"Former metal band leader, Jason Lakis has taken his solo project's new album to the streets in what he describes as the first time he could hear all the parts as he was writing it. Upon listening, you will hear a full band on about half the tracks, as he enlisted the help of a few buddies as his live backing band who ended up sticking around filling out the sound. Here's a sample of one of the
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It makes sense that Mist and Mast's lead contributor describes his album as piecemeal when his reviews garner comparisons to bands from REM to ELO. Former metal band leader, Jason Lakis has taken his solo project's new album to the streets in what he describes as the first time he could hear all the parts as he was writing it. Upon listening, you will hear a full band on about half the tracks, as
Mist And Mast Action At A Distance Oakland Petting Zoo [2009] Fire Drill Review: Mist And Mast sophomore album Action At A Distance is an expansion of their self-titled debut as it represents more of a "bands" work, then just founder Jason Lakis. On their debut, Lakis recorded and played all the instruments himself before assembling a touring band, while Action At A Distance still includes solo recordings but for [...]
Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast includes music from nine 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: The Mantles ("Don't Lie") recently returned home from their first US [...]
Thursday : Papercuts , Port O'Brien , Still Flyin' @ The Independent Papercuts - "You Can Have What You Want" Friday : Sugar & Gold , Music for Animals , Castledoor @ Rickshaw Stop Sugar & Gold - "Slice Me Nice" Friday : Magic Bullets , Shannon and the Clams , Bridez @ Bottom of the Hill Magic Bullets - "The Book is Closed" [...]
It's time for our weekly installment of Ticket Giveaway Wednesday. There are some great local and touring bands playing around the area - and you can see them for free! Thursday, June 25th - Papercuts, Port O'Brien, Still Flyin' @ The Independent Papercuts will be headlining an incredible all local evening over at The Independent on Thursday supporting their newest album, You Can Have What You Want . Joining them are west coast tourmates, Port O'Brien , [...]
Subscribe to The Bay Bridged's podcast to get each week's new episode downloaded free to your iTunes! Every month, we dedicate a week of our podcast to highlighting some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing soon in the San Francisco Bay Area. We've got a dozen great bands playing some excellent shows this month, so head out and see some live music! About the bands: Touring the West Coast behind their latest album You Can Have What You Want , [...]
Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got? Run Toto Run! Cool name for a [...]
[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.] Highlights this week include two musical crown jewels of the Bay Area ( John Vanderslice and the Morning Benders ) and the SF Popfest . Tuesday, May 19th: [...]
[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.] Highlights this week include two musical crown jewels of the Bay Area ( John Vanderslice and the Morning Benders ) and the SF Popfest . Tuesday, May 19th: [...]
This is something of a spectral take on the Gothic folk mini-genre, crammed full of the sort of Brothers Grimm meets the darkest of American folk tales kind of imagery which we've come to expect from this sort of thing. I've pigeonholed it fairly mercilessly there, but I don't mean to imply that you can nail this EP to the mast with a single glib sentence, because there is more to it than that. It's only four songs long and each song has its own character. The first track, Hand of Doom, perhaps fits the above description the [...]
India Habitat Centre has been welcoming more rock bands into its diverse calendar of events. The YP (Youth Parliament) Foundation is an NGO that provides, among other things, a creative outlet in the forms of art and music, for slum children in Delhi. This inaugural Blending Spectrum Festival was an evening to celebrate the good work done by the organization. In addition to the documentaries, paintings and photography on display, the audience was treated to a small but healthy dose of Delhi rock. Music Basti's five band-members are also volunteers with the YP's program for children of the [...]
Don't ya just hate it when you stumble across a band and find out that they broke up like years ago? Yeah, I know! First off you feel out of touch because you didn't hear of them prior, then you feel bad as you are now living in someone else's past. Listening to what once was you could say. One such band is Oakland, California's "The Red Thread" who disbanded in 2007. The band was formerly made up of Jason Lakis (guitars, vocals), Mike Schmiedt (bass), and Dan Martin (drums). They had 3 albums through out their 5 [...]
Want to find a reason to get out of the rain and into some amazing live events? I give you Noise Pop 09 ! The Noise Pop Festival , which runs this Tuesday, February 24th through Sunday, March 1st, 2009, is an ambitious iteration of San Francisco's favorite indie music, arts and film. For their 17th anniversary, Noise Pop 2009 will honor what's made it the best-loved celebration of indie music and culture since its humble birth in 1993. This years music will feature such indie superstars like Antony and the Johnsons , [...]
Michael Zapruder's newest album, Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope , gets an official release on SideCho Records March 24. Bay Area readers are highly recommended to catch Zapruder live this Sunday at the Bottom of the Hill (along with Tim Williams and San Francisco's own Mist and Mast and Jon Bernson . SD: The music industry seems to be moving back towards singles (and away from albums), but [...]
The calm before the Noise Pop storm.... Here are our picks for a weekend of local music. Check out some of these bands in our streaming audio player. Thursday: - Audrye Sessions , As Tall As Lions (NY) and The Soft White Sixties at Bottom of the Hill . 9pm, $13. All ages. Friday: - Scatterbrain Jamboree, Day 1 at Thee [...]
This month's mixtape is Part Two of our "Best of the Bay Area" mix that we started last month (find Part One here). We had set out to make a single mix that encapsulated the local scene, but there's just too much depth of talent in San Francisco to reduce down to an 80-minute primer. While last month's mix featured the best of the local indie-rock and indie-pop scene, this month's installment focuses mostly on slower, more folk-influenced choices. This batch features several mainstays of the San Francisco scene — including Mark Kozelek [...]
Our weekly picks for some great live local music. Take a listen to some of these bands in our streaming audio player… Thursday: - The Ettes (LA), The May Fire and Nobunny at Rickshaw Stop . 8pm, $10. - Lower Class Revolt , Bandloop.com and West Coast Performer Present: Built for the Sea , The Aimless Never Miss [...]
Our weekly picks for some great live local music. Take a listen to some of these bands in our streaming audio player… Thursday: - The Coincidence , Robyn Harris and Grooming the Crow at Beale Street Bar . 8pm, $5. - New Agents , The Boiling Suns and EFFT [...]
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Animal Collective - Graze (Fall Be Kind)
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
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The Beach House Theory of 2k10.
