Our photographer Charlie Homo went to the BottleRock Napa Valley Festival this past weekend, and captured this amazing set of photos of The Flaming Lips, Black Keys, The Shins and many more. Enjoy! [...]
Mixtape: San Francisco's Newest Psychedelic Sounds (Podcast #306) It's almost 18 months since we last did a psych-focused mixtape , which means there's quite a bit to catch up on. The Bay continues to be a vital source for top-notch mind-expanding bands, whether it's the heady drones of Carlton Melton and Date Palms , or the swaggering rock of Glitter Wizard and Coo Coo Birds . Several of the groups included [...]
Professional Fans is bringing its fourth official showcase to Brick & Mortar Music Hall on Sunday, May 19 with performances by Gothic Tropic , Seatraffic , and Cruel Summer . Expect a night of sunny California pop jams with subtly relatable undertones of emotional turmoil. Gothic Tropic is a trio from L.A.'s Echo Park comprised of Cecilia Della Peruti, Daniel Denton, and Lia Braswell. The band's sound echoes its moniker, fortifying rhythmic jungle pop with dark and witty themes. Listen to "Flesh [...]
The Night Light in Oakland offers a great lineup tonight, with Nashville lo-fi pop band Faux Ferocious as the announced headliners, but with a "Surprise Special Guest" playing last. It will also sadly be the second to last Bay Area show for Chris Edley, aka SAFE , before he moves to Vermont. Spencer Owen rounds out the lineup, and the show will be MC'ed by Joel Robinow (keyboardist for Howlin' Rain ). Below, watch SAFE's video for "Treason", [...]
The Soft Moon recently dropped the video for "Want," offering visuals that are as disorienting and restless as the music itself. Paired with layered, frenzied rhythms and whispered repetitions of "I want it, can't have it," the video follows the erratic experiences of a hooded man, who, after inexplicably breaking and entering into a house and snorting white powder in a dirty bathroom with some random girl, has his most uneasy moment when he scrawls "What's wrong with me?" on the bathroom wall. It plays like a drug-induced scary movie in just under four minutes, so click play if you [...]
Photo by John Keel If the idea of festival juggernauts like Coachella , Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo stresses you out despite your appetite for the elongated thrill of a three-day party, Pickathon is a perfect alternative. Located at the Pendarvis Farm in Oregon, fifteen minutes outside of Portland, the festival is held not at a small venue, but at one of the most intimate settings there are for a large musical gathering. While offering the same escape as more mainstream festivals - on-site camping, seven stages designed to transport audiences into different [...]
Stardate 1993, planet 'aLaBaMa', Man or Astro-man? are born. 2013, flying via rental ship (their rocket ship broke down somewhere about 1/2 way to LA), they land 60 Earth minutes late at Bimbos 365. In decent English they report great losses of equipment in the aftermath, yet it didn't stop them from lighting a theremin on fire. At 24 hundred hours, the drummer celebrates his birth. The crowd attempts to teach [...]
On Sunday night, May 12, Jim James floated onto the Fillmore stage looking like he had just been electrocuted. His mess of hair and beard frizzed wildly in every direction and his crazy-eyed stare poured into each fan in the front row, one by one, as he reached out to touch their fingertips - and then bowed to the crowd in Namaste. His humble entrance was endearing, and kind of hilarious. His wide-eyed stare got comically creepy after piercing my soul for a few seconds too long and about two feet away from my [...]
San Francisco solo garage rock machine Adam Widener will join fellow San Franciscans Primitive Hearts opening for Canadian punks The Steve Adamyk Band and Needles//Pins Tuesday night at Thee Parkside. Widener, who plays bass at his live shows, has performed with Warm Soda as his backing band for solo shows in the past. For Tuesday's show, the well-connected Widener enlisted the help of drummer Phil Lantz and singer/guitarist Patrick Clos from Cocktails , [...]
The first annual BottleRock Napa Valley Festival brought over 50 bands to the Napa Valley Expo for four days of music over the weekend, and our Roman Gokhman was on the scene for all four days. Below, check out his live-tweeting from the festivities, which included standout performances from The Flaming Lips, Sharon Van Etten, and Grouplove. [ View the story "2013 BottleRock Napa Festival Recap" on Storify ] Related Posts: If you’re going [...]
