"480 Minutes" - Live...From San Francisco (on Pacific Time!)

We will indeed be doing a remote broadcast today from the Soma district of San Francisco!  Yay!

Today's episode of 480 Minutes (Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Pacific U.S.Time) will debut no new songs and instead focus on some of the great releases we've debuted for you thusfar in 2014 including San Francisco bands Pow! and Painted Palms, plus Throwing Muses, Dog Bite, Cate Le Bon, Is/Is, Dum Dum Girls, together Pangea, and The Rebel Set, to name 8.

Requests will be taken and perhaps even honored during the live-hosted hours via e-mail, and IM:

e-mail: ted(at)somafm.com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

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facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio
Twitter: @bagelradio

Please tune in ...  http://somafm.com/bagel/

Tonight (1/31/14) we will also host a party/show at Bottom of the Hill featuring Birdmonster, The
Lower 48, and City Light.  

If you are in the Bay Area and looking for something fun to do while supporting music and making BAGeL Radio very happy, please drop by!  Music Director BAGeL Ted will be providing the music before, between, and after the bands, so get there when doors open at 8:30 to breathe in the BAGeL Radio tunes in the company of like-minded folk on a big-assed sound system.

Thanks to everyone who has already purchased advance tickets.  For more details please visit http://bagelradio.com/presents

We will have a couple of pair of tickets to give away, so if you are 21+, tune in and keep your ears peeled for your chance to win.

"480 MInutes" - New Dum Dum Girls

Today's episode of 480 Minutes (Fridays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern U.S.Time) will debut new songs by Augustines (Seattle, WA, @WeAreAugustines), Dum Dum Girls (NYC via Los Angeles, CA and San Diego, CA, @DumDumGirls), Habibi (All Over The Damned Place Brooklyn, NY via Detroit, MI), The Hidden Cameras (Toronto, Canada, @Hidden_Cameras),  Jack Name (Los Angeles, CA), Quilt (Charlestown, MA, @QuiltMusic), and together PANGEA (Los Angeles, CA, @togetherPANGEA).

Thanks to everyone who tunes in for the inaugural episode of Fuzzy Road, our new Tuesday show devoted to garage-y, fuzzy, space-y, shoegaze-y, psychedelic rock of today and yesterday. That was really fun.

Requests will be taken and perhaps even honored during the live-hosted hours via e-mail, and IM:

e-mail: ted(at)somafm.com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

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facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio
Twitter: @bagelradio

Please tune in ...  http://somafm.com/bagel/

Also please note that this may be the last live broadcast in January as we are off to San Francisco next week to visit friends, associates, former associates, taco joints, and sushi bars.  Whether or not we will do a remote broadcast of Fuzzy Road or 480 Minutes has yet to be determined.  Whilst out west we will also host a party/show at Bottom of the Hill next Friday, 1/31.   Thanks to everyone who has purchased advance tickets, that really warms our hearts. See the post below or visit bagelradio.com/presents/ for more details. 

11th BAGeL Radio Bday Party Next Week!

Next week marks 11 years since BAGeL Radio began streaming music for the masses (although the masses didn't really catch on until later that year!), and each year we celebrate The Birth of a Station with a rock show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.

Just because we've relocated 2,917 miles away does not mean we are going to end this wonderful tradition.

On the contrary, we continue on strong with the help of SomaFM by hosting a show at our beloved Bottom of the Hill on Friday, January 31st, 2014, featuring our long-time SF faves Birdmonster, a band from Portland we've featured on BAGeL Radio called The Lower 48, and new SF-faves City Light, whose records we've been playing since their 2010 album Burned Out Bright.

Please tune in to 480 Minutes tomorrow (Fridays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time) for a chance to win a pair of tickets, or buy advance tickets to help the bands put food on their families.  Feel free to share the link to the event page and to RSVP on Facebook and do415.

Also, you can listen to the bands via this handy-dandy YouTube playlist.

Hope to see you next week in San Francisco!

"480 Minutes" - new Surfer Blood

Tune in today for your chance to win tickets for the upcoming Lumerians/Wax Idols show at The Chapel tomorrow (Saturday, June 8th).  When you hear a song by either band during today's edition of 480 Minutes (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Pacific Time), get in touch (contact info below).  It promises to be a great gig, so buy advance tickets here and, if you win, make a group event out of it and bring friends with your already purchased tickets!

Just for the record, last night I fill-in Djed a funk/soul/R&B set at Bottom of the Hill spinning music by the likes of Lulu, Funkadelic, B.T. Express, Spanky Wilson, The Bar-Kays, and a couple of dozen other artists.  By most accounts it did not suck.

Today's edition of 480 Minutes will see the debut of new songs by CSS (São Paulo, Brazil), Eleanor Friedberger (Brooklyn, NY), Feathers (Austin, TX), Grey Gordon (Fort Wayne, IN), The Mantles (San Francisco, CA),  Mixhell (São Paulo, Brazil),  The Multiple Cat (Davenport, IA), Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds (Washington, D.C.), Rogue Wave (Oakland, CA), Sonny and the Sunsets (San Francisco, CA), Surfer Blood (West Palm Beach, FL), and What Model Citizens (Brooklyn, NY).

