Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Bloc Party, Dum Dum Girls, The World/Inferno Friendship Society and more
It's never not a good week for live music in the Bay, but for some reason this week seems especially good. Is it because it's the holiday season? Is it the impending apocalypse? Whatever it is, we think you'll like the cavalcade of stars in our giveaway roundup this week. To enter any contest, submit an email to contest[at]thebaybridged[dot]com with your full name in the body and the concert you’re entering the contest for in the subject line. You may only submit your name once to only one contest. Winners for each show will be decided using the guidelines listed [...]
Sunday: Old-time folk with Frank Fairfield @ Hemlock
This Sunday at the Hemlock isn't a local bill, per se, but includes some fine acts out of the Los Angeles area which border traditional folk and blues: The Silent Comedy, Mississippi Man and Frank Fairfield (9pm, $7). Take Frank Fairfield, who compelled Matt Popieluch of Foreign Born (sidenote: Noise Pop 2010 act) to the point of managing him. Fairfield's young -- his debut on Tompkins Square just out this fall -- and undoubtedly stuck in the wrong decade. He sounds and looks like a Soggy Bottom Boy and stores the back catalog of traditional folk ballads in the tips [...]