Anthony Bedard

Michael Beach west coast this week 10/8 SEA - Vera Project w/ Bow & Yarrow 10/9 PDX - Swan Dive w/ Blesst Chest, Fruited Planes 10/10 ARCATA - Miniplex w/ Winter Band, Replica Watch 10/11 SF - Kilowatt w/ Now, Replica Watch. 6pm 10/12 LA - Zebulon w/ Alex E.T., Will Ivy. 6pm FREE

Michael Beach US tour starts next Tuesday in Chicago en route to Gonerfest 22 and metro hamlets beyond! "Beach’s songs are timeless, beautifully scuffed-up diamonds" - Yellow Green Red

"In what appears to be a first for the nation, the co-owner of Oakland’s Thee Stork Club announced Tuesday in an Instagram post that the indie music venue will no longer let bands use AI tools to make art for their concert flyers." sfstandard.com/2025/09/11/bay…

The new Orcutt Shelley Miller LP is out next month (September 5!) and to mark the occasion we're having a "Bandcamp Listening Party" wherein interested parties can check out the record in its entirety and AMA us with whatever queries you got. Save the date — August 29, 11am PST.

Sat., 9/6 - ORCUTT SHELLEY MILLER w/Famous Mammals + DJ Carolyn at Stork Club, Oakland. Don't snooze! talentmoat.com/upcoming/orcut…

RIP Robert Wilson. In 1985-86, I was lucky to see his productions of the CIVIL warS and The Knee Plays at American Repertory in Cambridge MA, images from which remain seared on my visual cortex. Those, and his meditative ocean videos that screened at the ICA Boston.

RIP "visual poet" Robert Wilson (_Einstein on the Beach_, _The Black Rider_, etc.). He was one of those artists who seem to be tapped directly into dreams and express them in their art with astonishing purity. He's surely gone to an amazing place.

The Four Louies shows are in the books. Big thanks to everybody in SF & LA who made these two sold out performances happen. Also best band! Leaving on tour in a couple of weeks, NY to SF, then to Beijing w Corsano, but first I gotta ship a bunch of Cyrus Pireh & Fake Estates LPs

I'm up in this Four Louies 12-piece with a cast of ringers playing 5/30 at Zebulon and 5/31 at The Lab. Tix going fast, don't snooze. \

Friday's @deerhoof show at @rickshawstopsf is sold out. Thursday tickets still available but going fast. All-ages! talentmoat.com/upcoming/deerh…

I wrote about To Live And Shave in LA for Bandcamp Daily. daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-d…

I'm drumming in Bill Orcutt's "The Four Louies" 12-piece band for 2 west coast shows: Fri., 5/30 Zebulon LA, Sat., 5/31 The Lab SF. Bill on guitar, William Winant (performed "Four Organs" in Reich's touring ensemble back in the day) and a cast of certified ringers. Don't snooze!

Deerhoof double shot at @rickshawstopsf in May! *5/8 w/ Marinero + Commode Minstrels in Bullface *5/9 w/ Muscle Beach + Greyhound Tix at talentmoat.com and deerhoof.website

Famous Mammals (Siltbreeze) touring the east coast for the first time this spring! 3/27 - Brooklyn @ The Broadway 3/28 - Kingston NY @ Tubby’s 3/29 - Montreal @ The Crumper 3/30 - Boston @ O’ Brien’s 3/31 - Westfield MA @ Hutghi’s 4/1 - Philadelphia @ Jerry’s on Front

PRISON (NY, Drag City) west coast tour starts this Thursday in LA! Oakland show on Friday at Stork Club. “Heavy psych and self-confessed 'crime blues' jams from Paul Major of Endless Boogie and co.”

Sat., 11/16: DES DEMONAS (Wash., DC, In the Red) w/ Street Eaters + Rip Room at Kilowatt SF. “The sonic fuel of the band is a blend of post punk, punk, funk, blues, psych rock, Afro beat, even bubble gum but the noise you hear is pure Des Demonas.” - Kim Salmon, The Scientists

Sunday 11/17 at Stork Club

***Talent Moat stacked weeknd alert!** *Fri 11/15 - PRISON (NY, Drag City, w/ Paul Major of Endless Boogie) at Stork Club *Sat 11/16 - DES DEMONAS (Wash., DC, In the Red) at Kilowatt SF *Sun 11/17 - ALAN LICHT (NYC, Love Child/Blue Humans) at Stork Club talentmoat.com

Thurs., 10/17: Free Salamander Exhibit & Czech legends Už Jsme Doma at Bottom of the Hill SF w/ special guests Darling Freakhead. talentmoat.com/upcoming/uzjsm…

Sat., 10/19 in Oakland: 100 Flowers, Narrow Adventure (members of Wednesday Week, Urinals), NOW at Golden Bull. Tix: tickettailor.com/events/thegold…