Valentine’s Day 2020: Our favorite love and anti-love songs
Ah, Valentine’s Day. Another day to celebrate your love or perhaps another day to realize you’re single. Despite your relationship status this Valentine’s Day, we can probably all admit that there is a lot of music celebrating the glory and heartbreak of love. To commemorate, we here at the Bay Bridged collected our staff’s favorite love songs, along with their favorite anti-love songs to make sure everyone receives whatever they need this February 14th. Love Songs "Heat of the Moment" by Asia This probably isn't high on a lot of lists about love songs, or lists in general. Sadly, the [...]
December Playlist: Best of the Bay 2019
December is here and that can mean only one thing: lists. Gift shopping lists. Baking lists. Best-of-the-Year lists. You name it, it probably exists in bulleted form for the season. Chalk it up to our collective desire to make order out of a messy world. We know there are a ton of choices when it comes to your yearly music digests from top national music critics. This list is emphatically not that. Instead, we at The Bay Bridged figured we'd assemble our local favorites. The ones that made us bounce across the dance floor, cry, and feel alive. This collection of 25 [...]
August 2010 Monthly Mix (Podcast #228)
August 2010 Monthly Mix (Podcast #228) Our latest (and a little belated) Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast features music from eight Bay Area bands, including a bunch of tracks from recent and upcoming releases. Enjoy! Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! About this week's bands: To Dreamers, the latest album from Kelley Stoltz ("I Don't Get That"), comes out on October 12th on Sub Pop. He'll be playing at the Mezzanine on September 10th, and then celebrating the release of the new [...]
July 2010 Monthly Mix (Podcast #224)
July 2010 Monthly Mix (Podcast #224) Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast features music from eight Bay Area bands, including a bunch of tracks from recent and upcoming releases. Enjoy! Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! About this week's bands: Royal Baths' ("Nikki Don't") debut full length comes out on Woodsist later this year. They'll be at The Knockout on July 29th before touring the country in August with Ty Segall. Bats In The Belfry ("Summer of Your Dreams") is an [...]
June 2010 Monthly Mix (Podcast #220)
June 2010 Monthly Mix (Podcast #220) Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast includes music from nine Bay Area bands drawn from some recently-received submissions. Enjoy! Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! About this week's bands: Independent People ("Consolation") is the solo project of one Brant K., who released Independent People in April. The project has also spawned a series of videos on Youtube. Formerly of the band Photons, Ben Davila ("Eucalyptus") wrote one song a week for an entire year. He's [...]
May 2010 Monthly Mix (Podcast #215)
The Bay Bridged Podcast - May 2010 Monthly Mix (Podcast #215) Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast includes music from eight Bay Area bands, including a number of submissions and some recently blogged-about artists. Check it out! Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! About this week's bands: San Jose's Melissa Ann Sweat is Lady Lazarus ("The Eye in the Eye of the Storm"), whose debut album Mantic is currently available in demo form, with a final version out later this summer. [...]
April 2010 Monthly Mix (Podcast #211)
[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/April_2010_Mix_1.mp3[/podcast] Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast includes music from nine Bay Area bands, including a number of submissions and some recently blogged-about artists. Enjoy! Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! About this week's bands: The Heavenly States ("A Man For Our Times") recently contributed a song to the Karl Rove: Courage and Consequence compilation. They also have a new EP coming out this summer. The Blank Tapes ("Driving Out Of My Mind") have a new album, Home Away From Home, [...]
Noise Pop 2010 Preview Mix – Part 2 (Podcast #202)
[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/Noise_Pop_2010_2.mp3[/podcast] This week's podcast offers up songs from eleven of the great bands performing during the 2010 Noise Pop Music Festival, which kicks off on today, February 23rd. If you missed last week's preview mix, check it out here, and stay tuned all week for comprehensive coverage of Noise Pop 2010. Subscribe to The Bay Bridged Podcast to get each week's new episode downloaded free to your iTunes! About the bands: Grass Widow ("To Where") recently signed to Kill Rock Stars, with an album forthcoming in August. See them with P.E.E., True Widow, and Ovens on February 27th at Cafe [...]
November 2009 Monthly Mix (Podcast #191)
[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/November_2009_Mix.mp3[/podcast] Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast includes music from nine great Bay Area bands -- some submissions we've received at TBB headquarters, some stuff we've posted on the web site recently, all really good stuff. Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! About this week's bands: Brilliant Colors ("Absolutely Anything") recently released their debut LP Introducing on Slumberland Records. They'll be playing with Hunx and His Punx at the Hemlock Tavern on January 3rd. The Hourglass is Social [...]
October 2009 Monthly Mix (Podcast #187)
[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/October_2009_Mix.mp3[/podcast] Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast includes music from eight great Bay Area bands -- some submissions we've received at TBB headquarters, some stuff we've posted on the web site recently, all really good stuff. Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! About this week's bands: Birds & Batteries ("The Villain") reveal a funky electronics-dominated side on Up to No Good, their brand new EP which comes out today. We're pleased to present their EP release show, featuring two sets by [...]