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NOISE POP 2006 DAY 4 NEWS It's officially mid-Noise Pop Week. Last night, Spoon's Britt Daniel rocked the house at The Swedish American Hall, Tommy Guerrero's show at Café Du Nord featured free ice cream sundaes, recent SF Bay Guardian cover stars The Cuts ruled at Thee Parkside and The Dirtbombs and Black Lips christened this year's Noise Pop at the excellent Independent. The Heavenly States also headlined the very first ever Noise Pop show at The Rickshaw Stop, the great new venue on Fell Street where tonight KZSU and Noise Pop present Why?, Asobi Seksu and more. This weekend will also feature the return of the Noise Pop Education Series featuring NYC's Indie Night School, the debut of the Noise Pop And Shop at Club Six on Saturday - an awesome mash-up of KUSF's Rock 'n' Swap Record Swap, The Noise Pop Poster Show and Feria Urbana, the premiere local event that features amazing local clothing and jewelry designers - all for $3 or a Noise Pop Badge, and the Noise Pop Film Festival which picks up tonight with The M-80 Project - a rare new wave/no wave concert film from 1979. 3/29/2006 NOISE POP 2006 DAY 3 NEWS Last night, San Francisco was served a full program of Noise Pop that included a screening of "Fearless Freaks" - the documentary about The Flaming Lips - which was followed by a Q & A with film maker Bradley Beesely and Wayne Coyne, plus awesome live shows like Every Move A Picture and Scissors For Lefty at The Bottom Of The Hill, deadboy and the elephantmen at Café Du Nord; Isis at The Great American Music Hall and an electrifying performance from Feist at Bimbo's. Another first for Noise Pop this year was the first of two Noise Pop Comedy Nights at Thee Parkside featuring the hilarious local troupe, Killing My Lobster. The second show is tomorrow night again at Thee Parkside. Noise Pop founder Kevin Arnold sat down with MP3.com for a video podcast interview all about Noise Pop past and present as well as the San Francisco music scene in general. As you may have noticed, MP3.com has a lot of great coverage of Noise Pop artists and we've featured links on the band pages. Click here to check out Kevin's interview. We'd like to congratulate Priya Thidandam of San Francisco for winning the Noise Pop/Live 105/Gibson Guitar Activist Contest. Priya won a brand new Gibson Les Paul Guitar plus two Noise Pop 2006 All-Fest passes. Here's a picture of the happy winner. We still have another gorgeous Gibson SG to give away!!! Click here 4/3/06 NOISE POP 2006 IS DONE! From A Fir Ju Well to Zombi and everything in between, the 14th annual Noise Pop Festival is now done. Thank you to all the bands and artists, attendees, writers, photographers, volunteers, bloggers, show managers, the clubs, the great city of San Francisco and you reading this, for making Noise Pop a success. This year, the festival included dozens of shows and special events including many firsts like the Noise Pop & Shop, Comedy Nights at Thee Parkside and shows at great new venues The Rickshaw Stop and The Knockout. You can find lots of NP-related writing at the Noise Pop Blog, video footage from the festival and Noise Pop artists in our YouTube group , lots of awesome photos in the Noise Pop Buzznet group and as reviews, recaps and stories are published, we'll link to them so you relive the loud good times. At the shows you might have seen the Noise Pop mailing list sign-up sheet. We are going to do a drawing from everyone that signed up to give away a Gibson SG guitar. You can still sign up here until April 14. We'll do the drawing on April 15th and announce the winner. Even though this year's festival is over, Noise Pop isn't going away, we're going to be bringing you an exciting new website, online store, more events and well, more everything this year so signing up for our email newsletter is a great way to be kept abreast of the upcoming developments. 4/2/2006 NOISE POP 2006 DAY 7 NEWS The final day is upon us, and we're going out with guns blazing. Remember Daylight Savings! Set your prefered time piece ahead one hour. 4/1/2006 NOISE POP 2006 DAY 6 NEWS NOTE ABOUT SOLD OUT SHOWS: If you don't have an All-Fest Badge and a show sells out, we will release a limited number of tickets one hour after doors!  Get
down to Club 6 now! Noise Pop & Shop features some of