Requests are taken during the live-hosted hours (9 a.m. - 5 p.m Pacific Time) via e-mail and IM:

e-mail: ted(at)somafm.com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive

facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Hearing from you makes us just plain giddy!

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest)

*Taxes/ Fake Your Own Death/ BNLX @ Neck of the Woods 6/7
*Parquet Courts/ Cocktails @ Rickshaw Stop 6/7
Terry Malts/ Cold Beat/ #1 Smash Hits @ Bottom of the Hill 6/7
Malice Cooper/ Hot Lunch/ [Surprise Guests]/ BNLX/ Little Queenie @ Light Rail Studios (Parkerpalooza) 6/8
#* Lumerians/ Wax Idols @ The Chapel 6/8
*Generationals/ Young Empires @ Bottom of the Hill 6/8
* Snowden/ Bad Veins @ Brick & Mortar 6/13
They Might Be Giants/ Moon Hooch @ The Warfield 6/14
The Dandy Warhols @ The Fillmore 6/15

* = we're there
+ = we're DJing
# = win tickets on 480 Minutes

Check out the needs-some-refreshing-but-fuller gig list page at bagelradio.com/shows/

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"480 Minutes" - new music from The National, The Front Bottoms; Sea Wolf ticket contest

Hello, hello, hello!

It's Friday and that's a good thing for so many reasons.  Tune in to 480 Minutes today, it will help you get through your day and to your weekend faster, guaranteed or your money back!

Also during today's 8-hour marathon broadcast we'll have tickets to give away for the upcoming all-ages Sea Wolf show at the Great American Music Hall on Tuesday, 5/21. Tune in and get in touch whenever you hear a Sea Wolf song and you might just win yourself a pair of tickets for the show.  You can buy advance tickets here.

Today's installment of 480 Minutes will debut new tunes by The Front Bottoms (Bergen County, New Jersey), HOTT MT (Los Angeles, CA), Majical Cloudz (Montreal, Canada), The National (Brooklyn, NY),  Primal Scream (London, England), Snowden (Austin, TX), and Tunng (London, England).

The National record is about as great as you'd expect from one of the best bands of the millenium. The Front Bottoms record is even better than the first, and that one was one of our top albums of 2011.

Requests are taken during the live-hosted hours (9 a.m. - 5 p.m Pacific Time) via e-mail and IM:

e-mail: ted(at)somafm.com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive

facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

We love hearing from you!

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest)

of Montreal/ Wild Moccasins @ Slim's 5/10
The Black Angels @ The Fillmore 5/17
Dale Earnhart Jr. Jr. @ The Independent 5/17
Hunx & His Punx/ Shannon and the Clams/ FuzZ/ Peach Kelli Pop/ Twin Steps @ The New Parish (Oakland) 5/18
*# Sea Wolf/ Savoir Adore @ The Great American Music Hall    buy tickets
Imperial Teen/  CHURCHES/ Gone To Ground @ Bottom of the Hill 5/24
Suuns/ Wymond Miles/ Folil @ Bottom of the Hill 5/28
The xx/ Hundred Waters @ Greek Theatre (Berkeley) 6/1
Dead Kennedys @ Uptown Nightclub (Oakland) 6/6
+ Save The Hill Benefit & Auction featuring Midtown Social/ Ray Vaughn @ Bottom of the Hill 6/6 buy tickets
*Generationals/ Young Empires @ Bottom of the Hill 6/8

* = we're there
+ = we're DJing

Check out the freshly updated full gig list page at bagelradio.com/shows/

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"480 Minutes" - new OMD, QOTSA, Art Brut, Villagers, Flaming Lips

Hello and welcome to the weekly 480 Minutes preview.  On the show this week we will have tickets to give away for next Friday's (4/19) all-ages Birdmonster/Mother Mother show at Bottom of the Hill, so listen closely and when you hear a song by either band, get in touch, and you might just win yourself some free tickets. Buy advance tickets for your friends here.

Today's 8-hour marathon radio show will feature new music by Art Brut (London, England), Bored Nothing (Melbourne, Australia), The English Singles (Sacramento, CA), The Flaming Lips (Oklahoma City, OK), James Blake (London, England), The Knife (Stockholm, Sweden), Milk Music (Olympia, WA), Nude Pop (Spokane, WA), OMD (Liverpool, England), Paper Pilots (Los Angeles, CA), Queens of the Stone Age (Palm Desert, CA), Steve Mason (Edinburgh, Scotland; Beta Band), and Villagers (Dublin, Ireland).

