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ESTEREO

ESTEREO, 2001 - 2006

About Me

was a lovely little band that began in sleepy South Louisiana in 2001, and ended in a cloud of fog by the San Francisco Bay in 2006. ESTEREO toured much of the South East & West Coast, opening for bands like Mates of State, Songs Ohia, Damien Jurado, Jonathan Richman, The Album Leaf, Imaad Wasif, and Barbara Manning.
ESTEREO featured the songs of Skip Allums, performed by a loose, ever-changing collective of musical friends. Each live show or recording was very different from the one before... but that's how they liked it. Music isn't supposed to predictable or safe.
Please visit our label's site at www.fruitlamprecords.tk , or www.estereo.tk for more info. Thank you so much for listening...
contact:
estereobooking (at) yahoo (dot) com
It has been a pleasure entertaining you these past few years... its been fun, but now we must say goodbye with heavy hearts. Thank you all for your support. (For more details, read our latest blog entry)
EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Olivia Warnecke (for inspiration), Fruit Lamp Records, Kimberly Chun & SF Bay Gaurdian, Raul Sanchez & Nathan Moomaw, Simone Rubi & the Speisekammer (Alameda), House of Shields (SF), Café DuNord (SF), Deb Zeller & the Make Out Room (SF), Amnesia (SF), Juli in Arcata (for the spaghetti), Jordaan Mason/Shelby Sifers & Oh Map Records, Jon Fojtik, Jake Thomas at SF Indie, Annie & 12 Galaxies (SF), Amoeba Records, Daniela & Kris (for the rehearsal space!), Ashod & Panty Lions/The Ship, Sky & Levator, Diane in Reno, Roger & Cool Waves, Dean & Tomihira (for your enthusiasm), PacificNoise.com, Kylie & Anthony, Loquat, Fort Oregon (Berkeley), Playing In Fog, Allison Milham/Caldera, Adam & Desa, Damien Jurado, Fake French, Sharon Senser & Ian, Mama Buzz Cafe (Oakland), Jonathan Richman (for teaching us dirty jokes), Bonnie Burton (core!), Ian & Jim Yoshii Pile Up, Hotel Utah (SF), Scissors For Lefty (for getting us our first SF show), Christina Guerra & Alex, KALX (Berkeley), Kristin Cofer (& Bryce), Mates of State, Scott McChane (for your wonderful ears), Kit & Jakki Kohler, Barbara Manning (for the sage advice), Olivia Coelho, Kevin & Allyson Seconds (for believing in us), Radio Cure, Anna & Amanda & Michelle & Stacy (for dancing to every song), Rachel Leibrock & the Sacramento Bee, David Houston, Jay Shaner, Erik & Sarah Hanson, The Cassidys, Jackson Griffith (for understanding us), Red Square (Sacramento), Brian McKenna, Phill Mamula, Le Fun (Sacramento), Amber Kloss (for making us laugh), Becca Costello & the Sac. News & Review, Natalie Gordon, Christopher Fairman, Art Luna, Kali, The Beat Records, Boy Tiger (for everything), Chicolist.com, Nice Monster, Mason Lindahl, Ruebi Freyja, Christian Kiefer (for the backhanded compliments), Tower Records, Faster Faster (& Heather), Dusty Brown, Dave Middleteon & Julie Myers, Nick Berry, Blake Hartshorn, Erin Sierchio, Coach Katy, Adam & Danielle Varona (for letting us record an album in your garage), Chelsea Wolfe, Roger @ Lipstick, Sarah Locher (for your sweet sweet cello), Vic, The True Love Coffeehouse (Sacramento), KDVS (Davis), KWOD (Sacramento), KSSU (Sacramento), Eric Fate, Sandra Giarde, Hilary Richardson & Xander (for the cookies), the Underground Café (Roseville), KLSU, Rob & Tammy Mulhearn/Secret Annexe (for the endless endless), Ross Beach & The Hellpets, Jodi Hates The World, Lunas (Sacramento) Moxies (Chico), Café Roma (Davis), The Earl (Atlanta), Mermaid Lounge (New Orleans), The Hi Ho (New Orleans), Daily Grind (Baton Rouge), The Bayou (Baton Rouge, r.i.p.), Serendipity (Redding), The Fat Cat (Modesto), Red Star (Baton Rouge), The Spanish Moon (Baton Rouge), The Skylight Exchange (Chapel Hill), The Towne Lounge (Portland), the Jewelbox Theater (Seattle), RC & the Mainzer Theater (Merced), KCPR, Adam Planche, Joe Judy, Slobot, Jata & The Kenmores, Sam & Noah, Dena Gerbrecht, The Awareness Program, Mitchell Gruich, Vernon Fuscello, The Allums Family, The Mulhearn Family... and anyone who ever bought our little cds, came to our shows, let us crash on their floor, told a friend about us, or played us on their radio show/podcast/home stereo/iPod. Special thanks to anyone we forgot to list. We love you all and will miss you dearly! Laissez les bon temps rouler!
ESTEREO - LIVE AT CAFE DU NORD (Pacificnoise.com)
ESTEREO'S FINAL NOTES (at House of Shields, SF)
AN OLD FLYER FROM A SHOW AT MAMA BUZZ WITH PORT O BRIEN:

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Music:

Member Since: 1/29/2004
Band Website: fruitlamprecords.tk
Band Members: sometimes skip, april , rosie , julie , sonny, shane , heather , natalie, katrina , amanda , nyssa, bethany , veronica , genaro, john , rob , sarah and chris.
Influences: "Louisiana transplant Skip Allums' band ESTEREO has become one of the area's finer low-fi pop delights..." - Jackson Griffith, News & Review ( read more )
Sounds Like: "quiet, spacious, and melancholy as the sound of dripping rainwater..." - SF Bay Gaurdian ( read more )
Record Label: fruit lamp records (self-produced)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

video & pictures from our final performance!

It was moving, funny, sad, joyous and went by so fast. All the CDs we brought were gone by the time we got to the table! Awesome. Special thanks to Caldera, Boy Tiger and The Stragglers for playing wi...
Posted by ESTEREO on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:13:00 PST

OUR FINAL PERFORMANCE! SATURDAY JULY 8, SF! GOODBYE!

Yes, it is true - the writing is on the wall. It is time for us to part ways...  to end this ride on a high note. We've accomplished enough to make us happy: we've connected with people in 12 s...
Posted by ESTEREO on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:53:00 PST

pictures & video from Cafe DuNord, more...

MANY THANKS to all of you who caught our rad show at Cafe DuNord last week. We had lots of fun - and we hope you did too! Big thanks to Amoeba Music for putting it all together. Did you miss it? ...
Posted by ESTEREO on Thu, 25 May 2006 01:55:00 PST

winter tour recap, photos

Home again home again, jiggity jig. We are so happy to be home, warm ...and clean. Last week was a blur of rain, blueberry pancakes, snow, red stage lights, guitars, dust, laughter, dreams, and hurrie...
Posted by ESTEREO on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:34:00 PST

winter tour 2006

details:Tuesday 01.10.06 : Modesto CA THE FAT CAT(930 11th Street, downtown)with: Rainy Day, Port O'Brien and Petracovich8pm, 21and overWednesday 01.11.06 : Oakland CAMAMA BUZZ(2318 Telegraph Ave at 2...
Posted by ESTEREO on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:21:00 PST

solo sets at Receiver - SF, January tour dates

Sat Dec 10: Receiver Gallery - SF - Poketo openingJANUARY 2006 - WEST COAST TOUR DATES!Tues Jan 10 - Modesto CA, the Fat CatWed Jan 11 - Oakland CA, Mama Buzz CafeThurs Jan 12 - Sacramento CA, Red Squ...
Posted by ESTEREO on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:52:00 PST

covers EP for charity, Arcata shows, Berkeley photos

under the coverswe've recorded nine very slow covers, and we will be selling the EP at all shows and via paypal, with all proceeds donated to hurricane relief efforts. here's the tracklist:1. love wil...
Posted by ESTEREO on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 05:28:00 PST

hurricane relief benefits: sacramento & san francisco

sacramento people: estereo will be playing a hurricane benefit at Harlow's on Wednesday September 14th, with other acts to be announced. bay area people: we are also helping to organize a benef...
Posted by ESTEREO on Sat, 03 Sep 2005 11:55:00 PST

to our friends & family in south louisiana, mississippi...

our thoughts and prayers are with our family & friends who are now experiencing devastating losses back home in South Louisiana, and in Mississippi. we played some of our first ever shows in the color...
Posted by ESTEREO on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 04:25:00 PST

bay area bands we love (and you should too!)

the SF music community has been so nice to us new kids... we've met some lovely and amazing people in the 3 months since we moved here. please take a gander at and/or add these lovely local bands. ...
Posted by ESTEREO on Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:13:00 PST