The Akron Family

Friday, August 13, 2010 at 8:00 PM (PT)

Oakland, United States


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Event Details

(((folkYEAH!))) Presents

Friday, August 13th,

Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / Adv. $15 / Door $18

 

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE @ THE DOOR

AKRON FAMILY (Bay Area Exclusive)

Akron Family

 

Plus Special Guests

White Hills
and

Bad Weather California

links:

http://www.akronfamily.com/
http://www.myspace.com/akronfamily
http://www.myspace.com/whitehills
http://www.myspace.com/badweathercalifornia

Akron bio:

Akron/Family are one of those exasperatingly unknowable bands. They've concocted an image, all right -- check out their MySpace page or the Young God Records one, and you will quickly be advised that they are "extremely nice, sincere and well-mannered young men from rural America who came to New York City in 2002 to make music." But other than that and the occasional unfounded rumor that they practice a made-up cultish religion called AK (pronounced "ack"), the only way to know these apparently affable twenty-something fellows -- the original lineup consisting of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Seth Olinsky, from Williamsport, PA; vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Miles Seaton, from Porterville, CA; vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Dana Janssen, from Williamsport, PA; and lead vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Ryan Vanderhoof, from Union Springs, NY -- is through their music, which falls squarely into the freak folk category launched, in the minds of the popular
 culture, anyway, single-handedly by Devendra Banhart. Through three albums made in a Brooklyn home studio and, more recently (2005), through a collaboration with Young God labelmate Angels of Light, Akron/Family have earned themselves a madcap reputation: songs that start in a Beatles-inspired place inevitably erupt into skronk before settling into country sweetness, and folk-raised spirituals dart through Led Zeppelin territory, with '60s rock and general psychedelia also major themes. In addition to the more obvious influences -- the Beatles, Brian Wilson, Dylan, the Band --Radiohead, Captain Beefheart, and acts like Spiritualized also clearly have infiltrated the Family iPods, and to impressive effect. Following their 2005 self-titled debut on Young God and a split with Angels of Light (also serving as the backing road and studio band for thatMichael Gira project), Akron/Family released their follow-up album,Meek Warrior, in October 2006. In 2007,
 lead vocalist Ryan Vanderhoof left after recording the adventurous Love Is Simple. The group remained a trio for the 2009 release Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free. The album was released by the Dead Oceans label in America and Crammed Discs in Europe.

 

Where

The New Parish
Before the show, book a table next door at the award-winning Hibiscus Restaurant - hibiscusoakland.com - and use this ticket for $5.00 off.
579 18th Street
Oakland 94612



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