We take requests during the live-hosted hours (9 a.m. - 5 p.m Pacific Time) -- we don't usually play them, but what they hey, give it a try, you never know:

e-mail: ted(at)somafm.com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive

facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest)

OMD/ Diamond Rings @ The Regency Ballroom 4/12
Johnny Marr @ The Fillmore 4/13
Band of Horses @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 4/13
Beach House @ The Fillmore 4/16
Sigur Rós @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 4/17
Vampire Weekend @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 4/17
James Blake @ Mezzanine 4/17
# Mother Mother/ Birdmonster/ Yassou Benedict @ Bottom of the Hill 4/19   buy tickets
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ The Fillmore 4/22

Check out the full gig list page at bagelradio.com/shows/

Lyric of the Week

"We've gotta get the kids before they grow / God forbid they retain their sense of wonder" - Villagers, "Judgement Call"

Videos

"480 Minutes" - new Veils, Strokes, BRMC, Depeche Mode, Suede, Wavve, etc.

This week I was fortunate enough to see three terrific bands in one night: Golden Grrrls, from Glasgow, Scotland, Brilliant Colors from San Francisco, CA, and Veronica Falls from London.  All were good, but Veronica Falls stole the show.  You can find some photos of the blessed event here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bagelradio/sets/72157633104234735/show/

Sadly I didn't take any photos at the Wavves, FIDLAR, and Cheatahs show last Friday night, but Wavves and FIDLAR absolutely killed it, with Wavves busting out a terrific cover of Sonic Youth's, "100%" (see video of SY performing the song below).

Today's 8-hour marathon radio show will feature new music by three bands with the word "black" in their name....that's notable, is it not?  Bands include The Aerotrope Guild (Sydney, Australia), Audacity (Fullerton, CA), Automatic Children (New York, NY), The Black Angels (Austin, TX), Black Rebel Motorcyle Club (San Francisco, CA), blackoutbeach (Vancouver, Canada), Campfires (Portland, OR), Cold Cave (NYC/LA sounding like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club covering Sisters of Mercy), Depeche Mode (Basildon, England), Keaton Henson (London, England), Restless Leg (Sydney, Australia),  Sam Vicari (Chicago, IL), Says She's Ms. Blat (New York, NY), Shout Out Louds (Stockholm, Sweden), The Strokes (New York, NY), Suede (London, England), Tango In The Attic (Glenrothes, Scotland), Vampire Blow (Copenhagen, Denmark, and they have adorable videos, one of which is below), The Veils (London, England), Waaves (San Diego, CA), and Z*L (Boston, MA).

Get in touch during the live-hosted hours (9 a.m. - 5 p.m Pacific Time) via:

e-mail: ted(at)somafm.com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive

facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest)

Heartless Bastards @ Great American Music Hall 3/30
*Matt Jaffe & The Distractions @ Slim's 3/30 local showcase, early show!
*Wax Idols/ The Mallard/ Chasms @ Brick & Mortar 3/30
Scissors For Lefty @ Milk Bar 3/30
White Fence@ Amnesia 3/30 & 3/31
Daedelus @ The Independent 3/31
Widowspeak @ The Chapel 3/31
Esben & The Witch @ Brick & Mortar 4/4
San Cisco/ Chaos Chaos @ Rickshaw Stop 4/4

*ROCK/SEE Benefit Concert for the Roxie Theater
featuring Thee Oh Sees/ Sonny and the Sunsets/ Future Twin/ Assateague @ Verdi Club 4/5 buy tickets

Check out our new gig list page at bagelradio.com/shows/ and let us know what you think!

Lyric of the Week:

"If you must die, sweetheart, die knowing your life was my life's best part." -  Keaton Henson, "You"

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"480 Minutes" - new Joy Formidable

Hello.  Today we have a special treat for you -- and exclusive in-studio live acoustic performance by Peter Arcuni of Birdmonster.  You can check out the interview here.  Birdmonster will be the first band on stage at our 10-year anniversary event next Friday, February 1st, so get there early!

Advance tickets are on sale here, and the first 10 people who e-mail their ticket receipt to Birdmonster (@gmail.com) will get a free Birdmonster t-shirt at the show!  $10 for 3 bands (Mister Loveless, CHURCHES, and Birdmonster) at Bottom of the Hill ... and a free t-shirt?  Seriously?!  Done.  I'm going!

Today's 480 Minutes program is live-hosted from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Pacific Time and new music will include songs by and the aforementioned in-studio set by Peter from Birdmonster (including an acoustic version of one not-yet-released Birdmonster song).  Additional debut tunes from Dog Bite (Atlanta, GA),  Donora (Pittsburgh, PA), Ex Cops (Brooklyn, NY), Fear of Men (Brighton, England), FIDLAR (Los Angeles, CA), The Joy Formidable (London, England), Lost Animal (Melbourne, Australia), The Ruby Suns (Auckland, New Zealand), and Useless Eaters (Nashville, TN).

