Soft Science is from Sacramento, of the shoegaze/dream pop persuasion, and as there’s a link to their KEXP session and a partial effort from the SMA principal back in 2018 when in Seattle as he was late and missed much of their set in the archives, I thought having my recording included would be nice as well.
There’s a few more ROIO-type efforts online that can be added at some point.
Alright, it’s another one from the Charles Albright Festival! This is probably my favorite band that played that day, but I really liked them all. I was bummed to miss it. My daughter had a soccer tournament that day so I dropped one of my consumer camcorders and 3 gopros at Phono Select to video the bands that day. Christine Shelley’s dad video’d the main angle. Unfortunately, the entire set was not filmed from the main angle so you get mostly gopro action here. Sound great though.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy (gopros in absentia) and Christine Shelley’s dad (handheld) Audio recorded by: Jeff Melendez, Pawn takes pawn recordings Edit by punksnotdeadgr
We are just about done with the Charles Albright fest sets- we have 2 more multicams ready to go, and then some incomplete fragments of sets without multitrack audio.. yet. Thanks to Jeff Melendez for his work on the multitrack mix, and as always @PunksNotDeadGR for the edits, especially of bands he doesn’t know anything about!
Members are a fine cross-section of Sacramento Rock and Roll, with people from just about every band in town. Including but not limited to Horny Mormons, Lil Bunnies, No Kill I, The Bananas, The Coz, The Globs From Outer Space, and Blizzard of Al.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy (gopros in absentia) and Christine Shelley’s dad (handheld) Audio recorded by: Jeff Melendez, Pawn takes pawn recordings Edit by punksnotdeadgr
I was planning on posting something else today, but I hate the audio enough for a re-do. Here is one that we had posted a few months ago and the audio was out of synch. This is the corrected version. Speaking of this, we need to get back on editing these ones together. There are more sets from this fest to do.
Reno Casinos played the Charles Albright fest last year. My cameras were there, but I wasn’t. Unfortunately, the main angle was not available for most of the set so you mostly see the 3 gopro angles. It sounds great, thanks to Jeffrey Melendez’ multitrack audio recording of the show.
I don’t know a whole lot about this band- I do see 1 member of the Four Eyes in the and my old friend Jaz Brown on drums. They put out a couple of small CDR/Lathe Cut releases on Secret Center in the early 2020’s.
Recorded by: Charles Albright’s family Equipment used: Canon HFM30, Gopro Hero 7 Black (x3) Audio recorded by: Jeff melendez Edit by: Punksnotdeadgr
Let’s keep today an all-Sacramento day of posts. Reno Casinos played the Charles Albright fest last year. My cameras were there, but I wasn’t. Unfortunately, the main angle was not available for most of the set so you mostly see the 3 gopro angles. It sounds great, thanks to Jeffrey Melendez’ multitrack audio recording of the show.
I don’t know a whole lot about this band- I do see 1 member of the Four Eyes in the and my old friend Jaz Brown on drums. They put out a couple of small CDR/Lathe Cut releases on Secret Center in the early 2020’s.
Recorded by: Charles Albright’s family Equipment used: Canon HFM30, Gopro Hero 7 Black (x3) Audio recorded by: Jeff melendez Edit by: Punksnotdeadgr
Alright, this is going to be a long story I think. Charles contacted me and asked if I could video this fest last year. I had a family conflict, but I brought one of my older handheld cameras and the 3 gopros with the extended batteries so he could have it filmed. Well, unfortunately, the 3 gopros got everything up to the set right before this one and then died. This is a one camera hand held job done by someone in Charles’ family. On the bright side, it sounds great! Jeff Melendez recorded multitrack audio of the entire day- he is just starting to mix them down, so I will have the other sets edited as the audio comes along. More to come.
Recorded by: Charles Albright’s family Equipment used: Canon HFM30 Audio recorded by: Jeff melendez Audio video synch by Shayne in pluraleyes 4
Yep, that title is right- NOT A TYPO. Short Dogs Grow are back! They played their first show in over 10 years (and their 2nd show in over 30, I think) last month at the Kilowatt. They were one of my favorite bands in the late 80s/early 90s, so I wasn’t missing this one! Of course, any time that I go to a new venue to do multicam video, things inevitably go wrong.. and boy did they. First of all, there is NO parking in this part of SF. After cruising block after block of no parking, I absent-mindedly scooted over to make a right hand turn, and almost hit a bicyclist! I got a nice long middle finger for that one. Then, once I got into the venue, I realized I forgot the USB drive for the soundboard recording to mix with the schoeps. Hell if I was driving again, so I started a madcap trip to Walgreens with ubers and lyfts and stuff… and then, after all that, the board didn’t work it out. D’oh! At least the camera angles worked out OK- when there are only 4, it makes a difference if one bonks out. Sounds ok, could have been better. It sounds like they are open to playing more shows, so I might try again if they play somewhere where I can park without killing someone. The set was great- they even have a couple of new songs!
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; 3x gopro Hero 7 black; Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder Edit by Tromster
As an extra bonus, the legendary Jackson Saints also played the Kilowatt show with Short Dogs Grow. Since I already had all the cameras set up, I figured I would video this set as well. Thanks to Janis for permission. The band was active back in the early 90s and it seems that most if not all of the original members played the reunion show- correct me if I am wrong. It was pretty tough to figure out because I don’t see any recorded output on discogs and I am going from old band photos to figure it out. Janis, the Meade brothers (Erik & Kevin) seem to be there. If you can tag/inform band members, I would appreciate it.
Here is the lineup for the show: Chuck Davis-vocals Janis Tanaka- bass Erik Meade- guitar Kevin Meade- guitar JT John- drums
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; 3x gopro Hero 7 black; Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder Edit by Tromster
Couch Potato Massacre (from Minneapolis) was part of that show that City Mouse headlined at the Cafe a couple months back. In fact, I think they did this whole part of the tour with them. Miski described them as a great band that plays songs about classic TV.. and with song like “Flaming Moe”, “We’re the Meeseeks” and “Carlos the Dwarf”, she wasn’t wrong. Since I am not big on novelty bands, I was planning on sitting this set out (I was tired) but then they started and they had that classic, early soul asylum sound that I love so much. So, long story short, I scrambled and got the camera ready and got most of their set. Thanks to Anonymous for the audio
Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens Audio by Anonymous from Schoeps MK4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Thanks for the kind birthday wishes today, I really appreciate you all. A lot of friends from the local scene checked in with me, so I’ll put a Sacramento based band up for today. Goblin Mode formed in 2022 and features Jordan Trucano (Mad Judy, Little Tents, etc) on vocals and guitar; Anthony Onfire on bass; not clear on the drummer, but they had Joe Spitali on an older release… Blue lights make everything hard to see for the first 3-4min, then it get better. Sounds good.
Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens Audio by Anonymous from Schoeps MK4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
