First leg on this mini tour was here in SF to a sold out show. Pictures provided by RYone.

J.Rocc on the ones and twos

Peanut Butter Wolf and J.Rocc (wasup with that Astro Black shirt?!!)

Dudley Perkins

MED

Percee P

The one and only J DILLA!

Madlib leading with his own beat with a couple sets on the drums

The GP gang headed out of work early for the Stones Throw instore held at Amoeba yesterday evening to slang some shirts. They had a show at Mighty the same night (pics from RYone soon to follow).

MED started it up with the help of J.Rocc. Madlib headnodding along...

Madlib and Peanut Butter Wolf

J.Rocc gives the thumbs up

so many colors!

Mums the Word rockin a STH zip hoodie

#4 aka Count CHRISTina, soon to be out on the East Coast

As it was getting started

JULY 30TH AT THE NOS EVENTS CENTER IN SAN BERNARDINO, CA

Nas, Redman, Ghostface & Raekwon (Cuban Linx), Hieroglyphics, Living Legends, Sage Francis, Q-Bert, Guru (Gang Starr), Cut Chemist, Visionaries, Supernatural, DJ Muggs, Oh No, MED and Percee P, Non Phixion +

Special guest hosts B-Real of Cypress Hill, RZA of Wu Tang Clan, and Mr. Choc of the Beat Junkies.

www.rockthebells.net

on myspace. check them out:

http://www.myspace.com/onebelo
http://www.myspace.com/2mex

and us too!
http://www.myspace.com/thegiantpeach

Blank Gallery / Busy-Being bring you:
New Drawings by: Albert Reyes, Ben Loiz, Carolina Chaves,
Christopher Bettig and Timothy Reed.

Opening: Saturday June 25th, 2005
Exhibition Dates: 6.25.05 - 7.25.05

Blank Gallery
1202 Alvarado Street. Echo Park, California 90026
http://www.blank-echopark.com

with long hair and a new style, vivian green began her promo tour last night at bimbo's 365 club. i have to say, she sounds great live-a bit better than recorded. her new release, vivian, drops june 28th.
(yeah, i know the photo is dark, but seeing as how i got singled out to get reprimanded by security in a sea of other people taking photos, i felt the need to post it.)

Tomorrow, June 23rd
STONES THROW TOUR 2005
at Mighty - 119 Utah Street (15th @ Potrero)
10pm until 4am
21+ / $20

Featuring MADLIB, MED, J-ROCC, & PEANUT BUTTER WOLF.

Check the Touring Section for more dates!

good lord! i cannot keep up with everything that is going on around here...
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Ticket Information For Rhymesayers Ten Year Anniversary

Rhymesayers will be having their Ten Year Anniversary show on Friday, July 22, 2005 at First Ave. (mainroom) in Minneapolis. The show will include: Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Eyedea & Abilities, Musab, I Self Devine, Los Nativos, P.O.S, as well as some very special unannounced guest performers.

The tickets for this show will be only $10. Ten years, for ten dollars! In order to keep the tickets $10, they will only be available at Fifth Element and the First Ave. box office. There will be NO tickets at Ticketmaster. Ticket limit will be 5 per customer.

Tickets will go on sale next Saturday, June 25th at 11:00am (CST) at Fifth Element, 2411 Hennepin Ave (24th Street and Hennepin Ave S). South in Uptown Minneapolis. With the purchase of a ticket you will receive 10% OFF any merchandise in the store. Phone orders for tickets can be made at 612-377-0044. The First Ave. box office will open at 6:00PM on Saturday, June 25th with tickets for sale as well. The box office is located at 1st Ave North and 7th Street in downtown Minneapolis. For any questions, please call 612-332-1775.

digable planets are currently making the rounds on a u.s. tour. and when they stopped by the dna lounge, ryONE was there.

butterfly...shirt all open...proving he is still a ladykiller.

ladybug's solo record "trip the light fantastic" is due out june 28th and features production by sa-ra creative partners, ayatollah, & mr. khaliyl among others.

doodlebug feelin the music.

mecca getting much love from the crowd.

raashan & kat...crown city were one of the openers

namely a new release in the works from madlib + melvin van peebles (yes, that melvin van peebles). a 2005 tour with madlib, M.E.D., pbw, and j rocc in select cities, an oh no/diverse european tour + new itunes. check the post or their site for all the details. yes, we stole the photo from their site.

nice day outside = more visitors to the peach

Whats up giant peach folk. This is Neil Armstrong, Vinroc's NYC 5th
Platoon DJ crew brethren. I'm in the midst of putting together the next
installation of the "All Out King" mixtape Series, called "Filthy".
It's going to be a return to my "hip hop" roots, after dropping
"Extraordinary", which was on the rock tip. Hope y'all music fans are
into it, thanks 4 supporting my older projects and my crew the 5th
Platoon….

and we've been down...we've had a lot of traffic in the last couple of days, and it's been knocking us out of commission. we are fully aware of the situation and we are monitoring the server to make sure that we stay up. thanks for your patience!

peachies #1 & 4 descended upon the fillmore thursday night to further harass aesop rock (no random interview requests from punchy journalists, we promise). the sold out show also featured dj big wiz, lif, cage & yakballz. (hi to chris from gomi kitty/hip hop mecca in austin who was along on the tour doing merch)

future sf resident, mr. aesop rock.

