FREE HAPPY HOUR show at Bender’s Bar & Grill SF presented by Talent Moat, Fernet-Branca, and Noise Pop 30! 5-8pm. 21+. No cover.
"Hatched in 2017 via an assemblage of Flesh World, The Mallard and Blank Square personnel, WARP’s from-the-hip attack immediately streamlined The Bay’s skulls, prompting sudsy devotion across spiked and freaked schools alike, a vibrant punk band operating amidst all the scooter-share inhumanity. The damage spills from the central screaming dual-guitar tangle, a riff tract neighboring the elegantly bruised and dynamic Agnew / Baiza axis, exerting too much power for the troposphere. Rhythms twist and barrel depending on need, always leaping forward, propelling each taut composition into realms unthinkable from count-off. Tika’s smarm-centric vocal steering — wonderfully absurdist and unreservedly pissed — offers exactly the sort of punky exfoliation so very needed in these days of constant cringe. Real punk from America’s cruelest town. WARP: San Francisco’s Last & Only Rock’n’Roll Band."
New record out this spring on Digital Regress!
Formed in Oakland by Jason Kick (Maus Haus) and Greg Poneris (Eat Sugar) out of a mutual love for cracked indie rock and pop song sensibilities, Shame Waves has since morphed into a supremely twisted and catchy electronics-saturated rock band.
Flamboyant songstress, born in the Castro District of SF, sings of sex, love, and living the life regally through every day expression, creating music that takes you on a journey through whimsical, ambient sounds, across hints of house beats and trippy synthesized tunes.
“Queer and funky heavy electronic post punk / disco dance numbers which will last through your next three breakups.” - Decaycast