Tough choices on Thursday
December 17, 2007
The holiday season invariably creates all sorts of tough choices, particularly when it comes to conflicting holiday parties. This Thursday night brings at least three excellent choices for great live entertainment. Whatever your fancy, there’s definitely some great music to be seen and heard:
At the Rickshaw Stop, it’s the Tricycle Records Holiday Party, featuring the garage noir stylings of The Blacks, along with Veil Veil Vanish and DJ DMAP. The show starts at 8:30pm and is $8.
Click to listen to our feature episode on The Blacks!
Meanwhile at Bottom of the Hill, it’s a veritable indie popstravaganza, with The Hot Toddies, French Disco, and The Attachments. The show starts at 8:30pm, is $8 and is 18+.
Click to listen to our feature episode on The Hot Toddies!
And at the Make-Out Room, Oakland’s Birdman Records is having their holiday party, featuring a cross-section of the label’s eclectic rock offerings: Howlin Rain, Apache, Lou Lou and the Guitarfish, Greg Ashley, and Brian Glaze and The Night Shift. The show starts at 9pm and is $5.
Click to listen to our feature episode on Greg Ashley!
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The Bay Bridged Presents @ The Rickshaw Stop – December 1st, 2007
December 14, 2007
Here are some great shots from the last The Bay Bridged Presents show that was held at The Rickshaw Stop on December 1st. This was our last show for 2007 but stay tuned for our next show coming in mid-January!
Photos by: Reid Williams
The Heavenly States
The Morning Benders
The Dilettantes
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Around the Web
December 13, 2007
Bagel Ted of Bagel Radio
Various items of note from around the Bay Area:
- Congratulations to BAGeL Radio‘s Ted Leibowitz for becoming the two-time winner of CMJ’s Specialty Music Director of the Year award. BAGeL Radio has also been nominated for Online Radio Station of the Year at the PLUG Awards. Online voting in that competition is still ongoing. We’ll be seeing Ted spin tonight at the BAGeL Radio Presents show at Bottom of the Hill.
- The Heavenly States’ new album isn’t out for a few months, but the artwork was recently reviewed at A Grand Design.
- Check out a new Christmas song/video from Magic Bullets.
- The SF Weekly reports on the suspension of live shows at 21 Grand.
- The East Bay Express writes about Imperial Teen and Willow Willow.
- The Bay Guardian discusses San Francisco’s The Mantles.
- Beatbeat Whisper is featured in this week’s episode of Pacific Noise.
- Another very positive review for Citay’s new album, this time from the Onion AV Club.
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Weekend Picks: December 13th-16th
December 13, 2007
Have a great weekend. Plenty of good shows to check out:
Thursday
- Ex-Boyfriends and Audio Out Send dual CD release at Bottom of the Hill, with 20 Minute Loop and DJ BAGeL Ted. 8pm, $8.
- Imperial Teen and Von Iva at The Independent, with The Hundred Days. 8pm, $15.
Click to listen to our feature episode on Von Iva!
Friday
- 60 Watt Kid at the Hemlock Tavern, with Neil Hamburger and Chris Garneau. 9:30pm, $12.
Click to listen to our feature episode on 60 Watt Kid!
- The Dont’s at the Hotel Utah, with Finn Riggins and The Chop. 9pm, $7.
Click to listen to our feature episode on The Dont’s!
- The Makes Nice at Annie’s Social Club, with Th’ Losin Streaks, The Boars and Jonny Manak and the Depressives. 9:30pm, $7.
Click to listen to our feature episode on The Makes Nice!
Saturday
- Mist and Mast and Le Fits at the Hotel Utah, with The Caseworker. 9pm, $7.
Click to listen to our feature episode on Mist & Mast!
Sunday
- Beatbeat Whisper and The Botticellis, at Hotel Utah, with Sean McCardle. 9pm, $6.
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Free Holiday Giveaway #2: Thread Productions
December 12, 2007
As a thank you to our readers this holiday season, we asked some off our favorite local record labels to create special mp3 samplers to showcase their rosters. Every Wednesday this month, we will be posting a different sampler from a great local label. They’re all free, but you will only be able to download them for a limited time, so get to it!
This week: Thread Productions
Last week: Three Ring Records
We continue our free holiday giveaway series this week with Dragon Slayers, Volume 2, the latest compilation from the good people at Thread Productions, a collective of bands whose collaborative work-ethic is matched by the consistently high quality of their musical output. This duality was recognized by the East Bay Express, who named them the “Best Band Collective” of 2007 and stated:
In the Bay Area indie music market — crowded with talent yet comparatively devoid of industry — it can be difficult to ascend beyond the ranks of the critically lauded and financially challenged. [Thread's bands] opted to take matters into their own hands last September by forming a music cooperative designed to pool resources and elevate its members’ profiles…It’s a selfless aspiration toward the greater good, in which the success of the unit becomes the success of the individuals — a plan both practical and idealistic.
For this mix, the collective’s five principal members–Tartufi, Low Red Land, Birds & Batteries, Silian Rail, and Sky Pilots–invited their friends and fellow local bands to join them, making for a great eclectic mix of familiar and new faces.
You can find out more information about Thread Productions and all of their bands at their MySpace page. This sampler is free to download for a limited time only!
