What’s Happening This Week? A Guide To Shows Around The Bay, Dec 12 – Dec 15
The biggest benefit show for last weekend's Oakland fire tragedy will be at the Fox Theatre this Wednesday. Monday, December 12 Julia Lewis, Brogan Bentley @ Thee Parkside Free show, $1 Anchor Steam beers, and Calebrate hosting? Yes, please. Pylon Reenactment Society, Cruel Summer, Mall Walk @ The Independent An Athens, Georgia local favorite, Pylon disbanded after guitarist Randy Bewley died in 2000. Instead of replacing him, Pylon Reenactment Society was born with members from Casper & the Cookies, The Glands, and pianist Damon Denton to pay tribute. Gladys Knight with the San Francisco Symphony @ Davies Symphony Hall The "Empress [...]
Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Thao Nguyen, The Family Crest, Royal Teeth
To enter any contest, email contest@thebaybridged.com with the name of the band and date of the show you’re entering for in the subject line and your full name and email address in the body of the email. A winner will be selected at random and notified via email. Thursday, February 13 Royal Teeth, CHAPPO, Blondfire @ The Chapel 8pm, $15, all ages. Buy advance tickets here. Thursday, February 13 The Family Crest, Branches, Mr. Kind @ Great American Music Hall 8pm, $16, all ages. Buy advance tickets here. Thursday, February 13 Elle Belle, Sandy’s, and Rustangs @ Hemlock Tavern 8:30pm, [...]
Q&A with Royal Teeth: Louisiana band hits SF while working on new songs
Louisiana pop sextet Royal Teeth will make its third San Francisco stop within a 12-month stretch Thursday, when it headlines at the Chapel. Still touring in support of 2013’s Technicolor debut album, Glow, harmonizing vocalists Nora Patterson and Gary Larsen (also a guitarist), bassist Joshua Wells, drummer Josh Hefner, keyboardist Andrew Poe and guitarist Stevie Billeaud, have had a rush of a first year in national touring. In September, the band – so-named because someone volunteered the moniker “Royalty,” and the others misheard the suggestion – won a music competition to play at the Boston Calling music festival during a [...]
Review & Videos: A Silent Film, Royal Teeth, Jillette Johnson @ Slim's, 2/27/13
This year I’m trying to keep a thorough list of all the shows I see, so that at the end I can have an accurate list of my favorites. This put the Wednesday performance of British pop band A Silent Film, Louisiana’s Royal Teeth and New York singer-songwriter Jillette Johnson at Slim's in an interesting position for this writer. Each act was very talented. Johnson, who was not even mentioned on the bill, was the most surprising, with her rich voice and talent on the ivories. All three have a lot of potential for mainstream success. A Silent Film comes [...]