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Night Dust: Barn Owl’s Evan Caminiti releases new solo LP

May 16, 2012 by Ben Van Houten · Leave a Comment »
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Evan Caminiti

Evan Caminiti of Barn Owl’s latest solo release is Night Dust, out now on Immune Recordings. The album is out on LP and cassette, and, as Caminiti told Fluid Radio, tape played a big role in Night Dust‘s composition:

I just used a cassette 4 track for basic tracking but then bounced the tracks through an effects chain to a DAW and layered gradually on top of that. I was influenced by the approach of dub mixes so there is a lot delay involved but I experimented with other techniques like playing cassettes back through different amps and re-recording them or playing tapes backwards.

Caminiti performs at Liminal Space on Saturday, May 26th. Check out the below video for Night Dust‘s “Returning Spirits”:

Evan Caminiti, KWJAZ, Marielle Jakobsons
Liminal Space
May 26, 2012
9pm, $7-10

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Oakland beatsmith Jel remixes Sleigh Bells

May 16, 2012 by Zack Frederick · Leave a Comment »
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Check out this very cool remix by Jel — aka Oakland’s Jeff Logan — of the Sleigh Bells‘ single “Comeback Kid,” from their newest album Reign of Terror. The remix reduces the overblown guitar attack of the original song into a sort of hazy underbelly for Alexis Krauss’ vocals. It kinda sounds like you’re playing the song through crappy speakers (which you might be) while beats from your roommate’s hip-hop records bleed through the walls.

Jel is also opening for Sleigh Bells for the July segment of their tour. Full dates and the original video for “Comeback Kid” below.

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Phono del Sol 2012 is coming in July! Listen to all of the performers (at the same time)!

May 16, 2012 by The Bay Bridged · Leave a Comment »
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Phono del Sol Flamingo

Last year, we teamed up with Tiny Telephone and some of the city’s best food trucks to throw an awesome daytime music and food festival called Phono del Sol in the Mission’s hidden gem, Potrero del Sol Park. If you were there, you know how great it was. If you missed it, don’t beat yourself up, because Phono del Sol will be returning on July 21, 2012. We’re going to have more of everything this year: more food trucks, more music, and more awesome festivities, and we’re excited to start telling you all about them soon.

This year’s music lineups includes a bunch of great Bay Area bands, but we’ve also invited some other West Coast acts to perform as well. Who will be appearing? Find out next week on the Phono del Sol Facebook page, or just listen to all seven performing bands in the below teaser clip. Yes, that’s seven bands performing at the same time for ten seconds. Unpleasant to listen to? Surely, but if you subject yourself to this clip enough, you’ll hopefully begin to pick out some of the Phono del Sol 2012 performers.

The Bay Bridged – Phono del Sol 2012 Teaser

We’re giving away a pair of VIP passes to Phono del Sol (complete with reserved viewing area and other goodies) to the person who can identify the most bands from this clip. E-mail contest[at]thebaybridged.com with the Subject line “Phono del Sol” and your list of who you think is playing. We’ll pick a winner on Monday!

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Mixtape: SF Popfest 2012 is one week away!

May 16, 2012 by Jackie Andrews · Leave a Comment »
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SF Popfest returns for a fourth year for indie music lovers with a sweet tooth. This year’s festival spans three days and two venues, featuring 13 bands and three Djs for what should be a very confectionery Memorial Day weekend. Standouts include Kids on a Crime Spree, Cruel Summer, Manatee, Desario, and Black Elephant (just to name a handful), while the kids from Shine-on will take Saturday into the wee hours of Sunday morning with an indie pop dance party.

Check out the full schedule and get your tickets here, but first, listen to this mix made by Jamie Jams of Shine On to get you psyched:

Tracklisting:

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Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Best Coast, Milo Greene, This Charming Band, Seeking Empire

May 16, 2012 by Christian Cunningham · 1 Comment »
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Best Coast

To enter any contest submit an email to contest[at]thebaybridged[dot]com with your full name in the body and the concert you’re entering the contest for in the subject line. You may only submit your name once to only one contest. Winners for each show will be decided using the guidelines listed below.

Friday, May 18th
Milo Greene, Drms, Papa @ Rickshaw Stop
To win a pair of tickets to the show be the THIRD person to enter!
The show starts at 9pm, $10/$12, 21+. Purchase advance tickets here.

Saturday, May 19th
This Charming Band (a tribute to the Smiths/Morrissey)/For the Masses (a tribute to Depeche Mode)/Spellbound (a tribute to Siouxsie & the Banshees) @ Slim’s
To win a pair of tickets to the show be the FOURTH person to enter!
The show starts at 9pm, $15, 6+. Purchase advance tickets here.

Best Coast with Jeff The Brotherhood @ Fox Theater
To win a pair of tickets to the show be the FIRST, THIRD, or SEVENTH person to enter!
The show starts at 8pm, $25, 21+. Purchase advance tickets here.

Seeking Empire, Beta State, New Diplomat, The Bruises, plus DJ Aaron Axelsen (popscene) @ Rickshaw Stop
To win a pair of tickets to the show be the SECOND person to enter!
The show starts at 8pm, $10, 21+. Purchase advance tickets here.

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Cruel Summer shares new track off of upcoming EP

May 15, 2012 by Jackie Andrews · 1 Comment »
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Cruel Summer

Jangle-monsters Cruel Summer have shared a new track that will appear on their upcoming EP (release date TBA) on Mt. St. Mtn., so expect limited edition noise-pop awesomeness with spectacular packaging in the near future.

“Carquinez” (yeah, like the bridge that takes one to lovely Vallejo) was recorded in March by Jason Kick of Maus Haus fame at Secret Studios. A popular song during their live sets, it starts out whispy and crescendos into an intense explosion of fuzz and feedback, while settling back down on its dreamy little cloud in the end. Only complaint is that it doesn’t last longer.

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Warm Soda (Matthew Melton of Bare Wires) releases first song, playing first show on 5/16/12

May 15, 2012 by Ben Van Houten · Leave a Comment »
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Warm Soda

The breakup of Bare Wires after a troubled SXSW tour broke a lot of hearts, but if you’re familiar with Matthew Melton’s past projects (solo recordings, Snake Flower 2), you know he wouldn’t be without a band for long. Indeed, Melton’s post-breakup interview with All Shook Down noted the beginning of a new band called Warm Soda, which is playing its first show on Wednesday night with Thee Oh Sees, The Mallard, and Burnt Ones at the Brick & Mortar Music Hall.

“But what does Warm Soda sound like,” you ask? Take a listen to the brand new song “Reaction” below. It’s pure pop goodness soon to be released on a Southpaw Records 7″.

Warm Soda – “Reaction”

Thee Oh Sees, The Mallard, Burnt Ones, Warm Soda
Brick & Mortar Music Hall
May 16, 2012
9pm, Sold Out

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