Tortured Genies (members of Sonny & the Sunsets) – “Brown Leaves” / Sunsets record Aquarium Drunkard session
August 8, 2011
Brown Leaves by Tortured Genies
While SF’s Tortured Genies include Sonny & the Sunsets‘ Tahlia Harbour, Ryan Browne, and Zack Ehrlich, the psych-pop on “Brown Leaves” feels more than a bit removed from the Sunsets’ proto-rock jangle. That said, “Brown Leaves” is a really pretty song, and a good sales pitch for the band’s show on Tuesday, August 9th with Sunbeam Rd. and Roommate at the Hemlock Tavern (9pm, $6).
By the way, Sonny & the Sunsets recently cut a session for Aquarium Drunkard. The three song set is definitely worth grabbing over at AD’s site.
Sonny & the Sunsets – “Home And Exile” (Aquarium Drunkard Session)
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Review & Photos: Oh, to Live on Sugar Mountain
August 8, 2011
I finally made it to Oakland’s Sugar Mountain last Thursday (8/4/11). It’s just next door to my favorite freak scene, The Ghost Town Gallery. Fittingly, Uzi Rash broke my sugary mountain cherry. Always pushing the envelope, they opened with a Descendents cover, plowed through a short but screamy set and ended with the drummer upside down, feet in the air, drums scattered everywhere. 75 cent Olympias from the finicky but awesome, Midas-man vending machine kept us happily hydrated while some guy teased us with 2 hot dogs frying in a pan on the stove nearby. A new album should be available very soon! They return to Thee Parkside August 26th as part of thee Total Trash Fest. It’s super dark on the Mountain, making photography tough, but I did manage the following pics of the Rash interspersed with random gibberish. Enjoy.
Uzi Rash were followed by G.Green, straight outta Sac. And the moshing begins… I can’t stop listening to the “Gay 90s” demo on their MySpace. Did the Mac keyboard do away with the fucking sign for “cents”?
Having arrived way too early we caught Olympia Washington’s Broken Water doing an extended rehearsal backstage. It sounded good, dreary but good. We wanted to stay, really we did. We wanted to see Grass Widow, but we also wanted to keep our day job$. $teve Job$ where are the ¢ents? Found it! First time I used that pesky option key … weird to find ¢ hanging out with these characters: ™ £ ∞ § ¶ • ª º Æ’ ©. I want a ¢ key dang nabbit!
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Taking Stock of July: A mix featuring fifteen of our favorite songs from the blog last month
August 8, 2011
If you’re anything like me, you know how difficult it can be to keep track of all of the new music that’s constantly floating around the Internet. Here’s our latest month-in-review mix collecting some our favorite new (or new to us) songs recently posted on the website. Gathered in the mix are fifteen tracks, all from Bay Area bands, that were posted on TheBayBridged.com in July.
The Bay Bridged – Best of the Blog July 2011 Mixtape
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Video: Girls – “Vomit”
August 8, 2011
A 1966 Ford Mustang is taken for a night drive in this new video for Girls‘ “Vomit,” directed by Austin Rhodes of SF video production company Heist.
Father, Son, Holy Ghost is out September 13th.
