Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Hanni El Khatib, Pure Bathing Culture and more
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, June 11th Hanni El Khatib, Hot Flash Heat Wave, Professional Fans DJs @ California Academy of Sciences 6pm, $12, 21+. Buy advance tickets here. Friday, June 12th (((folkYEAH!))) Presents Amen Dunes / Ryley Walker / Xander Durell @ The Chapel 9pm, $16, 21+. Buy advance tickets here. Saturday, [...]
Editors' Picks: What We've Been Listening to This Week (Yuck, Hanni El Khatib, Bass Drum of Death, & more)
Ben: Yuck could have gone the way of plenty of bands that lose their lead singers, which is to say that the group could have quietly imploded or shattered amid tabloid drama. Instead, the group, which released one of the best albums of 2011, returns with Glow & Behold, a late contender shaping up to be a highlight of 2013. The sound is different, less fuzzed out and more jangle pop, but it's probably for the best that the reinvention backstory seems like a footnote easily eclipsed by the work at hand. It's a far better second act than plenty [...]
Interview: SF native Hanni El Khatib returns home on the Highway Man Tour
The electricity goes out in the home of new Angelino Hanni El Khatib just as he answers his telephone. “Can you call me back in five minutes?” he asks. “I want to figure this out.” El Khatib resolves his concern in four minutes – the power outage was building-wide, not just in his pad – and takes the initiative to call the writer himself. The temporary loss of cable aside, the San Francisco transplant’s life is in a good place right now. From recording his bluesy garage punk demos in a friend’s bedroom, to opening for Florence and the Machine, [...]