When I first saw The Chain Gang of 1974 (CGO1974), the product of producer Kamtin Mohager, I was absolutely blown away! This experience happened in October of 2010 when CGO1974 were opening up for Candy Claws at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. There were no more than five fans in attendance. However, CGO1974 absolutely
The South by Southwest music festival in Austin is one of the best festivals to catch new artists and mingle with fellow indie music lovers while still enjoying all of the civilized comforts a major city has to offer. Or so I’ve been told. Though I lived in Texas for the last five years, I’ve
Eux Autres, which is pronounced ooz-oh-tra and means, literally “them others,” aren’t French. They’re ‘kind of from Portland’ but call San Francisco home. At the Mississippi Studios last night, Eux Autres were the opening band for Chain Gang of 1974 and Candy Claws. The pop band claims to “write songs with sparse instrumentation,” but to