Be Our Friends :: Your saki-Oriented Weekend Plans!

Creative Control, Santah, Brother George, Burlington, Psychic Twin, Old Style Light, Netherfriends, 1972, Everything Is Terrible!, BIGCOLOUR, 312 Urban Wheat Ale, Father John Misty, The Orwells, Aquarium Drunkard. You have 100,000 ways to show saki how much you love us this weekend. Comedy, new records, live music, costumes, the 70s. And half of these events involve gratis beverages. There is no reason not to be our friend this weekend.

Friday, October 26th :: 8pm at saki | A Very Creative Control Halloween w. Joe McAdam, Soft Candy, Chad Briggs, Rebecca O'Neal, Martin Morrow, Think Tank, Jamie Campbell, Joe Fernandez, Kris Simmons, & Angela Vela. We will also be giving away two pairs of passes to see Kyle Kinane courtesy of Up Comedy Club.

Friday, October 26th :: 9pm at Burlington | Santah You're Still A Lover Release Show II w. Psychic Twin & Brother George. Old Style Light hosted bar 9pm until it runs out. saki is releasing the vinyl version of YSAL next month! Pre-order the vinyl here. 

Saturday, October 27th :: 8pm at saki | 197BOO! Halloween Party: Netherfriends, Everything is Terrible!, BIGCOLOUR (as Can). Beverages provided by 312 Urban Wheat Ale. Attendees will be transported back 40 years to an alternate version of 1972, one seen through the eyes of the record store canon.

Monday, October 29th :: 6pm at saki | Aquarium Drunkard presents: Father John Misty and The Orwells. Free, all-ages in-store.

saki After Hours: Concatenating Pedals

This just in! The sampler video for the saki After Hours: Concatenating Pedal show is finally here.

Check out our new After Hours page!

Epitonic saki Sessions in September!

September is shaping up to be a freaking great month around here! We're kicking off the month tonight with saki After Hours w/ Bob Dey's Tank Engine Man & Bigcolour. Tomorrow we've got Lakesigns & Roo Gatsby (former The Names That Spell), but here's the best part: We've got both Melissa Nadler and Telekinesis coming through to play Epitonic saki Sessions while they're in town! That's right, indie-blog darling Melissa Nadler is going to play for us at 4pm on Thursday, September 15th and Telekinesis (who are among Merge's stable of amazing new releases) are playing on Saturday, September 10th @ 5pm!

We've had less in-stores than usual recently, but I think we're making up for it here with nothing short of awesome acts playing saki in September! And stay tuned, we've got some more in the works that should be confirmed very soon! Check the blog/fbook/tweets/mailing list for more info.

Also, happy Labor Day, Amurrrica!

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saki After Hours with Bob Dey's Tank Engine Man & Bigcolour!

Hey folks, the details are coming in! Our first saki After Hours show is slated for September 2nd. There will be sets by Bob Dey's Tank Engine Man and their guest of the month, Bigcolour, followed by the audience participation portion of the show. As you may know from our last post on the topic, each after hours show will have a different guest and a different theme centered around audience participation. This month's concept will be Concatenating Pedals:

Amplifiers will form a large circle along the edges of the room. The musician attached to each amplifier will be situated directly across from their amplifier on the opposite side of the circle. The two will be connected by a chain of linked guitar pedals of different varieties, thereby filling the center of the circle with a web of cables and pedals. As the musicians play, the audience is asked to enter the circle and begin twisting and fiddling about; manipulating the sounds. For 20-40 minutes, suggested moods will be projected upon the wall as we try to create a cohesive, improvised, and collaborative piece of music, which will be recorded and made available to those who wish to have a copy.

So, you are cordially invited to join us on the 2nd at 8pm when saki ceases to be just a record store, and becomes a place where you can indulge in the inner depths of your imagination and explore new sonic territory with two of the best bands in town!

Doors at 8 PM
Free
BYOB (Bring a guitar pedal to use and we'll give you a beer!)