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KC Turner Presents
Son Of Town Hall
Saturday, June 16
7:30pm Doors / 8:30pm Show
$20 ADV / $25 DOOR
Ages 10 and over are welcome.
(Parental discretion is advised for some events).

Venue:
The Lost Church
65 Capp St. San Francisco, CA

ABOUT
Imagine if Simon and Garfunkel were lost at sea, salt in their beards, wind at their backs, and whiskey in their bottles. What songs would they sing whilst stomping like melodious madmen on the boards of their boat? Or set yourself adrift for a piece, untether yourself from your daily affairs, bring only fresh water, a large writing pad and plenty of pencils. With only the endless sky above and the wine-dark waters below, what half-crazed tales would pour out of you?

Welcome to the mythic world of Son of Town Hall, the unusual union of Ben Parker of London, England, and David Berkeley of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Parker, a highly sought-after London-based songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist, and Berkeley, a celebrated singer/songwriter/guitarist/author have imagined a world that transcends time and space, complete with Victorian-era outfits, meditations about the sea and songs that beg you to sing along. The show is three-parts concert, one-part theater. It will leave you transformed, with your heart full of laughter and tears, drunk on adventure and the tragic beauty of the human condition.

Son of Town Hall springboards from the story of the aforementioned two finding themselves side by side aboard a junk raft (?The Son of Town Hall?) crossing the mighty Atlantic in search of new lands, new inspiration and to recover squandered fortune. It?s as if the two sailed their ship back a century or so, though neither Berkeley, nor Parker openly acknowledge the anachronistic quality in their songs or presentation.

They do, however, recognize how special their sound is. ?Perhaps it was the solitude out there,? Parker explains when we caught up with the bearded duo off the coast of Maine, ?or maybe it was the strong gratitude you feel when you finally encounter another vessel. Or maybe it was all the raw coffee beans and cheap rum we consumed... well whatever it was, we learned to sing out there. More importantly, we learned to sing together.? And sing together they do, harmonies that haven?t been heard, perhaps, since the Louvin Brothers.

?You learn a lot on the high seas,? Berkeley adds. ?Skills and endurance you didn?t know you possessed. Music and storytelling kept us afloat, kept us alive, really. We developed a blend and a sound that led even the sea creatures and the moon to pay attention. We just had to hope that it would translate on dry land.?

Well, as anyone at one of Son of Town Hall?s packed shows across America or Europe can attest, their sound has translated just fine. Audiences consistently leave a show muttering that they?ve never quite experienced something like it. And if the early indications prove true, the two will soon need to build a bigger boat, for everyone who floats near them wants to jump aboard.

** San Francisco Release of new album "East Of Lincoln"
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KC Turner Presents
Tom Freund Music
Friday, June 15, 2018
7:30pm Doors / 8:30pm Show
$20 ADV / $25 DOOR (All Ages)

Venue:
The Lost Church
65 Capp St. San Francisco, CA

ABOUT
?Tom Freund is indeed one of the great singer- songwriters. He constructs a unique world, defines it, and then burns it to the ground. Truly unique and absolutely brilliant.? ?All Music Guide

It?s the ease with which he delivers conversational lyrics and honeyed melodies, a natural magic that is the soul of Tom Freund?s music. Though he?s widely-traveled in a variety of genres? from hearftelt folk to buoyant pop to boho jazz to straightforward rock ?n? roll, and beyond ?Freund is, simply put, a singer-songwriter with a defined and captivating presence.

?Freund clearly delights in enigma. His vocals could go from laconic to impassioned without such obvious trickery as cranking up the volume. His lyrics are full of curveballs.? ?Washington Post

Freund?s latest disc ?Two Moons? on Surf Road Records draws roots sources for an urbane Americana sound, melding nostalgia with a raw and sharp-eyed views of life today. ?If Two Moons, with its underlying message of hope in this messy world of ours, serves as an inspiring, encouraging soundtrack for listeners, then I can say to myself, ?ok, you?re doing something right for the people out there?, Freund says. He delivers this CD?s main message in the standout track ?Lemme Be Who I Wanna Be,? in which he declares: ?I?m basically hooked on this life/it?s got a lot of problems/but it treats me real right/and you don?t have to agree with me/but let me fly my freak flag.? This oddly upbeat anthem of personal empowerment so impressed Canadian rock star Serena Ryder that she asked to sing on it. The opening track ?Angel Eyes,? featuring vocals by Ben Harper, serves as Freund?s take on Randy Newman?s ?I Love L.A.? motif, expresses his appreciation to his Southern California friends for always having his back. Notes of nostalgia play into Tom?s self-declared favorite track ?Mind of Your Own? which delves into a deeply personal memory of the New York native?s childhood home.

