Posts Tagged ‘pop’
Still Flyin’
January 12th, 2007 | 
Author: MySpace (listen to “Coupla Smokies,” “Mystery Tent”)
Official site
Hometown: San Francisco
Next local show: 2/18, The Makeout Room
Recent release: Time Wrinkle, 2006
Who said young white dudes and dudettes from San Francisco can’t play real reggae? It was you, wasn’t it? Still Flyin’ aren’t rastas (nor do they pose to be), and their style is more indie-rock-meets-rocksteady-and-dub than straight-up roots, but it’s reggae nonetheless. And boy do they jam it out. So shut it!
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Panda
MySpace (listen to “Fake Tattoos,” “Carry On”)
Official Site
Hometown: Piedmont
Next local show: 1/14, Oakland Metro
Recent release: Panda E.P., 2006
Panda is the Oakland band you should be talking about at this very moment. Panda. Right now. Panda. Got it? These dudes are kids…literally 17 and 18 years old. But don’t let that fool you, because they rock about 38 times harder than anyone we went to high school with. For that matter, college. And we went to college with Black Sabbath. Nah, just kidding. But this group Panda, they’re something else. We saw them open for fellow Oakland band Maldroid (keep your eyes on East Bay Express for some upcoming coverage on those fellas) at Blakes on Telegraph, and it was an enlightening experience.