The Bay Area's Gosta Berling is young and fresh sounding band that are gently dipping themselves into the budding San Francisco music scene. Covered in 90s shoegaze influence as well a British pop vulnerability, Gosta Berling bring an amateurish shine to the genre while still sounding experienced. Taking their name from the 1924 Swedish silent film called The Saga of Gosta Berling , the band shows their seriousness behind their art and hopes you do to. You can catch Gosta Berling at Rasputin Music in Berkeley on [...]
It's time for another Ticket Giveaway Wednesday! We've got giveaways for a bunch of great shows this week. Thursday, August 13th - Odawas @ Rickshaw Stop Odawas - "Harmless Lover's Discourse" SF electronic rock duo Odawas play their first local show in sometime Thursday night at the Rickshaw Stop. They'll be joined by locals City Light and Mira Cook . 8pm, $10. Odawas - "Harmless Lover's [...]
Weekend Mix is our new mp3-driven preview of some of the upcoming weekend's best concerts. Let us know what you're looking forward to in the comments. Friday: - Sleepy Sun , Spindrift , Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound , DJ Wet Burrito @ Great American Music Hall, 9pm, $13 Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound - "By the Rippling Green" - Trainwreck Riders , The Botticellis , Gilded Rooks @ Bottom of the Hill, 10pm, $12 [...]
[Locals Only is a weekly feature where the Stranger Dance staff focus on the best and brightest of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Feel free to hit us up with any information on local bands, musicians, shows, and other music-related events and projects.] What's a Tuesday without some new music? Here's a sampling of new stuff from the Bay, featuring My First Earthquake (pictured), the Skygreen Leopards , Kid Mud , Grand Lake , Battlehooch , and Love is Chemicals . [...]
Tomorrow is the last full day of Noise Pop, and it's a duesy. But before you start your night of shows, head over to the Pop N' Shop at The Verdi Club . This awesome independent design fair has become one or Noise Pop's coveted non-music events, and includes designers and artists selling clothing, jewelry, posters and more. It takes place from 12pm-4pm and is free! Saturday will also feature a couple of matinee shows, one of which is at Bottom of the Hill with The Matches , [...]
Ben Sollee - A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke Cover) [MP3] Love Is Chemicals - Meet Me On The Tarmac [MP3] Miles_Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Buriedfed [MP3] Pontiak - Shell Skull [MP3] Red Cortez - All The Difference [MP3] Red Cortez - World At Rest [MP3] Sam Champion - Be Mine Everyone [MP3] The Deadly Syndrome - Emily Paints [MP3] The Henry Clay People - Working Part Time [MP3] Tim Fite - [...]
Subscription Feeds: New Song Daily Only | All Podcasts E-mail Comments: phill[at]thephiller[dot]com Love Is Chemicals " The Blossom & The Butterfly " (mp3) from Song of the Summer Youth Brigade ( Near Earth Objects ) Bonus Downloads: " Over Land, Over Sea " (mp3) " Our Darkest Days and Nights " (mp3) [...]
Maybe you've heard, but the Olympics are starting started today. I'm sure it will dominate the news for the next few weeks, then the world sport arena can settle down until the 2010 World Cup. Personally, I'll probably miss the hoopla of the opening ceremonies in favor of having a pint or two with friends. Of course, it will probably be on every tv in every pub that has a tv, so there may be no avoiding it. So, here's another Friday Mixtape for you. It's got nifty new tracks from KOL, David Byrne & Brian Eno, Fake Ben Folds, and [...]
Arturo en el Barco : several tracks [mp3] @myspace | other music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Balun : one downloadable track [mp3] @myspace | other music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Guster : 2007-04-18, Hampton Beach [mp3,ogg,flac] "What You Wish For" [mp3] @myspace | other [...]
The first half of a short mix I made for my girlfriend, Lauren. New songs from Ramona Cordova, Love Is Chemicals, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Jens Lekman, and Matthew Friedberger.
I think we remember what happened the last time someone tried to sing to us about sweaters, metaphorically or otherwise: they'd go on to record one more untouchable record two years later, then disappear for four years, and then release three more albums in the next four. By the time they got to their [...]
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A-Trak - "Round of Applause" / "Where My Money At" (MP3 Download)
