Mist and Mast - "Getting Out Soon" The Make Out Room sits in the center of a hot scene - Cafe's Lolo and Revolution and a mini-park across the street and all - and yet it operates in relative quiet and on its own terms. One such example - the happy hour show. For whatever reasons, the management often splits the evening between live music early and DJ sets later- the music afficionado's penchant to still be napping or eating before 9:30 be damned. And [...]
Mist and Mast - "Getting Out Soon" The Make Out Room sits in the center of a hot scene - Cafe's Lolo and Revolution and a mini-park across the street and all - and yet it operates in relative quiet and on its own terms. One such example - the happy hour show. For whatever reasons, the management often splits the evening between live music early and DJ sets later- the music afficionado's penchant to still be napping or eating before 9:30 be damned. And [...]
Tuesday, September 21 Casiotone For The Painfully Alone (final tour), Otouto (Australia) @ Bar 355 Wednesday, September 22 Burnt Ones , Yeah Great Fine (Portland), Sleeptalks @ El Rio Thursday, September 23 Jason Falkner, The 88, The Ferocious Few @ Slim's Sean Hayes, Obo Martin @ The New Parish Friday, September 24 Sick [...]
I ended up at Dan Sung Sa again, a rare late night eatery in Oakland, and a new personal fave. They are open evenings only from 6pm-2am. The walls are plastered with vintage Korean movie posters and most of the seats are in cute little curtained booths. If you find yourself in Oakland after midnight, check them out at 2775 Telegraph. The spicy pork is delicious. The menu is extensive and includes chicken gizzards, snail salad and yogurt soju! Just prior, LA based Radar Brothers played the Rickshaw Stop [...]
Thursday : B and Not B , Mist and Mast , The Thingers @ Cafe du Nord (9pm, $10) Mist and Mast - "X-Ray" Friday : TV Mike and the Scarecrowes , Odawas , Donovan Quinn and the 13th Month , Dameon Lee @ Hotel Utah (9pm) TV Mike and the Scarecrowes - "Paint the Town" Saturday : The Titan Ups , Sonny & the Sunsets , Beaches [...]
Mist and Mast The Ian Fays
This week's podcast offers up songs from eleven of the great bands performing during the 2010 Noise Pop Music Festival , which kicks off on today, February 23rd. If you missed last week's preview mix, check it out here , and stay tuned all week for comprehensive coverage of Noise Pop 2010. Subscribe to The Bay Bridged Podcast to get each week's new episode downloaded free to your iTunes! About the bands: [...]
The Great Inbox Clearance is my way of getting through the overwhelming number of emails we received after taking a week off. Check out this post for the details behind the project. That post will also explain why lemurs are involved. There's a fella from a management group called Banter who sends me multiple emails every week promoting several of the bands that Banter represents. The quality of the music he sends me is almost-always very good. However, the number of emails received - combined with my [...]
We at Banter hope you all had a great holiday season and are enjoying the first few days of the new year! We've got some new tracks to kick off 2010 right, check em out After the jumpSummer Dregs - "A" - http://bantermm.com/tracks/Sum merDregs-A.mp3- Electronic pop for fans of Neon Indian, Dntel, etc.Furcast - "All For Me" - http://bantermm.com/tracks/Fur cast-AllForMe.mp3- If you like Portishead,
Some tracks that have popped up in my inbox lately. Furcast - All For Me [DOWNLOAD] Mist and Mast - Burning Homes [DOWNLOAD] A Classic Education - What My Life Could Have Been [DOWNLOAD] Standing Shadows - High [...]
Here's a quick look at things we couldn't get to this week: Soundgarden After 12 years of ups and downs, grunge metalheads Soundgarden have announced they are reuniting for a tour. I'll fess up and say that despite Chris Cornell's recent musical bungles I'm still a sucker for these guys and I'll probably go to the Toronto show if there is one. We'll give you more details as we get them.
Hey, happy new year! What better way to start a new year than with a handful of cool, free MP3s? here are seven to get you started. MP3s Summer Dregs - "A" - Electronic pop for fans of Neon Indian,...
The wonderfully subdued and melodic music belongs to Mist and Mast, a group of four musicians that combine to create a sound that is as flawless as it is catchy. Craig Adams, Bill French, Jason Lakis (whom you might know from The Red Thread) and Alex Steinhart comprise this Oakland, CA-based band and they've recently released their new self-recorded album Action At A Distance. While reading up on the band I've noticed they have earned comparisons to numerous bands, from Syd Barrett–era Pink Floyd to Beachwood Sparks. It could be the melodies, it could be the blends, it could be [...]
Some tracks that have popped up in my inbox lately. I Was Totally Destroying It - Come Out Come Out Japanese Motors - Whatever Dead Kids - German Heart (Invasion Remix) Bottle Up & Go - Until The Day I Die Mist and Mast - X-Ray
Check out Mist and Mast's website to hear and learn more. sound: X-Ray http://mistandmast.com/
It makes sense that Mist and Mast's lead contributor describes his album as piecemeal when his reviews garner comparisons to bands from REM to ELO. Former metal band leader, Jason Lakis has taken his solo project's new album to the streets in what he describes as the first time he could hear all the parts as he was writing it. Upon listening, you will hear a full band on about half the tracks, as
Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast includes music from nine great Bay Area bands - some submissions we've received at TBB headquarters, some stuff we've posted on the web site recently, all really good stuff. Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! About this week's bands: The Mantles ("Don't Lie") recently returned home from their first US [...]
It's time for our weekly installment of Ticket Giveaway Wednesday. There are some great local and touring bands playing around the area - and you can see them for free! Thursday, June 25th - Papercuts, Port O'Brien, Still Flyin' @ The Independent Papercuts will be headlining an incredible all local evening over at The Independent on Thursday supporting their newest album, You Can Have What You Want . Joining them are west coast tourmates, Port O'Brien , [...]
[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.] Highlights this week include two musical crown jewels of the Bay Area ( John Vanderslice and the Morning Benders ) and the SF Popfest . Tuesday, May 19th: [...]
[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.] Highlights this week include two musical crown jewels of the Bay Area ( John Vanderslice and the Morning Benders ) and the SF Popfest . Tuesday, May 19th: [...]
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