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 [...]
Hinds playing the Independent with Goodbye Honolulu
Spanish quartet Hinds are back on tour in support of their new album I Don't Run (out now on Mom + Pop). The follow-up to their 2016 debut full-length Leave Me Alone still has guitarists Ana Perrote and Carlotta Cosials swapping vocal duties in English and Spanish, with Ade Martin on bass and Amber Grimbergen on drums. With their recordings and live shows always conveying a sense of sisterhood and unity, Hinds still maintain a fun and exciting atmosphere as they continue to hone in on their catchy and relatable surf-pop inspired songwriting craft. After making their way down the [...]
Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Hinds, Ezra Furman 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, April 13 Hinds, Twin Peaks, White Mystery @ The Chapel 9pm, $20, all ages. Buy advance tickets here.SOLD OUT Friday, April 14 The Asteroid #4, Creation Factory, Cosmic Correlation Conspiracy @ Great American Music Hall 9pm, $11, all ages. Buy advance tickets here. Friday, [...]
Hinds and Twin Peaks co-headlining two nights at The Chapel
Photo by Pooneh Ghana Hinds are hitting the West Coast once again, this time with their pals from Chicago's Twin Peaks. The two bands are in the midst of a co-headline tour with support form White Mystery. Catch all three bands at The Chapel on April 13 and 14. As soon as both Hinds and Twin Peaks were confirmed for Coachella this year, the two up-and-coming indie rock acts took the opportunity to join forces. Hinds are taking a break from recording their second album to play several North American cities, alternating headline slots with Twin Peaks. The [...]
Treasure Island Music Festival 2016 lineup announced
Pay attention, party people: The Treasure Island Music Festival lineup has landed. Featuring performances from Neon Indian, Car Seat Headrest, Kamaiyah, Sigur Ros, and many, many more, this years's roster is outpaces most of the festival's lineups in recent history. With varied artists spanning several genres but all sharing a common theme of being emerging and long-respected talents — this year's Treasure Island is set to be a stunner. Now in its 10th year, Treasure Island has grown into one of the most attractive festivals in the Bay Area and beyond. This will be its last year on the island [...]
Photos: Hinds take the Rickshaw Stop by storm
Hinds (photo: Brittany O'Brien) Coming from their hometown of Madrid, garage rock band Hinds brought their unique take on the genre to the Rickshaw Stop on Tuesday night, March 29. Photographer Brittany O'Brien has these shots to share of the band rocking out.
The Bay Abridged: Oct 14 — Oct 20
In this recurring feature known as The Bay Abridged, our staff writers will provide short, witty recaps on shows they attended around the Bay Area. A scene check, a heat check, and sometimes more — stop by every Wednesday for the most comprehensive and concise recap of last week's Bay Area concert scene. The Black Lips, Ariel Pink at Bimbos (SF) Oct. 14 It was a night of firsts for this fresh piece of music reviewing meat. Never, never in my 26 years have I witnessed a lougie hawked on stage, let alone into the blaring lights and caught again [...]
Hinds (fka Deers) headlining Rickshaw Stop tonight
Hopefully the ladies of Hinds had enough time to recover from SXSW before tonight's performance at San Francisco's Rickshaw Stop. The Madrid-based four-piece will headline the show, presented by Music Box and Strange Paradise, featuring support from Daydream Machine and Hot Flash Heat Wave. DJ Strange Paradise (fka DJ Cool Greg) will be on the ones and twos. Hinds, formerly known as Deers, first caught the ears of dreamy garage rock fans when principal members Ana Garcia Perrote and Carlotta Cosials released their debut singles "Bamboo" and "Trippy Gum" on SoundCloud. Following a name change and the addition of Ade [...]
Live This Month: March 2015 — an audio guide to upcoming SF concerts
http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/LTM_March_2015.mp3 Download: Live This Month: March 2015 (Podcast #358) 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. Many San Francisco Bay Area bands are heading down to Austin to take part in South by Southwest madness this month. While that may mean that more locals are away, it also means more opportunities to see emerging artists on pre- and post-SXSW tours, including international buzz bands like Madrid's Hinds and London's Happyness. Both of those bands are younger than London-based 2:54, but that group [...]