Evan Jewett: busy as a bee with new releases from Worker Bee and Family Room
Evan Jewett of San Jose's Worker Bee has been keeping himself busy lately. Worker Bee has a new, self-titled EP out that you can download for whatever price you want to pay via the widget below. It's a five-song set of indie rock with experimental/noise leanings, but above all you can hear the band's commitment to solid songwriting on each track. They take the simplest elements—guitar, voice, drums, occasional electronic flourishes, and, most importantly, the spaces between these elements—and weave them into songs that are hypnotic in their understated beauty. Worker Bee by Worker Bee Jewett also recently released an [...]
Monthly Mix: June 2009 (Podcast #170)
[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/June_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 all of the bands: Oakland songwriter Brian Glaze ("Leader of the Band") returns with his third LP Green Living, out July 13th on World Famous In San Francisco. He'll be at McLaren Park on July 18th as part [...]