Photos & Recap: Regional Bias 2011 with Royal Baths, Little Wings, White Cloud, Sea of Bees
August 9, 2011
Regional Bias 2011 took place Saturday night, and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. All four bands ruled, with the only bittersweet element being the knowledge that Royal Baths’ electrified high-point-among-high-points set was their last in SF for the foreseeable future. If you came, thank you for your support! If you missed it, catch up with this photo set from Nicole Browner, Anna Gazdowicz, and Todd Wanerman.
Thanks again to everyone involved in RB 2011: To our performers, Little Wings, Royal Baths, White Cloud, and Sea of Bees. To our DJs, Peter Arko, Joe Hayes, and Kevin Meenan. To our artists, Tanner Griepentrog, Lionel Guzman, Charlie Homo, Joshua Rampage, Jared Silbert, and Michael Thurston. To our food providers, Rosamunde Sausage Grill and Rocky’s Frybread. To Outside Lands and Treasure Island for their generous raffle prizes. To our tireless staff and volunteers for their assistance throughout the night. Last but not least, thank you to Brian Gorman and everyone at The Verdi Club, which remains one of the best kept secrets in SF live music. (Seriously, how are all ages shows not happening there every night?)
Our next live event is the 2011 Rock Make Street Festival on Saturday, September 17th. Vendor applications are still being accepted at RockMake.com. Have we not announced the performing bands yet? Stay tuned…
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Final reminder: Regional Bias 2011 is TONIGHT at The Verdi Club!
August 5, 2011
This Saturday, August 6th, 2011, The Bay Bridged celebrates five years of championing the San Francisco Bay Area indie music scene with our annual Regional Bias fundraiser concert event. Like its predecessors, Regional Bias 2011 takes place at the historic Verdi Club in the Mission District, with a spectacular lineup of bands including co-headliners Little Wings and Royal Baths, White Cloud, and Sea of Bees. Additionally, Regional Bias will be Royal Baths’ final SF show before the band relocates to the East Coast, so you’ll definitely want to be on hand to see their last local performance for the foreseeable future.
White Cloud – “Braised Cattle”
Look, over the past several weeks, we’ve explained how important Regional Bias is to our work here at The Bay Bridged. We’ve previewed new music from some of the performing bands. We’ve talked about the raffle we’re holding, and about the DJs, artists, and food vendors who will all be helping make the night really special. Now, we hope you’ll join us on Saturday night. See you then!
Regional Bias 2011
Little Wings
Royal Baths (Farewell Show!)
White Cloud
Sea of Bees
Saturday, August 6, 2011
The Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco)
Doors open at 7pm for happy hour art show, food, and DJs. Bands start at 8pm.
General Admission tickets: $10-$20 sliding scale donation (Purchase Advance Tickets Here!)
This Event is All Ages
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Regional Bias raffle update: Treasure Island Music Festival passes will be given away!
August 4, 2011
Okay, one final Regional Bias update for today! In addition to Outside Lands passes, our raffle at Saturday night’s fundraiser will also include a pair of two-day passes to the 2011 Treasure Island Music Festival! Be sure to enter the raffle for your chance to win (and remember, proceeds go to supporting The Bay Bridged).
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Four more reasons to attend Regional Bias: art, food, DJs, and a little bonus for people who arrive first…
August 4, 2011
As we count the days until Saturday’s Regional Bias fundraiser show — featuring Little Wings, Royal Baths (farewell show!), White Cloud, and Sea of Bees — here are a few more details about some of the other treats in store on August 6th.
Food!
We’ve mentioned a few times that there will be food at Regional Bias. We’re pleased to announce that savory and sweet treats will be available for purchase from Rosamunde Sausage Grill and Rocky’s Frybread. You know what goes really well with beer and music? Sausages and frybread, so be sure to come hungry.
DJs!
Local music comrades Kevin Meenan (Epicsauce) and Peter Arko (Ears of the Beholder) will be manning the DJ booth, making sure that there will be plenty of good tunes playing while you’re looking at cool art and snacking between sets.
Art!
