What do Sonic Youth and The Muppets have in common? Well, nothing, but they will each be showcased in an amazing double feature this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 19 and 20, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. At 7pm each night, the show starts with 70 minutes of Muppets Music Moments, a program featuring [...]
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In what has become a Two Gallants tradition, the band will close 2008 with a hometown show. But this year, they take it to The Fillmore. The band will play on Dec. 26 with Crystal Antlers (LB) and The Tallest Man on Earth (from Sweden - who have been touring with Bon Iver). Download audio file [...]
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It's pretty amazing how many great releases came from Bay Area bands this year, and we were pleased to interview many of these groups on our podcast in 2008. This week's episode features music from twelve of this year's best as featured on our show during the past twelve months. If you like [...]
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San Francisco's math-rock sweethearts French Miami will play this Friday at Bottom of the Hill with Master Slash Slave and The Happy Hollows (LA), presented by Performer Magazine. Download audio file (frenchmiami-sciencefiction.mp3) French Miami - "Science Fiction" Rolling Stone lovingly called French Miami "psychopaths," RCRD LBL described them as "electric kool-aid post-punk," and many many o...
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Yet again the folks at CreativemindsSF, a grassroots, artist-run art and music promotion project, are bringing together some fantastic local bands at the Rickshaw Stop this Thursday. Loquat, Built for the Sea, Winter's Fall and DF Tram will perform. In a somewhat random but still prestigious occurrence, Loquat was recently featured on the Victoria's [...]
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This Sunday, four local bands will take the stage for the noble purpose of supporting the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp (BAGRC) and the Girls Rock Camp Alliance. Foxtail Somersault, We Are Invisible, Oona and Megamoog will perform at El Rio with DJ Lisa Light of The Lovemakers providing the mood music between sets. The Girls [...]
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Tricycle Records is throwing a party to celebrate the holiday season tonight at Cafe Du Nord. Headliner Veil Veil Vanish's dark rock blends elements of shoegaze and post-punk with a strong melodic streak. The band contributed a track to the recently released Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure, and you can [...]
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Our weekly picks for some great live local music. Take a listen to some of these bands in our streaming audio player… Thursday: - Longwave (NYC), Scrabbel (Feature Podcast) and Eulogies at Rickshaw Stop. 8 pm, $12. - My First Earthquake, Nobody from Ipanema and The Invisible Cities at Hotel Utah. 8:30pm, $?. - Photons, The Corner Laughers and [...]
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San Francisco's The Dry Spells are the latest band to join local label Antenna Farm Records, home to high quality acts like Bart Davenport, The Botticellis and Sugar and Gold. The group features members of Citay and the Sonny Smith Band, and their ornate psych-folk definitely bears some common elements with the former group. [...]
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You may have seen their name in the papers because, to paraphrase the brothers Wilson, they get around. In the last 12 months the Parson Red Heads have made the trek from LA to SF numerous times to headline gigs at the Hemlock, Amnesia, the Hotel Utah and Kimo's, not to mention their support gigs [...]
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This week's episode is presented by KQED Interactive. This week, our podcast spotlights Michael Zapruder, an incredibly talented San Francisco singer-songwriter. Zapruder's been on our radar for quite some time, have received considerable acclaim for his 2006 sophomore release New Ways of Letting Go (Howells Transmitter). That album was a terrific blend of rock, [...]
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The Mills Dance Collective are putting on a benefit fundraiser show this Tuesday at the Uptown Nightclub in Oakland. Proceeds will go towards the Mills College dance program and their scholarships, as well as the local music scene. Download audio file (sheaintgottime.mp3) Leopold and His Fiction - "She Ain't Got Time" Leopold and his Fiction, a trio from [...]
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This Wednesday, Dec. 10 there is a truly different type of show at the Elbo Room. Three local bands will be performing three classic albums from start to finish. Download audio file (02 Deep Knee Bends.mp3) Battlehooch - "Deep Knee Bends" Syd's Last Trip, a Syd Barrett tribute band, will perform Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Battlehooch will [...]
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This Sunday there will be a great fundraiser for a San Francisco landmark, Modern Times Bookstore. The show will feature four awesome local acts - Top Critters, Must I Lose a Limb, Reptiel (ex-Thee More Shallows), Parker Frost - for an early (6pm) show at Hemlock Tavern. Modern Times' website details the struggles of [...]
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We're pleased to be giving away several pairs of tickets to a great show next Friday, December 12th at The Independent, where Seattle legends Mudhoney team up with local psych-drone quartet Wooden Shjips and SF's Dirty Stealer (featuring members of Comets On Fire and Magik Markers) for a night of seriously heavy rock and roll. [...]
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With a soft spoken voice emanating shyness she speaks to me before and after her set. With a haunting voice layered with sadness and honesty she sings to us during it. Chelsea Wolfe takes the stage and the notes that flow from her vocal chords captivate everyone present, and a silence falls throughout the venue. [...]
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Our weekly picks for some great live local music. Take a listen to some of these bands in our streaming audio player… Thursday: - The Coincidence, Robyn Harris and Grooming the Crow at Beale Street Bar. 8pm, $5. - New Agents, The Boiling Suns and EFFT at Kimo's. 9pm, $6. - Mark Growden Quartet, Foxtails Brigade, Agent Ribbons (Sacto) [...]
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There is a fantastic local lineup at The Independent next Friday, December 11, and The Bay Bridged wants you and a friend to go! Oakland's Subtle is headlining, and will be joined by Yoni Wolf (of Why?) and Forrest Day. Download audio file (subtle_-_the_long_vein_of_the_law.mp3) Subtle - "The Long Vein of the Law" Subtle's unique brand of rap/rock, [...]
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Our friends at Talking House Records have put together a fabulous Holiday album of local bands playing traditional favorites, entitled A Foggy Holiday - Carols From the SF Scene, Vol. 2. This Friday at Bottom of the Hill, they will celebrate its release with The Trophy Fire, The Heavenly States, The Federalists and I The [...]
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In ten years of operation, Tiny Telephone has become one of the crown jewels of Bay Area music, and its founder John Vanderslice one of our indie rock heroes. Countless groups have recorded at the studio, and it's served as a destination for some of the biggest bands while remaining affordable and accessible for [...]
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