Posted in Music on 20. Jan, 2010
Please join us for a very special evening, Saturday, February 13, 7 p.m. at Rainshadow with Seattle-based singer-songwriter Rocky Votolato, who is coming to Reno for the first date in a limited few to debut his latest album, True Devotion, on Barsuk Records.
Joining him will be My Flag is on Fire (fresh off of their tour in Japan!) and the Bindle Stiffs.
Tickets are $8 in advance, available both on the Holland Project Website and at the following locations: Out of Bounds Board Shop, Bibo Coffee Co. on Mt. Rose Street, Great Basin Food Co-op and Lincoln Lounge. Entry at the door will be $10, and tickets are limited, so swipe yours up as soon as possible!
Want to snatch a spot by buying a ticket on-line instead? Go to our DONATE tab for more details!
Fans of lady-fronted lo-fi pop rejoice! Holland is happy to announce that we’ll be hosting the likes of San Francisco’s very own Grass Widow, a trio with ghostly harmonies and disarming pop punk riffs in the vein of the Raincoats, The Slits, and the more recent Best Coast. They will be joined by another Bay Area act, Rank/Xerox, who according to DJ Rick of stellar college radio station KDVS, “play postpunk with uncommon urgency not unlike The Proletariat, Tripod Jimmie, or Crisis, but with more energy, exuberance, and a saxophone”. Local supporters include the lovely Merry Mannor and Penny & Her Lowercase Kindred, in a rare appearance – not an event to be missed! Saturday, January 23rd @ Rainshadow. 7PM.
Oh yeah! And Noel is making her DJ comeback, it’s been a minute and we’re very excited!
Proceeds from Saturday’s 50/50 Showcase will go directly to Haiti relief efforts–so come and donate what you can ($3, $4, $5), listen to good music, and step up for a really important, and much-needed cause. This benefit will feature a healthy dose of psychedelic goodness (Madorians), Clash-inspired rawk (The Firebombing), and some beautiful melodies from a super talented youngster (Amber Scala). Did we mention that it’s THIS SATURDAY at Rainshadow? Don’t forget, it’s going to rule. Support your scene and support a good local cause, it’s a win-win. 7PM.
Come and get your print tonight at 5:30PM at the Holland HQ (30 Cheney Street). I heartell it’s a good one this month, no, a GREAT one. So don’t dawdle, get yourself down here!
Posted in Music on 05. Jan, 2010
According to Seattle’s KEXP. Whattya think? Do we agree??
Rank Artist Album Label Year
1 Arcade Fire Funeral Merge (2004)
2 Radiohead Kid A Capitol (2000)
3 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Nonesuch (2002)
4 Radiohead In Rainbows ATO (2007)
5 Sufjan Stevens Illinois Asthmatic Kitty (2005)
6 Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism Barsuk (2003)
7 The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Warner Bros (2002)
8 Modest Mouse The Moon and Antarctica Epic (2000)
9 Band of Horses Everything All the Time Sub Pop (2006)
10 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Sub Pop (2008)
11 The Strokes Is This It RCA (2001)
12 The National Boxer Beggars Banquet (2007)
13 The Shins Chutes Too Narrow Sub Pop (2003)
14 Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights Matador (2002)
15 The White Stripes Elephant V2 (2003)
16 The Postal Service Give Up Sub Pop (2003)
17 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver Capitol (2007)
18 Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Anti- (2006)
19 Arcade Fire Neon Bible Merge (2007)
20 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion Domino (2009)
21 PJ Harvey Stories From The City, Stories From the Sea Island (2000)
22 Broken Social Scene You Forgot It In People Arts & Crafts/Paper Bag (2003)
23 The Wrens The Meadowlands Absolutely Kosher (2003)
24 The White Stripes White Blood Cells Sympathy for the Record Industry (2001)
25 Sigur Ros Agaetis Byrjun Fatcat (2001)
26 Sigur Ros Takk Geffen (2005)
27 Radiohead Amnesiac Capitol (2001)
28 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell Interscope (2003)
29 Beck Sea Change DGC (2002)
30 Radiohead Hail to the Thief Capitol (2003)
31 Bjork Vespertine Elektra (2001)
32 Elliott Smith Figure 8 Dreamworks (2000)
33 Amy Winehouse Back to Black Universal Republic (2007)
34 Beck Guero Interscope (2005)
35 TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain Touch and Go (2006)
36 Neko Case Blacklisted Bloodshot (2002)
37 Shins Oh, Inverted World Sub Pop (2001)
38 Bright Eyes I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning Saddle Creek (2005)
39 Bloc Party Silent Alarm Vice (2005)
40 Ryan Adams Heartbreaker Bloodshot (2000)
