Meditations on San Francisco: Barn Owl, Date Palms to perform at SF Zen Center
September 21, 2011
The San Francisco Zen Center isn’t a place I’d normally expect to see a rock show, but the Center’s upcoming “Meditations on San Francisco” event on October 8th (6pm, $12), co-presented with The Bold Italic, is set to feature performances by local drone-rockers Barn Owl, Date Palms, and Danny Paul Grody. Visual artist David Wilson will also be in attendance, showcasing “an interactive installation, which will allow guests to engage in a creative group activity, forming a geometric stained glass piece in the courtyard.”
If this sounds good to you, I’d act quickly. TBI says tickets are running out.
Date Palms Slow Jams by Date Palms
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Extra Classic – “Give Me All Of Your Love”
September 21, 2011
The aptly named Extra Classic are gearing up for the release of their debut album, Your Light Like White Lightening, Your Light Like a Laser Beam, out September 27th via Manimal Vinyl. “Give Me All Of Your Love” is a slow-burning throwback to the 60s:
Stream: “Give Me All Of Your Love” by Extra Classic on Yours Truly
Extra Classic will be at the Independent on October 18th with Moonface, Spencer Krug’s other band outside of Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade (8:00 pm, $15, 21+).
Extra Classic – “Give Them the Same”
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Absolutely Kosher Records to stop releasing new albums
September 21, 2011
Absolutely Kosher Records announced yesterday afternoon that, following the release of Himalayan Bear‘s Hard Times, the label will stop putting out new albums. If you’ve followed the East Bay label over the years, then you know that this development is bad news. Over the course of almost 15 years, the label has released albums from some of indie’s best, including a slew of personal favorites, like The Wrens’ Meadowlands, The Mountain Goats’ The Coroner’s Gambit, Okay’s Huggable Dust, and 60 Watt Kid’s self-titled album. In its time, Absolutely Kosher has championed a lot of local bands, including Ex-Boyfriends, Little Teeth and more.
The label will still be selling items from its back catalog, and, if you haven’t checked out its offerings before, there’s no time like the present. Absolutely Kosher’s full announcement is reprinted below.
ABSOLUTELY KOSHER RECORDS SCALES BACK OPERATIONS
Himalayan Bear’s Hard Times, out October 11, 2011, will be the label’s final release.After 13 years, Absolutely Kosher will cease to release records for the foreseeable future. We’ve got one more album to share with the world before scaling back the operation to just administer our catalog. It’s by a Canadian artist called Himalayan Bear and the album is called Hard Times. No, the irony isn’t lost on me.
We should’ve been celebrating the label’s bar mitzvah this year, but it’s not to be. I wish I could tell you there’s a grand plan, a new chapter waiting to be written, but the truth is, we’ve been struggling for years and the only thing on my plate right now is to eliminate our debts and rejuvenate my spirits. We’ve made all sorts of adaptive changes at the label over the last several years, many of them yielding some positive results, but none at the scale and speed we need them to be at.
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Photos & Thanks: 2011 Rock Make Street Festival!
September 20, 2011
Photos by: Nicole L. Browner
We just wanted to extend our thanks to the thousands of you who attended the 2011 Rock Make Street Festival on Saturday afternoon. Your generous support of local music, arts, crafts, food and drink means that we’re sure to be back next year with Rock Make 2012 (and of course we’ll be throwing many fun events in the interim). Enjoy the below photo set, which captures a whole lot of the day’s fun in the sun.
For us, this year’s Rock Make ranks as the best yet, and that’s a testament to the many dedicated hands involved in making it such a success. Rock Make 2011 would not have been possible without our partners Tartufi and Cookie and the Dude, as well as all of the bands — Battlehooch, Birds & Batteries, Bare Wires, Phantom Kicks, James and Evander, Cannons & Clouds, Sean Smith, ChuCha Santamaria Y Usted, Mist Giant, Vons De Qua and the SF Rock Project’s House Band) — and hosts Paco Romane and Joe Gorman.
