Protection was formed in 2004 with members Rene "They Hypist Perez, Meikee Magnetic & Sunevil. Once Children of Paradise (SF) they leaped to Japan which effected the project in a critical way being exposed to the electronic club scene that raged Tokyo nite life. Protection's a unique trio based in San Francisco/LA with musical cutting edge sounds like none other. It's been described as an electro-synth-rock montage with the feeling of Fishrspooner, LCD Sound System, Primal Scream & Bowie. They not only make high powered music but they put on shows filled with non-stop energy, outrageous fashion & style. Protection has performed at events with Janes Addiction, Peaches, Live at the Base of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo TV, MWC in Miami & have headlined most major LA/SF/Tokyo clubs.

Scissors for Lefty will be the band that coins the phrase "flirtatious pop." Regularly showcased on Live 105's Homegrown Thursday's, and also named by Live 105's Aaron Axelson as one of the Top 10 Unsigned Bands in the Bay Area, Scissors For Lefty are starting to make some big waves throughout San Francisco.

The members of Scissors For Lefty are mutts-really cute mutts. In his youth, the leader singer Bryan was found doing boom box voice-overs in the hospital while his uncle Robby played the air guitar mimicking Metallica. Fellow band members Peter and James spent long afternoons admiring their Malaysian pop-star mom while picking up piano riffs from their grandmother. Trolling around San Luis Obispo, Scissors For Lefty met through their mutual last names: Garza and Krimmel. A band of brothers, an uncle, and a nephew, all sharing a mutual love of thrift stores, obscure Scottish bands, and most importantly, a penchant for taking over the air at the local college radio station. Scissors For Lefty spent their formative years defining the San Luis Obispo scene and recently migrated to San Francisco. They attempt to write songs in order to open or close little chapters of their lives. Flirting with disaster, reiterating current events, poking fun at love gone wrong, and making love to slang. Much like recent sensations The Bravery, Moving Units, and The Faint, Scissors for Lefty offer a polished and multi-layered exploration of danceable beats, synthesized textures and industrial riffing. The tunes are at times dark and at times modernistic, with influences ranging from Byrne to Bowie, Badly Drawn Boy to The Smiths, Ladytron to the Kinks. SFL have performed at many great SF venues such as Mezzanine, Slims, Cafe du Nord, and Bottom of the Hill, and have shared the stage with the likes of Grandaddy, The Coral, Mary Timony, Diamond Nights, DJ AM, The Peels, Black Heart Procession, Pedro the Lion, and I am Spoonbender. Their hope is that you can come away from their shows either feeling a bit more naughty, or a bit more reflective.

Ned is the alter ego of four guys, who makes electronic, lush, drug induced, often multi-multi layered, soundscapes and rock music, all of which is reproduced live with a painstaking attention to detail. Ned is not post, pre, gazer, pop, punk, emo, or any core of any sort. While they do love all of these different styles, Ned really doesn't't fit in to any one of them, as the sounds come from all over. Ned likes many different types of music (from Granddaddy to Fantomas, Beck, to My Bloody Valentine, Massive Attack, The Pixies to Aphex Twin), and try to make each song different from the next, some instrumental some purely electronic, some acoustic, but with a consistent sound running through them which is Ned.

"Perhaps it is because of the distant places that the four members of Ned come from (New Hampshire and Alaska) that this Oakland-based band's sound is unclassifiable. Washes of distortion hint at My Bloody Valentine, and much of their instrumentation shows their appreciation for Mike Patton's work." -- Bay Area Buzz

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