Sweat Lodge, Ghetto Ghouls, Asthma to play Hemlock Tavern
As many may know, this Sunday (April 20), marks the date of a certain ornamental holiday that may or may not involve the use of marijuana. So what better way than to spend a 420's night than go to a show? Shirley Sparks, Ping Pong Booking and Hemlock Tavern offer you a show with local pow wow punks Sweat Lodge, Texans Ghetto Ghouls and resident sludge punks Asthma. Asthma is a relatively new band from San Francisco that plays a brand of (aforementioned) sludgy punk. With menacing guitar riffs and drowned out and aggressive vocals in tow, the band came out [...]
Mixtape: Bay Area Rock and Roll, Garage Punk, Lo-Fi, and Power Pop (Podcast #312)
http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/SF_Garage_Mix_2013.mp3 Download: Mixtape: Bay Area Rock and Roll, Garage Punk, Lo-Fi, and Power Pop (Podcast #312) Over the past few years, the San Francisco Bay Area has dominated the world of garage rock, with folks like Thee Oh Sees, Shannon and the Clams and Ty Segall recognized as the leaders of a fertile local rock and roll scene. In 2013, all three of those acts remain great: the first two put out a couple of the year's best albums, and the now LA-based Ty's newest comes highly anticipated from Drag City next week. An honest accounting of Bay Area rock [...]