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Episode 94: 60 Watt Kid
December 11, 2007
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This week’s featured band is 60 Watt Kid, a San Francisco trio whose self-titled full length debut, recently released on Absolutely Kosher Records, alternately calls to mind sounds ranging from psychedelic pop to early rock and roll to synth-touched folk. In an age where experimental pastiche and damaged art-pop are increasingly familiar, this band has a unique ability to blend and balance their different elements, likely due in equal parts to their conscious refusal to develop a singular sound as well as the three members’ seasoned musicianship.
While the band’s origins are clouded in a certain mystery, it’s clear that a great deal of chemistry has developed between vocalist/guitarist/synth player Kevin Litrow (ex-Dance Disaster Movement), guitarist/synth player Derek Thomas, and percussionist Garrett Pierce (a well-respected singer-songwriter in his own right). The group’s liberated attitude extends to their lyrics as well, as songs alternately confront the realities of living in the city, like needing a job or getting a car, and the desire to escape that chaos and travel down a forgotten country road or return home.
All of these different musical and lyrical impulses can make for a challenging listen, but there’s a bounty of great ideas within the band’s frequently complex and multilayered approach. We sat down with Kevin at The Bay Bridged Studio, and learned about the group’s unique approach to songwriting and interesting musical philosophy. We’ve also got four songs from 60 Watt Kid in the episode.
The band’s next show is at the Absolutely Kosher/Kork Agency Holiday Party:
Friday, December 13th
Hemlock Tavern
with Neil Hamburger and Chris Garneau
9:30pm, $12
Check out more 60 Watt Kid at the band’s web site and MySpace page. You can pick up the self-titled album from Absolutely Kosher Records and on iTunes.
Thanks for listening!
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Thursday: Ex-Boyfriends/Audio Out Send Dual CD Release Party
December 10, 2007
There’s quite the show over at Bottom of the Hill this Thursday, as BAGeL Radio presents a dual CD release party for Ex-Boyfriends and Audio Out Send.
Click to listen to our feature episode on Ex-Boyfriends!
We interviewed Ex-Boyfriends last year as part of an hour-long podcast also featuring Music for Animals. At that time, the trio was continuing to receive strong reviews for their debut album Dear John, and they eventually found themselves as runners-up in Spin Magazine’s “Artist of the Year” competition. The band’s sophomore release In With came out last week on Absolutely Kosher Records and the songs we’ve heard indicate it picks up on all of the winning tendencies that made their last album an excellent mix of rock and power pop.
Check out two new songs below:
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Ex-Boyfriends – “Pick Up Line”
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Ex-Boyfriends – “Situation”
Visit Ex-Boyfriends at their web site and MySpace page.
Thursday’s show is also a CD release party for Oakland’s Audio Out Send, who are celebrating the release of their new album Sharpen the Hours. As the band explained to us in our recent interview, the new CD represents a certain departure from the band’s more textured prior works. Sharpen the Hours is currently a limited hand-numbered release, with each copy featuring individualized artwork.
Take a listen to our podcast episode, which includes four songs from the brand new album:
Click to listen to our feature episode on Audio Out Send!
For more info on AOS, check out their MySpace page and web site.
20 Minute Loop opens on Thursday, making it an all-around excellent bill. It’s an early show, starting at 8pm and it’s $8. Advance tickets can be purchased here.
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Weekend Picks and Links: December 6th-9th
December 6, 2007
Have a great weekend. Check out some live music and be sure to download the Three Ring Records Mix Tape by clicking above!
Thursday
- Port O’Brien and Or, the Whale at the Rickshaw Stop, with The Cave Singers (Ex-Pretty Girls Make Graves). 8pm, $10.
Click to listen to our feature episode on Or, the Whale!
- Rykarda Parasol at Bottom of the Hill, with bellavista and Off Campus. 9pm, $8.
Click to listen to our feature episode on Rykarda Parasol!
- Michael Zapruder and Sonny Smith at the Hemlock Tavern, with Tom McShane. 9:30pm, $7.
Friday
- French Disco, Finest Dearest, and The Old-Fashioned Way at the Retox Lounge. 8pm, $tba.
Click to listen to our feature episode on Finest Dearest!
- Tempo No Tempo and Battlehooch at the Stork Club, with Wallpaper. 9pm, Free.
Saturday
- Honeycut at The Independent, with Apollo Sunshine and Festival of Rights. 9pm, $15.
Click to listen to our feature episode on Honeycut!
- The Fucking Ocean at the Hemlock Tavern, with Antelope and Mi Ami. 9:30pm, $7.
Click to listen to our feature episode on The Fucking Ocean!
Sunday
- Citay at Cafe du Nord, with Giant Skyflower Band and Coconut. 9pm, $8.
Around the Web:
- Check out the new video from this week’s featured band The Blacks!
- The SF Weekly has a great photo gallery from last Saturday’s The Bay Bridged Presents show.
- This week’s East Bay Express has a look back at Berkeley’s The Rubinoos.
- Over at the Bay Guardian, there’s a review of Etienne de Rocher’s farewell show and an interesting article on Comcast’s policy on filesharing.
- Adrian discusses the new CD from San Francisco’s The Lightning Bug Situation and The Dodos’ recent signing to French Kiss Records.
