Live This Month: December 2009 (Podcast #192)
December 1, 2009
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Every month, we dedicate the first week’s podcast to highlighting some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing soon in the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ve got ten great bands playing some excellent shows this month, so head out and see some live music!
About the bands:
Califone‘s (“Funeral Singers”) All My Friends Are Funeral Singers is their first album in three years. On Monday, December 7th, they’ll be at the Great American Music Hall for a special multimedia performance.
San Francisco’s Sic Alps (“L. Mansion”) have a couple of upcoming shows this month. They’ll be at the Hemlock Tavern, with Magik Markers and Wiggwaum, and at Amnesia on New Year’s Eve.
Costa Mesa’s The Growlers (“Swallowed Whole”) recently released their debut 12″, Are You In Or Out. Catch them with Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band and My First Earthquake at the Rickshaw Stop on Wednesday, December 2nd.
III is the new album from Espers (“Caroline”). The folk-rock band will be at The Independent on Thursday, December 10th, with Wooden Shjips and Colossal Yes.
Amores Vigilantes (“Millions of Brazilians”) celebrate the release of their debut CD at Cafe Du Nord on Thursday, December 17th. Scrabbel, Seventeen Evergreen and DJ Neil Martinson join them at the show.
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Voting commences for ’09 SF Weekly Music Awards
September 14, 2009
The nominations are up for SF Weekly’s music awards – vote now!
Among the nominees include many of our fondly covered artists: Two Sheds, Themselves and Emily Jane White, to name a few. But one category that might present a struggle to our readers would be “indie/rock/pop,” mandating a choice between Girls, Morning Benders, Sleepy Sun and Downer Party all competing.
Voting closes a month from today (Oct 14 , 3pm), with the winners being announced the following day at the music awards party at Ruby Skye.
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REMINDER! The Bay Bridged Presents: The Fourth Annual El Rio Big Time Freedom Fest
July 2, 2009
The Bay Bridged is proud to co-present The Fourth Annual El Rio Big Time Freedom Fest this Fourth of July on the lovely El Rio patio. Presented in conjunction with Tartufi, Thread Productions and the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the show features eight great bands at a price that can’t be beat, including Bay Area/Bay Bridged favorites like Birdmonster, Two Sheds, Low Red Land, and Birds & Batteries. The show’s an all day affair, meaning that once you’re nice and buzzed on El Rio’s wonderful patio, you’ll still be able to head down to the Bay to not see the fireworks that are totally obscured by the fog.
If you absolutely can’t attend, however, we’ll be streaming the show live over on Justin.tv. Stay tuned for more details on that.
The Fourth Annual El Rio Big Time Freedom Fest
Featuring: Birdmonster, Two Sheds, Low Red Land, Birds & Batteries,
Murray the Thief, Finn Riggins, D Numbers and Writer
Saturday July 4th 2009
El Rio
1:30pm-8pm, $8, 21+
Free BBQ Provided by Sneaky’s
Set times for all of the bands, more info and mp3s below: [More...]
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Photos: The Bay Area Takeover at South by Southwest 2009
March 25, 2009
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Noise Pop: Wednesday Night Preview!
February 24, 2009
Noise Pop’s second evening steadies the pace with memorable solo performances at SF’s Music Halls– Stephen Malkmus at the Great American and John Darnielle (Mountain Goats) at the Swedish American — but there’s plenty of other great pickings.
Sights and Sounds helps contribute to the longwinded philosophical debate of what it truly means to be an artist. Park Life gallery will display the fine art of those we know as musicians, namely Mark Mothersbaugh (Wes Anderson’s go-to composer, and of Devo), Bianca Casady (the Coco, her sister is the Rosie) and our neighborhood pal John Vanderslice, among others.
A notable and local mention would have to go to Sleepy Sun who, just like the comparable Brightblack Morning Light, owe their reverberating piano pieces and overall psychedelic tendencies to forest-living (originally from Santa Cruz). They’re presented by local radio (KUSF) tonight at Bottom of the Hill, along with Lumerians, True Widow (Dallas) and Nevada City’s Kings & Queens.
One of the underdog records of last year came from French Kicks (NY), playing the Independent tonight with the The Broken West (LA) and fun local acts, Here Here and The Dont’s. One can expect a joyous night of dancing to nonstop drumbeats. Heck, the seemingly improvised, clear-cut pop numbers of Swimming should start the bunny hop on the floor (especially the opener):
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French Kicks – “Abandon”
An out-of-left-field act for Noise Pop this year is Austrailia’s An Horse, the spunk-pop tourmates of Tegan and Sarah as well as Kaki King. This time they’re stopping at Slim’s with an equally happy-go-lucky Matt Costa (LA), Robert Francis (LA) and some locals always expected to steal the show: Two Sheds.
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Announcing the 2009 Bay Area Takeover!
January 29, 2009
After many months of preparation, Tricycle Records and The Bay Bridged are proud to announce that the Bay Area Takeover is back! After last year’s big success, we’re throwing another six hour unofficial day party during the 2009 South by Southwest Music Festival, with performances by over a dozen of the San Francisco Bay Area’s hottest artists representing a broad cross-section of the Bay’s fertile and diverse music scene.
The 2009 Takeover takes place on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 from 12pm to 6pm at Austin’s Beauty Bar. Once again, the party’s FREE, but you need to RSVP at TheBayAreaTakeover.com to receive priority admission.
We’ve got an absolutely amazing lineup to share with you at the Takeover. The show’s headliners–Sub Pop folk-rock masters Vetiver, acclaimed A/V DJ Mike Relm, and indie pop buzz band The Morning Benders“>The Morning Benders–are leaders in forging the Bay Area’s cosmopolitan music identity, and they’ll be joined by some of the hottest up-and-coming San Francisco groups, like Sholi, whose debut album comes out on Quarterstick/Touch and Go Records on February 17th.
The full list of acts is: [More...]
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Best of 2008: Adrian Bischoff of ipickmynose on Two Sheds’ Self-Titled EP
December 22, 2008
When this year started I had no knowledge of Two Sheds. After I heard “It’s Hard” and then the rest of their album, Strange Ammunition, I was hooked. They do bluesy, folky rock music with some of appreciation of the slowness and spareness (and the tension created by those things) of slowcore, all while being drenched in the deceptively simple melodies and the gorgeous, breathy female vocals of Caitlin Gutenberger.
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Two Sheds – “You”
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Episode 144: Twelve From 2008
December 16, 2008
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It’s pretty amazing how many great releases came from Bay Area bands this year, and we were pleased to interview many of these groups on our podcast in 2008. This week’s episode features music from twelve of this year’s best as featured on our show during the past twelve months. If you like what you hear, check out our feature episodes spotlighting each of these bands.
This will be our last podcast of the year, but we’ll be continuing regular blogging right into 2009. Happy holidays! [More...]
