San Francesca at Brick and Mortar 5/16/13, video premiere imminent
As a last hurrah before they take a break from live shows, San Jose’s San Francesca will be powering down with a performance at Brick and Mortar this Thursday, 5/16/13 with Religious Girls and Split Screens. The show comes as an informal farewell before they take time off from playing to work on a new record. San Francesca will also be premiering a video with San Jose’s Content Magazine in the very near future to tide fans over until the record. The video will also come with a free download of the new song...stay tuned. The Strobe Light Goes All [...]
Mini-Playlist: 5 Local Acts to See at Rockage
Going to Rockage2.0? Of course you are. (You are, right?). While it’s mostly a celebration of video-game-geekery in all its glory, Rockage also serves as a sneaky way to introduce those who came to game to some badass local bands as well. If you’re heading down south next weekend, here are the Bay Area bands you need to see. FRIDAY, 2/8/13 Curious Quail, San Jose: Personally, we can’t think of a more appropriate band to play such an event. Curious Quail build their sound off of a dreamy foundation of bleeps, bloops and other electronic noises. They’ll be appearing as [...]
Rah Rah, San Francesca, Travis Hayes, and Ashley Allred playing Thee Parkside, 11/30/12
Canadian indie collective Rah Rah will be performing on Friday, November 30th at Thee Parkside in San Francisco with San Francesca, Travis Hayes, and Ashley Allred (of Odd Bird). Rah Rah is an alt-pop sextet from Regina, Saskatchewan. The band's third album, The Poet's Dead, was just released in October, and was recorded with illustrious indie-rock producers Gus Van Go and Werner F. The record features ten songs that capture the band members at the peak of their abilities. Members of the Rah Rah collective rotate taking the lead both in songwriting, and on stage. Erin Passmore and Jeff Romanyk [...]
The Rock Hop Halloween! featuring San Francesca, Hell & Lula and more, 10/28/12
The Rock Hop, a bi-monthly concert series at San Jose's Art Boutiki, is pulling out all the stops for a Halloween edition. South Bay bands San Francesca, Picture Atlantic, and April Chase will entertain, as well as out-of-towners Hell & Lula (LA). The Rock Hop Halloween won't just be about music – Art Boutiki will host a gallery show from local photographer Anna Larina, aka Skeleton Key Photography. A pop-up photo booth will be set up as well to document the debauchery. This is an all-ages event. Tickets are $10, but, as we head into the holiday season, are discounted [...]
Recap: San Jose Drive-In Party, 7/24/12
When you're a music fan, promoter, or musician in the San Jose area, you quickly get used to taking what you can get when it comes to venues. A lot of odd options have played host to shows over the years – bowling alleys, comic-shop stockrooms, arcades – but Capitol Drive-In is new ground. That said, San Jose bands have become masters of DIY. Case in point: San Francesca at Tuesday's GFP Drive-In Party. Presented by Grand Fanali Presents, the premier show presenter in the South Bay, known for fostering local talent, the San Jose Drive-In Party lured a cozy [...]
Video Premiere: San Francesca – "USSR"
San Jose's San Francesca have a new album out on Side With Us Records called We Live In Public, and they've just dropped this video for the album cut "USSR" — exclusively on the Bay Bridged. The band says that the sound they were trying to capture with the new album was "something frantic... what it sounds like to live in a world where you have 1000 things competing for your attention." So it's no surprise they filmed the video for "USSR" in San Francisco's bustling Union Square: "The idea was to capture the sort of frantic energy of the [...]