Tonight El Ten Eleven will demonstrate their instrumental artistry at the Warfield in San Francisco, CA.  The band has been touring almost non-stop for the last eight years and has worked on many influential projects, such as creating the entire score for the Gary Hustwit film, Urbanized. El Ten Eleven, fresh off the release of their first remix album, Transitions Remixed (Transitions was released in 2012), will be opening for musician and producer Bonobo (AKA Simon Green). Tonight promises to be a musically charged evening full of beautifully complex yet danceable tunes.

Despite the absence of lyrics, their latest release, their fifth studio full-length album, may be the most personal to date. “Tim and I have been through a lot in the past couple of years,” Dunn reflects. “We’ve both been divorced, moved to different cities, Tim went through some really dark times, I got remarried and had a kid … for a while things were uncertain and we threw ourselves into the new record and it called for more than just short pop structures.”

Thus, the title track, “Transitions,” which clocks in at over ten minutes long, is a twisting journey of sublime unpredictability. But the band’s ability to write catchy, emotional hooks hasn’t been lost.

rmed with merely a doubleneck bass/guitar, drums and a dizzying array of foot pedals, the band creates complex, deeply felt music, from scratch, onstage, with no help from laptops, click tracks or additional musicians. They utilize multiple looping pedals to create songs that sound as though they are being played by at least six people. Most first-timers to an El Ten Eleven show are stunned that the band is a duo.

Since the band’s inception in 2002, the band has always just been two people who produce their own records. That attitude of self-reliance has also manifested itself in the band not signing with a label, despite numerous offers. “We licensed our first record to Bar None,” Fogarty explains.  “And while they were super cool people, we thought we could do as good a job as they did by ourselves.” Thus Fake Record Label was born. Though the name was originally a joke, FRL has turned into a bona fide label with marketing, distribution and publicity. And this year signed its first artist other than El Ten Eleven: Girlfriends.

“We’re really excited about using our success to help out other artists we love,” Dunn adds.

Part of that success has come to El Ten Eleven from the world of television, radio and film.  Shows including “The Real World,” “All Things Considered,” “Market Place,” “Chopped,” “CSI Miami,” “The Glenn Beck Show,” “the MTV Video Music Awards” and a Lexus commercial (to name but a few) have utilized the band’s recorded repertoire. But the most notoriety has come from Gary Hustwit’s award winning design documentary trilogy.  “Helvetica,” “Objectified” and “Urbanized” featured music from El Ten Eleven and original score from Dunn.

“The reach of those films has been incredible. Our fan base has definitely grown because of them,” says Dunn.

And the fans should heartily embrace the aforementioned Transitions. Songs like “Yellow Bridges” (the first single, which is a nod to the yellow bridges in Fogarty’s hometown of Pittsburgh, with a video made by award winning English surreal animator Cyriak) will satisfy the rabid fans of El Ten Eleven’s first album with its emotional waves and flowing structure.  But songs like “Thanks Bill” (a nod to Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson) show the band evolving to include hip hop elements like 808 drums and even more technically difficult looping.

Even ETE’s now expected humorous song titles make an appearance with “No One Died This Time!” Dunn explains, “Every time we’ve made a record it seems like someone we are friends with or someone in our family dies. That’s why we’ve had dedications to them with song titles like “Connie,” “Bye Mom,” “the 49^th Day,” “Bye Annie,” “Bye Joe,” etc.  But this time, no one died!”

True to form there’s also a cover song:  Duran Duran’s “Tiger Tiger,” “John Taylor was one my biggest influences as a bass player,” says Dunn.

ETE was out on the road debuting some of these new songs at festivals such as Camp Bisco and Capitol Hill Block Party this past summer. And with the release of Transitions, the band has continued on with its road warrior approach with a full 6-week national headlining tour this past fall followed by their annual winter tour of the west coast and Colorado. Now, the band prepares to head out for 2 full months of touring this Spring which consists of 6 weeks of headlining dates combined with 2 weeks of opening up for British electronic act Bonobo. In many markets now, they are graduating from clubs to theaters. “More transitions!” laughs Dunn.

