MM+OS BEACHES

"... re-invents western exotica."
-LA Weekly
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”It’s like the last 60 years of American music seen through the mushroom-hazed eyes of a bunch of West Coast misfits... there's an electric unpredictability… a sense that the music could leap into something incredible at any moment, and it often does.”
-Ian Port, SF Weekly
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"Offbeat mysticism, psychedelic meanderings, and earthy country soul, guided by the steady hand of a gifted and charismatic songwriter."
-Ben Van Houten, KQED
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"... mix of psychedelic sounds and traditional folk and Americana music results in songs that twist, turn and delight, all with a reverence for classic folk-rock."
-The Bay Bridged
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"The latest from these guys is a gripping (yes, gripping) collision of folk-infused rock psychedelia, working man’s gospel and seventies hippie improvisation. You fans of Devendra Banhart, Edward Sharpe and Vetiver are going to go nuts for this, we are…"
-The Downcast
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"... There’s something about the easygoing and open embrace of frazzled classic rock, downbeat country twang, flecks of tropicalia… world-weary, contemplative, winsome, yearning, something that aims for storytelling and a full-bodied sigh, with occasional organ flourishes (as on “Warrior and the Thief”) that feels like Dylan-and-the-Band inspirationalism more than once…nicely done.”
-ALL MUSIC GUIDE

FEB. 9th
VITUS
OAKLAND, CA
9PM
$5
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FEB. 23rd
AUBERGINE EMPORIUM
SEBASTOPOL, CA
9PM
TBA
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FEB. 25TH
STARRY PLOUGH
BERKELEY, CA
9PM
$7
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MARCH 9TH
OLD PRINCETON LANDING
HALF MOON BAY, CA
9PM
$5
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transvansantos@gmail.com

I was dust bit and tired. Broke, badly bent and cross wired, in need of a lift and heart shift. I met a Shaman named Shu, with hair to the back of his knees and a crystal earth theory. He said to me, “I saw it all in a dream. You are here to do your thing. Your Spirit is strong. The medicine will open the door in your heart, where you will find the songs to sing.” He took me to his home and we sat in ceremony. When everything stopped hurting, I wiped the sleep and tears from my eyes and saw that I was on top of a mountain and that I was laid down in the Light. I walked off that mountain Transfigured, Transformed, Trans-mutated and Transported. I walked off that mountain a new being: TRANS VAN SANTOS. A Caterpillar is transformed inside of a Cocoon into a Butterfly, a mariposa, the full of the Spirit. I was once the Caterpillar, stuck to the earth and moving slow. Now I have wings and soar with the stars. I fell off the mountain to get a better view of the way to the top, I saw a pyramid of pure illumination, I was lifted. My eyes see wider now, I have lost the stop from my throat: I am Mark Matos / I am Trans Van Santos.