Latin club DJ and producer Louie Elser is our next guest on Lower Grand Radio
"Everything Must Change," and Mild Universe wants you to feel really good about it; plus a five-track EP of hard and fast techno from Agropol on NO BIAS
Remember that amazing DJ that played WC05 last month?
Producer, composer, singer-songwriter, and badass DJ Louie Elser will be the next guest joining our show on Lower Grand Radio! For everything from addicting charting reggaeton to experimental dembow, tune in Tue Aug 13 at 8:30 PM PT.
SCHEDULE UPDATE: Louie Elser will join White Crate on Lower Grand Radio on Tue Sep 10 at 8:30 PM PT.
— White Crate
FUNKY GROOVY SEXY SOULFUL
Mild Universe wants you to feel good. That’s as evident in their live shows as it is in this record—ten tracks to make you groove, meditate on the interconnectedness of all things, and, most of all, celebrate being alive. The SF-based indie dance collective released Everything Must Change last week, and indeed, nothing is the same. On this self-produced, self-released funky groovy sexy soulful record, bandleader Sam Jones and crew catapult between a kaleidoscope of funk, dub, soul, funk, disco, R&B, and any other textures that might get you in your body and out of your head. This reviewer’s favorite track was “What’s Going On With You?” (featuring James Wavey), a sultry, smoke-filled, horn-punctuated anthem that reels you in with its softness and then seals your fate with a hypnotic repetitive refrain against a snappy snare-accompanied breakdown.
— Ainsley Wagoner
HARD & FAST TECHNO
Wake tf up: Agropol just landed a new one on No Bias. Preset is an EP of hard and fast techno, the rainbow rich possibilities of the dancefloor crushed through a starkly minimalistic sonic palette. The first three tracks go hard with little pretty accents here and there, but the EP reaches its most light and lush on “Sunlight” (evoking the filtered vocal samples of French touch) before finishing its run in the acidic grumbling closer “Split.” All around a bit more intense than the more house-y Peacekeeper—and just as enticing.
— Ronny Kerr
SHOW RECS
Our top show recommendations for the coming week:
[rock] Welcome Strawberry, Quinine, Softie, Buddy Junior — August 8 at Eli’s Mile High Club
[rock] Kids on a Crime Spree, Wut, Artsick, Monster Treasure — August 9 at Thee Stork Club
[jazz] San Jose Jazz Summer Fest — August 9-11 in downtown San Jose
[fest] Outside Lands — August 9-11 at Golden Gate Park
[alternative] Mint (EP release), The Moondrops, Rosemother, Plum — August 9 at Kilowatt
[rock] The Cat House (album release), The Recyclists, The Del Mars — August 9 at Ivy Room
[rock] Share (album release), Nothing Natural, Big Dog Mastiff, Ologist — August 10 at Eli’s Mile High Club
[metal] Laceration, Hemotoxin, Burning Palace, Aseptic — August 10 at the Arlene Francis Center
[jazz] Herbie Hancock, SFJAZZ Collective, Wonway Posibul (DJ) — August 11 at Stern Grove
[noise] Ex Everything, Great Falls, Field of Fear — August 11 at Bottom of the Hill
[folk] Dawn Riding, Kit Center, Mae Powell — August 11 at Toot’s Tavern
[rock] Credit Electric, Dutch Interior, Double Helix Peace Treaty — August 14 at the 4 Star Theater
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