April 2013 saw the first release of official remixes of El Ten Eleven’s music in the form of the Transitions Remixed album. Remixers include artists such as Com Truise, Max Tundra, Steed Lord, Amp Live (of Zion I), MAD V (formerly of Villains), D33J, Odd Nosdam, and more.

El Ten Eleven, Bonobo w/ Erykah Badu at 8PM
The Warfield
982 Market Street
San Francisco CA 94102

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Shelby Thompson, originally posted on Bust Magazine on April 3, 2013.

If you’re a Beastie Boys fan, chances are you know how much the boys like food. And what’s “cheaper than a hot dog with no mustard”? FREE. In response to Hurricane Sandy’s devastation of the Rockaways, Beastie Boy Michael “Mike D” Diamond, and his restaurateur friend, Robert McKinley, partnered with local community to bring the Rockaways free food.

Mike D told GOOD,

“Rob and I went out [to the Rockaways] very shortly after Sandy. We saw right away all these people living without any power, without any businesses being open, and therefore, no food. We saw the immediate need for warm food, but we didn’t have time to put together a long-term cohesive plan, we just had to react quickly. We quickly saw, to get a lot of people fed and to have something warm we needed a truck.“

Thus, Rockaway Plate Lunch was born. To date, the truck has dished out over 19,000 “hearty and flavorful” meals including all your daily essentials – meat, veggies, and rice & beans -with a side of hot sauce, please.

Now that the Rockaways are finally gaining traction after Sandy, Rockaway Plate Lunch hopes to revitalize the local economy by eventually employing residents to run the food truck. It’s not going to be easy to go from a free meal to a paid one, but Mike D and his associates are dedicated to helping ease the transition.

“Restaurants aren’t just about what happens in the kitchen: there’s social media, social media marketing there are so many careers that exist, but nobody has explained [it] to all of these kids. So we’re in the process of involving some of the kids we’ve met out there first hand, and some of the local pastors and clergymen as well as the Congressman’s office to figure out the best way to pool those resources. And if we can be part of a movement we can help inspire that kind of local tourism that’s going to mean a lot for their economy out there.”

For more information on how you can help, visit Waves for Water.

Images via GOOD.

Shelby Thompson lives and works in New York City as a Freelance Writer, an intern for BUST Magazine, and Business Manager for Tomorrow Lab. Shelby is an avid music fan, cyclist, yogi, and foodie. She keeps her wheels spinning by reading up on fun things happening in NYC, trying to get to them all, and hosting a wide array of friends from around the US who want to do the same.

Check out what Shelby’s into here.  

Celebrating 12 years of good tunes and maintaining its position as the leader of environmentally conscious concert events, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has once again raised the green bar. Last June, as part of our post-festival wrap-up, we reported that big news was coming for the 2013 Bonnaroo, and today we are happy to share that Bonnaroo has installed its first permanent solar array. Although the use of PV panels and solar-powered stages is not new to the festival circuit, Bonnaroo is treading on new ground with a permanent installation. Generating more than 61,000 kWh per year, this system will mark the first of its kind for any US music festival.

In a groundbreaking effort to actively reduce its carbon footprint, Bonnaroo organizers and representatives from Knoxville-based Sustainable Future and Vermont-based Encore Redevelopment announced this week the completion of construction and installation of the country’s first permanent solar array for a music festival. Anyone who has ever attended a previous festival on the Manchester, Tennessee farmland knows there is no short supply of sunlight. The 50 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system will support a significant portion of the festival’s energy needs and is already generating power as preparations for the 2013 festival begin.

“Running part of Bonnaroo on solar power has long been a goal, as it underscores the commitment of Bonnaroo organizers and our community to the environment,” said festival partner Rich Goodstone from Superfly Presents. “None of this could have been possible without the immense support of the generous and forward-thinking Bonnaroo community. Their contributions have brought this project to fruition.”

