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"Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Buck served up a mesmerizing acoustic set... The Apples in stereo were totally over the top, unleashing an insanely bouncy sugar-pop that threatened to instantly rot every attendee's teeth... [John Doe] performed a surprisingly heavy set that not only showcased his chops as a garage guitarist but reminded everyone of Doe's estimable punk roots... Los Straitjackets rocketed through a note-perfect version of the Kinks' 'All Day and All the Night' while Big Sandy snarled and sneered out the tune's lyrics - in Spanish..."
- HARP


The Apples in stereo

"Acts from four corners of the world - Great Britain, Canada, Australia and the US - convened for one glorious guitar-riffic evening... Short but sweet, Hitchcock ran through a stable of fan favorites... Anyone in the audience who'd never heard You Am I before, was certainly never going to forget it... [Sloan] is a band who knows how to get a crowd going... Feeding off an audience that couldn't get enough, [The Apples in stereo's] Robert Schneider and crew went way past their scheduled finish time... "
- Entertainment Weekly


Arrested Development's David Cross, pictured at right, with Sloan's Jay Ferguson

"I went to the Yep Roc party at Habana Calle 6 Annex, started drinking free Southern Comfort and Sprite. I regretted not bringing my Mexican wrestling mask when Los Straitjackets took the stage with Big Sandy to play a great mix of the band's surf-twang instrumentals and the Fly-Rite Boys' frontman's Spanish songs. It was even more fun than The Pipettes. American Princes played next, and they... knew their way around melodies and had decent harmonies... 'Don't Lie To Me' is an excellent song."
- Chart Attack


American Princes

"I finally got some love at the Habana Calle 6 Annex, which housed the Yep Roc 10th anniversary party. There we saw John Doe as well as a purple-clad Robyn Hitchcock, who busted out with an old Soft Boys tune and dedicated his final number to Karl Rove. The day parties have now officially reached critical mass and are just as hard to get into as showcases."
- Austin Chronicle


John Doe

"Robyn Hitchcock brought some of the Venus family to a much-anticipated (by us) gig at yesterday's Yep Roc showcase at the Dirty Dog. We planted ourselves front and stage right to revel in Robyn's flawless career-spanning acoustic set, for which he was joined by R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and Harvey Danger's Sean Nelson... Wish you were here, reader friend."
- Stereogum


Robyn Hitchcock w/ Peter Buck & Sean Nelson play the Egyptians' hit "Flesh Number One (Beetle Dennis)" courtesy of Stereogum

"Watching [the Los Straitjackets'] precision-marked little set at the always cool indie label Yep Roc Records 10th anniversary party at Habana's Annex on bustling Sixth Street, it finally occurred to me that their music is indeed just like their masks: Exotic and inscrutable, with sonic piledrivers and suplex holds never more than a twang or tremelo shout away. Somebody should really sign them up for a Saturday morning animated musical superheroes show."
- LA Daily News


Los Straitjackets w/ Big Sandy

"My musical day on Friday began at the Yep Roc party at the Habana Annex. Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Buck were finishing up their set as I entered and greeted my hosts, so I loaded up my plate with barbecue and potato salad and awaited the arrival of Apples in Stereo... The band pulled off the heavily produced material from its latest CD, New Magnetic Wonder with aplomb, and the straight-ahead pop of 'Can You Feel It' was one of the biggest adrenalin rushes of the week."
- The Mercury News


You Am I

All day party photos courtesy of Travis Willmann. Check out more bands at Flickr