Crowd photos, impromptu sets + more at Treasure Island Music Festival 2010, Day 2
October 19, 2010
Editor’s Note: As anyone who made the treacherous voyage out to the island this weekend will know, Treasure Island Music Festival 2010 did not slow down due to the weather. On a rainy Sunday, the bands kept wailing and the crowds continued to enjoy entertainment from local vendors. Please enjoy these shots of festival attendees as seen by our staff.
Tel Aviv’s Monotonix climbing soundbooth
Monotonix hurling bass drum at drum tower
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Video: The Wrong Words – “What Went Wrong”
October 19, 2010
“What Went Wrong” is the winning and extremely catchy A-side on the debut 7″ from San Francisco garage poppers The Wrong Words. The record is out today on Trouble in Mind. The Wrong Words are at Thee Parkside on October 22nd and the Rickshaw Stop on November 10th.
The Wrong Words – “What Went Wrong”
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Video: Zach Hill – “The Primitives Talk”; album ‘Face Tat’ out today
October 19, 2010
Known mostly these days for adding a whole new element to someone else’s live performance, say Wavves or Marnie Stern, Sacramento-based collaborative drummer Zach Hill releases his second solo album, Face Tat, today on Sargent House (home also to Tera Melos, Russian Circles and Fang Island). His concoctions are jarring, but find an imaginative relationship incorporating electro and hip-hop into the rock melange. Also of note, Face Tat features contributions from Devendra Banhart and Prefuse 73 as well as members of Deerhoof, Tera Melos and No Age.
The above video for “The Primitives Talk,” recently premiered on Pitchfork, stars a nail salon? Sure, why not. Stream the entire Face Tat below:
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Monday, 10/25: Best Coast headlines Aquarius Records’ 40th birthday party
October 18, 2010
Congrats to Aquarius Records for forty years (!) of championing great music, making it SF’s “oldest surviving independent record store.” To celebrate, the store is holding a birthday party on Monday, October 25th at Cafe Du Nord (8pm, $10). Best Coast tops the celebration (a night before headlining at Great American), with support from The Mantles, Lumerians, Dzjenghis Khan, Date Palms and Pigs. Grab advance tickets at TicketWeb.
Best Coast – “Boyfriend”
The Mantles – “Lily Never Married”
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Photos & Review: The Crooked Jades @ The Episcopal Church of St. Mary 10/10
October 18, 2010
So, I went to church last Sunday. To be honest, I’m not a churchgoer, but the Episcopal Church of St. Mary hosts a neat series of free shows called Candlelight Concerts. Local old-time band The Crooked Jades played, moving easily along a wide swath of Americana music. Their work is has made its mark nationally as well; recently their song “Fork and File” was in the Sean Penn movie “Into the Wild” and they made the soundtrack for the PBS documentary “Seven Sisters: A Kentucky Portrait.”
The band played in the lucent church, framed by hundred-year-old redwood planks and candles. Their voices, keening and lonesome, brought the wilderness of old-time music into the nave. Lead singer Jeff Kazor walked the line between revivalist and whisperer, howling murder ballads and softly coaxing solemn songs. The church was the perfect space for The Crooked Jades, gathering their resonance high overhead and holding it.
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Treasure Island Music Festival Live Blog: Sunday
October 17, 2010
11:00PM (JH) all treasured out! b&s were certifiably tweelicious! until next year…
10:30PM (MBL)encore!
10:00PM (MBL)best clappers now on stage. boy with the arab strap!
9:30PM (MBL)b n’ s sing-a-longs!,!
9:20PM (JH) holy arrangementville…
9:15PM (MBL)i’m a cookoo!!!!
9:00PM (JH) b&s – the indie generation’s Beatles?
9:00PM (MBL)here they come!!!!!
8:20PM (AG) Rogue Wave. Always good! Hometown love!
8:00PM (JH) Rogue Wave digging their heels in…reverb shimmers across the bay, dual guitars get the ever loosening crowd going.
7:15PM (AG) that version of ‘Squalor Victoria’ was pretty phenomenal.
7:00PM (MBL) sure the national have spare guitars and roadies to fix fallen mics but the ferocious few are unstoppable!
7:00PM (AG) The National. Dramatic. Excellent.
7:00PM (BVH) Pretty sure The National are one of the great 21st century American rock bands.
6:10PM (MBL) ferocious few 10min near silent disco!!!!!
6:10PM (JH) New Surfer Blood tune super melodic, giving way to a harmonic infused Interpol-esque dark power ballad…evening sets in
6:05PM (JH) BSS breaking out the old jams from the first record…
5:37PM (AG) Kevin Drew says we look nice. That’s nice of him. Thanks, Kev.
5:10PM (AG) Broken Social Scene asks the crowd to give them some energy since they’re at the end of their tour.
The Monotonix go insane, as usual
5:05PM (MBL) shalom!!!!!!
5:00PM (MBL) Tel Aviv’s monotonix turn it on! crowd walkin’, garbage bag floatin’ good times!!
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Treasure Island Music Festival Live Blog: Saturday
October 16, 2010
11:20PM (NB) I saw some great music, meet tons of nice people. My first TIMSF was awesome. Thanks everybody!
LCD Soundsystem on the Bridge Stage
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11:00PM (NB) LCD Soundsystem. Wow.
10:43PM (NB) Watch your step folks – at this point there is a lot of weird stuff on the ground.
10:32PM (AG) LCD Soundsystem, baby. This is what I’ve been waiting for.
9:35PM (NB) Mr. Murphy looks dapper in his white suit.
9:25PM (NB) People at the Main Stage are super pumped for the Soundsystem, or they like the yacht rock the house is playing.
Miike Snow on the Tunnel Stage
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9:15PM (NB) These Miike Snow dudes know how to get down
9:14PM (NB) Is there a special on beer? Everyone is double fisting.
9:00PM (NB) Finally made it on the ferris wheel. Super fun. I made new friends.
8:48 (ML) foggy, backlit, masked miike snow is so spooky and ethereal!
8:40PM (ML) fog machines at miike snow. so pumped!
Deadmau5 on the Bridge Stage
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Treasure Island Fest starts tomorrow: be a part of Ferris Wheel Confessions, follow our live-blogging
October 15, 2010
So, in case you haven’t heard, the Treasure Island Festival is this weekend, and we’re quite excited about it. If you can’t make it, The Bay Bridged will be live-blogging the sights and sounds of Saturday and Sunday via Twitter, with photos and videos posted on this web site throughout both days.
If you are going to Treasure Island, swing by the ferris wheel at 2pm or 5pm (both days) to participate in our second annual Ferris Wheel Confessions, where you spill your embarrassing music-related secrets to our camera in exchange for a free ferris wheel ride. It’s a ton of fun, so we hope you can be a part of it.
Finally, to help get you through the end of another long Friday, here again are our TIMF mixtapes:
Treasure Island Saturday Mixtape
Treasure Island Sunday Mixtape
See you on the island!
