Currently native to: San Francisco, CA
Last Bay Area appearance: Great American Music Hall on Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Next gig: End of the Road Festival in the Larmer Tree Gardens, North Dorset, UK, from Friday, September 2 to Sunday, September 4, 2011
RIYL: Psychic Ills, Spacemen 3, Dead Meadow
Notes: Last week I wrote about Erik Johnson and Sanae Yamada's Moon Duo, but this is Johnson's "original" project with Dusty Jermier, Omar Ahsanuddin, and Nash Whalen. They've been churning out the addictively minimal, droning, garagey psychedelia since 2003, and they're currently in the studio with local producer extraordinaire Phil Manley working on a new album for release this summer. Expect more total awesomeness.
Buy: Dos (Holy Mountain) and Vol. 2 (Sick Thirst)
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