Bandcamp’s first City Guide spotlights Oakland: Bells Atlas, Waterstrider, Kid Trails, and more
Recently, Oakland's music scene has been raking in the national press. In February, it was Fantastic Negrito delivering the winning video for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert contest filmed inside of a freight train: "behind a desk made of a steel slab and a work bench, this soulful character won our hearts" was Bob Boilen's praise. The winnings included a place on the bill for a SXSW showcase alongside the likes of Charles Bradley and King Tuff, and now he's slated to perform at this year's Outside Lands. Now, Bandcamp – or more specifically, content curator Andrew Jervis – has taken notice. Jervis explains, "Oakland is considered home to [...]
Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Ash Reiter, The Tambo Rays and more
To enter for a chance to win tickets to any show below, email contest@thebaybridged.com with the name of the band and the date of the show you’re entering for in the subject line and your full name in the body of the email. Winners will be selected at random and notified via email. Thursday, December 18th The Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola Duo, Harry Duncan @ The Independent 2 pairs available 8pm, $20, 21+ Buy advance tickets here. Friday, December 19th Jugtown Pirates, Coo Coo Birds, Hibbity Dibbity @ The Independent 2 pairs available 9pm, $14, 21+. Buy advance tickets [...]
The Best of the Rest, 09/19/2014 (WATERS, Chuck Prophet, & more)
We here at The Bay Bridged get exposed to loads of new music everyday, and although we'd love to highlight everything that merits recognition, that just isn't always possible. So now's the time to clean up all the loose ends and get some well-deserving music out to the yearning masses. Below are the best of the rest from the last couple weeks, as determined by The Bay Bridged editors. Van Pierszalowski's project WATERS is now a five-piece that includes two members of The Tambo Rays (Brian DaMert and Greg Sellin), and the band is set for its second release, an [...]
Don’t forget: Celebrate the SF music scene Saturday at Not Dead Yet Fest!
"Everybody's moving to L.A." "All the art is happening in Oakland." "This place is dead anyway." No matter where you look these days, someone's singing the death knell of not only the San Francisco music scene, but San Francisco as we know it. If you believed most commentators, you'd picture the City as a seven-mile-by-seven-mile wasteland full of Mark Zuckerberg clones renting studios for $5K per month, applying for permits to build a Walmart on every corner from North Beach to Lake Merced, and namby-pamby former suburbanites petitioning to have every music venue shut down for excessive noise. Well, the [...]
Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: FutureBirds, Into It. Over It., Ash Reiter
To enter any contest, email contest@thebaybridged.com with the name of the band and date of the show you’re entering for in the subject line and your full name and email address in the body of the email. A winner will be selected at random and notified via email. Thursday, January 30th Into It. Over It., The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die, A Great Big Pile of Leaves @ Bottom of the Hill 9pm, $12, all ages. Buy advance tickets here. Thursday, January 30th Futurebirds, Great White Buffalo, Surf Boreds @ The Independent [...]
Mixtape: 12 Original Holiday Songs from Local Artists (Podcast #323)
Mixtape and accompanying text by Russell Jelinek http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/2013_SF_Holiday_Mix.mp3 Download: Mixtape: 12 Original Holiday Songs from Local Artists (Podcast #323) Last week, Slate lamented the lack of modern Christmas classics available, claiming Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You." While mainstream music may lack holiday classics, our local indie scene is always cranking out a wide variety of Christmas hits every year. In this mixtape, we have twelve ALL ORIGINAL holiday hits from local acts, ranging from the tender perfection of Ash Reiter's "Christmas in California" to Jingle Boyz (aka Adam Healton) laying down some, uh, irreverent rhymes on [...]
Interview: 20 Sided Records' David Mitchell on the label's new compilation and release parties
This Wednesday through Saturday, The Bay Bridged is teaming up with 20 Sided Records to present four consecutive nights of shows celebrating the release of the SF-based label's fourth compilation, These Strange Days, which is officially out today. The record features 21 tracks from bands on 20 Sided's roster (see the full tracklist here), and the release parties will take place at four separate venues (The Knockout, Bottom of the Hill, Submission, and Amnesia) with four different lineups including headliners One Hundred Percent, Li Xi, Frozen Folk, and Ash Reiter. On the eve of the shows, I caught up with [...]
Ticket Giveaway: 20 Sided Records Compilation Release Parties presented by The Bay Bridged
As we told you earlier this month, 20 Sided Records is dropping a compilation entitled "These Strange Days" on September 3, and the San Francisco-based label is teaming up with The Bay Bridged to fête the new record with four release parties at four separate SF venues on consecutive nights from September 4–7. In anticipation of these celebratory gigs (which benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation), we have a pair of tickets for each night to give away to four lucky readers. The compilation – 20 Sided's fourth such collection – includes 21 tracks from bands on the label's roster, including Ash Reiter, [...]
20 Sided Records dropping new comp, celebrating with four shows presented by The Bay Bridged
San Francisco's 20 Sided Records will release its fourth compilation on September 3, and the label is celebrating the new album with four – yes, FOUR – release parties in early September, all proudly presented by The Bay Bridged. The compilation – entitled These Strange Days – will features 21 tracks from bands on 20 Sided's roster, with an eclectic arrangement of artists from both the Bay Area and around the Western U.S. Included are Ash Reiter, The Blank Tapes, Cannons and Clouds, Li Xi, and Couches (a newcomer trio led by the man behind 20 Sided, David Mitchell). Following [...]
Video: Ash Reiter – "Treasure Island" (Music Video Race winner)
Ash Reiter is set to play their last scheduled show of the summer this evening at the Presidio Yacht Club, which is good for three reasons. The first reason is it gives us an excuse to share the winner for best overall video at the Music Video Race held earlier this month – Ash Reiter's video for "Treasure Island". Directed by Andrew Callaway, the video also won "best use of song" and "best concept": The second reason I'm glad Ash Reiter is playing this show is it gives you a chance to see the shift in the band's style. I [...]