B and Not B rock out of a U-Haul
November 13, 2009
SF’s B and Not B, well, I’ll let them tell it:
It was a warm, sunny autumn day in San Francisco, and we decided to spend it driving around town in the back of a van full of hot amps. The things we do for rock!
B and Not B – “Breaking the Law (Immigrant Song)”
Will this start a van performance movement throughout the City? One can only hope. You can catch B and Not B at the Make-Out Room on December 2nd. They’ve got an album coming out soon and you can hear some tracks at their web site.
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Saturday: YBCA’s Big Idea Night Party
November 12, 2009
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts‘ latest Big Idea Night party celebrates the “State of the Queer Nation,” with music by Hottub and DJ Black, the Diamond Daggers queer burlesque troupe, and performance artist Tim Miller. The party takes place this Saturday night and it’s free with RSVP. Also on the itinerary: YBCA’s ongoing visual art exhibitions, a slate of short films, food from Orson and Citizen Cake and cheap drinks.
Preview video below:
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Until the end of 2009: 33% off at TheBayBridged.com store!
November 12, 2009
Okay, so maybe the title says it all on this one, but we’re looking to get rid of some inventory on some of the great items in our online store, so we’ve taken one-third off of the prices on all items. Head to the store to check the sale out!
Here’s a quick rundown of what our winter sale means:
Our acclaimed 10″ picture disc compilation The Bay Bridged, Volume 2 is now only 10 dollars!
The 10″ features all-new exclusive songs by five of our favorite local bands–Rogue Wave, Emily Jane White, Birds & Batteries, Two Sheds, and Okay–from sessions we commissioned at Tiny Telephone and Faultline Studio with recording genius Ian Pellicci (Deerhoof, 31 Knots, countless others). What’s more, the record’s two sides feature awesome full color artwork from the Bay Area’s Nathalie Roland and Lawrence Yang. Every copy also comes with a coupon for mp3s of all five tracks.
Take a listen to the whole thing below:
Secondly, our The Bay Bridged t-shirts are only 10 bucks!
These awesome unisex American Apparel shirts were designed by Ben Thorne, and come in the colors of grass or cranberry (both pictured above). Click the image above to see a detailed version.
Last but not least, our The Bay Bridged, Volume 1 compilation CD, spotlighting eleven of the best bands in the San Francisco Bay Area, is now less than 5 bucks!
The CD features songs from The Dodos, Love is Chemicals, Finest Dearest, Tempo No Tempo, The Old-Fashioned Way, Social Studies, The Lonelyhearts, Or, the Whale, The Dont’s, Peloton, and Tartufi. Album artwork and design are by Scott Barry.
Full stream of Volume 1 below:
As a reminder, The Bay Bridged is a fiscally sponsored non-profit media organization through Independent Arts and Media. All proceeds raised from purchases in our store will be used to support The Bay Bridged and the promotion of San Francisco Bay Area music.
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Weekend Picks: 11/11-15
November 12, 2009
Thursday: Lloyd Family Players, Michael Musika, Indianna Hale, Quinn Deveaux and the Blue Beat Review @ The Rickshaw Stop (7:30pm, $12)
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Indianna Hale – “Ode to Sleep”
Friday: My First Earthquake, Generationals, The Attachments, Goh Nakamura @ Cafe du Nord (8pm, $10)
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My First Earthquake – “Vow to Vowels”
Saturday: Man/Miracle, Golden Gram, Quinn @ LoBot Gallery (8pm, $5)
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Man/Miracle – “Hot Sprawl”
Sunday: Soft Tags, Weinland, Ari Shine and Adam Bones @ Hotel Utah (8:30pm, $8)
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Soft Tags – “Pine Barrens”
Monday: The Lickets perform “In C” with Julianna Barwick, KUSF’s DJ Stereo Steve and the World of Living Sound @ Cafe du Nord (8pm, $10)
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The Lickets – “Clairvoyant Perception of the Unseen Unicorn”
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Sunday: 20 Minute Loop’s final show!