the best local artists and designers selling the latest chic and unique
clothing, jewelry and accessories. KUSF's famous Rock 'n' Swap, the
giant record collectors fair, will also be on hand for all your vinyl
needs as will KUSF's fine DJ's, serving up rocking beats all day long!That's not all...! Our Noise Pop & Shop also includes the Noise Pop Poster Show - with original limited-run screen printed posters by local artists including Lil Tuffy, Justin Walsh, Jason Munn (Small Stakes) and more from Noise Pop festivals past and present will be on display and on sale at reasonable prices ! 12-6pm at Club 6 (60 6th St) 3/31/2006 NOISE POP 2006 DAY 5 NEWS Holy mole! 10 shows in one night, that must be our all time record. Well, tonight we're scaling back to a modest 6. Why? So you can kick off your Noise Pop weekend multi-media style. First stop off at HQ (Thee Parkside) for a round or two on the cheap before heading by the Noise Pop Film Festival at ATA. Tonight we're screening Directions, the visual companion to Death Cab For Cutie's latest and greatest release Plans. Check out the trailer here. After that you're on your own, don't make us pick a favorite. Brightblack Morning Light visit KUSF this afternoon from 3;00-4:00 pm for a special Guest DJ set! Listen in the city at KUSF 90.3 FM or go here to hear a live stream. You can also find KUSF on iTunes in the public radio section. 3/28/2006 NOISE POP 2006 DAY 2 NEWS Noise Pop Is Now Officially Underway! Starting with a great opening party where Disco Shawn DJed and LA's Kennedy performed for a crowd of Noise Pop revellers at our headquaters throughout the festival, Thee Parkside. Afterwards, things really kicked off at Bimbo's where our opening night show was the mind-blowing icing on the Noise Pop cake with great performances from Midlake, stardeath & the white dwarfs and then after Wayne Coyne read the proclamation from the SF Mayor's Office pronouncing 3/27 through 4/2 Noise Pop Week, The Flaming Lips took the stage. Everyone was in agreement that it was the best Noise Pop opening night show to date and an unforgettable night of joyful music and celebration. Click here to check out a few great shots from Peter and Jeanné Ellenby and watch this space and our Buzznet group for more pictures from the front of the stage at Noise Pop 2006. Noise Pop 2006 On KUSF! All this week, Noise Pop artists will be stopping by the KUSF Studios for on air interveiws. Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 29th at 4 pm it's Billy Nayer Show with Jet hosted by Jay. Thursday, March 30th at 4 pm it's Two Gallants with Noella. A live stream available here from KUSF or on itunes in the public radio section . 3/28/2006 NOISE POP 2006 DAY 2 NEWS Noise Pop Is Now Officially Underway! Starting with a great opening party where Disco Shawn DJed and LA's Kennedy performed for a crowd of Noise Pop revellers at our headquaters throughout the festival, Thee Parkside. Afterwards, things really kicked off at Bimbo's where our opening night show was the mind-blowing icing on the Noise Pop cake with great performances from Midlake, stardeath & the white dwarfs and then after Wayne Coyne read the proclamation from the SF Mayor's Office pronouncing 3/27 through 4/2 Noise Pop Week, The Flaming Lips took the stage. Everyone was in agreement that it was the best Noise Pop opening night show to date and an unforgettable night of joyful music and celebration. Click here to check out a few great shots from Peter and Jeanné Ellenby and watch this space and our Buzznet group for more pictures from the front of the stage at Noise Pop 2006. Noise Pop 2006 On KUSF! All this week, Noise Pop artists will be stopping by the KUSF Studios for on air interveiws. Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 29th at 4 pm it's Billy Nayer Show with Jet hosted by Jay. Thursday, March 30th at 4 pm it's Two Gallants with Noella. A live stream available here from KUSF or on itunes in the public radio section. 