Get in touch with your requests, comments, challenge sets, and your chance to win a pair of tickets to our anniversary event during the hosted portion of the day:

e-mail: ted(at)somafm.com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive

facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest)

*Fake Your Own Death/ Happy Fangs/ Vela @ Bottom of the Hill 1/25 buy tickets
The Walkmen @ The Fillmore 1/24 & 1/25
Blackallicious @ The New Parish (Oakland)1/25

IO Echo/ The Happy Hallows @ Hotel Utah 1/25
Wovenhand/ Vir/ Yassou Benedict @ Bottom of the Hill 1/26
Cellar Doors/ The Spyrals @ Bottom of the Hill 1/30
Local Natives @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 1/30/13
The Who: Quadrophenia and More @ Oracle Arena (Oakland) 1/30/13
Dengue Fever @ The Independent 1/31
Geographer @ The Fillmore 1/31
Michael Zapruder @ Hemlock Tavern 1/31

**# SomaFM Presents...
**# The BAGeL Radio 10th Birthday Bash @ Bottom of the Hill
**# featuring Mister Loveless/ CHURCHES/ Birdmonster 2/1/13 buy tickets

*  = We're there
** = We're DJing (stop by, say hi!)
#  = win tickets during 480 Minutes

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"480 Minutes" - Australia x 5

Two contests to tell you about: first, we have tickets to give away for Monday's show at The Independent featuring Sea Wolf, Hey Marseilles, and The Donnies the Amys. The legendary DJ Elise from Indie Pop Rocks (the internet radio station that inspired BAGeL Radio) will be spinning between the sets.  Buy tickets here (and then bring friends if you win!).  So, when you hear and Earlimart song during today's 480 Minutes show (Fridays, 9a.m. - 5p.m. Pacific Time), get in touch.  Please note that the gig is 21+ so you must be 21+ to win tickets.

The other contest is for all of you DJs and remixer-types out there.  SF/BKLN band Wildlife Control are running a contest allowing folks to remix their song "Analog Or Digital" (see the excellent video below) and the best one will win some amazing prizes: a year of SoundCloud Pro, a Maschine Mikro, and Komplete 8.  Yes, this is serious!

Speaking of serious, if you are a California voter overwhelmed by the propositions on next Tuesday's ballot, don't fret.  There are a couple of thorough voter guides that you can read online and/or print to take with you.  One is provided by KQED, the other by the SF Bay Guardian.  Both are worth reading -- they explain what the propositions do, who is backing them, and highlight the pros and cons.

Because I've gotten a few more "Help! Where'd BAGeL Radio go?!" e-mails this week, let me reiterate that **Loudcaster has closed***  Their instance of the BAGeL Radio stream is no longer accessible.  If you were listening to BAGeL Radio via TuneIn you may not have even been aware that it was their stream you were listening to.  The good news is, rectifying the situation is easy -- just search for 480 Minutes on TuneIn, or your Sonos desktop controller, or whathaveyou -- that stream will work.  If you need help repointing any device to the SomaFM stream of BAGeL Radio, please go to http://bagelradio.com/radio/listen.html for instructions/links, or use the contact information below to get in touch and we'll be happy to help.

Today on 480 Minutes we will debut new songs by Abbe May (Perth, Australia), The Barbaras (Memphis, TN), Black Moth Super Rainbow (Pittsburgh, PA), The Blackwater Fever (Brisbane, Australia), The Coup (Oakland, CA), Earlimart (Los Angeles, CA), Grape Soda (Athens, GA), GRMLN (Santa Cruz, CA), The Hoot Hoots (Seattle, WA), Sea Wolf (Los Angeles, CA), A Shoreline Dream (Denver, CO), Sic Alps (San Francisco, CA), Skipping Girl Vinegar (Melbourne, Australia), Talk Normal (Brooklyn, NY), Tamaryn (San Francisco, CA), Titus Andronicus (Glen Rock, New Jersey), Tracksuit (Perth, Australia), The Trashed Romeos (Memphis, TN), and Voltaire Twins (Perth, Australia).  That's five Australian acts today.  Strewth!

Contact info:

e-mail: ted(at)somafm.com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive

facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest, click the link to see the full list, updated this week for the first time in a while, sorry for the delay!)

Solar/ Mystery Skulls/ Mike Dee @ Monarch 11/2
White Fence/ Twerps/ The Mallard @ Rickshaw Stop 11/2
Saint Etienne @ The Fillmore 11/2
*Maus Haus/ Sister Crayon/ Radiation City @ Rickshaw Stop 11/3
Justice @ The Warfield 11/4
# Sea Wolf/ Hey Marseilles/ The Donnies the Amys/ Elise from Indie Pop Rocks @ The Independent 11/5    buy tickets
Jens Lekman @ The Fillmore 11/5
Cat Power @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 11/6
Afghan Whigs @ The Fillmore 11/7 & 11/8
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard/ Carletta Sue Kay @ Cafe du Nord 11/8
Stan Ridgway/ Carneyball Johnson @ Red Devil Lounge 11/8
Phenomenauts @ DNA Lounge 11/8
Diamond Rings/ Sky Ferreira @ Rickshaw Stop 11/8
Those Darlins/ Pangea/ Heavy Cream @ Rickshaw Stop 11/9   buy tickets
*Delta Spirit/ Jeff The Brotherhood/ FIDLAR @ The Fillmore 11/9
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ Great American Music Hall 11/10
*Japandroids @ The Filmore 11/12
AC Newman/ Harriet @ The Independent 11/12
Ben Gibbard @ Palace of Fine Arts 11/13
Generationals/ Races @ Cafe du Nord 11/13
*Tame Impala @ The Fillmore 11/15
Lower 48/ Crushed Out/ Halsted @ Hotel Utah 11/15

