Noise Pop Corks its 15th Year
February 28, 2007
On Tuesday night, Mezzanine played host to the annual opening night party of San Francisco’s very own Noise Pop Festival, now celebrating its fifteenth year in existence. Featuring Tapes n’ Tapes, Har Mar Superstar, Extra Action Marching Band and comic David Cross, the party boasted free attendence (for those who signed up on the internet in advance) and noticeably many of Noise Pop’s most interested press corps. and participants.
Extra Action Marching Band captivated the entire club by kicking off the festivities with a rousing set of brass and percussive-saturated anthems, complimented by its legion of left-of-Vegas dancers. Har Mar followed quite perfectly with his own blend of uninhibited braggadocio hip hop, prompting fans to clamor for toss-outs of his own sweaty underwear. Tapes n’ Tapes eased into the closing of the night with favorites from its reputable pop-jangled debut, The Loon, and a smattering of new songs that entranced the fortunate crowd. A smiling John Vanderslice, a venerable San Francisco icon and Noise Pop vet, looked on with as much excitement as the next kid.
Check out some Bay Bridged favorites tonight at Noise Pop!
Noise Pop Happy Hour!
Thee Parkside
The Otherside, Peloton, & The Union Trade
5 – 8pm, Free!
Check out Peloton’s Feature Show here!
Tartufi
with: Hella, Pop Levi, Macromantics
Bottom of the Hill
7:30pm/8pm $12 18+
Tartufi on at 8pm
Check out Tartufi’s Feature Show here!
The New Trust
with: Sebadoh, The Bent Mustache, Love of Diagrams,
Great American Music Hall
7pm/8pm $18/$20 all ages
The New Trust on at 8pm
Check out The New Trust’s Feature Show here!
John Vanderslice and Black Fiction
with: Damien Jurado, The Submarines
The Independent
7:30pm/8pm $14 21+
Check out Black Fiction on our January Local Mix!
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News?!
February 28, 2007
Hi everyone,
In our second year, we’ve decided to expand our coverage of the local scene with a regularly-updated local news blog here on the main page of the site. We’d like to introduce friend and colleague Joseph Gleason who has joined on as our News Editor to help bring you updates on bands we’ve featured on the podcast as well as other goings-on in the San Francisco indie music scene.
We’ll still be bringing you a new episode of the podcast every Tuesday and you can still access our full podcast archives by clicking the Podcast button at the top of the page.
We will be updating the news regularly, so be sure to check back often for the latest updates! If you have any info you’d like us to know, shoot us a line at news@thebaybridged.com.
Thanks!
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Episode 53: The Dodos (Dodo Bird)
February 27, 2007
Welcome,
This week marks the one-year anniversary of The Bay Bridged. We’d like to thank everyone who has helped us along the way, including all of the bands, journalists, promoters and bookers working to make the Bay Area music scene as excellent as it is today. Most of all, we’d like to thank you, the listening audience, for your continued support.
This week we bring you the music of The Dodos, the San Francisco-based duo of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber. Although Meric had already been establishing himself as a solo artist when he and Logan joined forces in the fall of 2005, their collaborative efforts have yielded fruitful results. Meric’s finger-picking style of guitar-playing meshes well with Logan’s skillful drumming to create a unique and dynamic sound that, as Logan discusses during the interview, mixes the energy of punk and metal with the sounds of more sophisticated folk and rock songwriting.
A few weeks ago, we sat down with Meric and Logan at Muddy Waters in the Outer Mission to discuss The Dodos’ sound, their touring exploits, and their debut album Beware of the Maniacs. In addition to the interview, we’ve included four songs from the album in the episode.
The Dodos will be playing two shows in San Francisco before heading to South by Southwest:
Thursday, March 1st
Thee Parkside
with Loquat and more (Noise Pop Happy Hour)
5-8pm, free
Sunday, March 11th
The Rite Spot Cafe
with The Ohsees
8pm, $5
You can find all of The Dodos’ dates over at their MySpace page and you can pick up a copy of Beware of the Maniacs at their web site.
There are some great shows at the Noise Pop Festival this week and a number featuring Bay Bridged alumni like Tartufi, Peloton, The New Trust, Elephone, Honeycut, and Scrabbel. Check out the full listings for more information!
Thanks for listening and we’ll see you next week!
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Episode 52: The New Trust
February 20, 2007
Welcome back!
We drove up to Santa Rosa last weekend to interview The New Trust, an indie-rock four piece from Santa Rosa who are this week’s featured act. We sat down with Josh, Sara and Julia from the band to discuss their excellent new album Dark Is The Path Which Lies Before Us, available on Slowdance Records.
The album marks a significant development from the band’s only other recording, the 2003 EP We are fast-moving motherfuckers. We are women and men of action., and features thirteen tight, energetic songs evocative of indie rock classics mixed with the enthusiasm and passion of punk. The lyrics are frequently dark, discussing issues of politics and religion in a thoughtful and haunting manner.
