
It's the return of Snob Theater and time to witness more of the best in Bay Area based music and stand-up comedy. In case you're not familiar with Snob Theater, Snob Theater is a show that features the best in the Bay Area's indie rock bands and stand-up comedians. The small 60+ seat Dark Room Theater makes for the most intimate of performances and provides a unique and exciting atmosphere. Snob Theater is an event that showcases the comfort of the performers as they take chances in a stripped-down setting. Our musical guests this month include [...]

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via suckapants [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [mp3] Tape Deck Mountain - Ghost Colony from Ghost (2009) CITAY / SCOUT NIBLETT WITH: GREG ASHLEY, TAPE DECK MOUNTAIN CAFE DU NORD Doors: 7:00 PM, Show: 8:00 PM Adv: $12, Door: $14 / 21+ via philipp striebe [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [mp3] Nice [...]

Je me balade, je serpente entre les chanteurs et les groupes. Je passe à côté. La plupart du temps, Manu passe pas loin et voit ce que je n'ai pas vu. Cette fois je retombe sur mes pattes, la p'tite dame ne m'avait pas convaincue aux premières écoutes, je retombe dessus et là je dis oui. De Spring Queen à Tres Sirenas , il n'y avait qu'un pas... I go for a walk, I wind among singers and bands. I miss out. Most of time, Manu is not far and sees what [...]
Wrapping up the BOS top 25 albums of 2008 with the top ten. It's the end of the countdown but stay tuned for some addtional thoughts on 2008 coming in another post real soon, plus lots of great music on deck for 2009. 10 Birds Fled From Me - Deeper Lurking [ BUY ] It was just about a year ago when I named Birds Fled From Me the BOS Artist Of The Day and predicted this to [...]

A Bag Of Songs flavored Valentine's Day mix for you today running through the whole box of chocolates, from oh so cute, to sentimental and sweet like maple syrup on a stack of warm, freshly made pancakes. ♥ Desmond Reed - The Best Part Myspace ♥ The Velvet Underground - She's My Best Friend Buy VU [...]

Birds.Fled.From.Me is just one of the many projects the amazingly talented Rachel Williams is involved in. Hailing from Santa Cruz, CA she is a musician extraordinaire and has an astounding voice most closely reminiscent of Fiona Apple or Bjork . Her upcoming full length album, Deeper Lurking , is a work sure to earn it's place amongst 2008's best. Twelve songs filled with lyrics that capture the raw emotional intensity of the relationships that affect all our lives. Captivating vocals wind their way through stark [...]
Birds Fled From Me "The Resisted" - Rachel Williams recalls Fiona Apple at her most spare and wounded on this heartbroken ballad, but her voice skips Apple's soulful inflections in favor of a more fragile reading that nods in the direction of early Cat Power without aping that singer's affectations. Like Apple, her song and her vocal performance work precisely because she so thoroughly owns her emotions, and expresses the pain of her unrequited love not so much for the benefit of whomever it is she is addressing, but rather to understand and affirm her own experience. [...]

Bag Of Songs turns one this week. Wow, has it been a whole year already ? Thanks for coming along for the ride, hopefully you heard something you liked, or made you laugh, or at least surprised you in some way. A very special thanks to all the artists who have been featured here and to all of the great friends I have made along the way that make it matter. Lot's more goodies still to come , stay tuned. Here's a mixed dozen of the amazing independent artists that have been featured here [...]

It's a little bit early in the season for most North American readers to think about a beach vacation, but the pleasure of a seaside escape from the heat will come soon. Sample these five new artists' take on today's sea and beach theme. The Flies: Walking On the Sand British outfit the Flies created such a summer song here, and it has this great old 60's finger-snappin' sound. Think: David Lynch movie soundtrack. Lead singer Sean Cook was formerly with Spiritualized for eight years, [...]