We’ve got some great local artists lined up who will be showing pieces available for purchase on Saturday night, including Charlie Homo, Joshua Rampage, Jared Silbert, Kyle Field, and more.
Oh yeah, one more thing…
Attendees on Saturday night will receive a free, hand-screened show poster while supplies last, so get to the Verdi Club on time!
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Win passes to Outside Lands at Regional Bias!
August 3, 2011
A brief update about our fundraiser concert this Saturday night: So Friday and Saturday single-day tickets for Outside Lands are sold-out, but if you’re looking for an opportunity to support The Bay Bridged and win tickets to next weekend’s festival in Golden Gate Park, be sure to enter our raffle at Regional Bias. We’ll be raffling off a pair of three-day passes to Outside Lands, generously donated by the festival’s organizers.
More news about Regional Bias coming over the next few days. Get your tickets now!
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Recommended, 8/1-8/7: Regional Bias, Dntel, Howlin Rain, Mirah/Tara Jane O’Neil
August 1, 2011
Every Monday, we’ll be offering you early picks for some of the week’s best concerts. Do you think we omitted something worthwhile? Let us know in the comments! Be sure to visit our Local Concert Calendar for an expanded set of daily listings.
Regional Bias is Saturday night!
Hopefully you aren’t yet sick of us writing about Regional Bias, our fifth birthday party/annual fundraiser, which is taking place at the Verdi Club this Saturday, August 6th (8pm, $10-20, All Ages, Buy Tickets Here). Seriously, Little Wings, Royal Baths (farewell show!), White Cloud, and Sea of Bees?! You can’t beat that lineup for a quality evening.
Dntel tour comes to the Rickshaw Stop
Last year, Jimmy Tamborello released two new EPs as Dntel, and Sub Pop recently announced a deluxe reissue of 2001′s Life Is Full of Possibilities. With all of that activity, Dntel is currently touring with The One AM Radio, and both groups will be performing at the Rickshaw Stop on Wednesday, August 3rd (8pm, $10).
Anywhere Anyone (Live Rework) by Dntel
The One AM Radio – “Sunlight”
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Little Wings: two tapes out on Gnome Life Records, co-headlining Regional Bias on August 6th!
July 29, 2011
HALLOWEEN 2020 by LITTLE WINGS by Gnome Life Records
“Halloween 2020″ comes from Made It Rain, a new cassette from Little Wings, who is co-headlining our Regional Bias fundraiser/birthday party on August 6th.
The new tape is out now on Gnome Life Records. Says the label:
This tape is a direct transmission from the mind of Kyle Field (A.K.A. Little Wings)… brain waves reflected off a storm cloud and the nearby ocean… song droplets from Kyle and the windy mother. A chill out tape of eclectic covers, Little Wings classics remixed, a little story telling, and a fully new song to boot.
Recorded on cassette tape live in The Dream Yurt, high on the cliffs of Big Sur, California, above the Pacific Ocean, one late night in May 2011, in the midst of a gentle but unrelenting rain storm which eventually cut the party short by outing the power. “Made it Rain” is a wild artifact from the wild west.
Field’s recent Black Grass is also seeing reissue as a tape for Gnome Life. Listen to a song from that great album below.
GOLD TEETH by LITTLE WINGS by Gnome Life Records
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Sea of Bees – “Gnomes (Tunng Remix)” (playing at Regional Bias on 8/6!)
July 26, 2011
HVN223 Sea Of Bees – Gnomes (Tunng Remix) by heavenlyrecordings
We can’t think of a better way to kick off our Regional Bias fundraiser on August 6th than with a performance by Sacramento’s Sea of Bees. Julie Baenziger’s stunning indie folk-rock project is about to release its third single from Songs For the Ravens, and Gnomes, out August 15th 23rd, features the title track, the above remix by Tunng, and two unexpected covers. Blue Oyster Cult and U2 aren’t exactly names that come to mind when you think Sea of Bees, but that makes me all the more curious to hear Baenziger tackle “Don’t Fear The Reaper” and “With Or Without You.”
