This band out of Northport, NY (Long Island) calls their music "attic rock". They won the Luck contest to perform on the main stage at Luck Reunion so they play first. They are also at the BMI Brunch on Friday at Hotel Van Zandt.
Nice mellow throwback tunes. Kind of a mix between Vampire Weekend and Jack Johnson. "Orange" is good. His voice reminds me of Zach Bryan's.
Wednesday at Yeti in partnership with BMI has San Gabriel at 2:20pm. It also has Enumclaw at 12:45pm. This artist is playing at noon.
Alt-pop is how she is described. She's out of NYC. "Line" was her first single.
This song is the best I heard. Catchy.
One more artist playing Friday at SxSanJose. This article has a good bio:
Originally from Brookline, Massachusetts, Heltai is the child of two mathematicians and first-generation European immigrants. “My parents worked really hard in very secure jobs, and I think they always wanted us to be able to do whatever we wanted with our lives,” he says. Heltai started on classical piano, but soon became fascinated by folk singers, and picked up the guitar. Inspired by Joan Baez and Simon and Garfunkel, he started obsessing over songwriting as a teenager, and soon realized that it was “the only thing I really wanted to do with myself.
It also says:
Heltai, who is trans, looks back at the way society fixates on his identity as the only story that he has to tell...“Being trans is a part of me that is worth talking about” he explains, “It’s a really cool thing that happened in my life, and informed a lot of how I see the world and how I know myself, and how I reflect on things... but as a marginalized individual, there comes a point where you feel commodified and exploited for your identity, and I’ve always had a fear, as an artist with many stories to tell, that my being trans is the only aspect of my work that people would take interest in”.
He played ACL last year (2nd weekend only) so we missed him.
"Running Out" is new. Nice sound. Indie folk/pop.
Another band playing the Friday SxSanJose show. They are listed first so most likely they'll play noonish. If we were to head to South Congress I'd prefer to go early before it gets crazy.
This is a trio out of Detroit. 60s era psychedelic sounds mixed with girl group harmonies.
"What Again is Real" is good. Here they are playing acoustic.
SxSanJose now has the daily lineups out. Still no schedule but they don't usually post those so it's best to get there early and take a picture of the set times. Here is the schedule Friday with links for the bands I've previewed:
Gypsy Mitchell’s psychedelic, open-tuned guitar was first heard on record in 1970, when he co-wrote and recorded “Walking On” and “Speak to Me” with Dallas gospel funk act The Relatives. This highly-collectible 45 was reissued on the 2009 Heavy Light / Light in the Attic compilation “Don’t Let Me Fall,” and later as a single by Daptone / Ever Soul.Aside from a stint touring with Buddy Ace in the 1980s, he mainly performed in the Dallas area before rejoining The Relatives for their 2016 Ubiquity LP “Goodbye World.” He makes his live debut as a frontman at Antone’s on Saturday, July 23 opening for Tomar & the FCs, performing brand-new funk and soul material he is currently recording at Arlyn Studios.
