A thrilling happening - Uni and Her Ukulele, Pants Pants Pants and the Boneless Children Foundation at the Knockout on Wednesday, July 23! A rare and exciting situation.

Uni - the neo-pop vintage uke-toting chanteuse;

Pants Pants Pants - the playful electro-pop charming happy time explosion band;

Boneless Children Foundation - bringing rock and roll gravy to all the starving children of the world.

Amazing. Think of the children, and come to the show!

9:30 PM, $5, 21+

The "On Tour" Tour . . .

July 24th, 2008 (San Francisco, CA)

Imeem and Red Stripe present The Paper Sons and Raised By Robots two-week West Coast Tour.

Conceived in November of 2006, Raised By Robots colluded in a San Francisco basement to carefully craft a jangly rock stew which would be unleashed upon an unsuspecting public. Although the music has a foundation in Indy Rock, it also pulls queues from a wide range of influences including Hip-Hop, Honky-Tonk, and Grunge. The band will be embarking on their first ever West Coast tour to promote their debut LP The Auctioneer, and to play a few new tunes from their upcoming EP to be recorded this fall.

Often compared to bands such as Cursive, Deftones and Sparta, The Paper Sons hit the road this summer to bring their unique brand of vocal harmony and rhythmic loud rock to the cities of the West Coast. The Paper Sons are taking a break from recording this summer to tour in support of their freshman release “Fine Line” available at your favorite e-retailer or from the band’s official website www.thepapersons.com.

Dates:

July 24th, 2008 Cafe Du Nord San Francisco, CA, 9:00 pm w/ Low Red Land & Parker Street Cinema

July 25th, 2008 Cafe Pergolesi Santa Cruz, CA, 8:00 pm w/ Jackie Rocks Band

July 26th, 2008 The Airliner Los Angeles, CA, 3:00 pm w/ Spider Problem

July 27th, 2008 Zombie Lounge San Diego, CA, 9:00 pm w/ Black Seven

July 30th, 2008 Marilyn's on K Street Sacramento, CA, 8:30 pm Video Game Night

August 1st, 2008 Red Room Portland, OR, 8:00 pm w/ The Apple War & Science Heroes

August 2nd, 2008 Mars Bar/Venus Caf� Seattle, WA, 9:00 pm w/ TBA

August 3rd, 2008 Club Vertigo Tacoma, WA, 9:00 pm w/ TBA

August 4th, 2008 Mt. Tabor Legacy Portland, OR, 8:00 pm w/ Hum The Drone & Exuviate

August 6th, 2008 Black Forest Eugene, OR, 9:00 pm w/ TBA

August 8th, 2008 Nick's Nite Club Chico, CA, 9:00 pm w/ NOROBOTS

For further information or to request guest list status, contact Cameron Spies (Raised By Robots) at (971) 409-6193 or Fran Dickinson (The Paper Sons) at (650) 576-0543.

www.raisedbyrobotsmusic.com
www.thepapersons.com
www.bayarearnr.com

For more information, contact:

Cameron F. Spies
985 Jackson St.
San Francisco, CA 94133
971-409-6193
info@raisedbyrobotsmusic.com

or

Fran Dickinson
The Paper Sons
(650) 576-0543

"Who are these guys? They sound like they're constipated" -- Jake "The Ram" Jenkins

"That bass player guy looks just like my sister's ex-husband's brother-in-law!" -- Barbara Walters

"Hey. Is this your beer? I think I just drank out of your beer. Sorry about that." -- Larry King

Young Has Beens are five ex-clergyman with bad haircuts and a penchant for dried shrimp. If you can handle the smell, consider getting as close to the stage as possible to witness their signature "bullpucky" hijinx. The saying goes, "It's only rock and roll", but this particular rock and roll turns kittens into cargo pants, as you will soon see. Also, certain members of the band regularly combust, so please refrain from wearing Rayon apparel at their performances. Next show: Friday, August 1st at Broadway Studios in North Beach.

Pope of Yes is a new project of recent San Francisco transplant Sean Mabry (maus haus), Joe Miller (The Lovely Public), and Sofia Bell (Squeeky Rice) . Pope of Yes brings a huge and powerful performance, delivering an imaginitive sound much larger than 3 people.

"You'd be hard-pressed to find another band/artist in the current San Francisco indie scene that's tackling such a highly evolved level of compositional experimentation. The sheer symphonic grandeur of his songs dwarf the dynamic range of your average indie band. Each song is a crammed cornucopia of sounds: horns, strings, synths, distorted pianos, kalimbas, YOU NAME IT! All of it darting and weaving and unfolding..." -Wiretap Music

Pope of Yes www.myspace.com/popeofyes

Boat (Seattle) www.myspace.com/boatmusic

Alright Class www.myspace.com/alrightclass

Steve Orth

The Knockout

Mission & Valencia

9 pm 5 bones

We're a three piece band from the SF Bay Area. We pull influence from bands like Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Radiohead, Blood Brothers, and HEALTH. We just finished recording and have our four track session up on our myspace for free download. Check it out!

We're playing the retox lounge in san francisco on friday july 18th! Come check us out and say hi!

myspace.com/bearsbearsbearsmusic

Go see The Histories & Railcars (Formerly Aria C Jalali) at the Mama Buzz Cafe in Oakland on July 18. The show is free, starts at 7:30PM and should be a great time for all.

This is The Histories much-anticipated first show in the Bay Area. We are all very excited to see what they have in store (Rumor is they are beginning work on a their first formal full-length).

With so many big, impressive voices being heard in music these days, it takes something more to stand out. Dani Paige offers an example of what "something more" sounds like. Besides having a rich, supple, powerful voice, her gift for songwriting places her in a completely different category from the overhyped karaoke singers that populate the contemporary musical landscape.

Ms. Paige and songwriting partner/guitarist Jesse DeCarlo, with drummer Jenn Schaaf and bassist Rhonda Kinard, have created something that fans of the rock-soul-R&B tradition have been craving for years: songs that are catchy but not disposable, and show genuine musicianship without sounding clinical. Like the great soul music of days past, the choruses grab your ear and don't let go, while the rhythm pulls you out of your seat and makes you want to dance. But unlike a retro act, the Dani Paige Band focuses these influences through a lens of individual passion and experience to create something fresh and exciting.

The Bay Bridged Presents: 20 Minute Loop (CD Release), Man/Miracle (Single Release) & Caves at Bottom of the Hill on Friday, July 11 at 8pm. 21+, $10.

The Dashing Suns are a new band out of Oakland that is as catchy and destructive as a California wild fire

Lock up your daughters and bring your earplugs to the next show.

The Dashing Suns

a decent animal is a swaggering atmospheric rock trio from charleston, sc recently relocated to san fran. ADA was formed in '05 by long time band mates JK Nicholson and RG Weld. After an enlightening recording experience the duo added GP Baerreis and immediately the band began writing new material. The songs began telling longer stories with more sophisticated instrumentation. Soon they would solidify their collaborative writing style, developing a genuinely unique sound. ADA has never really felt like it belonged to a specific genre allowing them the freedom to write songs that are fiercely personal. With a well established sound in place ADA took to the highway touring extensively over the last year sharing the stage with many great national and local acts such as Band of Horses, Love as Laughter, Modest Mouse, Lake Trout, Slowrunner, the Helio Sequence and more. Live the three members play as many as six instruments at a given time keeping their audience visually engaged at all times. Find a decent animal and love it.