3/27/2006 NOISE POP 2006 DAY 1 NEWS San Francisco Mayor's Office Names March 27 through April 2 2006 Noise Pop Week. Yes it's true, tonight at Bimbo's a representative from San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom's Office will pronounce this week Noise Pop Week. We made a CD with a bunch of great music for you. The Noise Pop 2006 Sampler CD will be available while supplies last at all Noise Pop venues - for free! Scissors For Lefty are a great local Noise Pop band, whose amazing song, "Next To Argyle" didn't make it onto the CD but click here to listen. Scissors For Lefty play with Every Move a Picture, Communique, and Push To Talk on Tuesday, March 28th at Bottom of the Hill. 3/25/06 NOISE POP ON THE RADIO - LIVE 105 AND KQED Noise Pop founders Kevin Arnold and Jordan Kurland will visit Live 105, appearing on DJ Aaron Axelson's show Soundcheck on this Sunday night March 26th at 7 pm the night before the festival starts. The Herms and Minipop will also be featured on the show. If you live in the bay area, tune in to FM 105.3, if you live outside of San Francisco and San Jose, listen on the Internet at live105.com. Kevin and Jordan will also be guests on the celebrated radio show Forum with host Michael Crasney on KQED FM on Monday March 27 at 10 AM. The topic of discussion will be Noise Pop, the history of the festival plus the local independent music scene in general. Joining them will be local Noise Pop artist John Vanderslice and Toby Suckow from Bimbo's 365 Club, home of many great Noise Pop shows past and present. Tune in to FM 88.5 or listen on the internet at kqed.org. 3/21/06 KID 606 & FRIENDS ADDED TO KEIRAN HEBDEN (AKA FOUR TET) & STEVE REID SHOW AT GAMH Noise Pop and XLR8R Magazine have joined forces to bring a special show to The Great American Music Hall, Keiran Hebden & Steve Reid in support of their newly released collaboration on Domino Records. Making this show even more of an event is the addition of Kid 606 & Friends to this incredible show. Get your tickets here. 3/21/06 VIDEO VISION'S NOISE POP SPECIAL San Francisco's Homegrown music video program, Video Visions, on cable SF Channel 29 11 pm every Sunday has devoted an episode to the Noise Pop festival. Including music videos by We Are Scientists, Rogue Wave, The National and more. Check it out on April 2nd and visit Video Visions on the web at www.videovision.org. 3/20/06 NOISE POP AT BUZZNET Noise Pop is now on Buzznet, the photo and video sharing community site. Visit Buzznet.com/buzzwords/noisepop to check out an extensive gallery of photos from last year's festival taken by the official Noise Pop photographers. What's missing though are all the pictures that you took at the festival and all the pictures we hope you'll be taking this year. Adding photos to the Noise Pop Gallery is as easy as signing up for Buzznet and uploading your "Noise Pop" tagged images including live band pictures, shots of you with your favorite artist or just you and your friends soaking up the festival. So visit Buzznet, sign up and start sharing. If you are already on Myspace, you can use your Myspace login to get started on Buzznet. Or if you're tired of signing up for things, just email your photos to gallery@noisepop.com and we'll post them for you. 3/17/06 ALL-FESTIVAL BADGES SOLD OUT! 2006 All-Festival badges are sold out! Yes it's true, we've sold out completely. We are looking forward to seeing badgeholders at all the festival shows and events this year. If you didn't purchase a badge, don't dispair! Tickets are available for almost all Noise Pop shows, just visit the Tickets Page to buy yours in advance to ensure entry into all the Noise Pop shows. 3/17/06 SPIN INVITES YOU TO TAKE SHOTS AT NOISE POP Spin's wants your photos of the 2006 Noise Pop Festival for their mobile magazine, mSpin. For more information, visit www.spin.com/mobile 3/01/06 UPDATES: FEARLESS FREAKS RETURN! THE NOISE POP BLOG HAS COME TO LIFE The Noise Pop Film Festival unspools on Tuesday March 28th at 7:30PM at the Roxie Cinema at 3117 16th Street at Valencia with an encore screening of "The Fearless Freaks" the feature-length documentary that follows the Flaming Lips up close for ten years. Directed by Bradley Beesley, the band's video director since 1992, and produced by Rick Fuller. Lips' bandleader Wayne Coyne to appear in person for a Q&A with the Director immediately after the screening. For the complete Film Festival program click here. The Noise Pop Blog has now come to life. we are working hard to make our main site not only your destination for up to the minute news related to your favorite music festival but someplace to come back to, again and again. The Noise Pop Blog is the first new addition but in the next few