November 11, 2009
A week or two ago, this Sunday’s 20 Minute Loop show at Bottom of the Hill turned into the last 20 Minute Loop show. Forever. One of the Bay’s longest-running indie pop bands, the group released a series of smart, winning albums that earned them significant acclaim and we are definitely sad to see them go. You can listen to the group’s complete catalog at Bandcamp, and their newest album Famous People Marry Famous People is streaming above.
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20 Minute Loop – “Dr. Vitus Werdegast”
Sunday afternoon’s show (1pm, $8, All Ages) also features locals True Margrit (celebrating the release of their new CD, The Juggler’s Progress) and Griddle. Below, a statement from 20ML founder Greg Giles on the group’s web site regarding the breakup:
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Man/Miracle celebrates The Shape of Things
November 11, 2009
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Man/Miracle – “Hot Sprawl”
Man/Miracle played a great set the other night at the Rickshaw Stop, and their debut full length The Shape of Things is an infectious collection of nervy songs recommended especially for fans of Talking Heads, The Feelies, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
This Saturday (8pm, $5), the band celebrates the new CD’s release at Oakland’s LoBot Gallery, with Golden Gram and Quinn. Non-Bay Areans: their MySpace page announces plans to tour in the first few months of 2010.
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Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: My First Earthquake, Or the Whale
November 11, 2009
Friday, November 13th – My First Earthquake, Generationals @ Cafe du Nord
To enter: Send an e-mail to contest@thebaybridged.com with your name and the phrase “I want to see My First Earthquake” in the subject. The THIRD person to enter will win.
The show is $10, 9pm, 21+.
Saturday, November 14th – Or, the Whale CD Release with Hello Kativa, The Brothers Comatose @ Cafe du Nord
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Or, the Whale – “Rusty Gold”
To enter: Send an e-mail to contest@thebaybridged.com with your name and the phrase “I want to see Or, the Whale” in the subject. The FIFTH person to enter will win.
The show is $10, 9:30pm, 21+.
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Review: Terry Riley @ Berkeley Art Museum, 11/6
November 10, 2009
Being well established in the great cannon of 60s minimalism, a local and an alumni of UC-Berkeley nonetheless, the great crowd for Terry Riley’s L@TE performance on Friday was no surprise. The environs were chilling, the Berkeley Art Museum that looks like the inside of a giant mausoleum with great balconies and intense art everywhere. Riley was there to perform his piece “Pipe Dreams,†as he sat at a grand piano in the middle of the hall with a grimacing smile. He was flanked by a circle of fallen and seemingly napping young adults, looking like the ring of fell trees around Mt. St Helens. Riley was the crater of the dormant volcano.
Riley began with his familiar incessant rhythms, but the piece is different on the right hand where the sound of old silent pictures is evoked. This could be backing imagery of a prehistoric Buster Keaton riding the back of a dinosaur, or a moral lesson from D.W. Griffith, or the looming terrorism of Dr. Mabuse. Or this could be an update on Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,†not a minimalist piece but a maximalist one, trying to encapsulate all of American musical history up till that point.
Then a guitarist pops out of the crowd to accompany Riley, and the biggest surprise of all is when Riley begins to sing evocative, unintelligible chants in a slow and gravely voice. The clean, melodic guitar seals the idea of Terry Riley’s early work as the precursor to kraut-rock. This was some of the best kraut-rock I’d ever heard!
From there, we move to a more meandering and new age section of the evening that begins to inspire frightful thoughts. If Riley represents the collectivism, proletarian love fest of Berkeley in the 60s, this has all disappeared now. A closer inspection reveals that the audience is not a fell forest but pairs of trees that fell that way together at a time of their own choosing. There is a man in the ring who begins to freak out, unable to keep still, clearly under the influence of some mind-altering substance that once must have seemed like a good idea. From my balcony perch I feel like screaming down to him, “didn’t you know?†The collective is gone.
