What’s Happening This Weekend? A Guide To Shows Around The Bay, May 25 – 27
BottleRock has something for everyone. Friday, May 25 BottleRock Napa Valley Now through Sunday, an endless parade of independent and major-label music stars head through Napa Valley: Bruno Mars, E-40, Bomba Estero, Alex Lahey, and Mt. Joy, to name a very few. A healthy amount of them are playing venue sets around the Bay while they're in town, too, so if you can't make it all the way to Napa you might have another chance. — Jody Amable Diet Cig @ The Crepe Place Get your Memorial Day weekend started right by taking a road trip to Santa Cruz for [...]
Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Rainer Maria, Fever Ray and more
(illustration: 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 no later than 24 hours before the listed show and notified via email. Want even more giveaways? Sign up for our newsletter for access to extra contests. Friday, May 25 Andy Human and the Reptoids, Michael Beach, Brain Bagz, Preening @ Hemlock Tavern 8:30pm, $8, 21+. Saturday, May 26 [...]
Take the ‘Plunge’ with Fever Ray at the Fox
Fever Ray, the solo project of the Knife's Karin Dreijer, is performing at Fox Oakland in support of xir latest album Plunge. Eight years after debuting the project with an eponymous debut, Fever Ray dropped Plunge as a surprise digital release in October 2017 after sharing the video for the LP's lead single "To the Moon and Back." A physical release followed in February 2018, along with thematically sequenced videos for the album's remaining singles. Plunge was primarily recorded in Dreijer's Stockholm studio with producers Paula Temple, Deena Abdelwahed, NIDIA, Tami T, Peder Mannerfelt, and Johannes Berglund. In stark contrast [...]
Sade Sundays: Best of 2009 (Part 2)
Well it’s over, and because it’s over I can’t let go. 2009, I am reflecting on a year that has yet to end, my first complete year in the Bay Area. In truth, 2009 probably won’t start to be cataloged by me until about 2017, which is such a futuristic thought I can hardly stand it. We’re here to talk music however, so let’s start and end with a standard top ten rundown: 1. Fever Ray – Fever Ray (Rabid) 2. Dolphins into the Future - …On Seafaring Island (Not Not Fun) 3. Oneohtrix Point Never – Rifts Trilogy - [...]