41 The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America Vagrant (2006)
42 Death Cab for Cutie Plans Atlantic (2005)
43 Outkast Stankonia LaFace / Arista (2000)
44 Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News Epic (2004)
46 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah self-released (2005)
47 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not Domino (2006)
48 Sigur Ros ( ) Fat Cat (2002)
49 The Decemberists The Crane Wife Capitol (2006)
50 M.I.A. Arular XL (2005)
51 Wolf Parade Apologies to the Queen Mary Sub Pop (2005)
52 Kings of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak RCA (2005)
53 Spoon Gimme Fiction Merge (2005)
54 Spoon Kill the Moonlight Merge (2002)
55 Devotchka How It Ends Cicero (2004)
56 Nada Surf Let Go Barsuk (2003)
57 My Morning Jacket Z ATO/ RCA (2005)
58 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend XL (2008)
59 Band of Horses Cease to Begin Sub Pop (2007)
60 Beirut The Flying Club Cup Ba Da Bing (2007)
61 M.I.A. Kala Interscope (2007)
62 TV on the Radio Dear Science Interscope (2008)
63 The Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree 4AD (2005)
64 The Knife Silent Shout Mute (2006)
65 Bright Eyes Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Saddle Creek (2002)
66 Beirut Gulag Orkestar Ba Da Bing! (2006)
67 Mclusky Mclusky Do Dallas Too Pure (2002)
68 Interpol Antics Matador (2004)
69 The Decemberists Picaresque Kill Rock Stars (2005)
70 The Black Keys Rubber Factory Fat Possum (2004)
71 The Black Angels Passover Light in the Attic (2006)
72 Grizzly Bear Yellow House Warp (2006)
73 Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha Fat Possum (2007)
74 Silversun Pickups Carnavas Dangerbird (2006)
75 Wilco Sky Blue Sky Nonesuch (2007)
76 My Morning Jacket It Still Moves ATO/RCA (2003)
77 Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Merge (2007)
78 The Shins Wincing the Night Away Sub Pop (2007)
79 Panda Bear Person Pitch Paw Tracks (2007)
80 Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Glassnote (2009)
81 Built to Spill You in Reverse Warner Bros (2006)
82 Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days Sub Pop (2004)
83 The Flaming Lips At War with the Mystics Warner Bros (2006)
84 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere Downtown (2006)
85 The Thermals The Body The Blood The Machine Sub Pop (2006)
86 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Domino (2004)
87 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago Jagjaguwar (2008)
88 Tom Waits Orphans Anti- (2006)
89 Animal Collective Strawberry Jam Domino (2007)
90 Peter Bjorn and John Writer’s Block Wichita (2006)
90.3 Portishead Third Mercury (2008)
We wanted you all to know what an incredible team we have behind this operation. So, without further ado, we present to you the Holland Board of Directors and the Holland Advisory Board.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Cassandra Joseph, Attorney, Watson Rounds
Cassandra Joseph is an attorney practicing intellectual property litigation at Watson Rounds in Reno. Cassandra serves as Secretary on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the Holland Project. She is a mother and supporter of local youth development programs.
Dave LaPlante, CEO, Twelve Horses
David LaPlante is CEO of Reno-headquartered Twelve Horses, a online brand marketing and messaging technology agency. David is a founder and current chairman of Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology and serves on the boards of directors for Holland Project, Artown, EDAWN, Reno Bike Project and the Reno-Tahoe Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Entrepreneurship, art, design, skiing, bikes and raising a culturally creative family are his passion. Reno is the best city on the planet for that mix of passions.
Jevan Burchfield, Global Project Manager, Microsoft Licensing
Jevan Burchfield has been an active participant of the all ages music scene in Reno for 15 years playing in bands Evenground, Means to Amend, 1618, and a new unnamed project. He continues to book and play shows and support the all ages music scene. Jevan contributes time to the Holland Project by providing direction, business/operations skills, and vision, along with the rest of the Holland Project Board of Directors, to further the Holland Project mission of providing all-ages access to music, art, and activism for the Reno community’s youth. Jevan is currently the President of the Holland Project Board of Directors and uses every opportunity available to expand the reach of influence and notoriety of the Holland Project within our community and beyond.
