I've very recently blogged both about Lovvers and So So Glos . I'm enthusiastic about both bands, and you should definitely make it out to this show to catch Lovvers before they go back to the UK. I've also heard The Sundelles are pretty good (will confirm or deny this after tomorrow). But the real reason to make out to Death By Audio tonight (instead of to NJ for APW) is That Ghost . I blogged about him several months back, and I'm still as much in love with his recent album out on [...]
Holiday Shores comes highly recommended from the Florida coast. More of that reverb filled beach/bedroom pop that we all have come to love so much. Their latest work, Columbus'd the Whim , is set to release on 8/4 via Two Syllable Records (home to other WTD favs That Ghost ). Pre-order . Holiday Shores - Phones Don't Feud ============== complimentary: I also recently found the accompanying video:
Thursday, July 16th - That Ghost @ Rickshaw Stop That Ghost - "I Crossed Out the Options" Santa Rosa's That Ghost just put out a new EP titled Get It and Get Out , self-described as "seven tracks of noisey guitar racket shit on cdr and comes in homemade sketchy packaging made out of cardboard and is limited to only 100 copies." Hopefully, you'll be able to grab a copy at Thursday night's show [...]
Who : That Ghost from Sonoma County, California What : Something on the lo-fi end of things for today. Here's 18 year old Ryan Schmale with Never Have Fun . Already on his fourth album, this song comes from the record Young Fridays on Two Syllable Records , 2008. Song : Never Have Fun .
That Ghost - Never Have Fun When I first heard this song about a month ago over the PA system in Pure Groove, it was one of the moments where you run over and ask the DJ: "what is this?" Well, That Ghost is 18-year-old Ryan Schmale from Sonoma County, California who has recorded four full-length releases of lo-fi garage pop worth checking out. All of them are sold out except for the most recent, Young Fridays , which is available through iTunes, but he has just released a 7-song EP entitled Get It [...]
Every month, we dedicate a week of our podcast to highlighting some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing soon in the San Francisco Bay Area. We've got a dozen great bands playing some excellent shows this month, so head out and see some live music! Subscribe to The Bay Bridged's podcast to get each week's new episode downloaded free to your iTunes! About the bands: French Miami ("Multi-Caliber [...]
Sunday, June 28, 2009 It's been a rough morning/evening/week for music fans as Michael Jackson passed away yesterday afternoon. It's been amazing, that even under the auspices of his severely scandalized life, the man is still revered by so many people. I am honestly a little taken a back by his death. It makes me think of the afternoon I came home from school and my mother told me Kurt Cobain had died. I just walked in to my room turned on Bleach and cried. There will be no [...]
That Ghost will be playing at The Knockout this coming Tuesday (9:30pm) with Japan's PWRFL POWER , Daniel Francis Doyle (Austin) and Naked Hearts (NYC). Don't be fooled by the name - "That Ghost" is actually the solo project constructed by nineteen-year-old Ryan Schmale of Santa Rosa. The sound that comes along with the name consists of lucid instrumentals and lazy distorted vocals, creating a sense of being trapped in some sort of dream. Schmale's simple chord progressions, patterns and ideas have earned appearances at national festivals, including this past SxSW. [...]
From the looks of things, the Bay will be a little slow in regards to shows. That doesn't mean there isn't anything going on, just not as much as usual. First off, tonight A Camp plays The Independent and the Haight Street Fair features We Be the Echo at the Stanyan Stage. Monday will have British indie rocks Art Brut at the San Francisco Amoeba Records at 6pm and at The Independent with LoveLikeFire at 8pm. Tuesday features lo-fi rocker That Ghost [...]
So, the hottest day of the year so far. The swollen spectre of Summer has been gold-guilding the pages of this blog quite a lot recently, with all sorts of sun-high stripped down beachy pop songs crawling out of heavy draped bedrooms and into the leafy light. One of our favourites, Ryan Schmale's That Ghost , however, is content to stay cocooned and entombed in the warm sweatered womb of Winter, cold-sweating as he is with fevered sick-bed melodies such as those found asleep well past noon on "All Winter." "All Summer, no Winter, I'm doing no better" [...]
The weekend! Finally!, and here's another mixtape to kick things off. I'll actually be making the long drive home this weekend, Mothers Day. Don't be an ass, send your mom a card, get her a mani/pedi, burn this mixtape for her! New tunes from Dinosaur Jr., Wavves, and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Dinosaur Jr. - I Want You to Know That Ghost - Never Have Fun Micachu and the Shapes - Calculator Silent Talk - My Risionare [...]
The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported that the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control is engaging in a legal battle with some of our city's finest all-ages music venues. Local venues like Bottom of the Hill , Great American Music Hall , Slim's and Café du Nord may be forced to shut down unless they can meet the ABC's requirement stating that half of their sales come from food. Although the regulations are intended to curtail underage drinking, club attorneys argue the legality of such measures and maintain that they are [...]
There is no recognition for the blood left behind. Nothing saying it will ever be worth anything. No love for the grit stuck to the sweat, the stains, the aches. There is no thanks for the trying, the dedication, the imagination. There is nothing safe about trying. There is nothing comforting about letting go. Nothing that will take away the pain that may come. There is no prize to anything. Except that living in the moment, giving the love, being your passion, (re)moving your own boundries, being a bit more free than is comfortable. You get what you give. Seize [...]
Hi all. Sorry the blog has sucked this week. I've got my shit together now. I've decided to just take the weekend off and come back full-force on Monday. It's really been lacking since SXSW, but I promise I'm going to turn it around next week. Just wanted to let you know to stay tuned. I bought my own server space, so that means better uploads. To tide you over, here a nice track from teenage wonder, That Ghost. See you Monday. M P3: 06-never-have-fun3 Tagged: That [...]
Some banks are getting smashed up around the corner by a baying mob who have probably all taken the day off sick, so I'm not going to do any work either. Instead I'm going to lie back and listen to my two new favourite albums; by California's That Ghost and New York's Cymbals Eat Guitars . Young Fridays is the incredibly charming living, breathing sound that Ryan Schmale and his alias That Ghost rolled together during sunny bedroom sessions. On 'Never Have Fun', he becomes the lo-fi pop revival's newest Commander [...]
I can hardly believe it myself, but I actually got this month's mix up in a timely fashion. Enjoy! The Catbirdseat April 2009 Mix The Lord Dog Bird - "The Shedding Path" Air Waves - "Shine On" Woods - "The Dark" Royal City - "Bad Luck" Cass McCombs - "That's That" Kurt Vile - "Beach On The [...]
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Babies <3 IGIF Day Parties! I admit, I'm a little bit behind on getting the recap of our free SXSW day party compiled and published. After being sucked into the first of two graduation contingent research papers, I've finally lifted my head up from books on prohibition era Kentucky politics long enough to regal you all with the absurd amount of fun that was had Thursday afternoon at Scholz Garten. I had been excited for this day since we initially started planning the party months ago and, trust me, it wasn't just because [...]
::: That Ghost - "Never Have Fun" ::: From the That Ghost record Young Fridays , Two Syllable Records , 2008.
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That Ghost - "Never Have Fun" From the That Ghost album Young Fridays , Two Syllable Records , 2008.
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As we previously announced , IGIF and twosyllable records are throwing a free day party @ SXSW this year. We've got a few minor sponsor updates, so I thought I'd give them some love. Thanks to Echo Mountain Records (home to Arizona ) and Ghost Robot for helping with overhead. Thanks to Breppies , who will be giving out free iPod earbud covers at the show. And a big thanks to Tecate who hooked us up with free beer for the show. As [...]
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