don't forget, this weekend!

my triumphant return to the bay area...

First Annual San Francisco Bay Area Harsh Noise Festival
Harsh times call for harsh music! The bleeding edge Harshnoise Record
Label presents the sonic
antidote for the future with the San Francisco Bay Area Harsh Noise
Festival to be held at San Francisco's very own Edinburgh Castle on
August 7th and 8th. Of course, noise is always a few steps ahead: at
its best, it cuts to the chase of musical enjoyment, serving
simultaneously as aesthetic purification and meta-music. The
festival, curated by Bob Sato and Tim Oliveira of the Harshnoise
Label, promises such sublime listening from the likes of: THE
HATERS, celebrating 25 years of sonic entropy; Emil Beaulieau,
America's Greatest Living Noise Artist; SICKNESS, purveyor of harsh
electronic purity; Control, brutally harsh power electronics; R.H.Y.
Yau, Noise/Voice/Action by San Francisco's best kept secret; The
Cherry Point, bloody harsh electronics trio: Phil Blankenship, John
Wiese, and Gerritt.
Also performing are XOME, Pedestrian Deposit , Clew of Theseus, Ohka,
Velocity Stack, UFO AS BACTERIA, Oscillating Innards, and Stimbox.

Shows start at 8 PM
Admission $6 each night. $10 for both nights.
Show is 21+
More info: http://harsh.noisefest.com/

Saturday August the 7th:
The Haters (San Francisco)
SICKNESS (Hamden, CT)
Emil Beaulieau (Lowell, MA)
Clew of Theseus (Phoenix, AZ)
Okha (Portland, OR)
Velocity Stack (San Francisco)
Stimbox (San Francisco)

Sunday August the 8th:
R.H.Y. Yau (San Francisco)
The Cherry Point (Hollywood)
Control (Santa Cruz)
Pedestrian Deposit (Tulare)
UFO AS BACTERIA (Santa Rosa)
Oscillating Innards (Redwood City)
Xome (San Francisco)
Emil Beaulieau (Lowell, MA)

EDINBURGH CASTLE PUB
950 GEARY ST (between Polk & Larkin)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA
http://www.castlenews.com/