Quirky Bay Area avant-poppers Wet Illustrated released their "1x1x13 debut LP last year. It drunkenly stumbles from hook-filled basement pop to jittery art-punk and back again without feeling like a record trying to take on too many influences. Kind of sounds like three east-bay goof-punks trying their hands at the warbling psych-pop of the Ganglians. An infectious, posi-summertime vibe that has me aching for beach weather and daytime beers. Wet Illustrated - Gypsy Town Download audio file (Gypsy_Town.mp3)
Photos and words by Debi Del Grande So much around the internet over Parquet Courts and the album Light Up Gold . After watching the video of "Borrowed Time," I was convinced moshing and dancing would ensue at The Echo. Like a Fidlar or Ty Segall show. I was prepared for full-on madness in the best of ways. Had the show been all ages or they didn't bring a voo doo doll, this might have been the case. As singer/guitarist Andrew Savage noted, we were very still. Luckily, one girl came to the [...]
Tuesday's touts for live tunes: ► Grammy Museum's spotlight tonight features Ryan Raddon aka pioneer DJ Kaskade . Guests will hear tracks from his latest album "Fire and Ice," and will also get some behind-the-scene takes on a few of the tracks. ► Punk-dance outfit Professor Possessor headlines the Bootleg Bar. Brett (formerly the Dance Party ) and 100% Silk open. ► Daniel Ahearn & the Jones [check out "Make It Right" ] and Auditorium get together at Los Globos. ►The Echo features [...]
Wet Illustrated new single "Scorpio Wings" has all the typical recipes for the old garage rock (are we still as critics allowed to call things "garage rock" in 2013?) - fuzzy guitar, adenoidal vocals, a boom-bap cavalcade of tightly strung snare. Maybe it's a new year, and the overwhelming weight of fuzzed out San Francisco [...]
Brooklyn’s The Babies bring bi-coastal rock vibes to The Echo.
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago ? Listen to the October 2011 Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: [...]
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Those who were unable to get tickets for the sold out Woodsist Festival in Big Sur this weekend are in luck. Festival favorites Peaking Lights and Woods are co-headlining a Friday night show at the Great American Music Hall on August 3rd with support from California's Wet Illustrated . Peaking Lights are Indra Dunis and Aaron Coyes, a husband and wife duo who met each other while living in San Francisco. Splitting [...]
On Tuesday, February 7th, Brick & Mortar Music Hall presents the first installment of their Wood Shoppe series - a free, multi-band showcase that will occur on the first Tuesday of every month going forward. Wet Illustrated , Magic Leaves , Seattle's Noah Gunderson , and a Painted Palms DJ set round out the inaugural line up (8:30pm, free, 18+). According to Wet Illustrated's Facebook page , at midnight the band will engage in a [...]
It's another week of live music, and, although it might seem to be a little slow, since every is getting amp'd for Noise Pop, there is still plenty of awesomeness. You may even get some things that you will never see again! Thursday, February 2nd Secret Chiefs 3, Dengue Fever at Great American Music Hall [...]
Every Monday, we'll be offering you early picks for some of the week's best concerts. Do you think we omitted something worthwhile? Let us know in the comments! Be sure to visit our Local Concert Calendar for an expanded set of daily listings. Wet Illustrated kicks off tour with Devon Williams Fresh off the release of 1x1x1 , SF's Wet Illustrated bring their exuberant art-pop to Amnesia [...]
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 fourteen new tracks from Bay Area bands that were posted on TheBayBridged.com in October, with links below to download each of them individually. The Bay Bridged - Best of the Blog October 2011 Mixtape Tracklisting: [...]
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 [...]
Wet Illustrated - 1x1x1 By Steve McGillivray San Francisco trio Wet Illustrated are unleashing their debut album 1x1x1 upon the world. Originally starting life as a Television Personalities cover band, the trio are one of several garage/punk bands coming from west coast USA. Will they stand out from the crowd, or will they end up lost amongst the feedback and reverb of all the other bands? The garage credentials are certainly present on opener 'Pete Jogs Poodle'. There's lots of tape hiss, the vocal [...]
It's time to listen to a bunch of the tracks I have not posted recently. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. These are just a few of the songs that would get their own individual posts here on GIMME TINNITUS if I only had the time. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your [...]
Surfer Blood return with their first release since 20102s sensational debut LP, Astro Coast, an album that made them a huge hit in the indie circuits for the past two years. One of our favorite songs so far this autumn is "Don't Move" from Phantogram; it's simply a fantastic track that you just can't but [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Wet Illustrated's "Gypsy Town" manages to do what so few up-beat bands can do these days: balance propulsive chirp with strong song-writing and a solid core of, well, something else. "Gypsy Town" kicks off with eager smiles and overwhelming hellos. The vocals bust in and all of sudden your rushing down Wet Illustrated River trying [...]
Sorry we are a little late with our new releases this week. Hopefully this rad batch of freshly pressed tunes will help make up for our tardiness. A Classic Education; Call It Blazing A Classic Education; Forever Boy The Beets; Let The Poison Out The Beets; Doing As I Do Deer Tick; Divine Providence [...]
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