Interview: Generation Loss talks shop on video, upcoming VHS album
In Generation Loss, a San Francisco-based punk project, there are four members. There's Hannah Lew, a fixture in the San Francisco music scene (known for playing in Grass Widow and Cold Beat) is on bass and vocals. Kyle Crawford, of tape label Wizard Mountain, is on guitar and sings. Chad Peterson plays drums. And then there's the omnipresent "video." An element of the band that seeps into its performances, releases, and lyrical content. If you didn't know already, we at The Bay Bridged like Generation Loss. From singing praise for their self-titled album on local label Cut-Rate Records, to eventually [...]
Mixtape: 2014 San Francisco Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore
http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/Punk_Mix_2014.mp3 Download: Mixtape: 2014 San Francisco Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore (Podcast #334) In 2012, ancient by Internet standards, we showcased a mixtape of local punk, post-punk and hardcore bands that featured terrific groups like Ceremony, Loma Prieta, Terry Malts, Wild Moth, and Synthetic ID. Since then, we've seen a number of promising new bands emerge -- Scraper, Creative Adult, and others we've showcased on the podcast in the interim -- but it felt like high time to do a deeper dive back into Bay Area punk. This mix includes twenty-two Bay Area punk, post-punk and hardcore bands that we haven't [...]
Generation Loss: our new featured album!
One of the cool new features of our redesigned home page is a "featured album" player in the right-hand column, where we'll be spotlighting a great recent release from a Bay Area band every few weeks. Our latest featured album is the self-titled tape from Generation Loss, out now on Cut-Rate Records. As Jason mentioned in writing up the album a little while back, the names behind this band speak volumes: Kyle Crawford has long been championing great local bands with his label Wizard Mountain and Hannah Lew's post-Grass Widow output is a seemingly never-ending series of exciting projects. The [...]
Generation Loss released debut cassette on Cut-Rate Records
I know, I know – how could an act as quality as and with the pedigree of Generation Loss go virtually unnoticed here on The Bay Bridged, with nothing more than a brief mention at the bottom of a gig review to show for their efforts, despite releasing a stellar debut album? It's a question I've asked myself at least a hundred times since I cracked open a long-untouched package from Wizard Mountain and newly born local label Cut-Rate Records a week ago to find the band's debut self-titled cassette. Generation Loss – with a lineup including Kyle Crawford of [...]
Review & Photos: Useless Eaters, Scraper, Generation Loss @ Hemlock Tavern
Useless Eaters played a short set at the Hemlock Tavern on Friday, and denied yells for more. Halfway through, Seth broke a string; somehow unable to get another, he left his guitar on the floor and moved to full vocal duties. It took a song for the band to reconfigure, but ultimately it worked. The band morphed into a more primitive punk sound and the crowd responded with a swirling mosh pit. The spontaneous rearrangement was impressive, but, shoved to stage left, I yearned for a guitar string. I wanted the show to pick up where the second tune of [...]