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Video: Shout Out Louds – “Illusions” (win tickets to tonight’s show!)

May 22, 2013 by Ben Van Houten · 1 Comment »
Filed Under Coming to the Bay, Giveaway, News, Show Preview, Video

shout out louds

Shout Out Louds‘ Optica is probably my favorite indie pop record so far this year, with each song tightly orchestrated and extremely catchy. The band’s US tour is coming to the Great American tonight and we’ve got tickets to give away!

To win a pair of tickets to tonight’s show, email contest[at]thebaybridged.com with the subject line “Shout Out Louds” and include your full name for a chance to win.

Shout Out Louds, Haerts
Great American Music Hall
May 22, 2013
8pm, $19

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Sonny and the Sunsets premiere new song, add tour dates

May 21, 2013 by Jody Amable · Leave a Comment »
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Sonny and the Sunsets

San Francisco’s Sonny and the Sunsets have premiered another track from their upcoming record, Antenna to the Afterworld, via Stereogum. The new song, “Palmreader,” follows “Dark Corners,” which was dropped back in March. The new album is said to be inspired by the passing of singer Sonny Smith’s friend and will be out in June 2013 on Polyvinyl Records.

Sonny and the Sunsets have also announced an updated tour schedule, with dates in New York and a special spoken-word performance at the Roxie this Saturday, 5/25/13.

Listen to “Dark Corners,” Antenna to the Afterworld’s first single, below.

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Review & Photos: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Faceless @ DNA Lounge, 5/19/13

May 21, 2013 by Zack Frederick · Leave a Comment »
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Dillinger Escape Plan @ DNA Lounge 5/19/13 - photo by Zack Frederick

Early in their set of thrashing, frantic mathcore on Sunday night, The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s lead singer Greg Puciato pulled himself up by the chains of a hanging PA speaker at the DNA Lounge, leaning dangerously forward ten feet above the shoulder-crushing mosh pit on the floor. DEP are well known for their insane live shows — the band members never really stop moving, using cordless guitars and microphones to allow them to go anywhere in the venue — but even still, I was sure Puciato wouldn’t jump into the mosh pit. That’s too dangerous.

Still hanging, Puciato pointed towards the crowd, smiled, and leaped from the hanging PA speaker, landing with knees and elbows bent on the throbbing crowd. Momentarily lost in a pit of bodies, the crowd spit him back up and onto the stage. The rest of the group continued to blaze through “Farewell, Mona Lisa” from their 2010 LP Option Paralysis — a sprawling, whiplashed hardcore piece that ends in a destructive fury as Puciato screams “What did you expect from us?” Nothing less, I had to admit.

That moment set the tone for the rest of the set as DEP pulled hits from their entire catalog. It was the kind of night where the salaciously catchy swagger of “Milk Lizard” would butt up against lurching, double-speed jams pulled from 2004′s Miss Machine and other more obscure releases.

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Ticket Giveaway: Bobby Joe Ebola, Tornado Rider, Mystic Knights of the Cobra @ GAMH 5/23/13

May 21, 2013 by Jody Amable · Leave a Comment »
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Mystic Knights of the Cobra

Who’s ready to get weird at Great American? This Thursday, some of the most uncategorizable bands on the scene will take to GAMH. Snark-punk kingpins Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits are teaming up with San Francisco goofballs Tornado Rider, plus the East Bay’s Mystic Knights of the Cobra and Portland’s Water Tower. Trust us . . . it will be a heady and overwhelming experience for a Thursday night, but there’s no way you won’t have a good time. If you want tickets, we’ve got ‘em.

To enter send an email to contest[at]thebaybridged[dot]com with the show title in the subject line and your name in the body. The winner will be picked at random and notified via email.

Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits, Tornado Rider, Mystic Knights of the Cobra, Water Tower @ Great American Music Hall
8pm, $16, all ages. Buy advance tickets here.

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Review & Photos: Three Days of 1-2-3-4 Go Records’ Go! Go! @ The New Parish, 5/16-5/18/13

May 21, 2013 by M B L · Leave a Comment »
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emilys army

Emily’s Army began submitting recordings to 1-2-3-4 Go! about four years ago, when most members were 13. I could have fathered them. It helped that the guy to my right could be their grandfather (and he was sporting a dog collar). It’s a little uncomfortable how great they are. It is frightening to think what they could be doing in a few years. My only fatherly advice: notch down the Green Day, study Sandinista, and stay away from my daughters. Check them out June 8th at Oakland’s Uptown with Meat Market! Get their record Lost at Seventeen as soon as it is released on June 11th.

kepi

Kepi Ghoulie formed the Groovie Ghoulies in 1983 in Sacramento. Although they disbanded in 2007, Kepi continues to churn out solo records and scary-beautiful artwork. For the Go! Go!, Kepi teamed up with Portland’s Mean Jeans (who played the following night) to play all the Groovie Ghoulies’ hits. Paradise. Kepi kicks off a huge tour in June. Send him off in style at Luigi’s Fungarden in Sac on June 6th.

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Sandy’s – “Lonely Hunter”; playing Hickey Fest this weekend

May 21, 2013 by Russell Jelinek · Leave a Comment »
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sandy's

Sandy’s is a new project for Alexi Glickman, who was previously the singer and guitarist for The Botticellis. Glickman, who now lives in West Marin, is currently wrapping up recording Sandy’s debut album, and has shared three tracks on his Bandcamp page. All three are well-crafted, breezy pop songs with just a touch of retro feel. Listen to “Lonely Hunter” below, and see them play Saturday at Hickey Fest, the great-looking festival we told you about late last month.

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Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti comes to The Chapel, 5/21/13

May 20, 2013 by Katie Kopacz · Leave a Comment »
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Considering that lo-fi, analog psychedelic pop has burst open into such a sought-after genre, it’s a wonder there are not more artists as forward thinking as Ariel Pink. The eclectic, LA-based artist and his Haunted Graffiti just launched a U.S. tour, with a stop at The Chapel in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 21st. If you haven’t been to The Chapel yet, this is a good time to check it out – what better sounds to fill a vaulted-ceiling’d, church-themed venue than some neon weirdness?

Last year’s Mature Themes isn’t exactly a brand new album, and though the show is certain to contain at least a few songs from the record, Ariel has announced that the band will be playing material from the whole catalog on this tour, a sort of greatest hits set.

Below check out the beautifully (and intentionally) low budget video for “Only In My Dreams”.

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Holy Shit
The Chapel
May 21st, 9pm
$28 – $32

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