*  = We're there
** = We're DJing (stop by, say hi!)
#  = win tickets during 480 Minutes

Videos

(Nudity warning on Solaris: NSFW)

"480 Minutes" - new Mountain Goats, AC Newman

Here in San Francisco we just had our second 3-day long summer of 2012, and the Major League Baseball postseason starts...today!  Ah, Autumn.

A quick note to let our Loudcaster listeners know that Loudcaster will soon be closing it's doors, so please start listening to BAGeL Radio through SomaFM immediately (if not sooner!).  Go to http://bagelradio.com/radio/listen.html to learn how.  Any questions?  Just ask (contact info below).

Tune in today for 480 Minutes and your chance to win tickets to the next event BAGeL Radio is involved with, The Rock n Roll Carnival at Public Works featuring Birdmonster, LeVICE, Teenage Sweater, plus magic and carnival performers and Flying Spaghetti Monster only knows what else next Thursday, October 11th, 2012.

Today on 480 Minutes we will debut new songs by A.C. Newman (Vancouver, Canada), Black Marble (Brooklyn, NY), C S Yeh (Brooklyn, NY), Freelance Whales (Queens, NY), Gap Dream (Cleveland, OH), Happy Fangs (San Francisco, CA), Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), King Tough (Los Angeles, CA), Matt & Kim (Brooklyn, NY), Melody's Echo Chamber (Paris, France), The Mountain Goats (Claremont, CA), Robust Worlds (Minneapolis, MN), Santah (Chicago, IL), Seapony (Seattle, WA), Sun Airway (Philadelphia, PA), Tame Impala (Perth, Australia), Total Control (Melbourne, Australia), Unnatural Helpers (Seattle, WA), and WIN WIN (Brooklyn/Boston).

To tune in on your smartphone, go grab the SomaFM app, so you can listen to BAGeL Radio, Indie Pop Rocks, Groove Salad, or any of the other 20+ SomaFM stations on the go.  It sounds great, gives you a long song history, allows you to Tweet the currently playing song, buy the song from iTunes, and bookmark songs so you can buy later/playlist them on your favorite subscription service.  It's pretty great.

Please contact us on Fridays (during 480 Minutes) from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Pacific Time (time zone adjuster):

e-mail: bagelradio[at]gmail[dot]com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive

facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest, click the link to see the full list)

Florence And The Machine @ Shoreline 10/4 &10/5
Joe Jackson @ Nob Hill Auditorium 10/5
Admiral Fallow/ Young Buffalo @ Cafe du Nord 10/7    buy tickets
*IO Echo/ Gliss (EP Release Party!)/ Cruel Summer @ Rickshaw Stop 10/9    buy tickets
Grizzly Bear @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 10/9
Dinosaur Jr. @ The Fillmore 10/10

#**Rock n Roll Carnival featuring
Birdmonster/ LeVICE/ Teenage Sweater @ Public Works 10/11    buy tickets

Raveonettes @ Bimbo's 10/12
David Byrne/ St. Vincent @ Orpheum Theater 10/15
*Exitmusic/ Sun Airway/ Pure Bathing Culture @ Rickshaw Stop 10/16    buy tickets
Adam Ant/ Brothers of Brazil @ The Regency Grand 10/18
Public Image Limited @ Regency Grand 10/25
*Those Darlins/ Pangea/ Heavy Cream @ Rickshaw Stop 11/9    buy tickets
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ Great American 11/10
Alice Cooper @ The Warfield 11/27

*  = We're there
** = We're DJing (stop by, say hi!)
#  = win tickets during 480 Minutes

Videos!

"480 Minutes" - new Turbo Fruits, Menomena, Grizzly Bear

Today is a ticket giveaway edition of 480 Minutes -- we've got tickets to not one but two Bay Area shows tonight.  Exciting stuff!  In San Francisco there's the SomaFM Presents... Earlimart @ The Independent show.  In Oakland, there's Mister Loveless at The Uptown show. When you hear songs by either band, get in touch and you might just win yourself a pair of tickets!

I am ready for another live show after seeing Eternal Summers @ Bottom of the Hill this week.  They were really, really good, and it's a shame that more people weren't there to soak in their Lush meets Three Imaginary Boys-era Cure via Stangeways, The Wedding Present, and early 80s Banshees sound.

