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The Noise Pop Podcast

The Noise Pop Podcast is a monthly series showcasing new music discoveries and a diverse slate of guest artists from the independent music scene and beyond. Produced by Noise Pop, San Francisco’s go-to indie music, arts and film festival for over 25 years and hosted by music journalist Adrian Spinelli (Paste Magazine, SF Chronicle, etc..), we deliver engaging episodes that are always rooted in the music that we love and that we know you will too. Past guests have included: Khruangbin, Thao Nguyen, Quantic, Wye Oak, Helado Negro, Speedy Ortiz, Rexx Life Raj, Shigeto, Låpsley, Thievery Corporation and more.

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December 2010 Noise Pop Podcast - Featuring Yo La Tengo, Wavves, Stone Foxes, Dominant Legs, Best Coast and more... Dec 08, 2010

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The first installment of the 2011 Noise Pop Festival has been announced and we very excited about all of the artists. On this podcast episode we listen to 9 bands who will be playing Noise Pop this year. There are indie rock behemoths like Yo La Tengo and up-and-coming bands like Dominant Legs. As usual, Jesse Fox returns, this time to discuss his favorite artist of al time, Ted Leo, who is also playing Noise Pop.

Track list is below:1. Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

2. Dominant Legs - Clawing Out at the Walls, Young at Life and Love EP

3. How to Dress Well - Ready for the World, Love Remains

4. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Bottled up in Cork, Brutalist Brick

5. Best Coast - Boyfriend, Crazy For You

6. Wavves - King of the Beach, King of the Beach

7. The Stone Foxes - Black Rolling Thunder, The Stone Foxes

8. Telekinesis - Car Crash, 12 Desperate Straight Lines

9. The Concretes - Good Evening, WYWH

November Noise Pop Podcast Nov 10, 2010

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This month the podcast features an all star lineup of new songs. We at Noise Pop are particularly excited about Oberhofer, a 19 year old wonder kid who makes anyone over drinking age feel inadequate at life. We also invite back Jesse Fox to recap Treasure Island and play a song from Emerald's guitarist Marc Mcguire (no, not the baseball player).

Here is the full lineup

1. Gold Panda: Snow & Taxis - Lucky Shiner

2. Pepper Rabbit: Older Brother - Beauregard

3. Avey Tare: Lucky 1- Down There

4. Oberhofer: Away FRM U - o0Oo0Oo

5. Warpaint: Undertow - The Fool

6. Marc Mcguire: Brain Storm (For Erin)- Living With Yourself

7. Wye Oak: I Hope You Die - My Neighbor/My Creator

8. Chasing Kings: Dark Sunglasses - The Current State of our Future

9. Andrew Bird: Hot Math - Useless Creatures

September 2010 Noise Pop Podcast - featuring No Age, Glitter, Houses, How To Dress Well and more... Sep 29, 2010

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This month we play music ranging from calm acoustic ballads to abrasive garage rock - strap yourself in for a roller coaster episode.Our Word of Mouth guest is Jesse Fox, from Solstice and Fly Bar. He shows us the quiet heartbreaking music of Hurray for the Riff Raff. Track List1. Houses - Soak it Up2. Of Montreal - Coquette Coquette3. No Age - Glitter4. Double Dagger - Luxury Condos For The Poor5. Sufjan Stevens - Heirloom6. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Young Blood Blues7. The Sea and Cake - Car Alarm8. The Walkmen - Angela Surf City9. How To Dress Well - Decisions (featuring Yuksel Arslan)

August 2010 - with Best Coast, The Drums, Baths and more... Aug 31, 2010

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The rest of the northern hemisphere only has a few more weeks of summer, but San Francisco is just getting ready to start theirs (September and October). To celebrate SF's strange weather patterns, we've assembled a mix of beach music that is the perfect ode to the heat and sun. We're also introducing a new segment called Word of Mouth, where we bring in a guest to play a few songs for us. This time Peter Arko, of the blog Ears of the Beholder. brings us 3 awesome new tunes from emerging artists.

Here is the full tracklist

Tennis - Marathon

The Drums - Let’s Go Surfing

Baths - Aminals

Word of Mouth with Ears of the Beholder:

We Are Trees - Sunrise Sunset

The Bird Day - Gonna Beg You

Com Truise - Sundriped

Menomena - Five Little Rooms

Best Coast - Boyfriend

Magic Bullets - Lying Around

Treasure Island Music Festval 2010 Preview Jul 20, 2010

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Treasure Island is back! The lineup has been announced and we are very excited about the artist on the bill. On this podcast episode we play a selection of artists from this year's festival, including: The National, !!!, Broken Social Scene, Maus Haus, Surfer Blood, Ra Ra Riot, and more...

For the full festival lineup and ticketing information go to http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/2010/index.php

Next month's podcast will resume with new music podcast, but for now enjoy the little taste of Treasure Island that we've put together for you.

Noise Pop Podcast, June 2010 Jun 08, 2010

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In this episode we look back at the 2010 Noise Pop Music Festival and play some of our favorite artists who performed. This podcast includes songs by Harlem, Free Energy, Best Coast, Butterfly Bones, Memory Tapes and many more.

