Tagged: showpreview

Fresh from the infamous Girls break-up of 2012, Christopher Owens ' newest project and solo debut,  Lysandre , dropped last week (1/14/13) on Turnstile/Fat Possum. The candid, more poppy release was met with a resounding chorus of critic approval, as Drowned in Sound writes : These songs marry the simplicity of the debut’s structures with the overarching consistency and ornamentation of record three (on this go round, adding a good deal of rasping sax and wistful flute), and it’s fun to hear how the two disparate periods of Owens’ trajectory [...]

• Christopher Owens - Here We Go
• Christopher Owens - Here We Go Again

Just go to a show. Any show. Please support live music. Here's how! Thursday, January 24th Ken Stringfellow, The Maldives, Will Sprott at Brick & Mortar Social Club It's been a long time since The Posies last played the bay area... Ken Stringfellow had been concentrating on his work with Big Star primarily until Alex [...]

Just go to a show. Any show. Please support live music. Here's how! Thursday, January 24th Ken Stringfellow, The Maldives, Will Sprott at Brick & Mortar Social Club It's been a long time since The Posies last played the bay area... Ken Stringfellow had been concentrating on his work with Big Star primarily until Alex [...]

Oakland's Guitar Wizards of the Future are a band that absolutely won't be be defined by ANY genre. You'll hear elements of hip-hop, funk, country, R&B, electronica and just about anything else over the course of their recordings. Formed by Coty McClung and Ryan Kauffman, the Guitar Wizards intentionally hit as many genres as they can. "I have a short attention span, so I could never stick to one style," explains McClung. "There's too many awesome styles of music out there. Any constraints on form seem like a bad idea." Legendary genre-hopping [...]

• guitarwizardsofthefuture - skyscrapers
• guitarwizardsofthefuture - There's a Monster (under the bed)

San Francisco-based outfit Zodiac Death Valley  is headlining an evening of rock and roll at Milk Bar on January 26th, 2013. With a sound that bridges psychedelic blues rock with moody country flavors, ZDV will top off a lineup that includes San Francisco's own psychedelic, space rock band  Hollow Mirrors and the blues rock bandits of  Down and Outlaws , who are currently wrapping up their first EP. Also on the lineup is  The [...]

Sunbeam Rd. is playing a record release party at Thee Parkside on January 26th for new album Breathers . You might recall last year when we told you about the Kickstarter for this album. Well, it's now a reality, and Sunbeam Rd. wants you to enjoy the fruits of their labor (and perhaps also the fruits of your support). Other than requesting your presence at the record release show so they can regale you with the fine indie-pop tunes to be found on Breathers , Sunbeam Rd. posted several download codes over on [...]

To enter any contest submit an email to contest[at]thebaybridged[dot]c om with your full name in the body and the concert you’re entering the contest for in the subject line. You may only submit your name once to only one contest. Winners for each show will be decided using the guidelines listed below. Friday, January 25th Mike Relm’s Ghetto Blaster , D-Sharp @ The Independent To win, be the first person to enter. Winner will receive one pair of tickets. The show [...]

Otto Mobile and the Moaners Otto Mobile and The Moaners and TV Mike and The Scarecrowes – two Bay Area bands composed mostly of Indiana transplants – are both releasing LPs, so they're celebrating with an all-Indiana native show at Amnesia January 24th. Restless Heart is the second LP for Otto Mobile, which is led by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Matt Lundquist. Lundquist splits his time between San Francisco and his hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. He tells [...]

It's difficult to believe that nearly six years have passed since I was first turned on to two of Scotland's finest bands. But today, when I heard about upcoming tour dates for The Twilight Sad, who will be out supporting their countrymen and friends Frightened Rabbit, I wondered just when I started listening to them both. The origin on ENS at least, seems to be my Best of 2007 list , where I praised their albums Sing The Greys and 14 Autumns & 15 Winters respectively. And to this day, those album are [...]

• The Twilight Sad - NIL (LIARS REMIX)

I'm not sure exactly what San Francisco's Rx Nightly sounded like before they released their Radians and Aliens EP last month, but apparently they needed to make a change. Member Cory Rogers tells me the band had some "bad habits" that led to him switching from playing bass to manning four synths, while former guitarist Josh Krivoshein took over bass duties. Radians and Aliens is a collection of high-energy, danceable synthrock that makes me think their changes were a success. Give a listen to the track "Somniloquist" below and decide [...]

