Heavyweight Dub Champion and Sly & Robbie – June 18th
If you know of Sly & Robbie (and god help me if you don't), without ever hearing Heavyweight Dub Champion, you'd probably assume that based on their name they'd [...]
Show Preview: Heavyweight Dub Champion @ the Independent, Thurs Jun 18
Coming to the Bay Area by way of Colorado, Heavyweight Dub Champion is not a sound, is not a band, and is definitely not a mere collection of human [...]
Part of my brain shot out my ear – and I LOVED it: etd.POP 12
If you're not familiar with it, etd.POP, short for Electronic Disco Popsicle, is THE electronic show for the Bay Area. This year's lineup read like a who's who of [...]
1 Violin, 1 Cello, 2 Huge Sets of Testicles – Judgement Day & Dredg @ Bimbos
Ever since the dawn of time, there has been a connection between metal and classical music. Typically you’ll find these two genres melded with the band being backed [...]
A Little Bit Acoustic, A Whole Lotta Rock – Telegraphics, Bhi Bhiman, Stone Foxes and Strangefeather @ Red Devil Lounge
It had been a while since my last visit to the Red Devil Lounge, the last time being a stop in to check out a friend of a friend [...]
Family Matinee at Bottom of the Hill w/No Age and White Circle Crime Club
Words by: Jake Butler
Photos by: Nicole L. Browner
My first show in San Francisco was an all ages show at Bottom of the Hill. Coming back for this afternoon show [...]
Single Syllable First Names – Bob and Mark at the Swedish, Keep it Classy Folks
Words by Jake Butler
I had been to Cafe Du Nord numerous times, and had always heard rumor of this mysterious "Swedish American Hall" that lie above us in the [...]
Ra Ra Rawkin’ Good Time at the Indie, and a Pretty Sweet Happy Hour
Words by: Jake Butler
Photos by: Reid Williams
So whoever read from us at the Bay Bridged that you should go to Happy Hour - I simultaneously love you and forsake [...]
Kool Keith, Mike Relm, Crown City Rockers at the Mezzanine
Noise Pop has a focus on the indie rock slant of things, but if whoever was smart enough to book Mike Relm and Kool Keith as co-headliners for Thursday [...]
Happy Hour @ Bender’s and Stephen Malkmus at Great American Music Hall
If you're smart, you'll find yourself down at Bender's for the Noise Pop Happy Hours. With $3 West Coast IPAs and specials on Fernet, this is the place to [...]
The Bay Bridged 3rd B-Day Bash – Geographer, Birds and Batteries, and the Heavenly States at Rickshaw Stop
Photos by Agata Kamler
Celebrating birthdays is second to but one thing, celebrating un-birthdays (which are super sweet because you can throw them so much more frequently). That is unless [...]
A Man, A Band, and a Van – this is the true story of Forrest Day
Forrest Day is a dude. Forrest Day is a band. Forrest Day is a an awesomely funky band with serious talent laying down groove laden, rhyme spiked, hook infused [...]