While modeling a pair of flashy glasses, Cage found out his album (Hell's Winter) had just been leaked on the net. Remember to support on the actual release date 9/20/05.

Yak Ballz: Whatchu know 'bout ProMax?! suffering from the lack of props in the back stage area, yak reached for a protein bar....

DJ Big Wiz on the other hand opted for the bottle opener. A little known (or maybe well known) fact is that Wiz was one of the o.g. djs for Rap-a-lot Records back in the day...the man has djed for the Geto Boys...what?!

Scooter...the man in charge.

lif: all access pass...

Meca headed back home for the annual BBoy BBQ held in South Philadelphia. Of course she doesn't have a digi cam...just film...that has yet to be scanned. Pics courtesy of Tarp and Jen Horvay! More pics coming soon!

CHANGE and EMMA

Chi-town representin

Crazy Legs taught a Master Class a day before and stuck around for the festivities

Did I mention this a family affair?

Joshua Mays begining his live mural. Check him out in the traveling Scion exhibit.

SHIRO (Japan) also rocking a wall piece

Stef Tataz and Ron showing you that the swings aren't just for kids!

Reef the Lost Cauze performing during another installment of Beat Society

Mike the PoeT & Damon Aaron jamming high above Downtown Los Angeles!

Tune into News and Notes with Ed Gordon on NPR this Friday, June 17th to listen to a roundtable discussion featuring El-P. The discussion is focused on the present state of the independent music business. Please visit NPR.org to find when and where to listen to in your area.

Pictures courtesy of TOOFLY

some of the artists partipating

it couldn't have happened without the organizers

ASIA One and Zori (from Puerto Rico)

can installation from the art show

FEM

they are starting young...

lady pink piece

dj kuttin kandi

silouette

pimpin a ride: toofly character on a mercedes!

bgirls rockin it

lady pink (photo taken by jeff)

Meca aka The Flash was too quick on the draw, posting the Kill the Vultures interview before I had a chance to pass along these candid shots of the crew. We couldn't let them go to waste so here you go...enjoy.

Mr. Adam's self portrait.

Nomi front row at last weekend's SF Scribble Jam tour date.

Crescent Moon... You can tell so much by the contents of a man's shower.

Last but not least Anatomy repping the Peach better than anyone yet.

A LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES FEATURING VARIABLE UNIT + SPECIAL GUEST MCs

Wednesdays in June, 10 pm
The Red Devil Lounge
1695 Polk Street, San Francisco

for more info, check out this page

The Coup's new album will be out late August/early September, entitled
"Pick A Bigger Weapon". It is being released by Epitaph Records. An
early single, "My Favorite Mutiny", featuring Black Thought and Talib
Kweli will be released this summer. It is their longest album. It is
our weirdest album. It is anthemic. The production is at a much higher
level. It's fun. It's mean. It's funky in a way that you didn't know
hip-hop could be and still be edgy and hard. It's silly. It's our best
album yet- of course I'm gonna say that though.
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catch boots tonight with a 3-piece (guitar, bass, drums) at BLOWOUT at 1015 Folsom with People Under the Stairs and a whole mess of DJs.

the lower haight is just really no place to have a car. after circling around for quite some time, i spotted mooney on the street who lead me to a secret parking lot where his friend keith lives. luckily (or maybe unluckily) keith was out of town...but his neighbors were eyeing me like, "we're going to tow your car regardless". i risked it, and ran over to future primitive to take some quick photos for you...

the lady of the hour, kelly tunstall (in the lovely blue dress), and some admirers.

some of the more recognizable images...she worked on some really massive life-size paintings that were gorgeous...we're going to go back during a calm time and take photos of those.

i hear a symphony

baby...

snuck a photo of merkley and bing ji ling underneath the special 45 jacket.

she's going to love me for this photo...after many attempts with the camera shutting off due to low batteries, i finally snapped this one of gabriella from mama clothing and her hubby ali.

reminder from lydia:

Tomorrow is LIVE 105'S BFD at Shoreline in Mt. View, CA.
The show is going to be crazy live - there are a load of bands that
will be playing including your very own...LYRICS BORN!!!

Mr. Born takes the stage at 3:45 so make sure you are all in tune and
on time! The set is gonna be crazy! Speaking of Live 105, don't forget to keep those requests for "I'm Just Raw" coming. Give LIVE 105 a call 1.800.696.1053 right now!

In other news, the first 12" from Apsci hits stores next Tuesday 6/14.
The A side, See That? features Mr. Lif of Perceptionists fame and the
B side, Bike Messenger Diaries is straight Ra and Dana fire. Cruise
over to www.apsci.net to catch an earful of what I'm talking about.
There is a little video teaser there as well!

The full length is on its way too. Thanks For Asking will be in
stores July 26, mark your calendars and tell a friend.

That's it for now. See you all tomorrow!