Look, I know all of Austin is excited for the SOLD OUT Purity Ring set at Mohawk , as I hear the band is a big deal.  But, that being said, if you're not sticking around afterwards or not headed into the venue when the show is over, you're going to miss out on two of Austin's most promising acts.  We've been behind Black Books and Tiger Waves from the start, and the more each group progresses, the more we continue to be amazed by their performances.  Plus, [...]

Shuffle Magazine announced the line-up for Phuzz Phest 2013 today. Phuzz Phest is an annual, weekend-long music festival that takes place in Winston-Salem, NC. In its two years of existence, Phuzz Phest has featured some of the most talented local musicians as well as several of the best, but most underrated, indie acts from across the nation. This year the festival takes place April 4th through the 6th across downtown Winston-Salem. The line-up this year is the best we have seen in this still young festival. If only the bands that started with the letter "L" showed [...]

Charlie Yin (aka Giraffage ) took to social media yesterday to announce that he signed a record deal with L.A.'s Alpha Pup Records and will soon be releasing a free mixtape on that label. The San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalist and producer gave his fans a sneak peek at the new release, streaming the track "Thinking About You" via SoundCloud . Listen below: Yin also confirmed that he is playing an official Noise Pop 21 pre-party on February 21st for the California [...]

• Giraffage - Thinking About You

Date Saturday, January 19th Location The Parish Doors 8:00 PM Tickets $12 from The Parish After an excellent 2012, The Eastern Sea is taking aim at the New Year, bringing their sounds to The Parish-they'll benefit from such an excellent sound board.  Their release of Plague [...]

Garage punk four-piece Meat Market swings through San Francisco on Friday night, marking the second stop in a week-long tour of California alongside cohorts FIDLAR and Pangea . Originally formed in Santa Cruz while the band members attended college, the group pools a diverse set of musical interests, ranging from punk and garage to blues and old-school surf, into its sound. The result is a deftly combined mix of gritty garage rock tunes and sun-bleached melodies that calls to mind groups [...]

It may be a new year, but the folks on the East Coast impacted by the recent mega-storm incongruously dubbed "Sandy" (as if it was some spunky neighborhood gal) are still trying to put the pieces back together. If you're looking for a way to help, you can come rock out at Bottom of the Hill tonight . The night features two Bay Area bands (indie-pop quartet and recent NYC-to-SF transplant Big Tree and Oakland-based genre-benders Bonnie & The BANG BANG ), as well as two [...]

Glam metal maestros Glitter Wizard are supporting doom/sludge metal duo Black Cobra with Lecherous Gaze this Friday night at the Brick & Mortar Music Hall, and we want to send you and a friend for free. Email me at mike.g@thebaybridged.com and tell me why you're so hella metal that you deserve to go this show. I'll pick one winner to go thrash their face off for free. Black [...]

Social Studies has a new video out this morning, which we are proud to premiere here on The Bay Bridged, for "Still Life," one of the key tracks off of their November release, Developer ( Antenna Farm Records ). This melancholy, vibrantly illustrated animated short cued to "Still Life" was created by Murder Doll House Films , and according to the filmmaker's website they're pretty stoked on the way it came out: Last month I got finished with a project, STILL LIFE, I’m really proud of. It’s [...]

San Francisco's Giggle Party , who moved to the Bay from Dallas just over a year ago, recently released a three-song EP entitled This City Smells like Piss ahead of a headlining gig at Bottom of the Hill January 20th. The band likes to think of themselves as a strong live band, but their studio work is a lot of fun, too. All five members of the band sing (and sing loudly), with huge choruses and chants everywhere. Singer and bassist Jason Reichtel tells me that while their previous albums were primarily synth-driven, [...]

The new record from Thao & the Get Down Stay Down , We the Common , comes out on February 5th, 2013 via Ribbon Music , recorded at Tiny Telephone and produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Bill Callahan, the Walkmen, Explosions in the Sky). Since the initial announcement, two tracks have become available: "We the Common (for Valerie Bolden)" and "Holy Roller," both streaming below. The album also features a duet with Joanna Newsom on the track "Kindness Be Conceived." The first 300 LP [...]