Today on 480 Minutes we will debut new songs by Atoms For Peace (Radiohead), Cars & Trains (Portland, OR), The Denzels (Brooklyn, NY), Earlimart (Los Angeles, CA), Freedom Fry (Los Angeles, CA, Paris, France),  Grizzly Bear (Brooklyn, NY), Menomena (Portland, OR), Murder By Death (Bloomington, IN), Stars (Montreál, Canada), Turbo Fruits (Nashville, TN), The Union Electric (St. Louis, MO), and The xx (London, England).

Please contact us on Fridays (during 480 Minutes) from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Pacific Time (time zone adjuster):

e-mail: bagelradio[at]gmail[dot]com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive

facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest, click the link to see the full list)

SomaFM Presents...
#Earlimart/ Waters/ Blake Hazard @ The Independent 9/14    buy tickets

#*Mister Loveless/ B.Hamilton/ Bilinda Butchers @ The Uptown (Oakland) 9/14

The Jealous Sound/ Daytrader @ Bottom of the Hill 9/14   buy tickets
ROCK MAKE STREET FESTIVAL @ 18th &Treat Streets in SF 9/15
featuring John Vanderslice/ Tartufi/ Exrays/ Will Sprott (of The Mumlers)/ Burnt Ones/ DRMS/ Yalls/ Twin Steps/ The Mallard/ Permanent Collection/ Metal Mother/ Kids on a Crime Spree
Crosby, Stills, & Nash @ The Fillmore 9/19 & 9/20
Moving Units/ Golf Fields @ Rickshaw Stop 9/20    buy tickets
Bob Mould @ The Fillmore 9/21
Animal Collective @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 9/21
Holograms/ Maus Haus @ Rickshaw Stop 9/21    buy tickets
Wilco @ Greek Theater (Berkeley) 9/21 & 9/22
Menomena @ Bimbo's 9/26
*Vir/ Here Come The Saviours/ Erik Blood @ Hemlock Tavern 9/28
Beach House @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 9/28
Aimee Mann @ The Fillmore 9/29
The Go-Gos/ Psychedelic Furs @ Mountain Winery 9/30
*Blood Red Shoes @ Rickshaw Stop 10/1    buy tickets

*  = We're there
** = We're DJing (stop by, say hi!)
#  = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

Videos!

Not sure I like the video, but the song is great.

 This Flaming Lips/Amanda Palmer video is Not Safe For Work:

Yes, the name of the band is Freedom Fries

"480 Minutes" - new Mister Loveless

Tune in today for the world broadcast debut of a couple of new Gliss  songs (due out in 2013) to prepare you for their show tomorrow at The Rickshaw Stop.  When you hear a song by the Danish/LA-ish band, get in touch (contact info below), and you might just win yourself a pair of tickets for the show!  Buy advance tickets here.

You can listen on your computer, tablet, phone, game console, whathaveyou using either of these URLs: http://somafm.com/480mins or http://loudcaster.com/channels/350-bagel-radio .  If you have any problems connecting to the stream do let us know (contact info still below!) and we'll be happy to help.

Today on 480 Minutes we will debut new songs by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (Los Angeles, CA),  Army Navy (Los Angeles, CA), Atomic Bride (Seattle, WA), Black Pistol Fire (Austin, TX), Cars & Trains (Portland, OR), Crypts (Seattle, WA),  The Evil Tenors (Chapel Hill, NC), Fierce Creatures (Fresno, CA), Gliss (Los Angeles, CA; Copenhagen, Denmark), The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (New York, NY), Matthew Dear (Brooklyn, NY), Mister Loveless (Walnut Creek, CA), TEEN (Brooklyn, NY), Turtle Giant (São Paulo, Brazil), Yeasayer (Brooklyn, NY), and Young Rival (Hamilton, Canada).

Contact info for Fridays (during 480 Minutes) from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Pacific Time (time zone adjuster):

e-mail: bagelradio[at]gmail[dot]com

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facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest, click the link to see the full list)

*# Gliss/ City Of Women @ Rickshaw Stop 8/25 buy tickets  win tickets during today's show!
Kristen Hersh @ Cafe du Nord 8/26
Desaperecidos (Conor Oberst's first band) @ Regency Grand 8/29
Why? @ Great American Music Hall 8/30
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Rickshaw Stop 8/30
Old 97's @ Fillmore 9/2
Beirut @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 9/3
*Gram Rabbit @ Rickshaw Stop 9/5
Big Black Delta/ Youngblood Hawke/ The Dramantics @ Bottom of the Hill 9/6 buy tickets
* Wildlife Control/ Mercies/ The Dandelion War @ Bottom of the Hill 9/7 buy tickets
KRS-One @ Red Devil Lounge 9/8
Devo/ Blondie @ The Warfield 9/10
Swans/ Xiu Xiu @ Regency Grand 9/10
Hot Chip @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 9/11
*Eternal Summers/ Bleeding Rainbow/ Callow @ Bottom of the Hill 9/12 buy tickets
Silversun Pickups @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 9/12
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult @ DNA Lounge 9/12
The Jealous Sound/ Daytrader @ Bottom of the Hill 9/14 buy tickets

*  = We're there
** = We're DJing (stop by, say hi!)
#  = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

Videos!

