
San Francisco's Here Come The Saviours bust out the shoegazer 'Hit Escape' from their #1 single ( free download here ). Word on the street is, if you put this tune on a mix tape for a "lady friend"... you'll score big! Its yet to be proven but please give it a go. Can't hurt. Here Come The Saviours - 'Hit Escape' [...]

The Bay's Tricycle Records is giving away some great Bay Area bred music on its latest "Friends of Tricycle Records Compilation Vol. 2," available for free download here . Provide an email address and get 18 tracks from many of the Deli's favorites bands including Big Tree, Le Vice, Loquat, The Hot Toddies, and more. Find the entire track list below. While you're feeling the local love, watch Le Vice get thugged out in its new video for the band's take on Drake's "Underground Kings," off the recently released album [...]

Every week, 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. Wooden Shjips' West Coast pre- West tour Wooden Shjips ' West Coast tour with Night Beats hits Bottom of the Hill on Thursday, [...]

Mixtape: The New Wave of Bay Area Shoegazers (Podcast #253) Amidst its various other micro-scenes, San Francisco has long fostered bands incorporating the dreamy and noisy sounds of shoegaze . Over the years, groups like Film School, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Stratford 4, and others emerged from the Bay Area, employing dense, melodic distortion to much acclaim. Recently, it seems, a new crop of shoegaze-influenced bands has begun to emerge, led by breakout acts like Weekend , Young Prisms [...]

Mixtape: The New Wave of Bay Area Shoegazers (Podcast #253) Amidst its various other micro-scenes, San Francisco has long fostered bands incorporating the dreamy and noisy sounds of shoegaze . Over the years, groups like Film School, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Stratford 4, and others emerged from the Bay Area, employing dense, melodic distortion to much acclaim. Recently, it seems, a new crop of shoegaze-influenced bands has begun to emerge, led by breakout acts like Weekend , Young Prisms [...]

This Saturday, May 21st, Wiretap Music presents two local bands and one band from Austin at the Hemlock (9:30 pm, $7, 21+). Spiro Agnew (album release, You've Been Set Up ) and Here Come the Saviours open for out-of-towners Love Inks , making for an evening full of guitar-led electronica, shoegaze, and minimalist pop, respectively. Additionally, for those keeping watch, Spiro Agnew are changing their name and will be known as What Model Citizens following the conclusion of Saturday's show. [...]

If you're looking for a fun line-up that doesn't involve James Blake and being completely sold out, we've got something for you. Wiretap Music has put together a dynamite line-up with Austin, TX's own Love Inks , our own Here Come The Saviours , and the exciting album release party of What Model Citizens (formerly Spiro Agnew) at the Hemlock Tavern. Be there! 9 pm 21+ Tickets: $7 RSVP HERE [...]
The last week of July is looking pretty crazy... Tons of amazing shows going on this week, including two very rare 4-band shows that are worth arriving early and staying late. Time to buy some Red Bull! Thursday, July 22nd Sick Of It All, Trash Talk, 50 Lions, Alpha & Omega at Slim's Long ago, [...]

The Bay Bridged Podcast - May 2010 Monthly Mix (Podcast #215) Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast includes music from eight Bay Area bands, including a number of submissions and some recently blogged-about artists. Check it out! 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: San Jose's Melissa Ann Sweat is [...]
If you're into 80's new wave and post-punk influenced music then you'll like this show. http://sonicliving.com/event/1 666107 Tuesday, April 27th, 2010: The Mary Onettes, Magic Bullets, Here Come the Saviours $10 adv/$12 door Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St., San Francisco, CA The Mary Onettes The Mary Onettes' critically acclaimed debut was described as the perfect mix between A-ha and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Now they are back with a grandiose new album. [...]
On episode 18 of the Spinning Platters Podcast, we welcome Carlos Rodela of All of Us Are Famous to discuss Noise Pop, the best way for bands to sell music, our own history in bands, and various other topics. You can subscribe to the podcast by pushing the giant button to your left, or you [...]