For the past twelve years, Bonnaroo has continued to provide educational programs and promote sustainable living to festival attendees. The fans have responded in kind. Fully funded by “opt-in” contributions during the ticket-buying process, the solar project is just one of many projects paid for by fans. In effect for the past three years, the “opt-in” contribution funds have provided for other sustainable site improvements including the compost pad, the on-site victory garden and 2012′s mobile tower of power. Bonnaroo also included a $1 fee to all 2012 tickets to generate guaranteed resources for additional on-site green initiatives.

The array system, which was planned by Encore Redevelopment and installed by Sustainable Future, is comprised of 196 American-made SolarWorld solar panels that will be mounted to the roof of a permanent structure in the festival’s back stage area. Generating more than 61,000 kWh per year, the array will account for approximately 20 percent of Bonnaroo’s total electricity needs. While it will not be visible to attendees, an educational display will be exhibited in Planet Roo and fans can also monitor the array’s power generation on the festival website.

“Sustainable Future is pleased to be helping Bonnaroo with its sustainability initiative by providing a solar system that will generate clean solar power for music lovers for many decades to come,” said David Bolt, company founder. “It’s a pleasure to work with such a progressive group.”

Encore Founder and CEO Chad Farrell said about the endeavor,  “We are thrilled to have been part of this exciting project, which will allow for a significant portion of the total annual electrical demand of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival to be supplied by a clean, renewable resource.  Encore Redevelopment and other advocates for a clean energy future applaud Bonnaroo’s continuing commitment to sustainability and the festival’s strong voice related to the importance of a cleaner, greener planet.”

As a certified participant in TVA’s Green Power Provider Program, Bonnaroo will sell all of the energy produced by the solar PV system back to the local utility distribution network.

“As always, Tennessee agencies have been very supportive; we couldn’t make projects like this one a reality without their support and expertise,” said Laura Sohn, Bonnaroo’s sustainability coordinator.

Since its inception in 2002, Bonnaroo has pioneered sustainability initiatives and outreach programs to reduce its environmental impact and encourage fans to embrace eco-conscious lifestyles throughout the year. A six-time U.S. recipient of “A Greener Festival” award, Bonnaroo has consistently increased its efforts year after year.

“We work very hard every year to not only create new initiatives that lessen our impact, but also to educate and encourage our fans to take these ideas home with them,” explained Superfly’s Goodstone. “It’s gratifying to add the solar array, and we remain committed to joining forces with our community to expand these kinds of projects each year.”

This is just a small sample of Bonnaroo’s eco-conscious initiatives:

• For the second year, Bonnaroo will partner with Zimride to offer a rideshare program for patrons. An online carpooling service, Zimride shares Bonnaroo’s sense of community building while reducing the carbon footprint by lessening the number of cars that travel to the festival. Last year, more than 650 patrons enjoyed rideshare services.

• Eco-Products will continue its Bonnaroo partnership: In the last five years, festival patrons, staff, and artists have been eating off the company’s totally compostable products. Since that time, Clean Vibes, Bonnaroo’s onsite recycling and composting partner, has sent more than 296,000 pounds of Eco-Products to its compost pile. Composting all of its cutlery and serving ware is one of Bonnaroo’s proudest accomplishments.

• Bonnaroo’s aggressive recycling and composting program has diverted more than three million pounds of festival waste from landfills since 2002. In addition, patrons have turned in more than 1 million cups, cans and bottles to the Clean Vibes Trading Post since it opened in 2008.

Even though holiday pre-sale tickets have sold out, there are plenty of tickets yet to come for this year’s Bonnaroo festival, taking place June 13-16, 2013. Stayed tuned to Green Up Music for more event details and news in the coming months.

This weekend Colorado will host the 19th annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. Nestled in the scenic and world-famous ski town of Telluride, this intimate festival will host a slue of renowned musicians and over fifty microbreweries. Starting Friday afternoon, thousands of attendees will enjoy three-days of tasty brews and great tunes, including Phil Lesh, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood and Little Feat.

