Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Braids, BAIO and more
Illustration by Cassidy Miller 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 in the subject line and your full name in the body of the email. Winners will be selected at random and notified via email. Wednesday, May 25 BAIO, French Cassettes, Osage @ Rickshaw Stop 8pm, $20, all ages. Buy advance tickets here. Wednesday, May 25 Braids @ Swedish American Hall 8pm, $15, all ages. Buy advance tickets here. Thursday, May 26 The Orwells, Black Pistol Fire, Walking On [...]
Braids talk about collaborating for new sound, playing Bottom of the Hill tonight
It's so refreshing to see bands like Braids -- two guys, two girls, all friends since high school, continually evolving as musicians with the sort of patience that allows for completely level collaboration. Baths - "Lammicken (Braids cover)" Having a full US tour with Toro y Moi under their belt, the young four-piece is already pretty accomplished. Their current tour falls quite some time after the release of their debut full-length on Kanine Records, Native Speaker, but the band is working on new material and reinventions of their heavily layered, long-form songs. Hear "Peach Wedding" on Pitchfork, off their split [...]
Taking stock of South by Southwest 2011: Highlights, photos, and an attempt to make sense of things
When, last Saturday afternoon, Wild Flag's Carrie Brownstein remarked mid-set, "This is our seventh of eight shows at South by Southwest," it was difficult not to hear some sense of relief in her voice. There is an inherently numbing effect to the South by Southwest experience; at some point, I think, both the body and mind, additionally encumbered by the baggage of Tex-Mex and beer, begin to reject new musical experiences. This year's South by was, we have been told, the biggest festival yet. For those of us rooted in indie culture, however, bigger doesn't always mean better, and there [...]
Live This Month: March 2011 – an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #244)
Live This Month: March 2011 (Episode 244) In Live This Month, we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. As South by Southwest approaches later in March, bands are hitting the road, crisscrossing the US before converging on Austin. What this means for Bay Area music fans is a ton of buzz-backed touring bands stopping in SF, and equally promising locals playing some final shows before heading out on the road. Enjoy this mix and then go check out some shows! Subscribe to The Bay Bridged Podcast! [...]