Mystery tube sales!

We are having another mystery tube sale! There are a few different options to choose from in case you are interested in a specific band. All tubes contain 4 silkscreen posters in new condition! The sale lasts until Sunday, March 10th or until supplies last.

Limit one per customer per type of mystery tube (in other words, you can order one of each if you’d like!).

Alan Forbes Mystery Tube sale => click HERE
The Alan Forbes Mystery Tube sale can include Forbes posters from 2007 – 2013. We will be throwing in extra swag in with these tubes!

Faith No More Mystery Tube sale => click HERE
The Faith No More Mystery Tube sale can include posters from their first reunion show at the Brixton Academy in 2009 to their last show at the Brixton Academy in 2012.

Melvins / Melvins Lite Mystery Tube sale => click HERE
The Melvins Mystery Tube sale can contain posters from 2007 to their recent Guiness Book record setting Melvins Lite tour in 2012.

Mudhoney Mystery Tube sale => click HERE
The Mudhoney Mystery Tube sale can contain posters from their tours ranging from 2008 to 2012. We will be throwing in band signed copies in random tubes as well.

Queens of the Stone Age Mystery Tube sale => click HERE
Queens of the Stone Age Mystery tube sale can contain posters from their US, Europe, and Australian tours in 2007 and 2008.

Secret Serpents Mystery tube sale => click HERE
The Secret Serpents Mystery Tube sale can contain posters from the above bands and others like Fantomas, Tomahawk, Swans, the Mars Volta and many other bands by artists Alan Forbes, Malleus, Marq Spusta, Lil Tuffy and many, many more!

Valley King Records: Anywhere

Anywhere began as a LA/SF collaborative project started by musicians Christian Eric Beaulieu and Cedric Bixler Zavala. Fresh off years of writing and touring as co-founder of Bay Area acid punk extremists Triclops!, Christian decided to immerse himself in the resonant universe of acoustic guitar and began performing solo under the moniker Liquid Indian. In early 2010 while in Los Angeles to perform at an art opening of mutual friend artist Sonny Kay, he befriended Cedric (singer of The Mars Volta) who was DJing  the event. The two exchanged numbers and planned to record something acoustic rooted in the open tuning, eastern raga style Christian was delving into. Months later the pair met in Los Angeles, enlisted the mobile engineering talent of Toshi Kasai (Big Business) and tracked an album’s worth of material in 2 days at The Melvins practice space in downtown Los Angeles. During that same visit Christian played live on “The Watt from Pedro Show” as the musical guest of Mike Watt (of The Stooges, fIREHOSE, Minutemen). After the show, before leaving San Pedro, Christian realized they needed bass on the new material, and boldly asked Watt if he’d contribute. Watt agreed immediately, and a few months later delivered the entire projects bass tracks. Returning to San Francisco, Christian decided to reach out to vocalist Rachel Fannan, who had recently parted ways with Bay Area psych rockers Sleepy Sun and had relocated to Los Angeles. Having never met Christian before, Rachel generously contributed vocals to two of the songs, while Cedric added vocals to three of the tracks leaving the rest to exist as instrumentals.

While searching for a label to release the album, Christian solicited the talent of SF psychedelic poster artist Alan Forbes. During a meeting to discuss art concepts, Alan revealed that he, along with his Secret Serpents partner Justin McNeal, had started a label called Valley King Records. They agreed to release the debut Anywhere album as a series of limited edition silk screened cover 7″s, all signed and hand numbered by Forbes.

The music captured on this material is a unique, resonant execution of what could be described as eastern acoustic punk. Likened to the voyeurism of Sandy Bull, Sir Richard Bishop, or Jack Rose style raga’s reinterpreted at times with Drive Like Jehu, Minutemen punk energy, other moments emotionally spiraling toward a haunting ethereal beauty akin to Vashti Bunyan or Grace Slick serenading desert ghosts on a lost Herzog soundtrack. Blending acoustic and minimal electric guitars with a multitude of percussion instrumentation, digital tabla machines, sci fi electronics and feedback, this avant garde collective of envelope pushing splatter artists have created a new presence. Modern mantras of electric silence that fuse consciousness into a recording of vibrant, transitional material  blending geographic as well as cultural diversity within the rhythms. Stillness amidst chaos, light below the depths, awareness of life turning into music, living inside the search for the sound.

 

 

Noise Pop 2011

Today at 2:00 in San Francisco, Justin McNeal (of Secret Serpents), along with Terrence Ryan (Lil Tuffy), and Jason Munn (The Small Stakes) will be holding a roundtable discussion on the evolution of the rock poster from advertising to collectable merchandise.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011
NOISE THAT MATTERS
THE ROCK POSTER: FROM ADVERT TO MERCH
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
WORKSHOP ROOM

Public Works
161 Erie Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Info: +1 415-932-0955
http://www.publicsf.com

http://2011.noisepop.com/

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Alan Forbes latest poster is for The Fresh And Onlys at Bottom of the Hill this Sunday afternoon as part of the Noise Pop music festival. They will be available at the show and via the website on Monday (if there are any left!).

Sunday, February 27, 2011
1:00 pm (doors at noon) ••• ALL AGES
The Fresh & Onlys
The Growlers
The Pleasure Kills
The Wrong Words

Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th Street (17th @ Missouri)
San Francisco, CA 94107
Info line: 415-621-4455

Witch: Fog Rising 2009

Check out this great live Witch video from Fog Rising 2009 presented by Secret Serpents, Tee Pee Records, and Converse!