We were so honored to have Clayton Hauck from Everyone is Famous at Blow Up. Not only did he capture San Francisco and Blow Up with dexterity and huge talent but he also took the decks and kicked off the party in a DJ style. A man of many talents, we already miss him and can’t wait to bring him back from Chicago again.

Enjoy.

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Ava Berlin

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What a fun night! New Photographer! Lazer Sword was amazing!

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Jeffrey Paradise


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simply amazing

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See you early at BLOW UP this Friday when we get an early chance to check out this amazing new record by this amazing new band DISCOVERY!
From Fader:
Our boat shoes just got the hugest boners when they read the title of this post. Discovery aka Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend and Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot just got their first song unleashed on the Transparent blog, and without the slightest bit of shame we can say it might have just supplanted The-Dream album on our trance-n-B playlist, played almost exclusively after drinking too much pear cider after work and trying to dance with pile of garbage bags outside that can, NO LIE, look exactly like Penelope Cruz in Volver under the right conditions. Discovery’s debut LP will be out this summer, just in time to get some stank on your seersuckers.

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Jeffrey Paradise

LAZER SWORDS RARE BLOW UP APPEARANCE THIS FRIDAY from Noah Bennett on Vimeo.

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Coin-Op TV Live – Sugarcult Rocks

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click the image to see his interview – click ahead to 17mins into the video because the begining really sucks – but it’s cool once Marko is in the mix

The Santa Barbara, CA, alternative rock quartet Sugarcult (singer/guitarist Tim Pagnotta, guitarist Marko DeSantis, bassist Airin Older, and original drummer Ben Davis (who was later replaced by Kenny Livingston) took their name from a moniker that lesbian neighbors who lived next door to the band called themselves. Forming in 1998, the band’s first show (a trio at the time) was opening for Superdrag at a local club. It was here that they met DeSantis — who’d previously played with such bands as the Ataris, Nerf Herder, and Swingin’ Utters — and he soon moved from audience to bandmember. Sugarcult debuted on Ultimatum in 2001 with Start Static and scored hits with the songs “Stuck in America” and “Bouncing Off the Walls.” They jumped on the summer’s Warped Tour for what should have been two weeks, but fan response was so positive, the band wound up staying for the entire two months. The DVD Action appeared in 2002; Davis exited the group the following year to be replaced by ex-Lefty drummer Kenny Livingston. Jumping to Fearless Records, the slightly darker Palm Trees and Power Lines followed in 2004 and peaked at number one on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart. Sugarcult issued the live CD/DVD Back to the Disaster a year later. The guys continued to hone their chops on the road; they earned a spot as openers for Green Day’s American Idiot tour, took top billing on the 2005 Take Action Tour, and hit the main stages of festivals like Warped Tour, Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival, and the U.K.’s Glastonbury, Reading, and Leeds festivals. Sugarcult’s most focused effort to date, Lights Out, appeared in September 2006 on V2.

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Last Friday SPIN visited Blow Up and interviewed Wallpaper. before their show. It was a spectacular night, of course, and this video interview gives you some great footage from BLOW UP as well a little insight to the men behind the magic.

Enjoy!

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Ava Berlin



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OMG! This is great! Our hommie Wallpaper. is calling Jay Z out in a auto-tune rap battle.
Just released seconds ago! Check it out! ! !

Also: in defense of Autotune

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Jeffrey Paradise

We are so stoked to have Oak from Not Another Tree on the team at Blow Up. We love his style and he is seriously the raddest guy to hang out with. Check out his pictures from the last Blow Up with Wallpaper., Jeffrey Paradise, Richie Panic and Swayzee. I won’t have to tell you how much fun we had..Take a look!

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Ava Berlin

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