From the mailbag: a recommendation to see Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
http://vimeo.com/8352066 From The Bay Bridged mailbag: Subject: Correct your action please GROSS OVERSIGHT!! I have been listening and enjoying you podcast since I moved here about six months ago and I have heard some great music I have never heard before, and for that I thank you. However I was shocked and appalled when I listened to this (live this month Dec.) And I did not hear a peep about one of my favorite bands, Mt. Saint Helens Vietnam Band. I have been to two of their live shows and have left amazed and exhausted both times. They are near [...]
Video: Battlehooch performs in a Florida spring
Never a band to do the expected, Battlehooch's latest "Desolation" video finds the group performing acoustically while standing in a natural spring in western Florida. After the jump, check out the guys performing another "Desolation" show, this time in Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas. Battlehooch will be supporting The Radiators' last San Francisco show on Sunday, December 5th at Slim's. (8pm, $25, All Ages). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMQMoIiBihk
Bay Bridged photog Charlie Homo’s Partisan Photos launches new exhibition tonight at Hotel Biron
Bay Bridged photographer Charlie Homo is bar none one of the best music photogs in the business, so we're excited for the launch of his new photo cooperative Partisan Photos. Partisan's first exhibition, Encore, showcases highlights from its founders' rich archives and it starts tonight at Hotel Biron (7-10pm, free).
That Ghost – “To Like You”
That Ghost - "To Like You" A new song from That Ghost (aka Santa Rosa's Ryan Schmale) from the upcoming album Songs Out Here. The record's out March 1st on twosyllable, who have the following to say about it: Songs Out Here is an album of melancholic and atmospheric songs inspired by nostalgia, forgotten places and the hills and trails of Sonoma County’s "Valley Of The Moon." Written partially on the grounds of Jack London's estate--see album art--Schmale hearkens the spirit of the deceased author. Also a lonesome adventurer, a young Schmale turns to one of our all-time great authors [...]
Wednesday: Bay Area Bourgeois presents electronic pop in Oakland
Elephant and Castle – "The Look" James & Evander - "Turtle Two" Head to Era in Oakland this Wednesday night for a free show presented by Bay Area Bourgeois. The night includes performances by Elephant and Castle and James & Evander, and DJ sets by Business 80. More music to listen to after the jump. Analogue EP by Elephant and Castle Sunlight & Circuitry by James & Evander
Recommended, 11/29-12/5: Casiotone, Terrorbird’s holiday party, Hosannas, The Actors
Every Monday, 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! Check out our Local Concert Calendar for an expanded set of daily local listings. Bands/promoters/managers, feel free to submit your own shows to the Calendar too. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - "Cold White Christmas" Hosannas – "When We Were Young" Phantom Kicks – “Eyes Familiar†The Actors - "Through a False Door" Maus Haus - "Winter" Exray’s – “You Forgot" Casiotone For The Painfully Alone's "California Grand Finale Weekend" On December [...]
BEEP – “Wolf Pantalones (feat. Merrill Garbus from Tune-Yards)”
BEEP - "Wolf Pantalones (feat. Merrill Garbus from Tune-Yards)" From City of the Future, the upcoming album from local indie-rock-meets-experimental-jazz trio BEEP. The band's performing at the Subterranean Arthouse in Berkeley on December 3rd (8pm, $5-10). Stream the whole new album below: Beep - City of the Future by Beep
French Miami – “Older”
French Miami - "Older" From Brooklyn-via-SF band French Miami's new EP, Motor Skills, out now. The band's playing at the Hemlock Tavern on 12/2 (9pm, $7) and the Uptown on 12/3 (9pm, Free).
Girls’ Broken Dreams Club is out today
I had mentally filed away the news about a new record, but I hadn't much thought about Girls' Broken Dreams Club before reading this interview with Chet "JR" White several weeks ago. Amidst discussion of the new EP and the band's recent tour, White expressed a familiar burnout with the repetitive churn of blogger commentary, and an exhaustion with the exorbitant touring since Album's release. Note for further investigation later: is the expedited modern hype/promo/touring cycle burning out our most promising artists? Or, perhaps, to narrow the question, would the exhaustion impact one of the Bay's best young bands? Girls [...]
RSVP for a free show with The Black Lips, Thee Oh Sees, and Bare Wires on 12/11
Sailor Jerry is offering up a free opportunity to see The Black Lips, Thee Oh Sees and Bare Wires this December at Public Works in SF. RSVP now over at this site. The Black Lips - "Best Napkin I Ever Had" Thee Oh Sees - "Warm Slime" Bare Wires - "Dancing on a Dime