Joe Ferguson, Holland co-founder / Educator, Rainshadow Community Charter High School
Reno-native Joe Ferguson is a co-founder of the Holland Project and currently sits on their Board of Directors as the Treasurer. Joe is a long-time activist, working with Sound and Fury Records, The Great Basin Community Food Co-op, and Reno Food Not Bombs. Joe is a teacher at Rainshadow Community Charter High School where he enjoys working with at-risk youth and watching them find success in their passions. Joe enjoys playing music, gardening, riding bikes, hanging out with his family, and helping Reno become a great place to be a kid.
Marnee Benson, Development Director, Black Rock Solar / Co-manager, March Fourth Marching Band
Marnee graduated from UNR with two Master’s degrees in Environmental Science and Environmental Policy and has written extensively on topics from the Coeur D’Alene Art Auction to climate change for differrent publications including Western Art & Architecture, Reno Magazine, and the Reno News & Review. Marnee organized the Tour de Nez bike race for three years and currently serves on the Truckee Meadows Bicycle Alliance. Marnee has worked for Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival, and Burning Man. She’s a skier, cyclist, and climber who loves playing in the sunshine and hiking in the mountains.
Megan Berner, Artist and Educator, University of Nevada, Reno
Megan Berner is an artist who currently teaches photography at the University of Nevada Reno and is working for the Nevada Conservation Corps combining photography and conservation efforts in Lake Tahoe. She received an Endowment Fund Grant from Sierra Arts Foundation in 2009 and was an Obermann Graduate Fellow at the University of Iowa in 2008 where she proposed teaching a class centered around gardening. She worked for public television for two years and has volunteered as a tutor for Limited English Proficient students at a local elementary school.
Mike Steedman, Owner, Studio on Fourth
Mike Steedman, owner of Studio on Fourth—a small performance art space, is a community-advocate who has worked with a variety of local organizations and entities including Youth Artworks, Reno Celtic Celebration, Boys and Girls Club, NV Opera, and the Ready for Life Task Force. Mike also serves on the Neighborhood Advisory Board for Ward 3, and is highly active in downtown redevelopment issues, as well as the advancement of the 4th Street corridor.
Rachel Milon, Director of Communications and Marketing, Nevada Museum of Art / Principal, Quick Brown Fox PR
Rachel Milon has worked at advertising and marketing agencies in San Francisco, New York, London and Reno. She is the founder of Quick Brown Fox PR, working with a range of clients in arts and entertainment, fashion and beauty. Youth and the arts are her passion and she is proud to currently serve on the Board of the Holland Project where her focus is to help promote and encourage the growth and acceptance of all ages lifestyles, events and activities.
Ryan Gold, Owner, Imperial Bar and Lounge, Lincoln Lounge
Ryan Gold, an Illinois-native, is co-Owner and founder of Imperial Concepts LLC, Imperial Bar and Lounge, and The Lincoln Lounge. His businesses have contributed to revitalization of downtown and the Fourth Street corridor, increasing both quality and diversity of Reno’s nightlife.
ADVISORY BOARD
Aaryn Walker, Red Chair
Ben Arnold, Wooster High School
Cari Cunningham, University of Nevada, Reno
Chris Fairchild, Grubb and Ellis
Dave Branson, WSCD
Deane Albright, Albright, Pershing, and Associates
Delores Aiazzi, St. Marys
Dennyse Daniels, Pioneer Center
Erika Frick, FLF Films
Gretchen Bietz, Discovery Museum
Jasmine Cividino, Crush Hair Studio
Jim Litchfield, Fluid Concepts/Reno River Fest
Kathie Bartlett, Dickson Realty
Lauren Siegel, former director Nevada EcoNet
Marin Gillis, University of Nevada, Reno
Mark Curtis, Mark Curtis & Friends
Mercedes de la Garza, Mercedes de la Garza Architect Studio
Molly Conklin, Ferraro Group
Molly Dahl, Reed High School
Pan Pantoja, Drama Instructor / Playwrite
Paul and Deb Martin, Bibo Coffee Company
Rebecca LeBeau, Child Assault Prevention
Scott Walquist, KPS3
Susan Mayes Smith, TMCC High School
Tim Jones, Nevada Arts Council
Hey severe weather fans. It’s the end of the year, and that means it’s time to re-cap all this year had to offer musically (or at least a few of my favorite things.) If you haven’t checked out any of these, I strongly urge you to.
