What’s Happening This Weekend? A Guide To Shows Around The Bay, Nov 3 – 5
Here's your second chance to catch Noname at the Fillmore this week. Friday, November 3 Cults, Curls, the Willowz @ The Chapel Way to break the alliteration streak, Willowz. Hallowolfbat Art Exhibition with High on Fire @ Heron Arts If you thought Halloween was over, you thought wrong. Bruno Mars @ Oracle Arena There'll be 24-karat magic in the ayyy-ay-air. Saturday, November 4 Noname @ The Fillmore Miss your chance on tickets? A second late show has been added. Morrissey @ The Masonic Mope on over to the Masonic for a one-night-only performance from the King of Gloom himself. John [...]
Chelsea Wolfe finds songs in Carl Sagan and the Salton Sea
(photo: Bill Crisfari) Words by Erin Lyndal Martin Chelsea Wolfe loves heavy metal. So much so that in 2015 she made a Spotify playlist featuring some of her favorite metal songs. Though Wolfe’s own work encompasses many genres, she feels at home in the metal scene. “I’ve definitely found community and friendship among other bands who may not fit neatly within a specific genre, like Neurosis, Russian Circles, Converge, Sunn O))), Emma Ruth Rundle, True Widow, King Woman, Earth, Deafheaven,” Wolfe lists off. “I enjoy the heavy, comforting white noise mixed with extreme subjects and exhibition.” Heavy white noise is [...]
Photos: Chelsea Wolfe at the Chapel
Chelsea Wolfe (photo: Kristin Cofer) Last Friday saw the prolific singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe perform at the Chapel, treating the audience to her unique take on folk, metal and gothic music. Our photographer Kristin Cofer was there to capture these photos of the very colorful show.
Chelsea Wolfe releases new 7-inch ahead of North American tour
Acclaimed California songwriter Chelsea Wolfe has released a new 7-inch ahead of her upcoming North American tour. The vinyl release contains the tracks "Hypnos" and "Flame," both of which were recorded during sessions from last year's Abyss LP. The digital version of the 7-inch also includes demo versions of "Grey Days", "Simple Death", and "Survive" as a bonus. Physical copies are available here. Stream Hypnos / Flame below. Hypnos / Flame by CHELSEA WOLFE Chelsea Wolfe's North American tour kicks off on April 24 in Las Vegas. She will be performing with a full band, and A Dead Forest Index [...]
Review: Chelsea Wolfe dooms the Regency
Chelsea Wolfe (photo: Scott Russell) Los Angeles-based artist Chelsea Wolfe has operated as a fringe metal act for years now, draping her gothic folk influences in a dark but less visceral heaviness. With the release of her latest LP Abyss, the influences have become the spectacle. On Saturday night at the Regency in San Francisco, Wolfe brought the industrial and doom influences of Abyss to life — bathing the set in a blood red coloring and tasteful Nine Inch Nails-esque strobe use. Selecting primarily from Abyss, highlights included the pulsing, distorted Portishead-meets-Reznor bass of "Carrion Flowers"; the cinematic strings of "House of [...]
Live This Month: September 2015 — an audio guide to upcoming SF concerts
http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/LTM_September_2015.mp3 Download: Live This Month: September 2015 (Podcast #370) 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. How has it taken this long to include Chelsea Wolfe in one of our podcasts? Wolfe started out in Sacramento before relocating to LA, and over the course of four albums has defined a unique mix of heavy doom and gothic folk. "Iron Moon" comes from her new album, Abyss, and it highlights both sides of her sound very well. Speaking of Sacramento, our state capital [...]
Deafheaven announces world tour, including show at Great American
San Francisco's Deafheaven seem to have been touring non-stop since Sunbather came out last year. They're playing every festival from Sasquatch to Barcelona's Primavera, and have announced an additional tour date right back in their hometown of San Francisco. The black metal outfit, led by Kerry McCoy and George Clarke, will be joined on tour by Pallbearer (for some dates) and Wreck & Reference, with some European co-headlining dates with Sargent House label mate Chelsea Wolfe. Check out the full list of tour dates above, then grab your tickets to the Great American show below after you listen to Sunbather for [...]
Review & Photos: Chelsea Wolfe @ Great American Music Hall
Photos by Zack Frederick The Great American Music Hall sold out last night, right around the time Dallas trio True Widow started playing at 9:15pm. Following an opening set from Screature, the sludgy shoegaze band performed songs from its new Circumambulation LP. Nicole Estill's heavy, droning bass lulled listeners into a subdued state, while Dan Philips frequently swapped out his electric guitars between songs. He even had to stop in the middle of the fourth song for another guitar change. "I got the wrong guitar!" Philips informed the sold out crowd. "I knew I would fuck up. I [...]
Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Chelsea Wolfe, Breakdown Valentine, The Autumn Defense and more
To enter any contest, email contest@thebaybridged.com with the name of the band you’re entering for 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. One pair of tickets available for each show unless otherwise noted. Thursday, September 26th Breakdown Valentine (EP release), Flaamingos, I Am Animal @ Rickshaw Stop 8pm, $10, all ages. Buy advance tickets here. Thursday, September 26th (((folkYEAH!))) presents Linda Perhacs, Alina Hardin @ Great American Music Hall 9pm, $25, all ages. Buy advance tickets here. Thursday, September 26th Susanne Sundfor, [...]
Editors' Picks: What We've Been Listening to This Week (Tim Hecker, Disappears, New Bums, Chelsea Wolfe)
Tim Hecker - 'Virgins' Nicole: Tim Hecker strikes again with the first taste of his next album out in October, Virgins: "Virginal II." Coming down from the high that Majical Cloudz intoxicated me with last weekend, my listening habits all week have gone in a serious, borderline creepy direction. This Hecker track is no less haunting -- the chime-like piano loop in the beginning sounds straight out of a murder scene, then fuzzes out into a beautiful, rhythmic churning of synths. Calling himself both a musician and sound artist, Tim Hecker has worked with Brooklyn-based experimental artist Daniel [...]