Through several green industry partnerships, the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival has managed to create a carbon neutral event that is committed to reducing environmental impacts across the board. From offsetting emissions with Green Mountain Energy Company to composting and recycling efforts coordinated by EcoAction Partners, Blues & Brews is significantly reducing their impact on the environment and the town of Telluride. Solar stage pioneers Alternative Power Productions will also be a part of the festivities.

For only $3.00 Festival-goers can contribute to the cause by upgrading their ticket to a Green Mountain Energy Green Ticket. The funds raised from these ticket sales will be used to offset emissions created by travel to and from Telluride, offsetting the equivalent of 220 pounds of CO2 or driving 245 miles in a car. To date, attendees have purchased over 2,500 Green Tickets.

Telluride Blues & Brews is also a Proud Media Partner of the Global 1% for the Planet Movement. Since 2002, 1% for the Planet has inspired members of the business community to contribute 1% of sales to environmental groups around the world. As part of a new business model created in 2009, 1%FTP has created incorporated Media Partners, such as Blues & Brews, asking them to commit at least 1% of their adverstising to sharing 1% for the Planet with their audiences.

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To learn more about the festival and purchasing tickets please click here.

Source: Telluride Blues & Brews
Photo Credit: Entropy74

Earlier this month, contributing writer Allison Leahy was on-site at the 2012 Outside Lands in San Francisco, CA. Late Sunday afternoon before Dispatch hit the stage, Leahy had the chance to catch up with the recently reunited band and get a little insight into their newly released album and on-going commitment to charitable causes.

Dispatch is back! On August 21st the indie band released its first studio album in over a decade. Circles Around the Sun is a unique addition to Dispatch’s discography. It’s their first album to be packaged with eco-friendly materials and $1 of every album sale goes directly to Amplifying Education, a campaign that supports local literacy programs across North America.

Always looking to incorporate social justice and activism into its message, Dispatch’s latest crusade takes into account literacy, education, and the environment. Of course, the most environmentally-friendly option may be a digital download, but those fans who would love to indulge in the liner notes and album artwork can purchase Circles Around the Sun with a little less guilt.

The packaging for the album was produced using biodegradable cardboard, environmentally friendly inks, and water-based lacquer. “Save trees,” encourages Chad. “I don’t think [all of the packaging is] compostable, but it’s all made from recycled, non-toxic materials.”

This environmentally-conscious ethos isn’t new to Dispatch. In 2005, Brad Corrigan organized The Relief Project. And in 2007, the band came together for a series of benefit concerts to fight disease, famine and social injustice in Zimbabwe through the Elias Fund. The shows at Madison Square Garden sold out within days and all proceeds went to the fund.

“This [new release] gave us the opportunity to take songs that were in their baby form and turn them into grown up songs, ” Pete told Green Up Music at Outside Lands.

“Our songs are like butterflies and birds that have been in cages. On August 21st we open that cage and let them go,” Brad continued. “[We] haven’t been recording tunes with each other for oh, about 10 years. It’s just exciting to get the new music out there. That feeling hasn’t been around in a little while.”

“We love playing live, traveling and going to new places,” added Chad. The next North American tour begins in mid-September.

If you need further proof that the band is up to the some kinds of good, over the last year Dispatch’s Amplifying Education campaign has:

• Engaged over 600 fan volunteers in over 4,000 hours of service to improve schools across North America and Europe
• Collected over 10,000 book donations to support local literacy programs through Better World Books
• Raised over $250,000 through portion of ticket sales, benefit shows, fan-to-fan outreach shows to support local organizations like City Year Denver, Teach for America, and the Westside School

Let the good times roll.

With leg two of Phish’s summer tour beginning this week, front-man Trey Anastasio announced the October 16th release of his new album, Traveler, and an upcoming fall tour. Co-produced with Peter Katis, known for his work with The National and Interpol, the album will be released on Rubber Jungle Records/ATO Records. In addition to the standard Trey Anastasio Band (TAB), Anastasio and Katis worked with several other musicians on the album, including Mates of State’s Kori Gardner, Bryan Devendorf and Matt Berninger of The National, and Icelandic percussionist Samuli Kosminen.