As an added treat, the band gave us “Those Incessant Bells”, a song you can only hear here or find on the limited edition 7″ box set version of Dark Is The Path Which Lies Before Us. To purchase the new CD or the box set, head on over to Slowdance Records.
Before heading on a national tour, The New Trust will be participating in the Noise Pop Festival next week:
Wednesday, February 28th
Great American Music Hall
w/ Sebadoh, The Bent Moustache, Love of Diagrams
8pm, $18
Thanks for listening. We’ll be be back next Tuesday and should be deploying some cool new features in the near future, so stick around!
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Episode 51: And a Few to Break
February 13, 2007
San Francisco’s And a Few to Break is a band that defies classification, existing in some new, uncharted territory occupying the space between instrumental rock, post-punk, and metal among other influences. On their new album Procession, the guys integrate and balance these influences with such skill that you can easily forget it’s their debut record.
The album is structured into a number of lengthy songs bridged by some shorter pieces. While the shorter pieces are very good, it’s the longer ones that demonstrate the band’s mastery of dynamic songwriting, taking listeners on an emotional journey that grows more rewarding with each subsequent listen. We’ve included three of the longer pieces as well as two interview segments, during which the band discusses how they wrote and recorded the record as well as how they developed their fantastic live show.
Head on over to the And a Few to Break’s MySpace page to order a copy of Procession via PayPal and to find out about the band’s upcoming concerts. The band’s next show, which we are definitely going to attend, is:
Saturday, February 24th
El Rio
w/ The Distraction Fit, We Be The Echo, and If Nobody Knew
9pm, $7
The guys also maintain a blog which can be found here.
Thanks again for listening and thanks to everyone who attended our The Bay Bridged and Mesh Magazine Present show on Saturday. You can check out some pictures from the show at Mesh and at The Deli SF.
Also, check out a recent article written about us and fellow local podcasters Insomnia Radio:SF at The Owl Magazine! Thanks to Jason for a great article!
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Episode 50: Monthly Local Mix for February 2007
February 6, 2007
Hello again,
This month’s mix features a nice mix of indie pop and rock from seven Bay Area artists. A number of these folks are playing shows around the bay this month, so you should definitely check them out if you can. About the bands:
Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Foma now resides in San Francisco, where their blend of shoegaze and synth-pop is catching a lot of ears. We’ve included a track from their latest record Phobos, which you can pick up at Amazon or on iTunes. Be sure to hear more Foma at their web site and MySpace page.
We’ve also included a track from Honeymoon, the latest EP from The Bye Bye Blackbirds. We caught them at December’s Playing in Fog concert and have been digging their pop sound since. You can purchase the EP at CDBaby or on iTunes. Check out their MySpace page here.
The Val Papadins from Sonoma recently sent us two of their latest demos displaying a very lyrical and melodic rock sound. They are currently working on a full-length album which we look forward to hearing in the near future. The band will be at Ireland’s 32 on February 20th and has more dates upcoming in March and April. To get these dates and hear more music, go to their web site and their MySpace page.
Although we interviewed The Dodos a few weeks ago, we won’t be airing the episode for a few weeks. In the meantime, enjoy the track we’ve included, which comes from their last album Beware of the Maniacs, which they recorded when they were known as Dodo Bird. For more Dodos-related discussion, you should definitely check out the feature on the band done by the great people over at The Deli SF, an excellent resource dedicated to all things local music. For more tunes, head to their web site and MySpace page.
We first featured a track from The Old-Fashioned Way on our Monthly Local Mix back in November and are excited that they are headlining the next Playing in Fog concert with support provided by our old friends Dark Side of the Cop. Check out more from The Old-Fashioned Way at their web site and MySpace page.
Brian Glaze mixes pop and psychedelic sounds wonderfully on Let’s Go to the Sea, available on Birdman Records. You can catch Brian at the first concert presented by our friends at the New and Used Records video podcast, which will be held on Thursday, February 15th at 12 Galaxies. You can also download the song we’ve included, “Oh Baby, Don’t Go to the Sea,” here or buy the whole album on iTunes!
Silian Rail are members in the Thread Productions collective of bands that we’ve become awfully enamored of lately. Although this two-piece limits its musical tools to guitar and drums, they manage to construct impressive, dense songs that are frequently explosive and never too jammy. Find out more about Silian Rail at their MySpace page.
The Attachments are a Berkeley four-piece who demonstrate impressive pop chops on their self-titled EP, delivering six wonderfully catchy songs. Catch them at Ireland’s 32 on February 15th and the El Rio on the 20th. Hear a few more songs from the EP at their web site and MySpace page.
Last but not least, this Saturday we’re holding the fourth The Bay Bridged Presents show, a show we’re co-presenting with our friends at Mesh Magazine. The details are:
Saturday, February 10th
The Knockout, 3223 Mission Street at Valencia (Map)
Tartufi, Moggs, Sholi
$8, 10pm
To find out more about all of the bands at our concert, read our longer post here.
Thanks for listening and we’ll see you Saturday!
