Sponsored: Our fave and yours Frankie Cosmos plays the UC Theatre next month
We've long been fans of Frankie Cosmos here at The Bay Bridged. From just about the time she released her second full-length, Next Thing, we've been releasing previews, reviews, and interviews right alongside her. A graduate of The Epoch, the loose collective of musicians from New York that has also produced cult favorites like Ó, Florist, and Told Slant, Frankie Cosmos (aka Greta Kline) makes a sparse, melodic rock that, as our writer Erika once pronounced, really is timeless. It's molded in a personal, artsy sensibility that, with a few tweaks, could fit readily into any college station rotation in [...]
What’s Happening This Week? A Guide To Shows Around The Bay, August 28 – 31
Catch Jorja Smith while she's hot at GAMH on Thursday. (photo: Chloe Newman) Monday, August 28 Lake Street Dive @ Lagunitas If you missed them over the weekend, maybe you can sneak out for their Lagunitas engagement. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers @ The Greek Theatre Replacing an earlier date that was canceled due to laryngitis, Tommy's on the mend and going ahead with tonight's show. FIDLAR @ The Catalyst There's no real way to sum of FIDLAR, but if we had to try: Loud, fast, and done with a lot of attitude. Tuesday, August 29 Home Blitz, Rays @ [...]
Frankie Cosmos playing Swedish American Hall on Sunday
(photo: Samantha Casolari) Everything about Frankie Cosmos — the vehicle for singer-songwriter Greta Kline — is endearingly low-key. Kline has a quiet, sinuous voice that never rises to the point of heedless urgency, and the pacing of her songs has the torpid, meandering qualities of her fellow laid-back contemporary, Courtney Barnett. Matching the universal feel of her music, Kline’s lyrics delve upon issues to which we can all relate — relationship disappointments, personal insecurities, being homesick, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJB0aD8gSA Kline’s latest album as Frankie Cosmos (which she stresses is the name of the band, not a pseudonym), is called Next Thing and [...]
Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Frankie Cosmos, Young Moon 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 and notified via email. Thursday, September 29 Skatalites, Monkey, Day Labor @ Rickshaw Stop 8pm, $15, all ages. Buy advance tickets here. Thursday, September 29 Natural Child, Faux Ferocious, Froogy's Groovies @ The Chapel 9pm, $15, all ages. Buy advance tickets here. Thursday, September 29 El Ten Eleven, Mylets [...]
Review: Frankie Cosmos at the Swedish American Hall
Saturday April 16, 2016 was one of those not-rare nights when there were two great shows happening at two great venues that all end being sold out in San Francisco. I got the luck to see one of those great shows, and it will never be something I regret. When I got into Swedish American Hall I wasn't surprised at all by the the younger crowd, but I was surprised by how respectful they all were. I also was surprised by how much these kids idolize the musicians. I witnessed two freaking out quietly behind me as Gabby from Eskimeaux [...]
Live This Month: April 2016 — an audio guide to upcoming SF concerts
http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/LTM_April_2016.mp3 Download: Live This Month: April 2016 (Podcast #383) 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. Okay, the start of the month got a little bit away from us, but the rest of April features no shortage of killer shows. This mix spotlights thirteen great bands, with everything from the electric folk-rock of Laura Stevenson and Hard Left's mod-punk to captivating electronic tracks from Earthen Sea and Floating Points. We also discuss and hear songs from new local releases by Plush, YOURS, and [...]
Q&A: Frankie Cosmos talks fave cereal, plays Swedish American Hall April 16
Photo: Samantha Casolari Frankie Cosmos is the brainchild of Greta Kline, but lately it's been more of a love child of The Epoch. The Epoch is an art/music/film community based out of New York that has helped graced our ears with music from Eskimeaux, Florist, Told Slant, and also Frankie Cosmos. For me, it all started it all started during my last year at art school, when I heard "Art School" by Frankie Cosmos for the first time. I went on to listen to that song on repeat for 34 hours or so; I can't really remember. All I [...]