The Bay Bridged is proud to announce the lineup of performers at the 2013 Phono del Sol Music & Food Festival ! The all day, all ages music and food festival - taking place on Saturday, July 13th at Potrero del Sol Park - will be headlined by SF's unstoppable garage titans Thee Oh Sees and LA electro-pop virtuosos YACHT . They'll be joined on two stages by some of indie music's most exciting bands, including LA's garage pop duo [...]
Enjoy this Rdio mix featuring local and touring bands performing in SF during the rest of this week. After the jump, find out more about when they're all playing! For a full list of upcoming concerts in the SF Bay Area, check our Local Concert Calendar . Monday, May 13th Radio Silence Loft Party #2, with John Vanderslice and Daniel Handler Sweat Lodge, The Photo Atlas, Father President at Bottom of the Hill [...]
As we announced on Monday, we're really excited to present the third annual Phono del Sol Music & Food Festival on Saturday, July 13th in Potrero del Sol Park. It's going be to be a great day of indie music and food, with twelve bands on two stages, and an collection of our favorite local food trucks. Before we announce our lineup on Monday, we're giving away giving away a four-pack of VIP tickets to Phono del Sol 2013 on our Facebook page right [...]
Photo by William Perls Bay Area classic-soul duo Myron & E recently released a track from their forthcoming album Broadway , set for a July 2 release on Stones Throw Records . The pair met several years ago when both were on tour with Blackalicious. While touring in Finland, they met the Helsinki group The Soul Investigators , who are best known for their work with Nicole Willis , and a jam session led to a couple of single releases on the Investigators' Timmion Records [...]
Last night, Allah-Las and The Blank Tapes rocked The Chapel. Read our review below! [ View the story "Allah-Las with The Blank Tapes at The Chapel" on Storify ] Allah-Las with The Blank Tapes at The Chapel So much rock and roll. Storified by · Fri, May 10 2013 00:36:10 The Blank Tapes are happy to be home @thebaybridged #thechapellaurenespina Matt Adams and his bandmates kept [...]
The early stages of sun-kissed summer delirium are slowly creeping in, and who better to send us flying over the edge than Black Moth Super Rainbow and The Hood Internet ? The double trouble bill (plus opener Oscillator Bug ) will take over The Fillmore on Friday, May 24 during the tail-end of a month-long tour, and we are giving a pair of free tickets away to one lucky winner. Unless you have epilepsy, watch Black Moth Super Rainbow's seizure-inducing video for "Hairspray Heart" [...]
San Jose’s Cartoon Bar Fight will depart for a teeny tiny tour next week. Spanning just over a week, the eerie pop band will hit usual haunts like San Francisco, but also make more out-of-the-way stops in places like Hayward and Santa Cruz. The band will use the tour as a place to premiere tracks from their upcoming concept album, due later this year. They’ll also be teaming up with a star-studded roster of Bay Area up-and-comers (or already-there-ers), including Manzanita Falls , The Y Axes , Piranha Party! and more. See [...]
Your unofficial disco ambassadors of the Bay Area, Kevin Meenan ( epicsauce ) and Andrew Marcogliese ( YR SKULL ), are bringing another installment of Push The Feeling to the Lower Haight on Friday. The shindig will feature an electrifying lineup of local funk dealers, with a DJ set from The Beat Broker and a live electronic performance from Plaza . Resident DJs epicsauce and YR SKULL will spin the night away at Underground SF. [...]
Locals Glitter Wizard and Carlton Melton team up tonight for an evening of psychedelia at the Hemlock , pairing the former's metal/hard rock punch with the latter's expansive drones. If the poster is any indication, the show just might melt your face off. Hunting Gatherers by Glitter Wizard Glitter Wizard, Carlton Melton, Joy Hemlock Tavern May 9, 2013 9pm, $10 Related Posts: Review [...]
San Francisco MC A-1 just released a new track, "Summertime Sadness", where he rhymes over a Ryan Hemsworth remix of Lana Del Rey's track of the same name . This isn't the first time A-1 has rapped over a Lana Del Rey sample – "Now You Do" from The Thurl Tape uses Flosstradamus' "Lana's Theme" as its beat. While "Summertime Sadness" is well, very sad, Thurl Tape has a some more lighthearted material that does a great job complementing [...]
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