
If you're anything like me, you know how difficult it can be to keep track of all of the new music that's constantly floating around the Internet. Here's our latest month-in-review mix collecting some our favorite new (or new to us) songs recently posted on the website. Gathered in the mix are seventeen new tracks from Bay Area bands that were posted on TheBayBridged.com in November, with links below to download each of them individually. The Bay Bridged - Best of the Blog November 2011 Mixtape Tracklisting: [...]

The Northern Key - "Soak" We've already mentioned SF band The Northern Key 's new album ( Wedgewood ) and record release show ( tonight ), and you can hear "Soak" in our latest podcast , but this song's too good not to share separately. Wedgewood is available on vinyl from Tricycle Records . Related Posts: Live This Month: November 2011 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #260) Noise [...]

Live This Month: November 2011 (Podcast #260) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. The November concert schedule offers a chance to check out the artists behind some big recent releases, as bands like M83, Wild Flag, and Real Estate arrive in support of well-received new albums. Locally, a diverse assortment of acts are launching new releases of their own, including the classic-leaning rock and roll of Zodiac Death Valley, The Northern Key's singer-songwriter [...]
Winter is officially here even if the calendar doesn't say so. How do I know? The Northern Key has made it so.

Tweet While those all around us lose their heads (we'll never forget you Icky) and fireworks reign we've decided it'd be better to lose the volume and dream of gentler times. KD Daniel Martin Moore - It's You More Info: Daniel Martin Moore The Northern Key - Park Peace More Info: The Northern Key [...]
Come celebrate SF-based Northern Key's album release along with Ash Reiter and many more at Brick and Mortar November 3.

Tonight mark's our seventh Snob Theater and yet again we present to you an amazing line-up of local musicians and stand-up comedians. The doors open at 9:30pm and the show starts around 10pm. Tickets are still only $10 to see comedians Jesse Elias, Edwin Li (SF Punchline regular), Caitlin Gill (SF Punchline, the Purple Onion, 12 Galaxies), and Chris Thayer (The Purple Onion, Club Deluxe, Hemlock Tavern opening for the likes of Reggie Watts, Rick Shapiro, Tim & Eric and Neil Hamburger) with acoustic sets by the delicate sounds of The Northern Key [...]

Kata Rokkar continues with the presentation of Snob Theater , the series that pairs local music with comedy for many solid evenings of entertainment. This Friday, October 22nd, Snob Theater returns to the Dark Room with local folk and rock acts Emily Jane White and The Northern Key , along with comedians Jesse Elias, Chris Thayer, Caitlin Gill, and Edwin Li. Emily Jane White - "Hey Liza" The Northern Key - "Proof" [...]

It's our seventh Snob Theater and yet again we celebrate another special evening of amazing music and stand-up comedy. In case you're not familiar with Snob Theater, Snob Theater is a show that features the best in the Bay Area's indie rock bands and stand-up comedians. The small 60+ seat Dark Room Theater makes for the most intimate of performances and provides a unique and exciting atmosphere. Snob Theater is an event that showcases the comfort of the performers as they take chances in a stripped-down setting. Our musical guests this month include Emily Jane [...]
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Photos by: Charlie Homo The closing nights of the last two Noise Pop festivals have focused not only on musical quality, but on the credo of the more outrageous live performance. See: 2009's Les Savy Fav antics at the Mezzanine . For 2010, this meant bringing together the harmonious indie rock collective du jour: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros . The former Ima Robot man (Alex Ebert) and his merry bunch have cultivated a significant following over the past year, [...]
After the cavalcade of Noise Pop offerings on Saturday night, Sunday's got just two shows and handful of films. Bottom of the Hill features an afternoon show with locals Dizzy Balloon . They'll be joined by a trio of indie rock bands from around the US: Michigan's The Hounds Below , Seattle's Visqueen , and Wisconsin's Laarks . Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros ' Noise Pop closing show at Bimbo's sold [...]

Every month, we dedicate the first week's podcast to highlighting some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing soon in the San Francisco Bay Area. We've got eleven 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: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down [...]

The Northern Key - "Proof" SF's The Northern Key celebrate the release of their self-titled debut this Wednesday night at the Make-Out Room . The band is the latest project from singer/songwriter Andrew Galluccio, and the album is "a collection of songs inspired by and named for the Varnaline record Songs in the Northern Key ." Also notable, the album was recorded and produced by Chris Chu of The Morning Benders. Wednesday's show is the latest monthly installment of the monthly Penny Arcade [...]

The latest installment of "Eclectic Live" takes place Wednesday night at Harlot (9pm, $5, 21+), featuring Tricycle Records bands Geographer and The Northern Key , and DJs Elise (SomaFM) and Jacob Fury. The Northern Key will be making their debut live performance in advance of the release of their self-titled first record in February 2010. The band's led by singer-songwriter Andrew Galluccio ( The Red Verse ), and the album was recorded and produced by The Morning Benders ' [...]