The Tornado’s Top Ten of 2009 (In no particular order):
1. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
Troy3 put it best when describing Veckatimest: “It renders all of Grizzly Bear’s previous records obsolete.” Amazingly lush production, beautiful vocal harmonies, giant instrumental sounds, there really is nothing to dislike about this record.
2. Polvo – In Prism
This rivals Veckatimest as my most-listened-to record of 2009. Who knew these guys had it in them (and after 12 years of inactivity, no less.) This band was a huge influence on my band Think In French and can easily stand along with the mid 90’s Touch and Go greats.
3. Pissed Jeans – King of Jeans
For some reason everyone was so over Pissed Jeans this year. Why? This album kicks just as much ass as it’s predecessor, and was way heavier, louder, funnier, and more bludgeoning than just about everything else released this year.
4. Sonic Youth – The Eternal
Duh.
Also, Mark Ibold plays bass for them now. Double duh.
5. Raekwon – Only Built for Cuban Linx II
2009 seemed like the comeback year for waaay too many 90’s rappers, and at the top of the heap was Raekwon, with the sequel to one of the best hip-hop albums ever made. Just as rad and vital as any solo Wu Tang effort from the mid 90’s… another complete shocker.
6. Obits – I Blame You
The Legacy of Rick Froberg lives on. The former Drive Like Jehu/Hot Snakes frontman hasn’t missed a step with his new band, Obits. It’s a bit garage-ier than Hot Snakes, but is just as kick-ass.
7. Thee Oh Sees – Help
Another rad garage gem from another dude who was in about a bazillion great bands. This one is way more spacey and raw than I Blame You, but has all the hooks. They also put on one of the best live shows I’ve seen in years.
8. Chain and the Gang – Down with LIberty, Up with Chains
Ian Svenonius has a lot of hats. Next to Nation of Ulysses, I think I like this one best.
9. Part Chimp – Thriller
Another contender (along with Sunn O))) and Baroness) for heaviest album of the year. Ultimately, what sells me on Part Chimp is the guitars. I don’t think they’re punched up intentionally; rather when you record a wall of amps, the vocals and drums are bound to take a backseat. Plus, who names their album Thriller? Excellent.
10. Converge – Axe to Fall
This one is another no-brainer. It’s Converge’s best album since Jane Doe, which means it’s probably one of the best hardcore albums ever. Essential for anyone even remotely interested in hardcore.
Some other rad albums that deserve honorable mention:
Baroness – Blue Album
Circulatory System – Signal Morning
Drunkdriver – Born Pregnant
Ferocious Eagle – Laughing at the Horror of Being Alive
Flaming Lips – Embryonic
Mi Ami – Watersports
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
Propagandhi – Supporting Caste
Pterodactyl – Worldwild
Sunn O))) – Monoliths and Dimensions
I’m also going to do a little something extra this year and hook you up with my Top 30 of 2009 mixtape, split up into 3 parts, for you to enjoy this New Year’s Eve. Artists are limited to one song each. Here’s the tracklist (for you to assemble yourself) and if someone will help me out, I’ll try to get a podcast up before NYE. Enjoy.
Part I:
Atlas Sound – “Walk About”
Sonic Youth – “What We Know”
Grizzly Bear – “Two Weeks”
The Cool Kids – “Delivery Man”
Drunkdriver – “Dick in a Mousetrap”
Mi Ami – “New Guitar”
Mastodon – “Divinations”
Javelin – “Vibrations”
Obits – “Light Sweet Crude”
Preodactyl – “Old Clouds”
Part II:
Thee Oh Sees – “Enemy Destruct”
Pissed Jeans – “Dream Smotherer”
Mos Def – “Auditorium” featuring Slick Rick
Japandroids – “Wet Hair”
Cymbals Eat Guitars – “Tunguska”
Ferocious Eagle – “I’m Not a Monster”
Propagandhi – “Human(E) Meat (The Flensing of Sandor Katz)”
Polvo – “Beggar’s Bowl”
Picture Plane – “Goth Star”
Raekwon – “House of Flying Daggers”
Part III:
Circulatory System – “This Morning (We Remembered Everything)”
Part Chimp – “Dirty Sun”
The Flaming Lips – “Watching the Planets” featuring Karen O
Baroness – “Jake Leg”
Jay Z – “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Chain and the Gang – “Reparations”
Converge – “Dark Horse”
Health – “Nice Girls”
Radiohead – “Harry Patch (In Memory of)”
Sunn O))) – “Big Church”
