Chico locals Bear Hunter are taking off today for their Northwest tour. If you haven’t heard their blend of psychedelic indie pop then you should probably jet on over to their myspace page. Their singer trolls around the Synthesis blog, but I can’t for the life of me remember his name. Ehh, fuck it, it’ll come to me later. In the meantime, check out the dates:

Jun 20 2008 8:00P
Northstar Brewery Shasta Lake, California
Jun 21 2008 8:00P
15th Street Pub Vasncouver, WA, Washington
Jun 22 2008 8:00P
The Salad House - HOUSE PARTY Oi! Oi! Portland, Oregon
Jun 23 2008 8:00P
HOUSE PARTY Oi! Oi! Olympia, Washington
Jun 24 2008 8:00P
Siren’s Port Townsend, Washington
Jun 25 2008 8:00P
TBA TBA
Jun 26 2008 7:00P
Fantasia Coffee Bellingham, Washington
Jun 26 2008 8:00P
Wild Buffalo with The Growers Bellingham, Washington
Jun 27 2008 8:00P
The Mars Bar w/ Ms Led & The Condition Seattle, Washington
Jun 28 2008 8:00P
Ash Street Saloon w/ House of badger Portland, Oregon

Here’s a link to our recent chat with Buzz Osbourne of Melvins fame.

Former Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of…OF THE DAY!!111, Russian Circles is up to some big shit. They’re new full length, the Matt Bayles-produced Station is basically one of the raddest records of ‘08, and after their current tour with Daughters, they are hitting the road with some random band named Coheed and Cambria. Check out an interview with the band on the front page and learn about the realest shit to come out of Chicago since Obama.

Bob Dylan, currently touring in Europe, has now added a slew of dates to his already full summer touring schedule. Check out the dates here. Santa Barbara Bowl sounds good…

San Francisco punk band and former Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of…OF THE DAY!!111 La Plebe, is up to some big shit, touring Europe ( including a few dates with Lagwagon) and just being all around badasses. Synthesis correspondent Wyatt Nation hit them up a week or so back to chop it up and the results are ready for your perusal over at the old Synthesis.net music page.

Our friend and amazing photographer Hali McGrath was on hand last week in Berkeley when R.E.M. came through town with Modest Mouse and The National. Check out some of her badass pics after the jump

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