Rockin' in the free world-
Lydia/Quannum

Opening Party: Thursday June 9th 7:00pm – 10:00 pm
Display Running: June 9th through August 10th
RSVP to info@futureprimitivesound.com to attend

Future Primitive Sound Headquarters Gallery Hours
597 Haight St. at Steiner 12pm – 7pm Sun – Thurs
San Francisco, CA 94117 11am – 7:30 pm Fri -Sat

congratulations to kevin duggan who scored the special upper playground adidas!

Continuing on their extraordinary first series of music video director anthologies, Palm Pictures have announced the next 4 volumes in their "DirectorsLabel" collection.

Look forward to the work of directors, Anton Corbijn (Nirvana, U2, Depeche Mode, Joy Division), Mark Romanek (Jay-Z, Fiona Apple, Johnny Cash, Audioslave), Jonathan Glazer (UNKLE, Radiohead, Jamiroquai), and Stephane Sednaoui (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Crowes, Bjork) to represent volumes 4-7 in the on-going series.

For more information, check out the DirectorsLabel website. And stay tuned to The Peach for release and stock information!

Enter to win a pair of tickets for the Martin Luther, Eric Roberson, & Black Spade show at Mezzanine SF tomorrow (June 7th).

To enter, email the answer to this question along with your full name and phone number to: sales@thegiantpeach.com

1-What are the names of Martin Luther's two releases?

Winners will be notified by noon tomorrow! Scroll down for more information about the show...

director kevin fitzgerald signing a poster. He gave the in-store crowd a sneak preview of an audio soundtrack that is in the works.

fps' janice chats up some folks in the store

selector b-love checking out the 45s (he only orders the hot shit...recognize).

similak chyld sittin' in the window.

a piece from the morning breath show (both dug-1 & jason noto were born in 1971...)

some morning breath minis.

than himself. boss posing with her cousin...

of his recent trip to london. (the selection of shoes was insane...if only they had his size!) he is totally juiced on lyrics born's live band and highly recommends that you check them out when they're in a city near you (particularly the arrangement of "do that there"). he is returning to the studio to record lateef solo tracks with michael urbano. chief xcel is still finishing up work on the blackalicious record, but they then hope to do more work on the maroon's full length soon...

Our estranged intern Jeff sent us these photos from the Dax Pierson Benefit Concert in MN. To find out more about Dax and how you can help visit www.DaxPierson.com.

DEEJAYBIRD

BROTHER ALI

DJ NIKOLESS

ATMOSPHERE

Check out Voices Rising, an evening of music, dance and poetry for environmental and social justice at The Blue Cube in San Francisco this Saturday...oh yeah, and there's food.

Our friends at Shiekh Shoes have given Peach peoples a special discount code to receive 10% off (they already have free shipping!). Just enter the code "PEACH" at checkout, and the discount will be applied to your total.

They're still working on adding all of their inventory to their online site, but they also have a coupon on their site that you can print and take in to their stores...
www.shiekhshoes.com

Blackalicious' next studio album of all-new material will be entitled, The Craft reports allhiphop.com.

The album drops September 27th, and feature 15 new butters from Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel.

"The Craft is our passion to bring discipline to this music," Chief Xcel told Allhiphop. "The passion to keep growing, keep stretching, keep doing things we haven't before."

Featured guests includes one of the very first artists on The Peach, Oakland's Ledisi, Lateef & Pigeon John, Project Blowdian P.E.A.C.E. and more.

Stay tuned for more info as it comes rolling in.

1. The World Of Vibration (featuring Ledisi)
2. Supreme People
3. Rhythm Sticks
4. Powers
5. Side to Side (featuring Lateef & Pigeon John)
6. Lotus Flower (featuring George Clinton)
7. Automatique (featuring Floetry)
8. The Fall & Rise Elliot Brown Parts 1 & 2
9. The Fall & Rise of Elliot Brown Part 3 (Black Diamonds & Pearls) [featuring Ledisi & Larry Saunders]
10. Cry
11. Your Move (featuring Life Savas)
12. Give It To You (featuring Kween & Lyrics Born)
13. In The Days To Come
14. Egosonic War Drums (featuring Peace)
15. Dance of Firefly

CUTSO,of the world famous Fingerbangerz crew will be spinning at the Fillmore street M.A.C. (as in cosmetics) store this Saturday from 1pm til 6pm.
The store is on Fillmore between Pine and California in SF. Stop in and check him out!

Thursday June 2, 2005, Rhymesayers will present a benefit for Dax Pierson at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. The show will feature performances by: Atmosphere, Brother Ali & BK One, Eyedea & Friends (live freestyle session), Building Better Bombs, Mel Gibson & The Pants, DJ Nikoless and DeeJayBird.
Doors are at 8:00PM. This is an 18+ event. Tickets are $20 and will only be available at the door; in order to maximize the funds earned for Dax. ALL donations will go to the Dax Pierson Recovery Fund. For updates on Dax's condition, please visit: www.daxpierson.com

+DJ TWILITE TONE (Chicago)

doors 9, show 10
Mezzanine
444 Jessie St. @ Mint
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.mezzaninesf.com
tickets at www.ticketweb.com