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Images from Left Coast Live 2010

Many thanks to our volunteer photographers – Christina Guzman, Alexandre Chung and Mike Tkacheff. More pictures from other photogs on their way! If you have any you’d like to share with us, please send us a link or email them to info@leftcoastlive.com.

Posted on July 6 2010 | Comments (No Comments)

Official Event Schedule in Metro

Posted on June 17 2010 | Comments (No Comments)

Yo La Tengo Closes Left Coast Live Main Stage

Left Coast Live is nothing less than ecstatic to secure Yo La Tengo to headline the main stage on Saturday, June 26th. One of the most enduring and endearing bands of the indie scene for the last twenty years, Yo La Tengo are impossible to pin down, yet have a very distinct sound. They can pull off epic psych jams, soulfully crooned pop nuggets, garage type stompers or hushed electronic pieces and usually have all of these elements and more within the same album. Ira, Georgia and James are masters of variety and certainly have the track record to show it.

Whether they are backing Ray Davies or releasing an EP of Sun Ra covers, and even composing several soundtracks including “Adventureland” and an all instrumental album for a French underwater documentarian, Yo La Tengo makes all their material seem effortless, yet inspired and always sonically amazing. Their last record and eighth full-length release for Matador Records “Popular Songs” was of course an exercise in the aforementioned scattered brilliance and proves they haven’t lost a creative step.

You never know what you’re going to get from Yo La Tengo, you just know it’s going to be interesting. It is a real coup for Left Coast Live to host this genre defying troop and their performance on June 26th is not to be missed.

Posted on June 16 2010 | Comments (No Comments)

OK Go Headlines Left Coast Live 2010

LCL 2010 Headliner: OK Go

We are thrilled to announce that OK Go! will headline the main stage at Left Coast Live 2010 on June 25, 2010.

OK Go’s story starts with Damian Kulash (vocals, guitar) and Tim Nordwind (bass) who met as children when they formed a band called The Greased Ferrets that featured folding chairs played as drums. They met Dan Konopka (drums) in college, and formed OK Go in 1999. Andy Ross (guitar, keys) joined the band making this famous foursome complete in 2005.

Since then, OK Go has become the pioneer of the viral video, one of the most licensed bands of the 21st century and a top iTunes seller. OK Go is at the cutting edge of music while constantly pushing boundaries, and fans have responded to the OK Go music movement around the world, best demonstrated through the video dance to “A Million Ways,” that hundreds of amateur foursomes have imitated via YouTube.

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Posted on June 10 2010 | Comments (1 Comment)

Hype! and Discovering the Silicon Valley Music Scene

Left Coast Live and Cinequest present an inspirational and entertaining evening celebrating the concept of discovery by looking back through film at a recent music movement, while preparing to discover new artists at LCL that could be the makers of a new scene.

HYPE! is an engaging documentary that unveils Seattle’s underground music explosion of the late 80s and early 90s, from the first days of Green River and Mudhoney to the era-ending death of Kurt Cobain. Check out the trailer here.

After the film, join the Left Coast Live Music Booking team as we discuss the “discovery” process of new music and the next “big thing” as musicians and as event promoters.  They will also explore what “makes a scene” and if San Jose has the ingredients to take ours to a whole new level.

FREE POST-FILM CONCERT @ GORDON BIERSCH PATIO STAGE WITH THE BINGTONES (8:45PM – 10:45)

RSVP on Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/leftcoastlive?v=app_2344061033#!/event.php?eid=108966439150590&index=1

Posted on June 9 2010 | Comments (No Comments)