The 2010 Rock Make Street Festival is going on today from 11am to 6pm on Treat Avenue and 18th Street! Presented by The Bay Bridged, Tartufi (one of my favorite Bay Area bands), and Cookie and the Dude, the locally flavored festival is a great introduction to Bay Area culture, arts, and music. Featuring 100+ vendors and a plethora of awesome bands like A B & The Sea, Social Studies, Butterfly Bones, Leopold and his Fiction , and Still Flyin' just to name a few. California Honeydrops unfortunately can't make it [...]
butterfly bones - "honeycake" (download) San Francisco's Butterfly Bones makes some pretty straight-forward, catchy synthpop. Although not for everyone, this is highly recommended if you like Penguin Prison or Cut Copy . This is from their Pretty Feelings EP which you can buy direct from them here myspace
BUTTERFLY BONES This is an act we found whilst doing our usual rounds of the ever-reliable blogs Big Stereo , Discodust and Gotta Dance Dirty . Hailing from California, Butterfly Bones make suitably sunshine-infused, synth led pop music. They've already been tagged as chill wave, but they come with the implied warmth of a dwindling bonfire's embers on the beach one August morning. It's the kind of feel good soundtrack that Cut Copy made us fall in love with when they were focusing on their laid-back, drawn-out grooves. Alongside the [...]
Forget all the winter depression, frostiness, dark evenings and tired mornings. Forget about that nothing's-gonna-happen-feeling . Forget about all the tries to escape from the grey and white monotony ... Open your windows, turn on your stereo-system as loud as possible and let the tunes of Butterfly Bones please your heart! The EP Pretty Feelings (which causes really fuckin' pretty feelings) was released in August 2009 and HELL YEAH , that's California beach sound directly in front of your house! A split 73 will be released April 1st including the pretty sweet [...]
Foreign Born Believe it or not, this was my first Noise Pop Festival . Last year I worked through the whole thing and wasn't really too happy about that. Weird hours will do that to you. Anyways, I kicked off my experience with the pre-party at the California Academy of Science. Not a huge fan of The Frail but a huge fan of science, so I got to geek out with some friends about both music and the Late Cretaceous period. Har Mar [...]
We mentioned a little bit about indie-pop outfit Butterfly Bones a while back when they released their EP "Pretty Feelings" which featured cheeky synth filled tracks "XOXO" and "Ur Hott" . They present us with "<33 the first track from their upcoming album, which continues their summery feel with smiling synths and laidback vocals - giving me the feeling of the first day of summer! Butterfly Bones - <3 British electropop artist Frankmusik has collaborated with Computer Club, an electro-house band from LA to produce [...]
click image to view artist in itunes Sounds like: Starfucker, Cut Copy, MGMT, Metronomy, Thieves like us What's so good? It's easy to be incredulous for the first minute of Butterfly Bones ' new EP, but once singer Reese Donahue delivers the opening line -"we know we're wrong/and we're gonna get it away with it"-it's hard not to be sold. With Pretty Feelings , this Bay Area quartet delivers their unapologetic pop with one hand on the laptop [...]
Take a bit of our beloved VEGA , some New Order and dash of CSS 's spunky production and you have a pretty good description of Butterfly Bones . Hailing from San Francisco, the foursome is currently touring America in support of their elegant but energetic "Pretty Feelings" EP . What's that you say? You want to see them perform live? Well, if you are in DC they will be performing on Sept. 10th for the fantastic MIXTAPE anniversary party (click here for more info), if not, click [...]
Take a bit of our beloved VEGA , some New Order and dash of CSS 's spunky production and you have a pretty good description of Butterfly Bones . Hailing from San Francisco, the foursome is currently touring America in support of their elegant but energetic Pretty Feelings EP. What's that you say? You want to see them perform live? Well, if you are in DC they will be performing on Sept. 10th for the fantastic MIXTAPE anniversary party (click here for more info), if not, click [...]
Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast includes music from ten great Bay Area bands - some submissions we've received at TBB headquarters, some stuff we've posted on the web site recently, all really good stuff. Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! About this week's bands: Once episode opener Port O'Brien ("My Will Is Good") returns from Europe, [...]
For those eager to break out the jelly sandals, side ponytails and neon of yore, the perfect opportunity has presented itself: jamming to SF's Butterfly Bones will bring you back to the Cyndi Laupers and the Bananaramas of your youth. Performing at Bottom of the Hill tomorrow to celebrate the release of their Pretty Feelings EP, the band can be expected to lay down some extra-synthy jams over spare, uncomplicated bass and drums. Many tracks feature simple sing-along lyrics, making for awesome late-summer road trip tunes. [...]
we know we're young and gonna get away with it Butterfly Bones - XOXO I don't want to say that the play-list at today's pool party was bad, because that would be a lie. It was truly great (as well as the burger! Thanks Ryan!) However, it could have used some Butterfly Bones. If I had to put a label on their vibe I would call it feel-good chill-out drink-up sun-shine pop. "XOXO" comes correct in many ways but it's the back to back synth and guitar solos that pops [...]
Butterfly Bones have just flown onto my radar with their infectious indie-pop tunes. The foursome are about to release their Pretty Feelings EP so keep a watch out on ITunes! In the meantime take a listen to these tracks by the boys, sure to leave you feeling good! Butterfly Bones - XOXO Butterfly Bones - Ur Hott By now everyone's heard about Sliimy, the first artist signed [...]
Well, I guess someones gotta fill the airwaves with catchy dance-pop when Cut Copy is locked away in the studio *enters Butterfly Bones *. I took a pretty solid nap to their Pretty Feelings album today. Had it on repeat, no big deal. Anyway, I was given the go-ahead to share "XOXO" and "Ur Hott" with you, the latter being my favorite track on the album, so I'm kind of excited to see what y'all think. Also, these guys are going on a house party tour and if you'll [...]
In San Francisco, summer wears you . All the hot new indie pop is coming from Cali this week. Butterfly Bones are on the verge of releasing their debut Pretty Feelings EP, a synthlicious selection of summery songs to be your sonic serenade whilst you sweat, swim or sit back and sip a strawberry margarita. Whatever your sunshine activities are, by now you know that I love to add to my neverending summer soundtrack. Butterfly Bones - xoxo Download MP3 * (zshare) [...]
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