“My goal was to create an album that used the studio as an instrument,” says Anastasio, who began recording Traveler after Phish wrapped up its 2011 summer tour. “I wanted to work with Peter because he is a master at creating a sonic landscape,” notes Trey. “We were hoping for a cinematic end result.”

Anastasio will hit the road this October to coincide with the release of Traveler (full tour dates listed below). With a 9-show tour scheduled solely in the mid-west and northeast, west coast and southeast fans will have to wait until the next go-around for a live taste of TAB and Anastasio’s new album. This tour will mark Anastasio’s first solo show at the famous New York Beacon Theater (Phish last played the Beacon in 1994) as well as inaugural shows at the Chicago Theatre and the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg, PA.

“Scabbard”, the first single to be released from Traveler will be available for purchase on August 21. Check out a preview of the sinlge on Amazon.com.

A pre-sale for all shows will start this Thursday, August 16th at 10:00am EST and end Wednesday, August 22nd at 5:00pm EST. For more details about ticketing and public sale dates please visit the TAB 2012 tour page.

Trey Anastasio Band – Fall 2012 Dates:

10/18: The Fillmore – Detroit, MI
10/19: Chicago Theatre – Chicago, IL
10/20: LC Pavilion – Columbus, OH
10/22: Sherman Theater – Stroudsburg, PA
10/23: The National – Richmond, VA
10/24: The Fillmore Silver Spring – Silver Spring, MD
10/26: Beacon Theatre – New York, NY
10/27: Orpheum Theatre – Boston, MA
10/28: Capitol Theatre – Port Chester, NY

Source: Phish.com
Photo source: Trey.com

A lot of music festivals give lip service to the idea of sustainability; maybe they compost or have a small solar-powered stage. Outside Lands, a yearly San Francisco summer music festival, takes it about 10 steps further.

In addition to the basics–recycling and composting facilities and yes, a solar powered stage–Outside Lands has a green streak that runs through the entire festival. Features include free water refills if you bring your own water bottle (or purchase a reusable one there), 100% compostable silverware, a bike valet, urban gardening workshops, a recycling store that lets you turn in recyclables littered on the festival grounds in exchange for prizes, and a farmer’s market selling peaches, tomatoes, corn, green beans, and more.

Don’t expect to find traditional, boring festival fare outside of the farmer’s market, either. Outside Lands is all about local food, so expect to find over 50 Bay Area restaurants, coffee shops, and food carts selling their wares. Want local gourmet cupcakes? No problem. Vegan nachos? They’ve got those too.

And of course, there’s also the music. This year’s lineup includes Stevie Wonder, Beck, Andrew Bird, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Regina Spektor, Santigold, and Sigur Ros. The festival runs from August 10th to 12th. Stay tuned–we’ll be on site to bring you more live from Outside Lands.

Images courtesy of citoyen_du_monde_unc and Shemp65 via Flickr

Amidst the Saturday morning haze of Forecastle, I had the chance to catch up with singer-songwriter Ben Taylor. Mid-way through a short summer tour, after a few missed calls and some minor miscommunications, I finally got Taylor on the line. (Taylor later admitted to me that reading emails while on tour isn’t exactly his forte.) The son of music legends James Taylor and Carly Simon, and a sustainable agriculture advocate, Taylor is stoked for his fall tour and the upcoming release of Listening.

KM: As part of this new album, Listening, there are a lot of different genres mingling together. It’s got quite an eclectic sound – how did that come to be?

BT: I feel like my music is really folk music for muts. I think it turns out that way because growing up I was always told there is no bad kind of music, there’s just bad examples of every different kind of genre and so I really do have a very diverse appreciation for all different kinds of music. I listen to a lot of it so I suppose it influences my own artistic decisions.

