Grand Lake release Blood Sea Dream on Hippies Are Dead Records
April 19, 2010
The guiding forces behind the San Francisco/New York City music blog Hippies Are Dead have announced their official label subsidiary: Hippies Are Dead Records. And the label’s first release? Grand Lake‘s debut full-length, entitled Blood Sea Dream, which comes out next month.
Blood Sea Dream was put together by the band with a little help from Jason Kick from Maus Haus. The album is the latest release from Grand Lake since their EP debut on 500 Records, in addition to the “Louise” EP and special “Sandusky Sunset” cassingle.
Check out “Louise,” below, and stream the entire album on Grand Lake’s website.
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Grand Lake – “Louise”
Grand Lake’s upcoming Bay Area shows include sets at the Rickshaw Stop on April 29th (with Aquaserge and Casper and the Cookies), the Uptown on May 28th for the band’s record release show (with Man/Miracle and Acid Tapestries) the Dark Room on May 14th (with Michael Zapruder), and Bottom of the Hill on June 2nd (with First Aid Kit and Samantha Crain).
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Or, the Whale survey Northern California this weekend
April 19, 2010
San Francisco’s premier Americana outfit Or, the Whale are visiting the other corners of the Bay Area and Northern California this weekend, first Northeast to Sophia’s Thai Kitchen in Davis, to play with Nicki Bluhm and her husband Tim (of the Mother Hips). Saturday, OTW will play their first show at the Uptown in Oakland with Ghost and the City and Odawas (9pm, $10). For more OTW dates in Southern California and the Northwest, visit their MySpace page.
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Or, the Whale – “Rusty Gold”
these walls – rickshaw stop, sf from ghost and the city on Vimeo.
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Social Studies: Wind Up Wooden Heart out in July
April 17, 2010
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Social Studies – “Time Bandit”
We’d heard rumblings that SF indie pop band Social Studies was finally nearing the release of their first full length, Wind Up Wooden Heart, and it tickles us pink to hear that the album’s coming out on Antenna Farm Records on July 27th. The band’s May tour of the West Coast concludes with a Rickshaw Stop show on May 27th that’s part of SF Popfest.
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Spoon finish tour with sold-out show at the Fox
April 16, 2010
Photos by: Charlie Homo
It’s a particularly long musical interlude, and Britt Daniel has taken off his short leather jacket, revealing his standard concert ensemble of tight pants and fitted button-down shirt. He looks out over the absolutely packed Fox Theater – a crowd filled with the underage idolizers, the mega-nerd old-school fans (ahem), and the bros with bad dance moves periodically yelling out “PLAY ‘THE UNDERDOG’!”
He squats for a few moments near the foot of the stage, and looks pointedly at people in the front whose faces he can actually see before the drown of the lights. He does this a few times throughout the night, taking brief respites for the purpose of making eye contact, exchanging a smile. He’s trying to find some sort of connection with his fans, if only fleeting, in the wash of over-stimulation.
I don’t think Spoon is drawn to fame.
Where we begin and where we end with Spoon is a tale of success and inspiration – if, in fact, the beginning is “The Agony of Laffitte” and the end is a large majestic theater packed with such a spectacle. The band’s decade of hard work has clearly paid off: Spoon is relatively famous, and for once, actually making money. However, Tuesday’s show at the Fox begged a respective desire to return to anonymity.
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The Rum Diary – Retrospective 2000-2007
April 16, 2010
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The Rum Diary – “Pyrrhic Victory” (from Retrospective 2000 – 2007)
Parks and Records recently announced the upcoming release of Retrospective 2000 – 2007, which collects a variety of favorite and unreleased tracks from the much-loved, now-disbanded The Rum Diary.
Says the label:
Nobody ever expected a lightning strike of muse-tapped creative genius of such epic proportions as this to touch down in a NoCal cowtown with more taverns than stoplights. Yet the four university students, whose innocuous latenight postpub jam session would result in a band like no other anytime anyplace before, tapped said aforementioned muse and absorbed said bolt with nary a singed hair, and so the Cotati Sound Machine was born. Take a hearty stock of of rhythm (as in TWO rhythm sections), add a liberal dose of dreampop-postrock guitar (a la Mogwai or Three Mile Pilot), drizzle in a tincture of emocore (of the ethereal harmony variety) and voila! you’ve got the formula for what ails ya.
The CD’s available May 1, and pre-orders get to choose a free CD from either The Rum Diary or Shuteye Unison, which features TRD’s Daniel Mckenzie and Jon Fee.
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SomaFM & Bagel Radio Present: Love Is All, Princeton, & Butterfly Bones
April 15, 2010
Looking for a fun, poppy show tomorrow night? SomaFM and Bagel Radio are co-presenting quite a bill: Love Is All, Princeton, and Butterfly Bones at the Rickshaw Stop (8:30pm, $12 adv/$14 door). Here’s Butterfly Bones’ contribution to their new 7″ split with Man/Miracle:
Butterfly Bones – <3 by Man/Miracle
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Contest: Record Store Day 2010!
April 15, 2010
Like Christmas Day for music enthusiasts, Record Store Day 2010 is shaping up to be another great celebration of independent record stores all across the nation, in the form of special releases and exclusive events. In the face of the ever-polarizing digital industry, Record Store Day — which takes place this Saturday, April 17th — brings us back to basics, and the joy of the physical music medium.
And with that, the Bay Bridged would like to reward those who participate in this year’s Record Store Day with some cool swag. Will you manage to score any of the particularly special Record Store Day releases: John Lennon, Pavement, Superchunk, Wilco? Will you nab a good spot to see Jonsi for free at Amoeba? Will you party at Aquarius Records and gorge on refreshments?
Take a photo (or two) of your Record Store Day experience at your favorite participating record store(s), or of the haul you managed to collect, and send them to thebaybridged@gmail.com. The best three submissions will each receive a Bay Bridged Director Level Sponsorship package: a The Bay Bridged, Volume 1 CD, The Bay Bridged, Volume 2 vinyl (with digital download) and a Coozie! Particularly good or entertaining submissions may be posted on the web site next week.
Full list of participating Bay Area locations can be found after the jump. You can also read more about special Record Store Day events over at All Shook Down.
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Weekend Mix: 4/15-18
April 15, 2010
Thursday: The Soft Pack, Male Bonding, Nodzzz @ Bottom of the Hill (9pm, $12)
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Nodzzz – “In the City”
Friday: Sleepy Beach, The Mantles, Spencey Dude and the Doodles, Animal Style @ Pissed Off Pete’s (8pm)
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Spencey Dude & the Doodles – “Flirting”
Saturday: Celebrate Record Store Day in San Francisco! / Judgement Day, Battlehooch, 7 Orange ABC @ Bottom of the Hill (9pm, $10)
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Battlehooch – “Take the L Train”
Sunday: Barn Owl, Yoshitake Expe, The Why Because @ Cafe du Nord (8pm, $10)
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Barn Owl – “Voice of the Other Barn Owl”
