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I spent New Year’s Eve at one of my favorite places in the city, seeing epic and long-awaited sets by my BFF Nick Pal and my BFF my cousin Jojo, surrounded by a ton of my favorite people in the world. I thought it couldn’t possibly be a better night. And then Windham Flat went on and completely blew the roof off the place.

We’ve written about them a bunch of times, but I just can’t stress it enough. This band fucking rules, and tomorrow night they’re playing at Bender’s and it only costs $5 to get in. Get in. - Mission Mission

I spent New Year’s Eve at one of my favorite places in the city, seeing epic and long-awaited sets by my BFF Nick Pal and my BFF my cousin Jojo, surrounded by a ton of my favorite people in the world. I thought it couldn’t possibly be a better night. And then Windham Flat went on and completely blew the roof off the place.

We’ve written about them a bunch of times, but I just can’t stress it enough. This band fucking rules, and tomorrow night they’re playing at Bender’s and it only costs $5 to get in. Get in. - Mission Mission

Continues tonight with opener Windham Flat (who we took a look at a few months back but still haven’t seen live). - Mission Mission

Continues tonight with opener Windham Flat (who we took a look at a few months back but still haven’t seen live). - Mission Mission

The song builds and builds and gets better and better. Just watch: - Mission Mission

Regular readers will know that these past few months we've been following San Franciscan garage-rock band Windham Flat's series of 'Basement Sessions', which are video documents of songs being recorded live in their rehearsal space, the intriguingly bedecked basement beneath a local laundromat. The latest instalment (part four) is now with us and is titled 'Sunshine Machine'. If you're expecting more of the raw and punky riffing of other tracks in the series so far then you could be in for a bit of a surprise with this one, as it brings with it a whole different vibe and shows off a different side to the band. This is the first of this set composed by Ben Pearce, one of three guitarists and vocalists that make up their numbers. We're not sure but perhaps one or two other bands from that area are annoyed at them hogging all the frontmen.

Kicking in with some waves of guitar distortion that bring Windham Flat closer to shoegaze/dreampop territory, the vocals follow a similar distorted and cloudy path. Maybe the guys have been digging out some old Galaxie 500 or Slowdive albums. This is fuzz-heavy dreampop with a difference though, in fact the term dreamrock might be more appropriate. As the song drifts on from the blurred beginning, backed by nothing more than some high-hat work, the drums gradually bring themselves forward, as do less hazy guitars. Following a whistled break, the noise begins to crunch and become grittier, verging on grunge, until the blend of electric sounds and gently crashing drums break into a partial drone for the track's climax. Given what we'd heard so far, Windham Flat have thrown us a bit of a curveball here, but it's a damn good one, and great to see them testing different waters. - The Sound of Confusion

SF garage rockers Windham Flat have released a new live video performing “Night and the City” in a basement. The video is the first installment in the ‘Basement Sessions’ series of filmed four-track recording takes.

As for the song, “Night and the City” is a bright, ripping ode to San Francisco that devolves into lead singer Aaron Araki screaming the line “I watched the city grow at night.” Punctuated by high-pitched woo!s, I’m not sure how this song could sound any more like San Francisco in 2012. - The Bay Bridged

SF garage rockers Windham Flat have released a new live video performing “Night and the City” in a basement. The video is the first installment in the ‘Basement Sessions’ series of filmed four-track recording takes.

As for the song, “Night and the City” is a bright, ripping ode to San Francisco that devolves into lead singer Aaron Araki screaming the line “I watched the city grow at night.” Punctuated by high-pitched woo!s, I’m not sure how this song could sound any more like San Francisco in 2012. - The Bay Bridged

Local band Windham Flat have a rad new Mission-based music video directed by Robin Moore (whom you may remember from that The Lonely Island-esque jokey bike rap video) of their song Keep Comin’ Back Around, from the EP of the same name. If you’ve played ping pong with us before, you may recognize their performance room. - Mission Mission

Directed by band member Robin Moore, SF’s Windham Flat just released this video for the title track from the band’s newest EP. You can stream the five-song set below, before they play The Secret Alley on October 29th with The Mantles. - The Bay Bridged