We’d also like to thank the many amazing vendors for showcasing some insanely awesome stuff, including .retool., 3 Fish Studios, 8mm Ideas, Alternating Currents Thairapy, Ana Apple Designs, Animal Instincts Apparel, Bahia Beads, Ballroom Panic, Beth Knight Studio, Booty Boutique, Bug Under Glass, Celestine SF, Chi Cheng, Chula Art, Coffee n Cream Press, Craftionistas, Dandy Lion Press, Farm Fresh To You, Foothill Fibers N' Photo, Friends of KUSF, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, Gia's Closet, Gold Dust Studio, Heathered, Invisible Hero Industries, Isobell Jewlery, Jasper Hearts Wren, Jewelmint, LalitasGemmes, Little Paper Monkeys, Lovebian Designs, MAHOOHOO, Mary Weather, Maureen Shields, Mediums to Masses, Melanie Alexandra Photography, Mimosa Studio, Mission Thread Clothing, Nidhi Chanani Illustration, Nous Savons, Ofina, Pretty Fun, quirkfactory, Romey Designs, Schoolhouse Crafts, Sea Pony Couture, Secession Art & Design, Semi-Precious Wire Works, Sephone Designs, Smells & Bells Organics, String Piglet, Tangleweeds, Tessa Kemp Jewelry, The Poetry Store, Turk+Taylor, Where's Romeo?!, Whimsy & Whatnot, Whoop!, Wood Thumb, and Workshop.
Thank you also to our food trucks, Spencer on the Go, TomKat, Kasa Indian, and Gorilla Pete’s, and Lagunitas Brewing Company and Bear Flag Wines. Last but definitely not least, a major thank you to the tireless staff, sound crew and volunteers who ensured that everything ran smoothly and looked and sounded great throughout the day.
The fourth annual Rock Make Street Festival was presented by:
The festival was also generously supported by our sponsors: Deli Radio, Scoutmob, Faultline Studios, KOOBA, Purebred Productions, Good Vibrations, El Rio, The Verdi Club, Lexington Club, and Rock Band Land.
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Dance party at 222 Hyde this Wednesday 9/21/11: N X T L V L
September 20, 2011
N X T L V L will take over 222 Hyde this Wednesday, featuring resident DJs plus special guest Eric Boss (10:00pm – 2:00am, $5, 21+):
N X T L V L night is the brainchild of DJs HOTTHOBO and DANNY GLOVERRR who were looking to start a night that plays the latest forward-thinking bass-heavy party jams that lie on the outskirts of any strictly genre-specific night. Joined by resident DJs and monthly guests, the sonic time machine into the future is now accepting reservations.
NXTLVL 2 Currated by Hotthobo & Danny Gloverrr by NXTLVL
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Burnt Ones announce West Coast tour with Cosmonauts + two local shows this month
September 20, 2011
Burnt Ones are heading out on a West Coast tour with Cosmonauts, their SoCal-based Burger Records labelmates. This includes two upcoming local shows: September 22nd with the Younger Lovers at Sugar Mountain, and September 28th with Lilac at Engine Works.
The Engine Works show also serves as a release show for Burnt Ones’ new tape, out via Burger Records. The tape includes the band’s LP, plus the songs from their 7″ releases and some early demos. Check out “Do the Spell” from the tape, above. All tour dates after the jump.
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Noted: The Wrong Words, WHY?, My Second Surprise, Foolproof Four and more
September 20, 2011
- The Wrong Words recently performed a live set on WFMU, which you can download for free.
- Well, shit. WHY? and Serengeti just cancelled their tour. Have you listened to the latter’s Family & Friends yet? It’s really strong.
- Not new but still reliably great: Hemlock booker Tony Bedard’s journey through the world of horrible press releases as @Folder_Rock is full of humor, sadness, and sadness-derived humor.
- Local folk-rock band Foolproof Four are releasing their debut LP, Apples of Our Allegiance, Saturday night at Amnesia. The night before, they’ll be serving on the music side of the music and comedy showcase Snob Theater.
- My Second Surprise’s Ayal Nistor is celebrating his birthday with a show Saturday at the Make-Out Room. The band will be giving away copies of MSS’s Time to Move On to all attendees.
- Maybe it’s because I’ve been listening to a ton of Velvets and Transformer lately, but this Metallica and Lou Reed thing is a real bummer. This 30-second snippet is just as grating as anything on Metal Machine Music.
bring the sunshine by mysecondsurprise
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Win tickets to see The Blank Tapes and Chloe Makes Music on 9/21/11 at the Great American Music Hall
September 19, 2011
Local indie-pop singer songwriters The Blank Tapes and Chloe Makes Music are playing at the Great American Music Hall on Wednesday, September 21st (8pm, $14), and we have a pair of tickets to give away! Third person to email contest[at]thebaybridged.com with the subject line “Blank Tapes Contest” gets them!
The Range of Light Wilderness and Hurray for the Riff Raff also perform.