weeks, there will be more exciting developments. Our blog is officially launched today with four great contributors: Tonya Glanz, a San Francisco actress and veteran member of Killing My Lobster; "Disco Shawn" Reynaldo, a DJ on KALX, UC Berkeley's amazing college radio station, co-promoter of Popscene and also Double Negative Records head honcho; Jeff Palfini, a local writer whose work has appeared in publications like No Depression, The San Mateo County Times, and Oakland's UrbanView; and Spencer Crooks, our resident Noise Pop Superfan. To check out the Noise Pop Blog click here. 2/27/06 7th ANNUAL NOISE POP FILM FESTIVAL & THE NOISE POP 2006 POP AND SHOP DETAILS There's all kinds of stuff going on here at NPHQ. Stop by the Special Events section to get details on the first annual Noise Pop 2006 Pop And Shop. This special event is being will feature indie fashion, rare records and the Noise Pop poster show, courtesy of the combined efforts of KUSF, Feria Urbana, Travis Tees, Be+Cause Clothing and Noise Pop. Also we've added new information on the 2006 Film Festival to the Film Section. This year we'll feature four awesome films that explore the connection between film and music. There are a few cinematic surprises so check back for updates often. Special Events Page Film Festival Page 2/21/06 MORE ARTIST CONFIRMATIONS & SPECIAL EVENT UPDATES New Noise Pop confirmations include Vetiver, Nous Non Plus, Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt, Neil Halstead and more. 2006 is shaping up to be an amazing 7 nights of music. Find out the latest additions on the Bands and Schedule pages. Yes, The Flaming Lips show is sold out but All-Festival badges are still available for a very reasonable $150, buy one here. This year's Special Events include Noise Pop Comedy Nights with performances by Killing My Lobster at Thee Parkside and two special sessions of NYC's popular Indie Night School, for more info click here. 2/21/06 BE A PART OF NOISE POP 2006 2006 is the 14th year for the Noise Pop Festival and we could use your help. This year's events offer a wide array of opportunities for you to work with us for free. Volunteering before, during and even after the Festival is an awesome way to learn about and contribute to the NP cause. And best of all, if you contribute your time, you will always hold a special place in our hearts. If you're interested in joining the esteemed ranks of the official Noise Pop volunteers, please drop a line and let us know. We'd love to have you. Email us at volunteer@noisepop.com with your contact information and any other details you'd like to share and we'll get in touch. 2/12/06 GET YOUR ALL-FESTIVAL BADGES All-Festival Badges are now on sale. $150 each, an All-Festival Badge grants you access to all Noise Pop 2006 shows (including The Flaming Lips!) and events. Click here for more information or to purchase. 2/08/06 MAKE ROOM FOR THE FLAMING LIPS The Flaming Lips will perform at Bimbo's as part of Noise Pop 2006 on Monday, March 27th - Sold Out. The Noise Pop Festival will now run from March 27th through April 2nd with an the additional day added to accommodate this exciting show as part of Noise Pop's compelling and diverse artist line-up. 2/04/06 YOU FOUND US Yes, the gears are in motion, the motors revved and Noise Pop 2006 is coming to life. All you need to know about this year's festival can be found on this very site. Get the latest schedule information, buy tickets and badges and enjoy special Noise Pop content up to and throughout the festival. This is also where you can be the first kid on your block to learn about the Noise Pop Film Festival and the Educational Series. And, of course, as we announce new confirmations you'll hear it here first. Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to explore the site. If that doesn't satisfy your craving, you can visit our parent site www.noisepop.com There you'll find more Noise Pop news, all kinds of useful information including how to submit your music, archives of prior years' festival websites (worth it for the wealth of great music, video and photography from NP alumni) And if you're on Myspace, add Noise Pop as a friend. Last but certainly not least, we look forward to hanging out and more importantly rocking out with you at the end of March. |
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