"480 Minutes" - new Bob Mould, Amanda Palmer

It's another Friday of ticket giveaways during 480 Minutes.  Today we have tickets for Hot Panda @ the Hemlock Tavern on Wednesday, 8/15.  Tune in and get in touch when you hear a Hot Panda song and you might just win yourself (if you are 21+) a pair of tickets for the show (if you win and are under 21...we'll see what we can do).  Check out this playlist of their songs so you are good and prepared.  Or at least prepared.

Please do tune in: http://somafm.com/480mins or http://loudcaster.com/channels/350-bagel-radio ... because, you know, we are Pro-Choice.

Today on 480 Minutes we will debut new songs by Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra (Boston, MA), Blood Red Shoes (Brighton, England), Bob Mould (San Francisco, CA), Caviare Days (Stockholm, Sweden), Kestrels (Halifax, Nova Scotia) , Modern Rivals (Brooklyn, NY), The Neighbourhood (Los Angeles, CA), The Orwells ( Chicago, IL), Pagiins (Fort Smith, AK),  Redd Kross (Los Angeles, CA), Spider Bags (Chapel Hill, NC), Sundress (Denton, TX), and Three Minute Tease (Cambridgeshire, England).

We invite your feedback during 480 Minutes, every Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Pacific Time (time zone adjuster):

e-mail: bagelradio[at]gmail[dot]com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

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facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest, click the link to see the full list)

Shonen Knife/ The Mallard/ Chuckleberries @ Bottom of the Hill 8/10 buy tickets
Taxes/ Fake Your Own Death/ The Ian Fayes @ Bottom of the Hill 8/11 buy tickets
Champagne Champagne/ The Knux/ Rec League @ Bottom of the Hill 8/12 buy tickets
Dead Can Dance @ The Greek (Berkeley) 8/12
*# Hot Panda/ Apopka Darkroom @ The Hemlock Tavern 8/15 Hot Panda playlist
Estocar @ Grant And Green 8/15
*The Mallards/ Wimps/ Big Drag @ Thee Parkside 8/16
Peter Murphy @ Red Devil Lounge 8/17
Owen @ Slim's 8/19
*Gliss/ City Of Women @ Rickshaw Stop 8/25 buy tickets
Kristen Hersh @ Cafe du Nord 8/26
Desaperecidos @ Regency Grand 8/29
Why @ Great American Music Hall 8/30
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Rickshaw Stop 8/30
Old 97's @ Fillmore 9/2
Beirut @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 9/3
*Gram Rabbit @ Rickshaw Stop 9/5
Big Black Delta/ Youngblood Hawke/ The Dramantics @ Bottom of the Hill 9/6 buy tickets
* Wildlife Control/ Mercies/ The Dandelion War @ Bottom of the Hill 9/7 buy tickets
KRS-One @ Red Devil Lounge 9/8
Devo/ Blondie @ The Warfield 9/10

*  = We're there
** = We're DJing (stop by, say hi!)
#  = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

Mmmmm...Video

Warning: this one may not be safe for work or if there are kids around, especially if you or those you work with are uptight:

Hot Panda @ Hemlock 8/15

Vancouver band Hot Panda is on a brief West Coast tour and will be playing in San Francisco next week -- Wednesday, August 15th, at the Hemlock Tavern, to be specific, and during tomorrow's 480 Minutes program (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Pacific Time) we will have tickets to give away for that show.  Tune in and, when you hear one of their songs, get in touch for your chance to win.

In the meantime, familiarize yourself with Hot Panda with this handy-dandy playlist that we've compiled for you containing some of our favorite Hot Panda songs: http://rd.io/x/QFoGL1Ic8w

Enjoy!

Hot Panda West Coast Dates:

Fri, August 10th, 2012 East End, Portland, OR.
Mon, August 13th, 2012 The Echo, Los Angeles, CA.
Tues, August 14th, 2012 Soda Bar, San Diego, CA.
#*Wed, August 15th, 2012  Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA.
Thurs, August 16th 2012 Berbati's Pan, Portland, OR.

Our Show! Tonight! Bottom Of The Hill!

Our BAGeL Radio Presents... show, kindly previewed by David Downs in the SF Examiner:

DJ Ted boosts Bottom of the Hill

DJ Ted of BAGeL Radio is known for the eclectic

 lineup in his weekly broadcast “480 Minutes.”

