Live This Month: May 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #305)
Live This Month: May 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #305) 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. Few recent artists have transitioned from lo-fi to hi-fi better than Kurt Vile, whose latest album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze, is another winner from the Philly-based musician, full of long, languid songs that feel spacious but not aimless. A sense of space also guides Clinic's psych-pop offering Free Reign; in fact, the group just released an alternate collection, [...]
Mixtape: 2012 Rock Make Street Festival Preview Mix (Podcast #285)
Mixtape: 2012 Rock Make Street Festival Preview Mix (Podcast #285) On Saturday, September 15th, 2012, The Bay Bridged will be joining Tartufi and The Bold Italic to throw the fifth annual Rock Make Street Festival, an all ages, all day celebration of local independent music, arts, crafts, and food at Treat Avenue and 18th Street in the Mission. Rock Make 2012 will feature two stages of local indie bands and 70 arts and crafts vendors, as well as great food and beer for your all day enjoyment. Rock Make is one of the rare opportunities for the Bay Area's DIY [...]
Live This Month: November 2011 – an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #260)
Live This Month: November 2011 (Podcast #260) 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. The November concert schedule offers a chance to check out the artists behind some big recent releases, as bands like M83, Wild Flag, and Real Estate arrive in support of well-received new albums. Locally, a diverse assortment of acts are launching new releases of their own, including the classic-leaning rock and roll of Zodiac Death Valley, The Northern Key's singer-songwriter pop, and the raucous art-rock of Wet Illustrated. [...]
Recommended, 6/20-26: Thao & Mirah/BOBBY, Wax Idols/The Paperhead, Religious Girls/Metal Mother
Every Monday, we'll be offering you early picks for some of the week's best concerts. Do you think we omitted something worthwhile? Let us know in the comments! Be sure to visit our Local Concert Calendar for an expanded set of daily listings. Thao & Mirah's homecoming show at the Great American After a nationwide tour behind their self-titled album, Thao & Mirah return home for a show at the Great American Music Hall on Thursday, June 23rd (8pm, $16). Tourmates BOBBY (which includes Mountain Man's Molly Sarle) release their debut album today. Thao & Mirah - "Love is a [...]
Metal Mother – “Shake”; from debut full-length ‘Bonfire Diaries’
The musical moniker of Oakland's Tara Tati is Metal Mother, a darkly-lit pop act that echoes and shimmers with each turn, at times both ethereal and primal. After releasing the initial In the Bones EP, Metal Mother now boasts the recently-released Bonfire Diaries, which is available for streaming and purchase via Bandcamp. Bonfire Diaries features Tommy Cappell of Beats Antique and Micha Grainger of The Yard Dogs Road Show, and was mixed by Jeremy Black of Apollo Sunshine. Metal Mother - "Shake" Metal Mother is scheduled to play Church Key Manor with several other bands (including Emily Jane White and [...]