Saul Williams Shares Purchases With Amoeba

Check out what's in his bag in the clip below. Saul Williams MP3 at bottom of post.


MP3: Saul Williams - Sunday Bloody Sunday

The Dodos Visit Amoeba Records

Enjoy their recent performance in the clip below. Dodos MP3 at bottom of post.


MP3: The Dodos - Fools

Liam Finn Visits Amoeba Records

Following a brief performance, Liam opened his bag to show off his latest discoveries.


MP3: Liam Finn - Better To Be

Kimya Dawson Visits Amoeba Records

Check out her recent performance at the shop's Hollwood location below. MP3 at bottom.


MP3: Kimya Dawson - Loose Lips

Sharon Jones Covers Woody Guthrie At Amoeba Music

Enjoy her tremendous take on 'This Land Is Your Land' below. Visit Sharon on MySpace.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

MIA: Behind The Scenes At Amoeba Music

In July of '07, she stopped by the San Fran shop. Here's what ensued backstage. Read our guest blogger (Samra)'s review of that summer gig here. Visit MIA at her MySpace page.


MP3: MIA - Bucky Done Gun

Sharon Jones Visits Amoeba Music

Enjoy a snippet from her recent performance plus a hilarious story in the clip below.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

M.I.A. @ Amoeba Music (San Fran): Guest Blogger Love

Eternal thanks to our dear slutty friend, Samra, for recapping MIA's Amoeba in-store this past weekend. Here's what she had to say about the show, in full. It sounds like it was rather amazing! We're jealous.

*MIA played a sold out show at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on Saturday, July 28th. This Slutty Guest Blogger was inconsolable in her grief because she had not been able to acquire tickets (by hook or by crook!) to said show. Nevertheless, the sun god Ra shone down and it was revealed to this blogger that MIA was performing a free show at the Amoeba Store in Berkeley that same day at 2pm.

The Bay Area loves them some MIA because the place was packed. I heard one of the Amoeba employees saying that this was the biggest event the store had ever seen and it showed because they were not at all prepared for the onslaught of people. MIA looked cute in purple overalls and a purple hat. The set was short and she performed 'Bamboo', 'Boyz', 'Bird Flu', 'Paper Planes' and 'Galang'. The new stuff is softer--dare i say more melodic--and more mature than Arular. Since it is Berkeley, the hippies brought their kids along and during 'Paper Planes', MIA mentioned that the song had gunshot sounds and she was unable to edit them with "squeaky bear noise." It was a fantastic show albeit too short and as usual she left us wanting more. She also stuck around for signing after the show but this blogger hates lines and had to bounce.*

(Rickshaw photo via Neerav Mehta; check out a complete collection of pictures from the actual Amoeba gig here at the record shop's official site)

MP3: MIA - Bird Flu