Noise Pop 2010: Atlas Sound, Geographer, Magic Wands, Nice Nice @ GAMH
Photos by: Nicole Browner As Noise Pop 2010 entered its closing weekend, packing or selling out many high profile venues in the city, badge holders, photographers, and various press folk were confronted with all kinds of competing choices. Friday and Saturday's lineups featured a smattering of sterling singer songwriters (John Vanderlice, Mirah / Thao, Laura Gibson, Mark Kozelek), including a murkier permutation of this breed in Atlas Sound, the solo project of Deerhunter's Bradford Cox. Cox's musical and personal backstory continues to elicit attention concerning his dual persona as introverted bedroom recording recluse and front man for one of the [...]
Noise Pop 2010 Preview Mix – Part 2 (Podcast #202)
[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/Noise_Pop_2010_2.mp3[/podcast] This week's podcast offers up songs from eleven of the great bands performing during the 2010 Noise Pop Music Festival, which kicks off on today, February 23rd. If you missed last week's preview mix, check it out here, and stay tuned all week for comprehensive coverage of Noise Pop 2010. Subscribe to The Bay Bridged Podcast to get each week's new episode downloaded free to your iTunes! About the bands: Grass Widow ("To Where") recently signed to Kill Rock Stars, with an album forthcoming in August. See them with P.E.E., True Widow, and Ovens on February 27th at Cafe [...]