5 Bay Area Albums You May Have Missed in 2020
Words by William Wayland
As I write this, nationwide deaths from COVID-19 are expected to surpass 600,000 in only a few months. We’re close to a year without live music [...]
GalleryGiveaway: Local bands old and (very) new share the stage at Rickshaw Stop
Happy 2020, friends. Hope you've recovered from the holidays, finally — now let's get your concert calendar filled!
Recently-formed supergroup-of-sorts Fast Times will break away from their self-titled series that's [...]
GalleryFrench Cassettes are back with new track “City Kitty”
Whoa, French Cassettes? Is that you?
Yes! The band is back together after a mini-hiatus with a brand new song "City Kitty," out now. Over the weekend, they hosted a [...]
GalleryThe Bay Abridged: Aug 3 – 16
(illustration: Cassidy Miller)
In this recurring feature known as The Bay Abridged, our staff writers provide short, witty recaps on shows they attended around the Bay Area. A scene check, [...]
GalleryPhotos: Baio with French Cassettes at the Rickshaw Stop
Baio (photo: Ian Young)
When not performing as bassist for Vampire Weekend, Chris Baio, under the appropriate name Baio, played at the Rickshaw Stop last night, May 25, 2016, to an enthusiastic crowd, joined by [...]
GalleryThe Bay Abridged: Oct 28 — Nov 3
In this recurring feature known as The Bay Abridged, our staff writers will provide short, witty recaps on shows they attended around the Bay Area. A scene check, a [...]
GalleryListen to this ‘Night of the Living Shreds’ mixtape before Friday’s Bay Bridged Halloween show
Flier by Karli A. Helm
As the list of Halloween weekend events grows bigger and bigger, so does our excitement about our very own Halloween show that we're putting on with [...]
GalleryWave Dweller & The Bay Bridged present ‘Night of the Living Shreds’
October is for ghouls and ghosts — especially in a place as weird as the San Francisco Bay Area.
But in the midst of all that, there's a plethora of [...]
GalleryListen to French Cassettes and Waterstrider’s contributions to OIM Records’ Vol. 1 compilation
OIM Records, Vol. 1
As we told you a couple weeks ago, Oakland booker and promoter Sarah Sexton, musician Angelica Tavella, and producer Jeff Saltzman recently joined forces to create [...]
GalleryTicket Giveaway: Kool A.D., French Cassettes at The Max Savage Show, Ep. 2
Still kicking yourself into rainbow hues over missing the first installment of The Max Savage Show, aka "A Song of Fire, Ice and Tomfoolery", huh? Or at least I am. Last [...]
GallerySONG-FREUD: French Cassettes’ “Teeth for Talking”
Welcome back to SONG-FREUD, the only music column in the whole world that doubles as a deep cavity search of your favorite Bay Area songs. Equal parts Pitchfork and Dr. Phil, [...]
GalleryFrench Cassettes take over Amnesia this Thursday and Friday!
Checklist:
1. Do you live in the Bay Area, or have available transportation to the Bay Area this Thursday and/or Friday evening? (If so, continue to #2.)
2. “Do you still [...]
