Ex-Boyfriends release third album, celebrate Thursday 5/6 at Cafe Du Nord
May 3, 2010
San Francisco’s own cheeky Ex-Boyfriends have returned with a third full-length album, entitled Line In/Line Out. This new slice of guitar-driven power pop follows in the footsteps of 2006′s Dear John and 2007′s In With.
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Ex-Boyfriends – “Uh Oh!”
The release of Line In/Line Out will be celebrated this Thursday at Cafe Du Nord (9:00 pm, $10, 21+), with The Bruises, Excuses for Skipping, and The Shondes (from Brooklyn, headlining) rounding out the bill.
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Noise Pop: Saturday Preview!
February 27, 2009
Tomorrow is the last full day of Noise Pop, and it’s a duesy. But before you start your night of shows, head over to the Pop N’ Shop at The Verdi Club. This awesome independent design fair has become one or Noise Pop’s coveted non-music events, and includes designers and artists selling clothing, jewelry, posters and more. It takes place from 12pm-4pm and is free!
Saturday will also feature a couple of matinee shows, one of which is at Bottom of the Hill with The Matches, Dizzy Balloon and Ex-Boyfriends. Oakland’s The Matches are guaranteed to put on a fun show with their brand of pop-punk:
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The Matches – “Wake the Sun”
As night breaks, you’ve got some fantastic options. The Independent will host New York’s self-proclaimed “New Pornographers on acid,” AC Newman. He plays with Dent May and his Magnificent Ukulele (MS), Devon Williams (LA) and City Light (Seattle). This feels like a rare line-up for the Bay Area — a great grouping of some of indie rock’s up-and-coming bands. 8pm, $15.
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AC Newman – “There are Maybe Ten or Twelve”
Cafe Du Nord also has a fantastic lineup with Portugal. The Man, Girls, Love is Chemicals and Agent Ribbons. Portugal. The Man playes a unique breed of indie with plenty of synth sounds and noises, and various vocals overdubbed and effected to their heart’s desire. 9pm, $13. For the full night’s schedule, head over to Noise Pop’s website.
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Local Label Profile: Absolutely Kosher Records
October 27, 2008
Cory Brown hasn’t bought new jeans in three years.
I am not sure if he is making a joke when he states this at the Bandwidth Music and Technology Conference, though he says it with a laugh. I don’t think the founder of local label Absolutely Kosher is trying explicitly to give us intimate details of his personal life. Instead, he’s giving a personal touch when describing an industry that has seen much change and is currently in a difficult state. For an industry that was once built on CDs, magazine reviews and college radio airplay, the old models have since been replaced by MP3s, blogs and a generation of listeners comfortable not paying for their musical product. [More...]
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Episode 19: The FIRST Playing in Fog/Bay Bridged Podcast!
June 26, 2006
8 People + 1 Bottle of Wine + 18 Beers + Only 4 Mics = Our best podcast to date.
That’s right! We have started a great collaboration with Deb Zeller and Playing in Fog to create the first ever Playing in Fog/Bay Bridged Podcast (we’ll call it a PiFcast for short). This PiFcast showcases the Playing in Fog Presents show featuring Ex-Boyfriends, Music for Animals, and Sholi on July 5th at Cafe Du Nord.
We sat down with Deb Zeller, Jay and Ryan from Music For Animals, and Colin, Chris, and Peter from Ex-Boyfriends at the bay bridged headquarters. We had some drinks and had a great conversation about Bananarama, Craigslist, the SF Music Scene, and touring. We have interlaced this great interview with music from all three bands so that you get a preview for this great show coming up next week!
Also, to celebrate this new endeavor, we have created the very first Bay Bridged Contest. Click the link below and enter yourself in a raffle for 2 FREE TICKETS to this show! The winner will be told via E-mail on July 3rd, so get those entries sent in! Thanks to Deb Zeller and Cafe Du Nord for making this possible!
Enter the Bay Bridged Contest!
Congrats to our winner: Richard P.!
