Ticket Giveaway: Claire On A Dare, Wild Decade, The Quart Of Blood Technique at Brick & Mortar tonight
Over your Noise Pop hangover yet? Good, because we've got some tickets that should be yours – find out below how to win tickets to see Claire On A Dare, Wild Decade, and The Quart of Blood Technique at Brick & Mortar Music Hall tonight. To enter for a chance to win tickets to see Claire On A Dare at Brick & Mortar, email mike.g@thebaybridged.com with “Claire On A Dare” in the subject line and your full name in the body of the email. A winner will be selected at random and notified via email. Here's the video for Wild [...]
Interview: With Our Arms To The Sun on their unique sound, touring with John 5 and… Walt Disney?
Experimental metal band With Our Arms To The Sun rolled through town on February 10 in support of Rob Zombie guitarist John 5, who is currently on his first major solo instrumental tour. I caught up with the band at DNA Lounge before the show to see what's up. We discussed how aliens named the band, their unique take on metal, and their hopes to tour with Walt Disney in 2016. With Our Arms To The Sun's A Far Away Wonder was easily one of the most exciting metal or post-metal releases of 2014. Fans of King Crimson, Tool, Isis, [...]
Premiere: Vows – “Bohemian Baby”
Some Vows can never be broken. You've heard plenty from guitarist/singer Luke Sweeney lately, but his once-and-future-band Vows have been silent for the better part of the past two years. But now Sweeney has reunited with bassist Jitsun Sandoval and drummer Scott Noda, and Vows is poised to make a comeback, of sorts, with a big Valentine's Day show and a new album, which The Bay Bridged is pleased to share your first taste of. Without further ado, here is an exclusive premiere of "Bohemian Baby," the first single from new Vows album Mirages: Mirages by Vows Mirages was actually [...]
Unconditional Arms, Mother Room to play book release party at The Honey Hive Gallery
Oakland post-rockers Unconditional Arms and lo-fi noise project Mother Room are both known for creating lush, almost cinematic music. The chance to see them together is not to be missed, even if it is in celebration of still images instead of those newfangled motion pictures. Both bands are playing the release party for new music photography book Sentimental Sounds by Senny Mau, who wrote on Facebook: "It's been a tough year of working on it, but, it's also been great because I got to meet a lot of sick people and have made some new friends along the way. You have [...]
Video Premiere: The Things of Youth – “Eleventeen”
Did you check out the premiere of The Things of Youth’s "Eleventeen" on The Bay Bridged last month and think to yourself, "Damn, wish there was a video"? Well you're in luck! Today, The Bay Bridged brings you the world premiere of the video for "Eleventeen," a song Things of Youth mastermind Jon Fee wrote to help his son learn how to count. The live-action video features several of the illustrations from the children's book version of "Eleventeen"—see if you can count them all! How was the video created? "It was all done by the amazing director, Steven Lovy," [...]
Ty Segall already released a new EP, and his Great American Music Hall shows sold out
Hey, remember that dude Ty Segall? It's been almost five whole months since he put out a record, so you might have forgotten all about him. But he's back with the Mr. Face EP, out this week on Famous Class. You can listen to Mr. Face below, but I warn you: You'll be doing it wrong. Mr. Face is a double 7" EP pressed on translucent red and blue-colored vinyl, and you can apparently use the records as a pair of 3D glasses. Mr. Face by Ty Segall Just to make sure his former hometown really doesn't forget him, Segall [...]
Stream a new White Cloud song exclusively on The Bay Bridged
San Francisco's White Cloud has a new vinyl EP coming out this spring on Popgang that the band recorded straight to tape with Patrick Spurgeon of Rogue Wave, and The Bay Bridged is proud to present your exclusive first listen. Behold: "7 Heads", the second track from the forthcoming EP, tentatively titled Seven Heads. "7 Heads" the song is a woozy psych pop ditty that recalls Tame Impala at their noisiest: This stream is no longer available But behold it soon, because it's coming down after 24 hours. White Cloud agreed to give you fine music fans this sneak peek [...]
Noise Pop to re-open The Swedish American Hall in 2015
Noise Pop Industries announced today that it would be reopening the Swedish American Hall in 2015, first as "Noise Pop Headquarters" during the 2015 installment of the annual music and arts festival, and then on an ongoing basis as a "dinner theater-inspired" venue. As Noise Pop HQ, the Swedish American Hall will host a variety of performances, happy hours, and other events. And going forward, Noise Pop will be curating a series of shows in the space, during which you'll be able to sip cocktails by The Bon Vivants (the people behind Trick Dog) and chow down on "culinary experiences" [...]
Premiere: The Things of Youth – “Eleventeen”
As a member of beloved Bay Area indie rockers The Rum Diary and post-rockers Shuteye Unison, as well as founder of record label Parks and Records, Jon Fee has been no stranger to the local music community. But even if you've followed his career since the beginning, you've never heard anything like his newest offering: For the first time, Fee is releasing a solo record under the name The Things of Youth. And it includes a children's book. The Bay Bridged is proud to premiere the first single, "Eleventeen," from The Things of Youth's debut album Volume One, due out [...]
Exray’s to bring the mysteries of Vessel XII to the de Young, the stage, and beyond
Last month, a strange email landed in my inbox. It was from Jon Bernson, musician, artist, playwright who is "resident sound designer" for the Tides Theater, and founder of the record label Howell's Transmitter. As you can tell, Bernson is a multifaceted dude, but this email was peculiar even for him—by which I mean full of links and what seemed like "information" yet completely cryptic at the same time. "Welcome to Vessel XII" was the subject line and there was a link to download a new EP from Exray's, Jon's lo-fi electro-pop band that also features Michael Falsetto-Mapp as beatsmith [...]