Dark, gritty, and heavy on the shadows...I'm talking about the Brick & Mortar's stage lighting. But that could easily be used to describe Emily Jane White's recent US-release Ode To Sentience . This show was special, mainly due to the fact that Emily decided to play her entire album from start to finish for the lucky audience. She was even nice enough to tack on an intimate version of Wild Tigers I Have Known from her 2009 debut, Dark Undercoat . She is one of a kind... MP3: Emily [...]
Last Thursday, friends gathered at Amnesia for a rare performance from Sacramento's husband-and-wife duo Two Sheds , who pulled together a full band including Sea of Bees guitarist/vocalist Amber and Chris Larsen, a Sacramento musician (founder of Buildings Breeding ), who successfully met his fundraising goal to release his first solo recording under the moniker Flowerss . Two Sheds opened for local pysch-folk band Sands , who invited Caitlyn Gutenberger of Two Sheds up [...]
This Friday, January 27th, Sacramento folk band Two Sheds will open an early show for Sands at Amnesia (6pm, $5-7). Two Sheds' most recent release was 20082s EP , but we're happy to share the group is in fact working on new material. "We're going to be playing new tunes," says the band of Friday's show. "As far as 2012, we plan on releasing a new record at some point, but no official release date just yet." [...]
The Tree Ring @ San Diego Women's Club by Natalie Kardos . The Tree Ring top my list of top song obsessions for 2011. Frontman Joel P West also appears on the list. Song obsessions are those songs that your brain picks for you, those ear worms that get stuck in your head and have you singing them to yourself or going back to hit repeat on your ipod. I like the idea of reporting what my brain got stuck on each year. Here's the list of the songs that were stuck in [...]
The Tree Ring @ San Diego Women's Club by Natalie Kardos . The Tree Ring top my list of top song obsessions for 2011. Frontman Joel P West also appears on the list. Song obsessions are those songs that your brain picks for you, those ear worms that get stuck in your head and have you singing them to yourself or going back to hit repeat on your ipod. I like the idea of reporting what my brain got stuck on each year. Here's the list of the songs that were stuck in [...]
A fantastic lineup awaits concertgoers tomorrow night at Amnesia , 8/7/10, starting around 9:00 pm. Sands will headline, preceded by Two Sheds and Middle Maki . Two Sheds - "You" As stated on the Facebook event : Sweet rock rides with birthday vibes. You will want to be there. So will your lovers and friends.
The City of San Jose - not necessarily known as a quintessential destination for live music in the Bay Area - now boasts another year of Left Coast Live , a music festival and conference in the southern branch of the Bay. For 2010, the festival has managed to snag the likes of OK Go and Yo La Tengo as headliners, among a variety of other artists (over 100 bands in total): Left Coast Live (LCL) is a week-long music experience that showcases more than 100 national, regional and local live [...]
Photos by: Charlie Homo While it is awesome that overall Noise Pop 2010 is roughly 2/3 Bay Area bands, Wednesday's show at Bottom of the Hill offered an even better 75% local and 100% good ol' California fun. I met another writer riding the 10 over who just moved out from Florida and told him there was not a better way to be introduced to the Bay Area indie rock scene. Kicking things off was Two Sheds , led by a husband [...]
Noise Pop Death March begins! What with all the head-turning headliners, it can be easy to miss one of the major highlights of Noise Pop : loads of interesting openers. This is where you find the gems - these are no random acts thrown on by the label or venue, each show has like three opening bands that have all been given the once-over by someone who was paying attention. As I've said repeatedly and with relish, festivals are where you get the chance to see a ton of acts you've never heard or even [...]
To help raise money toward Haiti relief via Doctors Without Borders, on Friday Feb. 19 there will be a benefit showcase at Luigi's Fun Garden sponsored by Sacramento News & Review,, featuring the local independent music of Two Sheds , What's Up , Sister Crayon , Chelsea Wolfe , and many more (6pm, $10 suggested donation). Two Sheds - "You" Of the bands partaking in the benefit, nothing more accurately ties them together than their shared residency in the Sacramento region. The diversity of sound is vast - [...]
At the very least, the SF Winter Music Festival (January 29th through February 4th) is a primer to the impending festivities of Noise Pop 2010 . From a broader perspective, however, the Winter Music Fest is a well-rounded and admirable tribute to our local music scene, in its own right. The festival, presented by SF Indie Fest and Talking House Records , gathers a myriad of excellent Bay Area bands and showcases them over the course of seven days and eleven shows. The Winter Music Festival is a new development, set up [...]
Two Sheds Yuletide Fireplace from Two Sheds on Vimeo . Why didn't somebody think of this before? (If somebody did, please let me know in the comments.) You can't beat the combination of great Two Sheds music with the warm glow of a fireplace on your computer screen. I was having a particularly stressful time yesterday, and boy did zoning out to a few minutes of this thing help. Two Sheds - "To Be Alive"
By a show of hands, who has started their holiday shopping... Nobody? Good. Let's keep it that way. Wednesday December 16th Adam Stephens, Two Sheds, Honey at Rickshaw Stop, 7:30 PM Adam Stephens, as front man for the band Two Gallants, created the most glorious fusion of electric punk rock and old fashioned delta blues (not that Chicago nonsense [...]
In their first local show since performing at our Regional Bias event , Adam Stephens and his band The Finite Plain take the stage at the Rickshaw Stop next Wednesday. The Two Gallants singer-songwriter headed down to LA in the Fall to begin recording with producer Joe Chiccarelli (My Morning Jacket, The Shins, White Stripes). His debut solo album's nearly done and should see release in 2010. Also playing Wednesday are Two Sheds (SF/Sacramento) and local act Honey . (8pm, [...]
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 ten 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: [...]
The nominations are up for SF Weekly’s music awards – vote now ! Among the nominees include many of our fondly covered artists: Two Sheds , Themselves and Emily Jane White , to name a few. But one category that might present a struggle to our readers would be "indie/rock/pop," mandating a choice between Girls , Morning Benders , Sleepy Sun and Downer Party all competing. Voting closes a month from today (Oct 14 , 3pm), with the winners being announced the following day [...]
[Locals Only is a regular 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.] The 2009 Rock Make Street Festival takes DIY to a new level, bringing music and art away from the exclusionary and back to the grassroots. Presented by the Bay Bridged , Tartufi , Whizbang Fabrics , and Noise Pop , the [...]
I'm back! Miss me? I bet you were all like, "Where am I going to get my music fix?!? GAAA!!" Well calm down, I'm here to save you from mediocrity and things like that. First off I had a very good vacation out in New York with the family and friends. Took some time out to listen to the new Gifts From Enola, Riceboy Sleeps, Here We Go Magic, Dirty Projectors, and Marissa Nadler . All are very good and I should have brief reviews up shortly. So lets get a move on and showcase some this [...]
The Bay Bridged is proud to co-present The Fourth Annual El Rio Big Time Freedom Fest this Fourth of July on the lovely El Rio patio. Presented in conjunction with Tartufi , Thread Productions and the San Francisco Bay Guardian , the show features eight great bands at a price that can't be beat, including Bay Area/Bay Bridged favorites like Birdmonster, Two Sheds, Low Red Land, and Birds & Batteries. The show's an all day affair, meaning that once you're nice and buzzed on El Rio's wonderful patio, you'll still [...]
[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.] Here's your standard setup for celebrating the 4th of July: enjoy BBQ, freedom, beer and good company out in the sunshine. It's a pretty tried-and-true formula - so what's missing? Well, the Bay Bridged , Tartufi , Thread Productions and the SF [...]
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