May 2009 Featuring Animal Collective, Neko Case, and Grand Lake May 24, 2009

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The May 2009 episode of the Noise Pop New Music Podcast gets back to its original mission of bringing you the latest from independent and underground artists. We hear from buzz worthy bands Animal Collective, Asobi Sesku and Handsome Furs, as well as Bay Area locals Hunx & His Punx and Grand Lake. Playlist: Animal Collective- My Girls- Marriweather Post Pavilion- Domino Records Death- Keep on Knockin' - For the whole world to see- Drag City Records Grand Lake- Why Do You Lie To Me (Lilac)- B Side Single- Self Released BlkJks- Lakeside- Mystery- Secretly Canadian Records Hunx and his Punx- Don't Cha Want Me Back- Single- True Panther Records Handsome Furs-I'm Confused- Face Control- Sub Pop Records Thermals- Now We Can See- Now We Can See- Kill Rock Stars Asobi Sesku- Me And Mary- Hush- Polyvinyl Records Mazes- I Have Laid In The Darkness Of Doubt- Mazes- Parasol Records Neko Case- People Got A Lotta Nerve- Middle Cyclone- Anti Records

2009 Noise Pop Festival Special Expanded Editon w/ Antony and the Johnsons, Themselves, Ra Ra Riot and More! Apr 12, 2009

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This special expanded edition of the Noise Pop New Music Podcast takes you through each day of music from the 2009 Noise Pop Festival, that happened February 24th through March 1st, all around the city of San Francisco. In this episode we'll hear music from Antony And The Johnsons, The Submarines, Goblin Cock, Themselves, as well as countless others that played the festival. Playlist: Antony and the Johnsons- Epilepsy Is Dancing- The Crying Light-Secretly Canadian Lilofee- Lock And Key- The Only Years French Kicks- Trouble (lyndsay buckingham cover)- Covers EP- iTunes Exclusive El Olio Wolof- The Fire Breathing Dragon Sleepy Sun- New Age-Embrace- Sol Diamond Records Sean Smith- Topinambour- Eternal- Gnome Life Records Goblin Cock- We Got A Bleeder- Come With Me If You Want To Live- Robcore Records Karina Denike- Polkadots- Digital Single The Submarines- You Me and The Bourgeoisie- Honeysuckle Weeks- Nettwerk Records Rafter- Salt- Sweaty Magic- Asthmatic Kitty Records Ra Ra Riot-Dying Is Fine- The Rhumb Line- Barzuk Records Odawas - Harmless Lover's Discourse-The Blue Depths- Jagjaguar Records Themselves- Take To The King- - Anticon Records The Matches- Yankee In The Chip Shop- A Band In Hope- Epitaph Records Mark Eitzel- Sleeping Beauty- Candy Ass (2005)- The Drums- Oh Catamaran- www.myspace.com/thedrumthedrums

January 2009 featuring Deerhoof, Megapuss, Gang Gang Dance, and More! Jan 05, 2009

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The January 2009 Noise Pop New Music Podcast opens up the new year with 10 tracks of independent and underground music. Starting out with Megapuss (featuring Noise Pop alumni Devandra Banhart), we then cross the country to New York with tracks from Gregory & The Hawk and Deer Tick. We also go across the Atlantic to Sweden, where we hear a new tune from Love Is All. Then we come all the way back to the Bay Area with tracks from Oranger and Her Space Holiday, and that's just the beginning! PLAYLIST ARTIST SONG ALBUM Megapuss Adam And Steve Surfing Her Space Holiday Sleepy Tigers XOXO Panda And The New Kid Revival Wishing Well Love Is All A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night Deerhunter Nothing Ever Happened Microcastle Deerhoof Offend Maggie Offend Maggie Deer Tick Art Isnt Real (City Of Sin) War Elephant sBACH Track 5 sBACH Oranger Sukiyaki Gregory And The Hawk Grey Weather Moenie And Kitchi Gang Gang Dance House Jam (XXXChange Remix) Saint Dymphna

November 2008 featuring Of Montreal, Vivian Girls, Facing New York, and more! Nov 19, 2008

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The November 2008 episode of the Noise Pop New Music Podcast features 10 brand new tracks of independent and underground music from Athens, Georgia's Of Montreal, ex-Bis member Manda Rin, a double shot of Brooklyn with Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts, as well as Bay Area locals Facing New York, Bye Bye Blackbirds, Swann Danger, and more! Playlist: Facing New York- Cops On Bikes- Get Hot Vivian Girls- Tell The World- S/T Bye Bye Blackbirds- The Ghosts Are Alright- Houses & Homes Crystal Stilts-Shattered Shine- Alight of Night Lasertag- If you think you can stop it you should Manda Rin- Typeface- My DNA Cale Parks- Every Week Ends- Sparklace The Marches- Bad Touch- 4am Is The New Midnight Swann Danger- Stripper- New 12" EP Of Montreal- Nonpareil of Favor- Skeletal Lamping

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