AXOLOTL & BULBS (San Francisco)

YXIMALLOO 
"Spiritual kin to early artpunk and especially the LAFMS, he
revels in mock-ethnic music and nonsense. Lo-fi, sweet and primitive, 
and uses ancient drum machines, hand percussion, and electronic droplet
noises, sometimes set to melodies gathered from some imaginary South 
Sea island where the traditional instrument is seemingly an old '80s 
synth."
http://www.myspace.com/yximalloo
http://www014.upp.so-net.ne.jp/yximalloo/

AXOLOTL & BULBS 
Members Jon Almaraz, William Sabiston and Karl Bauer unite to create
an instrumental exhibit of sound combining acoustic and electronic
guitar, violin and drum manipulation. Axolotl recently released an
album on Important Records
http://www.importantrecords.com/releases/imprec120_release_page.htm
http://www.aphidtrip.com
From the SF Bay Guardian - George Chen" 

"It gets increasingly difficult to describe how Jon Almaraz and William Sabiston make their electronic drum pads and guitar effects do what they do, probably because they keep getting weirder. The last time they played at Godwaffle Noise Pancakes, covering the stage and their bodies with psychedelic floral prints, the duo summoned alien birdcalls and densely beatific drones out of a nest of wires. Without a record or even (gasp!) a MySpace page to speak of, Bulbs hole up and practice like maniacs for their all-too-rare live shows. I would say Bulbs are underrated, but it's unclear what rating system they even register on. Maybe tie a hypercolor shirt to a Geiger counter and then melt a bunch of John Fahey records till they look like a Frank Gehry building. Opener East Bay wunderkinder Robin Williams on Fire do the Arab on Radar gambol with excess energy and a fulsome ruckus.

INCA ORE with LEMON BEAR'S ORCHESTRA 
"Eva Saelens (a.k.a. Inca Ore) can sing. Like a spastic 5-year-old
Meredith Monk fanatic with an explosive temper, she can sing. With her
pipes alone, she can raise the ruckus of an entire Magic Band plus a
Siamese cat on spin cycle. And she has the self-discipline to make
compelling art from her seemingly unhinged vocal contortions. " 
									Dusted Review
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3063

EYE MYTHS 
Arriving from Portland, Oregon, EYE MYTHS borrow their name from a
short film crafted by experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage. They are
a mercurial troupe of sound artists implementing found and once
discarded devices to creat a fantastic landscape invoking unexplainable
sounds and feelings.