
Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast features ten great Bay Area bands, including a lot of good stuff from new and recent releases. About all of the bands: Still Flyin' ("The Hott Chord Is Struck") release their debut album today via the Ernest Jenning Record Co . The CD release show for Never Gonna [...]
We've got two pairs of tickets to give away for the great Geographer , Michael Zapruder and Harbours show that we're sponsoring this Thursday (4/23) at Cafe du Nord. Head over to our twitter page for a chance to win.

We're very excited to be presenting an evening with three of our favorite Bay Area bands, Geographer , Michael Zapruder and Harbours on April 23 at Cafe du Nord . Geographer ( Official Website | MySpace ) Building on the overwhelmingly positive response to last year's debut, Innocent Ghosts (featuring members of Bright Eyes and the Botticellis ), [...]

Miguel Zelaya's Harbours have digitally released No Souvenirs , the band's second album of hooky singer-songwriter rock-pop, now available on iTunes . Examiner.com recently posted a great interview with Miguel, noting that the album is a mix of live-in-the-studio performances and more manicured songs. Take a listen to a couple below: Harbours - "Situation" Harbours - "No Souvenirs" Harbours headline this month's Baghdad by the Bay showcase at [...]
Michael Zapruder's newest album, Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope , gets an official release on SideCho Records March 24. Bay Area readers are highly recommended to catch Zapruder live this Sunday at the Bottom of the Hill (along with Tim Williams and San Francisco's own Mist and Mast and Jon Bernson . SD: The music industry seems to be moving back towards singles (and away from albums), but [...]

Miguel Zelaya's The Harbours set a high bar for hooky, earnest rock-pop with their debut album Second Story Maker , which we spoke about when we interviewed Zelaya last year. The band's now emerging from the studio with a brand new album titled No Souvenirs , and a show this Friday at Cafe du Nord . Take a listen to a track from the new album below: Download audio file (situation1.mp3) The Harbours - "Situation" (from No [...]
Dishing out some of the local love for SF band The Harbours . How to describe these guys without sounding disparaging? They're not breaking any new ground in the rock and roll world, they're just doing what they do really, really well. They play and smooth talking kind of Americana. Something that can easily be likened to Tom Petty, maybe the Counting Crows' best moments but with a singer that can sing, you know, folk rock with a swagger. The singer, by the way, alternately reminds me of Gordon Lightfoot and the guy from America. In my opinion neither [...]