LastSundaysFest 2011 takes place this Sunday 8/28 in Berkeley
August 25, 2011
Music and crafts will meet the streets of Berkeley this Sunday, August 28th, in the form of LastSundaysFest. The festival will take place on Telegraph Ave. from Dwight to Bancroft, from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. Foxtails Brigade will headline the event, following a nice variety of indie, jazz and chamber music:
Foxtails Brigade 5:00 pm
UC Jazz Ensemble 1:00 pm
Custard Pie (Led Zeppelin Tribute Band) 4:00 pm
Fever Charm 3:00 pm
Whiskerman 2:00 pm
Classical Revolution String Quartet 12:00 pm
In addition to the music, a variety of arts and crafts vendors will be selling their wares. LastSundaysFest is free and open to all ages.
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Welder (Eskmo side project) – “Run”
August 25, 2011
Welder: “Run” (2011) by Welder
SF’s Brendan Angelides has been making waves lately as Eskmo, but he’s now returning to his other project Welder, which mixes electronic and acoustic instruments into dynamic compositions. Welder’s new album Florescence comes out on 9/26 on Angelides’ Ancestor Media label, and you can download “Run” at his web site.
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Video: Weekend – “Coma Summer (slow version)”
August 25, 2011
Via Slumberland, here’s an unofficial video set to a “slow version” of Weekend‘s “Coma Summer,” which the band performed live on KXLU‘s Part Time Punks.
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NorCal psych band Magic Leaves releases ‘GLOW’
August 25, 2011
If you dig fiery psych rock, let me recommend GLOW, the brand new album from Northern California band Magic Leaves. The band is led be Texas-native Joshua Bruner, and performed a Chasing the Moon session last year:
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True Widow coming to SF and Oakland in September
August 24, 2011
Earlier this year, Texas “stonegaze” band True Widow released the terrific, brooding album, As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth. I’m not normally someone who digs heavy music (and I’m not even well-versed enough in the category to feel confident labeling the band as such), but As High As The Highest Heavens… packs plenty of melody, making the band reminiscent of a fuzzier, stonier Low. If that sounds good to you, check out True Widow at the Rickshaw Stop on September 3rd, and at Oakland’s Merchant’s Saloon on the 7th.
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Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: 10th Annual Sleepless Nights Gram Parsons Tribute Concert featuring Red Meat/Chuck Prophet, Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
August 24, 2011
To enter any contest submit an email to contest[at]thebaybridged[dot]com with your full name in the body and the concert you’re entering the contest for in the subject line. You may only submit your name once to only one contest. Winners for each show will be decided using the guidelines listed below.
Thursday, August 25th
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside @ Cafe du Nord
To win a pair of tickets to the show be the SECOND person to enter!
The show starts at 9pm, $10/$12, 21+. Purchase advance tickets here.
Saturday, August 27th
10th Annual Sleepless Nights Gram Parsons Tribute Concert featuring Red Meat, Chuck Prophet, Sweet Chariot & many more @ Great American Music Hall
To win a pair of tickets to the show be the FOURTH person to enter!
The show starts at 9pm, $13, 6+. Purchase advance tickets here.
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Interview: Magic Bullets’ seven-year search for the perfect sound
August 24, 2011
Photos by: Nicole L. Browner
“Never say never,” say the members of Magic Bullets, who are just as uncertain as anybody else about whether or not tonight’s show at the Rickshaw Stop will be the band’s finale after seven years together. It’ll definitely be the last show for a while, as the band’s sixth drummer, Alex Kaiser (formerly of Tempo No Tempo), departs for graduate school.
Seven years can produce a lot of memories, temporary band members, shows to forget and those to remember. The original members – guitarist Corey Cunningham, vocalist Phil Benson and bassist Nathan Sweatt – have been “pretty tight as a unit,” Corey said. The three have been playing together as Magic Bullets since 2004, with a fair share of struggling to find the right supporting members.
Once keyboardist Sean McDonnell joined the band, after the release of their self-titled full-length, Magic Bullets finally had enough people on the same wavelength. “[Sean] envisioned perfectly what we’re doing,” Corey said. “It just breathe[d] new life into us, and I personally felt super inspired having someone like-minded in the band . . . It wasn’t our lowest point, but after an album cycle happens, you hit this dead time where you’re questioning everything, and Sean coming along really motivated us.”
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Rock Make Street Festival Update: Vendor Application Deadline is September 2, 2011!
August 24, 2011
Time is running out for vendors to apply to participate in the fourth annual Rock Make Street Festival, returning to Treat Avenue at 18th Street in San Francisco on Saturday, September 17th from 12pm to 7pm (Facebook event). Presented by The Bay Bridged, Tartufi, and Cookie and the Dude, the free, all ages, all day celebration of local independent music, arts, crafts, and food recently announced the full slate of acclaimed local indie bands that will be performing, and vendor spots are quickly filling up.
The deadline for vendor applications is Friday, September 2nd, after which applications will be closed. Until then, applications are being accepted at RockMake.com. As a reminder, vendors have extra incentive to participate in these year’s Rock Make event. Building on three great years of acclaimed events, this year’s Rock Make boasts several new benefits for vendors to make the festival even more successful. These include:
- A revamped festival layout maximizing foot traffic between our two stages of music
- A vendor appreciation program that rewards festival attendees for purchasing items from vendors
- The opportunity to pick your preferred booth location in the application process
- The opportunity to reserve a corner space giving you double the vending area on site
The 4th Annual Rock Make Street Festival is Presented by:
And of course, a BIG thank you to our sponsors, Faultline Studios, KOOBA, Purebred Productions, Good Vibrations, El Rio, The Verdi Club, Lexington Club, and Rock Band Land. Affordable, high-value sponsorships are currently still available for the festival.
You can also see photos and video from previous festivals and listen to mp3s from all of this year’s performers on the Rock Make web site.
