Cult Records’ featured artists Har Mar Superstar and The Virgins swung by Oakland’s New Parish on Friday March 22. Admittedly, I had only stumbled into both bands and their music earlier in the day. Har Mar Superstar’s excellent “Lady, You Shot Me” (below) lured me in. While the Virgins headlined and their 184,000 Facebook fans […]
So we’re starting a new chapter here at Apes on Tape, time to add a little more voice to the site. Literally. A handful of readers might know I was involved with starting the U of San Diego Radio Station, but figured timing is ripe to bust out the old microphone and get back to […]
By: Alan Densmore Photos: Melissa Hines About four months ago, I wrote a late night drunken email to the big wigs here at AoT. I had just heard about Django Django and wanted to write about how we have to enjoy their music (or any other fast rising pop band with a one hit wonder […]
Boise’s Treefort Festival kicked off the 2013 edition last night. The first night of Treefort’s second annual affair included Finn Riggins, Foxygen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Brett Netson & the Snakes, White Lung, Wampire, Sage Francis, Mt St Helens Vietnam Band, Kris Orlowski, and many more. Check out the full line-up here and the schedule for […]
While all of SXSW 2013 was a wild and exciting time, this past Saturday the 16th was particularly special for Apes on Tape. Our first official SXSW showcase, Cascadia: the Greater Pacific Northwest showcase, went down at TenOak in Austin. Personally, I could not have hoped for it to go as well as it did. […]