KM: This album took four years to complete, how do you feel it stands out against your previous releases? What were some of the challenges with this album? What are you most proud of?

BT: I think that it stands out as more mature song-writing. I require fewer words and notes to say more now. I’ve studied it for such a long time. I’m proud of the songs themselves, I’m particularly proud of “America”, and “You May Be A Lot of Things but You are Not Alone” [titled "Not Alone" on the album]. I think that they are concise and to the point and meaningful. And they say exactly what I meant to say. As I’m getting older I’m getting more comfortable in my own skin, and as I become more comfortable in my own skin, I’m happier without the outcome of the songs.

KM: Who’s currently on high rotation in your music catalog?

BT: Listening to a lot of old soul music. Sam Cooke….Stevie Wonder, always. Steely Dan. Those are sort of the old reliables. The classic catalog stuff that’s always on heavy rotation in terms of my jukebox. Recently I’ve been listening to a lot of Saul Williams, Mos Def always.

KM: What are you most looking forward to with this current tour?

BT: It’s amazing to be on tour and travel around. You don’t get much of a profound cultural experience being on tour, because generally speaking you only spend about 19 hours in each place. I don’t so much get excited about the places I’m going because I don’t get to immerse myself in the town, it could be a hotel or inside a venue anywhere. But the experience you get night after night playing to people, you get a real sense of the audiences as if they were one, it’s almost like meeting a collective consciousness entity or something like that. Mostly I just look forward to getting the songs, especially new ones, on stage and playing them to these different configurations of people, so I can really hear what they sound like.

KM: What is your role with the Island Grown Initiative?

[Island Grown Initiative is a non-profit organization based on Martha’s Vineyard that works to grow community through sustainable agriculture, local food advocacy and education. As a full-time resident of Martha's Vineyard, Taylor plays an active role in the local sustainable agriculture movement.]

BT: I’m a heavy supporter. I do a lot of fundraisers for them. Concerts to raise awareness and funds during the summer. And I’m an active member of the community. The community we have has a lot of say about what happens on the Island. I show up at all the events with my guitar, like a cheerleader. That’s what I would say my position is, I’m a cheerleader.

KM: Where did your passion for sustainable agriculture stem from, where did you find that passion?

BT: Oddly enough I was inspired sideways. I went to school at a Rudolf Steiner school when I was in Junior High. Rudolf Steiner was a German Astrophysicist who studied lots of different primitive agricultural rituals and what not. He came up this biodynamic protocol for the first time called biodynamic farming. So this was his idea and I went to his school, and it was so funny because his scholastic protocol really didn’t mesh very well with the New York state scholastic protocol. So to me, when I started going to that school, I just thought it was insane some of the stuff they were making us do. They didn’t really back it up with any of the esoteric fundamentals because that didn’t jive with the state scholastic [guidelines]. So I really didn’t understand it, and it wasn’t until I was out of school several years later that I started reading Rudolf Steiner’s books so that I could figure out why they were making us do such funny dance moves, literally. And I started realizing what he was really all about, that he was this cosmic philosopher that was all about happy cows and such, it’s cool.

KM: That’s an interesting way to come about it for sure. Are these passions reflected in your music as well?

BT: I think that everything that I am comes out in my music. My music is a very direct reflection of who I am. It’s not that I was write songs about sustainability or agriculture or anything, but I find that there all really, really useful metaphors for each other. Building a song, growing a song is very much like taking care of a plant. So I feel my entire musical process is really very agricultural.

KM: The song “America” on the upcoming album, which you mentioned you are particularly proud of, talks about making better choices and our responsibility to do that. Can you talk a little bit about what that means to you?

BT: I was trying to write a patriotic song and I’d never done that before. I found that my sense of patriotism was so racked by historical and ancestral guilt, and political guilt that I found it very hard to write a patriotic song. So I decided to simplify it and pretend I was writing a love song, because that would be easy enough to do. Just that I was writing it about the country, because it is the most beautiful country I’ve ever seen. So I wrote about it like it was the most beautiful girl I’d ever met and she had been in some bad relationships, but now she was mine and it was time to sort things out. Get it right.

