2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

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The Blind Shake

Friday, March 18
11:00PM - 11:40PM

Hotel Vegas
1502 E 6th St

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"The Blind Shake is at once spacey, primitive futuristic, and brutal: a kind of backyard extraterrestrial minimal surf-punk party. One guitar, one baritone guitar, a fuckload of reverb, and a drummer who deserves an Olympic medal." --SF Weekly

Fronted by brothers Jim and Mike Blaha, with friend Dave Roper on drums, the trio have been tunneling through the underground since before telephones could talk. Having six full length albums to their credit, several singles, three collaborations with psych legend Michael Yonkers and another with down-stroke warrior John Reis, the band continues to push the sliding scale between catchy punk songs and pitch red noise.

They have recently toured with Swami John Reis, Thee Oh Sees, as well as headlined US/Canadian tours. In addition to being selected by Drive Like Jehu to play ATP Festival in the UK this April, the band has played Sled Island Festival in Calgary, Gonerfest, SXSW, a...

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