Or, the Whale emerges from hiatus for rare, possibly last show tonight
Or, the Whale - "Rusty Gold" Or, the Whale is returning from a hiatus to perform a rare show tonight at The Independent, and a recent post from the band's blog suggests that there's some possibility this might be it for SF's alt-country darlings: So, here's the deal: after a few months of "hiatus" we are playing a show at the Independent in SF. We are splitting the bill with Victoria George and there will be some collaborations in each set. Information can be found here. In other news, after this show, the future of the band is completely up [...]
Live this week: Bay Area shows 8/10-15
Wednesday, August 11 Thralls, Sunbeam Rd., Ghost Animal, Rangers @ Hemlock Pancho-San (record release), Dinosaur Feathers, Lonnie Walker @ Bottom of the Hill Thursday, August 12 Or, the Whale (record release), These United States, Boxcar Saints @ Bottom of the Hill Teen Daze, Gobble Gobble, Blackbird Blackbird, Kites Sail High @ Milk The Donkeys, T.V. Mike and the Scarecrowes, The Horns of Happiness + local DJs @ Rickshaw Stop Friday, August 13 Tokyo Police Club, Freelance Whales, A B & the Sea @ Rickshaw Stop Saturday, August 14 Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine, La Plebe @ Great [...]
Regional Bias 2010 Preview Mix (Podcast #219)
Regional Bias 2010 Preview Mix (Podcast #219) This week, we're taking a break from standard podcasting to present a special mix previewing what you'll hear at our upcoming fundraiser event, Regional Bias 2010, a celebration of Bay Area music and culture to benefit The Bay Bridged. Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! Regional Bias features performances by Thao Nguyen, John Vanderslice, Man/Miracle and Exray's, and DJ sets by members of Vetiver, Or, the Whale, and The Dont's. You'll hear music from all of these [...]
Tonight at the Rickshaw: Or, the Whale, AB & the Sea, Get Back Loretta
The Rickshaw Stop will host not just two stellar Bay Area bands and one band from San Diego on Friday, June 11th (8:30 pm, $10). The Rickshaw Stop will host one local country-rock mainstay, one relatively new surf-pop outfit, and one clever Beatles reference all at once. Or, the Whale - "Rusty Gold" AB & the Sea - "Suzie" Or, the Whale are scheduled to headline, AB & the Sea will play before, and San Diego's Get Back Loretta will open. All in all, not a bad way to spend the evening - and all ages are welcome.
Or, the Whale survey Northern California this weekend
San Francisco's premier Americana outfit Or, the Whale are visiting the other corners of the Bay Area and Northern California this weekend, first Northeast to Sophia's Thai Kitchen in Davis, to play with Nicki Bluhm and her husband Tim (of the Mother Hips). Saturday, OTW will play their first show at the Uptown in Oakland with Ghost and the City and Odawas (9pm, $10). For more OTW dates in Southern California and the Northwest, visit their MySpace page. Or, the Whale - "Rusty Gold" these walls - rickshaw stop, sf from ghost and the city on Vimeo. [...]
Bay Area Takeover Mix (Podcast #205)
[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/SxSW_2010_Show.mp3[/podcast] In celebration of our third annual Bay Area Takeover party this Thursday, March 18th at Austin's Beauty Bar, we're dedicating this week's podcast to music from all 15 bands that will be performing at the show. Whether you will be in Austin or not, these are all bands that play around the Bay regularly, and they're all well worth checking out. Also, Nicole and Anna took over hosting duties for this episode, so enjoy that change-up before our dour monotones return next week. The editors are all heading down to Austin this week for South by Southwest, although we'll [...]
Bay Area Takeover 2010 @ SxSW: Full Lineup Announced!
San Francisco's premier indie music source The Bay Bridged is proud to announce the details for the 2010 Bay Area Takeover, our third annual free day party during the 2010 South by Southwest Music Festival. The party's happening on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 from 11:30am to 6pm at Austin's Beauty Bar. Following in the tradition of two years of acclaimed events, BATO 2010 features our best lineup yet, with performances by fifteen of the San Francisco Bay Area's hottest artists, who represent a broad cross-section of the Bay's fertile indie music scene. Highlights include psych-rockers Sleepy Sun (ATP Recordings), the [...]
Best of 2009: Broke Ass Stuart on Or, the Whale
People offer me all kinds of free shit. Seriously, if I accepted all of it I’d probably be dead of either cirrhosis or syphilis by now*. But one thing I never turn down is free music. I may not always listen to what’s given to me, but I always accept it. And this is exactly how I got my grubby little hands on Or, The Whale’s recent self titled album. Or, the Whale - "Rusty Gold" Despite having known some of the members socially for a couple years and having interviewed them a few years ago at the [...]
Weekend Picks: 12/17-21
Thursday: Arrington de Dionyso, Death Sentence: Panda!, San Francisco Water Cooler, ButterClaw, William Winant Percussion Group @ Amnesia (9pm, $7) Death Sentence: Panda! - "New China Blazers" Friday: Ellie Fortune, Appetite, Joe Finkel, Mason Lindahl @ Adobe Books (7pm) Apetite - "Crack For Hippies" Saturday: The Mother Hips; Or, The Whale; Dave Gleason & the Golden Cadillacs @ Great American Music Hall (7:30pm, $20) Or, the Whale - "Rope Don't Break" Sunday: Garrett Pierce, Kacey Johansing, Ramon & Jessica, Jeremy Dalmas @ The Makeout Room (7:30pm, $8) Garrett Pierce - "Running From [...]
Thirty-Two Great San Francisco Bay Area Albums from 2009 (Part 1)
The Bay Area may not have a single unified scene, but its diverse musical communities produced a ton of acclaimed records in 2009. The following list collects thirty-two of the highlights that made this another banner year for Bay Area indie music. It's a collection that showcases the depth of Bay Area indie in 2009, and one suspects that few other regions have offered this volume of quality releases this year. A couple of qualifiers: This isn't a comprehensive list of excellent local records from 2009 or intended as any sort of official Bay Bridged "Best of" set. Plenty of [...]