KM: Nice, I like your approach. You were saying you “show up with your guitar” at many of the Island Grown Initiative events, do you often work with other artists and musicians to promote environmental stewardship?

BT: Yeah certainly locally at home, I work with DCLA [Dukes County Love Affair] and Kodachrome raising money for Island Grown Initiative. I know that there a lot of times we just have community jams where everyone just shows up and brings a guitar and gives money to the community center one way or the other. The Martha Vineyard’s community, at least the full-time local musicians, really are all there working for the greater good of the community. I’d said I work with the whole island musically.

KM: That’s really wonderful. The last thing I would ask is if there is one message or one thing you would really like your fans and our readers at Green Up Music to know, what might that be?

BT: World is balm.

KM: Can you elaborate on that?

BT: Yeah, I feel like the world is balm. It’s a play on ‘word is bond’. But it’s the truth. The world is like balm for all of the spirit’s ailments.

Taylor will begin a two month tour this month with the release of “Listening” on August 14. Please visit Ben Taylor’s Facebook page for a full list of tour dates. To pre-order the album click here.

Image Credits: Pete Gurnz

Taking place today at Public Works in the Mission District of San Francisco, Noisette is the perfect combination of local eats and live music. True to the local theme, all the entertainment is purely Northern California, with acts such as The Dodos, Pillowfight (the latest project from Dan the Automator) and Craft Spells.

Produced by Noise Pop and Finger on the Pulse, today’s event will include some of San Francisco’s best chefs, each serving up one special dish created for the event. Blair Warsham of Graffeats along with Adam Dulye, Dennis Lee, Ryan Pollnow, and Arthur Wall all focus on using local or sustainable ingredients. A full list of chefs and the menu for today is listed below.

Tickets are still available onsite. 12–5 p.m., Sat. 8/4; Public Works, 161 Erie St., noisette.noisepop.com

Music:

The Dodos
Pillowfight ft. Dan the Automator
Craft Spells
Taken by Trees
Nanosaur
Snacky Tunes
Chad Salty

Chefs:

Adam Dulye – Co-owner and chef at Monk’s Kettle & The Abbot’s Cellar
Jason Fox – Executive Chef and co-owner of Commonwealth
Dennis Lee – Head Chef of Namu Gaji
Ian Marks – Co-owner and chef of The Beast and the Hare
Ryan Pollnow – chef de cuisine of flour + water
Mike Selvera – Co-owner and chef at Bar Crudo
Arthur Wall – Executive chef at Garçon
Blair Warsham – Founder and chef at graffEats
Katie Kwan & Valerie Luu – Rice Paper Scissors
Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous

Images: Noise Pop

Friday night, Bob Weir will host an impressive list of musicians at his San Rafael studio, continuing the 70th birthday celebrations for his Grateful Dead bandmate, the late Jerry Garcia. The epitome of the couch tour experience, the Tamalpais Research Institute (TRI) is the result of Weir’s vision to create a virtual venue for fans to enjoy performances from the comfort of their home or anywhere in the world. TRI Studios includes a state-of-the-art performance studio for broadcasting live HD video and audio streams directly to the internet.

Move Me Brightly will be streamed live from Weir’s TRI Studios at 6:30PM PST on August 3rd, and hosted by actor Luke Wilson. The all-star group of artists that will be joining Weir include Phish bassist Mike Gordon, Joe Russo, Cass McCombs, members of The Hold Steady, Chris Tomson of Vampire Weekend, and former Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia Band vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux.

Named after a line from Terrapin Station, Move Me Brightly will be a truly magical tribute, including musical performances, interviews, rare Grateful Dead concert footage and video tributes from Garcia’s peers, including Mickey Hart, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, Carlos Santana, Bill Kreutzmann, and Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools.

To view the webcast visit TRI Studios online HERE.

Photo Credit: Peter Simon