September 2009: Port O’Brien
TheBayBridged.com and New, Improved Recording are proud to present the fourth installment of New, Improved, LIVE, our ongoing series of live studio sessions with top indie bands, recorded at the New, Improved Recording studio in Oakland, California. This month's session features Port O'Brien delivering exclusive recordings of songs from the band's upcoming album Threadbare (out October 6th on TBD Records) as well as a terrific Beyonce Knowles cover. With bandmates Cambria Goodwin and Ryan Stively away when this session was recorded, Van Pierszalowski and new bandmate Gram Lebron (ex-Rogue Wave) gathered some talented Bay Area musicians to deliver loose renditions [...]
New, Improved, LIVE: Studio Session with Port O’Brien
TheBayBridged.com and New, Improved Recording are proud to present the fourth installment of New, Improved, LIVE, our ongoing series of live studio sessions with top indie bands, recorded at the New, Improved Recording studio in Oakland, California. This month's session features Port O'Brien delivering exclusive recordings of songs from the band's upcoming album Threadbare (out October 6th on TBD Records) as well as a terrific Beyonce Knowles cover. With bandmates Cambria Goodwin and Ryan Stively away when this session was recorded, Van Pierszalowski and new bandmate Gram Lebron (ex-Rogue Wave) gathered some talented Bay Area musicians to deliver loose renditions [...]
New, Improved, LIVE: Yoni Wolf (of WHY?) Studio Session Videos
We are pleased to offer some great new videos from our Yoni Wolf studio session, courtesy of our partners at Pandora. We have two available for viewing here and another two will be released exclusively on their video site which can be found here. Yoni Wolf (of WHY?) - "Against Me" Yoni Wolf (of WHY?) - "Brook & Waxing" You can listen and download all of the tracks from this session, read an exclusive interview with Yoni, and see photos from the day over at the New, Improved, LIVE homepage.
New, Improved, LIVE: Studio Session with Yoni Wolf (of WHY?)
TheBayBridged.com and New, Improved Recording are proud to present the third installment of New, Improved, LIVE, our ongoing monthly series of live studio sessions with top indie bands, recorded at the New, Improved Recording studio in Oakland, California. This month's session features Yoni Wolf of WHY? delivering exclusive solo vocal-and-piano renditions of songs from the band's upcoming album as well as a terrific Pavement cover. There's a certain full circle feeling to inviting Yoni into the studio to perform solo, since WHY? began as a solo project before it evolved into the full band acclaimed for Elephant Eyelash and Alopecia. [...]
August 2009: Yoni Wolf (of WHY?)
TheBayBridged.com and New, Improved Recording are proud to present the third installment of New, Improved, LIVE, our ongoing monthly series of live studio sessions with top indie bands, recorded at the New, Improved Recording studio in Oakland, California. This month's session features Yoni Wolf of WHY? delivering exclusive solo vocal-and-piano renditions of songs from the band's upcoming album as well as a terrific Pavement cover. There's a certain full circle feeling to inviting Yoni into the studio to perform solo, since WHY? began as a solo project before it evolved into the full band acclaimed for Elephant Eyelash and Alopecia. [...]
New, Improved, LIVE: Citay Session Video
We are pleased to offer some great new videos from our Citay studio session, courtesy of our partners at Pandora. We have two available for viewing here and another two will be released exclusively on their video site which can be found here. Citay - "Little Kingdom" Citay - "Final Fantasy" You can listen and download all of the tracks from this session, read an exclusive interview with Ezra, and see photos from the day over at the New, Improved, LIVE homepage.
New, Improved, LIVE: Exclusive Studio Session with Citay!
TheBayBridged.com and New, Improved Recording are proud to present the second installment of New, Improved, LIVE, our ongoing monthly series of live studio sessions with top indie bands, recorded at the New, Improved Recording studio in Oakland, California. This month's session features San Francisco psychedelic rock band Citay, with free high-quality mp3s from the session exclusively available right here. Citay bandleader Ezra Feinberg is no stranger to the studio setting--Citay actually began as a studio project for him and producer Tim Green in 2004--but his group quickly developed into one of the Bay's best live rock bands. A large ensemble [...]
July 2009: Citay
TheBayBridged.com and New, Improved Recording are proud to present the second installment of New, Improved, LIVE, our ongoing monthly series of live studio sessions with top indie bands, recorded at the New, Improved Recording studio in Oakland, California. This month's session features San Francisco psychedelic rock band Citay. New, Improved, LIVE, featuring: Citay 1. Citay - "Nice Cuffs" (originally from Citay) Download: 160kbps mp3 / 320kbps mp3 2. Citay - "First Fantasy" (originally from Little Kingdom) Download: 160kbps mp3 / 320kbps mp3 3. Citay - "Little Kingdom" (originally from Little Kingdom) Download: 160kbps mp3 [...]
New, Improved, LIVE: Deerhoof Session Videos!
Scheduling conflicts prevent us from having a new studio session in our New, Improved, LIVE series this month, but we'll return next month with another great set record at New, Improved Recording in Oakland. Instead of coming up empty-handed this round, however, we're pleased to offer some great new videos from our Deerhoof session, courtesy of our partners at Pandora, who will be hosting future videos from the N,I,L series. As a reminder, you can still download all four mp3s from the Deerhoof set and check out an interview with Greg Saunier here. Deerhoof - "Let's Dance the Jet" Deerhoof [...]
Announcing New, Improved, LIVE: Our Exclusive Studio Session with Deerhoof
TheBayBridged.com and New, Improved Recording are proud to announce the launch of New, Improved, LIVE, a monthly series of live studio sessions with top indie bands, recorded at the New, Improved Recording studio in Oakland, California. Our first session features the Bay Area's own Deerhoof, with free high-quality mp3s, photos, and videos from the session exclusively available right here. With a rich history in the Bay Area scene, it seemed only natural to invite Deerhoof in for the first New, Improved, LIVE session. The group is, after all, known worldwide for its unconventional indie rock sound and consistently excellent albums, [...]