?If you want to hear what California feels like, Tom Freund?s new album is a good place to start?? ? Acoustic Guitar

Freund spent the mid-?90s touring with the indie rock cult faves THE SILOS and has been releasing solo albums since 1998. Tom has alternated between recording and touring behind his own discs, playing upright bass, electric bass guitar, and mandolin with the likes of British pub-rock great Graham Parker (who hailed Freund as one of the best singer-songwriters operating today), pop star Mandy Moore, groove-soul sensation Brett Dennen, Rock ?n Roll Hall of Famer Jackson Browne, and three-time Grammy winner Ben Harper. ?What really brought me to wanting to work with Tom in the studio is his songs,? Harper concludes. ?It doesn?t have to even go any further than that. As far as I?m concerned, who wouldn?t wanna work with him in the studio? Because the songs are there.?

?Every year the mounting landfill of new releases that threatens to bury the working music journalists yields a few unexpected gems, and Tom Freund is one of them.?
?New York Times

More recently, you can spot Freund playing with Parker in the Judd Apatow film, ?This Is 40? and featured on the hit TV shows ?Parenthood?, ?American Gothic? and the recently premiered Pamela Adlon show ?Better Things?. He continues to tour North America, Europe and Japan playing with his band or doing solo shows.

Hailed as ?The Beach Boys on Robitussin?, Shy Boys (brothers Collin & Kyle Rausch, Konnor Ervin, Kyle Little & Ross Brown) were bred in the dankest basements of Kansas City, MO as a group of ill-fitting squares in a scene of punks and weirdos. We find these great friends now, still living & loving in KC, trading instruments while creating melodic, happy-sad tunes to make your heart swell. Shy Boys? sophomore album will arrive later this year on Polyvinyl Record Co., bringing with it big, melancholic vocal harmonies of a past?s present, amidst these strange and bittersweet future daze.

$8 adv $10 door

THUR, June 14th, 2018
Brick & Mortar
San Francisco, CA
$7 ADV / $10 DOS / Age 18 And Up

Heat Of Damage
https://www.heatofdamage.com/

STIMULI
http://www.stimuliband.com/

Gürschach
https://soundcloud.com/g-rschach-band

Vivifyd
http://www.vivifydband.com/

Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
Brick & Mortar Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
$7 ADV / $10 DOS / Age All Ages

The Barefoot Family Caravan
https://soundcloud.com/user-405984237

Jacob Aranda

Kevin Patrick Radley

Sunday, July 8th, 2018
Brick & Mortar
San Francisco, CA
$7 ADV / $10 DOS / Age All Ages

Lyle Lorraine
https://lylelorraine.bandcamp.com/

Burlap the Sac
https://burlapthesac.bandcamp.com/releases

Marley Hale
https://soundcloud.com/marleycollins

Saint Benjamin
https://soundcloud.com/stbnjmn

SAT June 23rd, 2018
Brick & Mortar
San Francisco, CA
$12 ADV / $15 DOS / Age 18 And Up

Mating Ritual
http://www.matingritualsounds.com/
Mating Ritual is an independent pop duo based in Los Angeles, California. Previously known as Pacific Air, Ryan Marshall Lawhon founded Mating Ritual in 2014 when his brother Taylor decided to go back to school. Though initially a solo project, Mating Ritual became increasingly more collaborative leading up to his debut album, 2017?s How You Gonna Stop It?, released on Ryan?s own label, Smooth Jaws. Working heavily with other LA songwriters and artists, including ascending pop singer Lizzy Land, the brothers realized they missed creating music as a duo and immediately began work on Mating Ritual?s forthcoming sophomore album, Light Myself On Fire.

Blending Taylor?s love of 80?s synth pop with Ryan?s post punk infatuation, Light Myself On Fire is a darker, grittier record that shows the brothers refining their individual talents to form a much grander and more unified statement. Written entirely after midnight (with the exception of one noticeably sunny tune), these 9 songs talk about maturation and commitment. ?Committing to anything long term can be difficult,? says Ryan ?Boredom and complacency set in, and while change can be a good thing, using it as a crutch will just bring you back to the same place, feeling emptier than before. This album is about learning that the grass is not always greener, that the next fleeting dopamine rush won?t solve everything. In a weird way, I think this my better-late-than-never coming of age record.?

Lizzy Land
https://soundcloud.com/lizzylandmusic

Sunday, June 17th, 2018
Brick & Mortar
San Francisco, CA
$50 ADV / $55 DOS / Age All Ages

Salice Rose is an American Instagram star and social media celebrity.
https://www.instagram.com/salicerose