleman Unlimited, and curated nearly 200 releases from artists as diverse and damaging as Glass Candy, Erase Errata, Unwound, and Black Dice."

- portlandmercury.com

GLASS CANDY
"Glass Candy are vocalist Ida No and producer Johnny Jewel, who is also producing the fantastic chromatics. Making use of a lot of retro synthesizers, their sound is somewhere in between italo disco and wave." --DiscoDust
"B/E/A/T/B/O/X informally dashes Glass Candy as 'OMG punks w/ synths' and officially announces Glass Candy: aggressive, formidable beat-mongerers." --Pitchfork
myspace.com/glasscandy

CHROMATICS
Chromatics are the new face of the late night. Once a spastic-punk band fueled by jangling guitars and hollering vocal fury, Chromatics have evolved into a post-Italo-disco outfit that's helped spearhead a new wave of analog luster. The duo's unique passion for lo-fi, minimal drum programming, cosmic piano leads, and subtle female vocals makes for the sexiest dance this side of Cerrone. "Ruth Radelet's icy vocals sound amazing over the warmth of the audible vinyl crackle." -Gorilla vs. Bear
myspace.com/chromaticsmusics

FARAH
Texas cold wave of disco singer.
myspace.com/farahfarahmusic

ITALIANS DO IT BETTER RECORDS
myspace.com/italiansdoitbetterrecords