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Mixtape: Fourteen Songs about Love for Valentine’s Day (Podcast #300) In case you’ve managed to avoid this news until now, February 14th is Valentine’s Day, the greeting card industry holiday that can compel even the least romantic to confront the topic of love. Over the past few years, plenty of our favorite indie rockers have […] The post Mixtape: Fourteen Songs about Love for Valentine’s Day (Podcast #300) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Mixtape: Twenty-One Bands Playing Noise Pop 2013 (Podcast #299) Now in its twenty-first year, the 2013 Noise Pop Festival features over one hundred performers taking over San Francisco venues from February 26 through March 3. True to form, this year’s Noise Pop features acclaims indie darlings like DIIV and Toro y Moi as well as […] The post Mixtape: Twenty-One Bands Playing at Noise Pop 2013 (Podcast #299) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Live This Month: February 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #298) In Live This Month, we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the twenty-first annual Noise Pop Festival taking over Bay Area venues during the […] The post Live This Month: February 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #298) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Beyond the Bay Area: A Sacramento Mixtape (Podcast #297) It’s not technically part of the Bay Area — and by “technically,” of course, we mean “at all” — but we’ve been known to cheat a little bit and claim a good number of Sacramento bands as adopted locals over the years. Can you really blame […] The post Beyond the Bay Area: A Sacramento Mixtape (Podcast #297) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Live This Month: January 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #296) In Live This Month, we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. Plenty of local bands are highlighted among this month’s picks, including Kowloon Walled City, […] The post Live This Month: January 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #296) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Mixtape: Twelve Highlights from 2012 (Podcast #295) “Best of” lists are intrinsically a tricky proposition, but compiling them is made all the more difficult by the San Francisco Bay Area’s rich pool of local musical talent. This mixtape compiles twelve of our favorite local performers from this year, all of whom had big years in […] The post Mixtape: Twelve Highlights from 2012 (Podcast #295) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Live This Month: December 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #294) In Live This Month, we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. Few new albums and winter conditions mean that there’s a seasonal dip in the […] The post Live This Month: December 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #294) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Mixtape: Singer-Songwriters of the San Francisco Bay Area (Podcast #293) With its rich history of folk musicians and lyrical rockers, the Bay Area has long been a source of terrific singer-songwriters. Even today, while much of the buzz around local musicians focuses on some of our weirder (or, perhaps, more “now”) rock subgenres, there continue […] The post Mixtape: Singer-Songwriters of the San Francisco Bay Area (Podcast #293) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Mixtape: The Sounds of The Bay Brewed 2012 (Podcast #292) On Saturday, December 1st, we’re proud to be throwing San Francisco’s only rock and roll beer festival, The Bay Brewed 2012, where we’ll be taking over Public Works for a full afternoon of tasty craft brews and great indie music. It’s a can’t-miss festival featuring music performances by […] The post Mixtape: The Sounds of The Bay Brewed 2012 (Podcast #292) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Live This Month: November 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #291) In Live This Month, we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. Who would have expected November to offer a slew of new releases from Bay […] The post Live This Month: November 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #291) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Mixtape: Highlights from San Francisco Bay Area Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore (Podcast #290) The Bay Area has held a prominent place in punk music since punk first became a thing, with groups like Crime, Avengers, Flipper, and Dead Kennedys among the genre’s most important ’70s and ’80s bands. As punk artists began to achieve mainstream […] The post Mixtape: Highlights from San Francisco Bay Area Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore (Podcast #290) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Live This Month: October 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #289) In Live This Month, we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. Live music in the Bay Area in October means two big local music festivals […] The post Live This Month: October 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #289) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Mixtape: 2012 Treasure Island Music Festival Mix (Podcast #288) The Treasure Island Music Festival quickly became one of the most reliable heights of festival season, and the sixth installment features the return of Bay Area favorites like M83 and Girl Talk as well as the local debut of Divine Fits (the supergroup featuring members of […] The post Mixtape: 2012 Treasure Island Music Festival Mix (Podcast #288) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Mixtape: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2012 Mix (Podcast #287) By its twelfth year, you’d be forgiven for taking the annual occurence of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival for granted. The passing of founder Warren Hellman in December, however, brought with it a reminder that tens of thousands of people didn’t always flock to Golden Gate Park […] The post Mixtape: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2012 Preview Mix (Podcast #287) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.

Live This Month: September 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #286) In Live This Month, we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. September is overflowing with compelling live music choices — so many so, in fact, […] The post Live This Month: September 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #286) appeared first on The Bay Bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music.