About "The Rap" The Rap is a series of op-eds with mp3s that highlight local musicians and upcoming events in the Bay Area. Each week a band writes about their favorite local band, and the following week, the ban that was chosen gets to chooses their favorite Bay Area group. If you're a Bay Area musician and would like to participate please contact us (David [at] SFCritic.com). Scott Bartenhagen Written by Nicholas Frankel of True Mad North [...]
Nothing to me - Scott Bartenhagen from Scott Bartenhagen on Vimeo . Here are two absolutely gorgeous new in-studio performances from Scott Bartenhagen, who brings his game-changing folk to Waynestock at 1 p.m. in Austin next Thursday. Don't miss it. God Send-Scott Bartenhagen from Scott Bartenhagen on Vimeo .
The poster above was created by the wonderful Traci Larson . A few moons ago, Jim Morrison appeared to me in a dream and said that 24B should team up with one of our pals for our first-ever day party in Austin during the week of SXSW. Well, lo and behold, Rawkblog had the same dream… Mark your calendars, Texas-bound readers, for Thursday, March 17 is when said unofficial party, Waynestock , becomes a reality. With the help of our [...]
Poster by the amazing Traci Larson No way! Way. Rawkblog and our pals at TwentyFourBit are proud to present our first-ever unofficial SXSW day party, Waynestock , sponsored by Etnies , thinkThin and Origami Vinyl . It's all happening at the Liberty on Thursday, March 17, and we promise to make Wayne and Garth proud. Here's the lineup and set times: 12 p.m.: LA Font 1: Scott Bartenhagen 2: Little Scream 3: Ravens & Chimes 4: Pepper Rabbit [...]
Delta Fog-Scott Bartenhagen from Scott Bartenhagen on Vimeo . In which Scott Bartenhagen gets a full band and makes Robin Pecknold pee his pants. Look for the most promising young singer in folk music at SXSW.
In the five years or so I've been doing this, I can't remember a better year for songs. I actually spent most of Saturday ordering a top 100, went a little crazy and decided nobody needed me to rank seven hours of tracks. So here's a top 50. Every single one of these tracks is incredible, and yes, even Ke$ha. For the record, I allowed two songs per band in a few special cases because not including both Sally Seltmann jams would be a lie (though I did cut two Best Coast songs). Also, No. 51 is Lady Gaga ("Telephone") [...]
This video's admittedly an advert for L.A. band-biz start-up Hello Music (employer of a friend-of-Rawkblog ), but it's worth a quick watch to 1) see Bartenhagen, whose "Beacons" is a song of the year contender, be fresh-faced and charming and 2) hear a few glorious seconds of what sounds like new music. Finish yr next record, Scott! Scott Bartenhagen - "Beacons": mp3
Photo by Allen Passalaqua On first listen, the languorous melody and deft chord manuevers of Scott Bartenhagen's "Beacon" suggest Andrew Bird - but as Greg Katz so wisely puts it, Mr. Bird hasn't written a song this good since 2005. ("Simple X," perhaps, excepted.) "Beacons" is utterly rapturous, a steaming plate of savory acoustic guitars spiced liberally with piano touches and bittersweet words: "Would you wait for me always?" he sings, sighing, "I know you would," before the music spills into a Nick Drake reverie that suggests otherwise. This song's just a taste [...]
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