Davis music festival Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom returns for twelfth installment
As a UC Davis alumnus, I'm always proud to promote the vibrant underground music scene in Davis, CA. Run primarily by the local college radio station KDVS 90.3FM, the city lights up every week with house shows by bands playing diverse versions of strange, noisy, alt-everything. Often very few of the students present have even heard the band — but it's still worth it to go to the show, grab a 40 oz of Miller Lite and join the ear-splitting, sweaty, living room mosh pit and then waltz outside and have a cigarette with your friends. What San Franciscans gain [...]
Saturday: free-form radio festival Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom XI with R. Stevie Moore, Kites Sail High, more
http://vimeo.com/23504900 Here's one final reminder regarding the abundance of music to take over rural Northern California this Saturday, May 14 from 2-10pm for Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom XI, the annual festival hosted by KDVS 90.3 FM. Tune into the radio station this week for more information on the performing acts -- you can stream the station live online, or visit archived programs. O:RMF's headliner R. Stevie Moore was featured on the radio show "Phoning It In" this week, where guest musicians call in and perform songs over the telephone. Check through Phoning It In's archives for some great sessions, including [...]
Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom Festival XI: Kites Sail High, Zach Hill, R. Stevie Moore + more
Photo: Deependdriver On May 14, Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom, the annual anti-festival festival, holds its eleventh celebration of independent music. O:RMF is hosted by the Sacramento-Davis community station KDVS 90.3 FM, from 2 to 10pm at Plainfield Station, a bar and grill off the highway a hop, skip and a jump outside of Davis (pre-sale tickets are available). This year's fest pinpoints not only several of Sacramento's emerging independent musicians, but also features a solid local headliner, Zach Hill, and outsider rock legend R. Stevie Moore. Full lineup: R. Stevie Moore Zach Hill (Sacto) Appetite (Sacto) Violet Tremors (LA) Nobunny [...]
Saturday: Operation Restore Maximum Freedom X in Davis
Just a reminder that this Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Plainfield Station (between Woodland and Davis), KDVS is hosting Operation Restore Maximum Freedom X (2-10pm, $8/$10, All Ages). The full lineup includes AIDS Wolf, Ganglians, The Fresh and Onlys, Wounded Lion, Super Wild Horses, Mattress, Greg Ashley, Young Prisms, Buk Buk Bigups, Big Black Cloud, Psychic Reality, Random Abiladeze, and Didimao. Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaKvFLvhEtI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHsQkMMoLes
Operation Restore Maximum Freedom X lineup announced (and it’s terrific)
Super Wild Horses - "Carolina" Greg Ashley - "Requiem Mass - Part I" Get your mixtapes ready for a drive up to Davis, because KDVS' just-announced tenth Operation Restore Maximum Freedom festival has a lineup sure to satisfy indie rockers, lo-fi heads, noise lovers, and garden variety weirdos. There's a strong Bay Area contingent in the mix, including The Fresh and Onlys, Greg Ashley, and Young Prisms, but it's also an opportunity to check out the electronic avant-pop of Mattress (Portland) and Melbourne, Australia's Super Wild Horses, whose debut album is out now on Hozac Records. Full list of bands [...]
Sacramento DIY celebrates O:RMF VIII on Saturday
This weekend celebrates the 8th annual Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom festival coordinated by Sacramento/Davis' community radio station, KDVS. In past years the all-day showcase has featured Thee Oh Sees, Religious Girls and Lucky Dragons. This year's wide variety includes The Mantles, Sacramento's punk band The Four Eyes and the electronic experimental performer Mom. The out-of-town band likely to turn heads is Austin's YellowFever (Austin), quaint female-led surf pop with the occasional electronic touch. They've released with the label mtn.st.mtn, which has pressed vinyl for several Bay Area bands (Thee Oh Sees, The Mantles, The Mall). The Mantles - [...]
O:RMF this weekend, 10+ bands from the Bay, PDX
Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom is an annual one-day fest put on by the Davis-Sacramento community freeform radio station, KDVS, going down this Saturday. The event is heavily attended not only for its boastful cast, but also for its fabulous location: the grimy, middle-of-nowhere barbeque and bar, Plainfield Station in Woodland (just outside of Davis). Wooden Shjips - We Ask You To Ride The DJs strive for a local and out of town presence for the lineup, which this year includes SF's Wooden Shjips, Thee Oh Sees and The Nothing as well as Silver Darling and Mayyors from the [...]