So, just in case you didn’t get enough of trodding around in a park, spending money like it was free, for days straight last weekend, we have the cure for you this weekend: Slow Food Rocks. It’s a bit unfortunate, because with Gnarls Barkley, Ozomatli, Phil Lesh & Friends and a good supporting cast, this is a good lineup. It’s just that whole matter of that other show last weekend – it may have people a bit worn out and festival-weary. (UPDATE – Thanks for the tip from fellow SF music blog Hippies Are Dead: Looks like the Slow Food Rocks folks have discounted tickets by 20 percent. Timing is everything, people.)
Anyway, here’s what else is happening this week. Uncle Corey’s pick: !!! at The Independent. Awesome live band – you’ll dance your ass off. Also, check out our full San Francisco concert schedule.
- 8/26: Ice Cube @ The Fillmore. Ice Cube may be bordering on parody at this stage of his career, but there’s no denying his impact.
- 8/27: James Blunt @ The Fillmore. Wow. Have fun at this one.
- 8/27: !!! @ The Independent. These Brooklyn-based freak funkers (I made that up on my own!) are incredible live. Fun, uninhibited and just awesome. Get really drunk and boogie.
- 8/28: Shearwater w/ Wye Oak, Neal Morgan @ Great American Music Hall
- 8/28 & 29: Lee “Scratch” Perry @ The Independent. I saw him waaaay back and this is one weird dude. He walks back and forth, mumbling and screaming into the mic and … well, it’s pretty awesome.
- 8/30: Slow Food Rocks Festival: Gnarls Barkley, Ozomatli, The New Pornographers and Medeski, Martin & Wood @ Fort Mason. Party like it’s 2006 with Gnarls Barkley! You’ll go crazy! Kidding. Cee-lo is the best, actually and this is a very solid lineup. If you can’t get down to Ozomatli, you’re a fascist.
- 8/31: Slow Food Rocks Festival: Phil Lesh & Friends, G. Love & Special Sauce and John Butler Trio – Fort Mason. Also good stuff.
MP3s:
!!! - “Must Be the Moon”Ice Cube - “The Nigga Ya Love To Hate”
Gnarls Barkley - “The Boogie Monster”
August 25th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
A search for “freak funk” or “freak funkers” turns up 35,000 sites.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Ha! OK, I made that up to describe !!! while I was sitting at my desk at work. I would also argue that the search would be skewed by the phrase “freak the funk” which appears in countless songs. This is why I hate defining or describing music and bands – it’s pointless.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Looks like Slow Food Rocks ticket sales are a little…slow? They’re offering a 20% discount on tix…
August 26th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Cool. Thanks for the tip … I’ll update this.
August 27th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I got tickets to both days for free while sitting around having breakfast at Outside Lands before Saturday started. They probably gave out at least 500 judging by the stack the two girls had.