Mixtape: Bay Area Rock and Roll, Garage Punk, Lo-Fi, and Power Pop (Podcast #312)
http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/SF_Garage_Mix_2013.mp3 Download: Mixtape: Bay Area Rock and Roll, Garage Punk, Lo-Fi, and Power Pop (Podcast #312) Over the past few years, the San Francisco Bay Area has dominated the world of garage rock, with folks like Thee Oh Sees, Shannon and the Clams and Ty Segall recognized as the leaders of a fertile local rock and roll scene. In 2013, all three of those acts remain great: the first two put out a couple of the year's best albums, and the now LA-based Ty's newest comes highly anticipated from Drag City next week. An honest accounting of Bay Area rock [...]
Best of 2012: Tony Bedard on Buttons
I witnessed a lot of great live shows this year by local entertainment concepts such as Swiftumz, Carlton Melton, Tortured Genies, Hot Lunch, T.I.T.S., Bill Orcutt, Caitlin Gill, Chris Thayer, and Wet Illustrated. But I’m here to talk about Buttons. I’m pretty sure they’re from Oakland. Parker Gibbs told me about them and sent me a link to the video for their song, “Sidewalk Ends”. If it can be said that Buttons have a hit, then this is it. The song’s got sort of a Swell Maps vibe (except way more shambolic) and features an array of colliding, overlapping vocals, [...]