By: David Downs | 07/25/12 8:31 PM
Special To The SF Examiner
COURTESY PHOTO

DJ Ted of BAGeL Radio brings his award-winning curatorial skills to the Bottom of the Hill Thursday in a show supporting a trio of rising indie pop and punk acts.
The winner of two CMJ Awards and several others, DJ Ted’s 9-year-old Internet radio station BAGeL Radio has become a key booster for San Francisco’s indie rock scene.
His show “480 Minutes,” broadcast live from his San Francisco apartment on Fridays, is inundated with promotional CDs from hundreds of labels like Sub Pop, Absolutely Kosher and Asthmatic Kitty — all vying for a spot in his eclectic weekly lineups.
As one of The City’s top indie rock venues, Bottom of the Hill in Potrero Hill is a natural fit for Ted, who DJs at the club on a semi-regular basis.
“It’s a good place for me,” he says. “Since I first moved here in 1998, it’s always been my favorite joint. I walked in there the first time and it felt like it was run by family. They always have bands I want to see and help support and get people out for.”
The lineup features King Tuff, The Coathangers and Jaill, with DJ Ted running the transitions. Ted uses the same setup for his radio show as he does for DJ sets — headphones and a laptop packed with tracks. He uses audio software MegaSeg for both, as well.
If there were professors of indie rock at San Francisco State University, where Ted has taught, he would be a department chair; his passion for tonight’s acts is apparent: He says, “They are all bands that I love, bands that I play and gets lots of airtime.”
Edgy, all-female punk act The Coathangers are commercial radio-ready with their third and latest album, which he calls “new wavey with a punk rock background — a mix of aggression, hooks and quirk” and “just absolutely great.”
He describes King Tuff as “Ty Segall and Jay Reatard if they were more interested in pop songs. It’s hook after hook after hook and a nasty nasally voice. There’s total attitude in the lyrics.”
BAGeL Radio recently moved hosts from Live365.com to local, award-winning net radio station SomaFM, DJ Ted announces, adding, “I’ve been a fan for years. It’s an honor to come aboard.”

DJ Ted of BAGeL Radio: Opening for King Tuff, Jaill, The Coathangers
Where: Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., S.F.
When: 9 p.m. Thursday July 26
Tickets: $12
Contact: (415) 621-4455, www.bottomofthehill.com

Read more at the San Francisco Examiner

"480 Minutes" - Win Gig Tickets! Oh, and new Afghan Whigs

Hello and welcome to an addition of 480 Minutes that will blow out of the water every other edition of 480 Minutes...like...ever.  Why, you ask?  Because we will be employing a new audio input interface, and I have been assured that this new device will make my on-air voice sexier than ever.  Like Barry White sexy.  Make sure there's a pillow nearby on which to land when you faint.  You have been warned.

In other news, we have tickets to give away for this Thursday's BAGeL Radio Presents... gig featuring live performances by King Tuff/ Jaill/ The Coathangers at Bottom of the Hill (buy tickets).  Please come out and support these 3 excellent touring bands (from LA, Milwaukee, and Atlanta, respectively).    It's an all-ages show, so have your big sibling or cool parent escort you!  Stay tuned and when you hear a song by any of the featured artists, get in touch and you might just win yourself a pair of tickets to the show.  I'll be there playing the songs between bands, so please stop by the sound/DJ booth and say hi.

Today on 480 Minutes we will debut new songs by The Afghan Whigs (Cincinnati, OH), AM (London, England), Birdmonster (San Francisco, CA), Chapel Club (London, England), DIIV (New York, NY), Eternal Summers (Roanoke, VA), A Great Big Pile Of Leaves (Brookyln, NY), Lawrence Arabia (Auckland, New Zealand), Micachu and The Shapes (Surrey, England), New God (Maryland), Opossom (Auckland, New Zealand), Royal Headache (Sydney, Australia), Samara Lubelski (Portland, OR), Shadowbox (Brooklyn, NY), The Very Best (London and Malawi),  Westkust (Gothenburg, Sweden), and Wet Hair (Cardiff, Wales, England).

In honor of the four (!) bands from the lands down under who will be making their BAGeL Radio debuts today, a helpful chart for understanding their accents:

The 480 Minutes program is live-hosted and your feedback between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time (time zone adjuster) is greatly appreciated:

e-mail: bagelradio[at]gmail[dot]com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive

facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest, click the link to see the full list)

Grass Widow @ Rickshaw Stop 7/20

*Ava Luna @ Bottom of the Hill 7/24 buy tickets

BAGeL Radio Presents...

**# King Tuff/ Jaill/ The Coathangers @ Bottom of the Hill 7/26 buy tickets

The Ettes/ Warm Soda @ Thee Parkside 7/26

Dirty Projectors/ Wye Oak @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 7/27

Social Studies/ Battlehooch @ Rickshaw Stop 7/27

The Bruises/ Dirty Ghosts/ Sporting Life @ Bottom of the Hill 7/27 buy tickets

Loquat @ Slim's 7/28

California Extreme 7/28 & 7/29

Sinead O'Connor @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 7/31

*Mynabrids/ Deep Time @ Cafe du Nord 8/1

Tears For Fears @ Nob Hill Masonic Auditiorium 8/2

Lucy Michelle And The Velvet Lapelles/ Audiofauna/ Morgan Manifacier @ Bottom of the Hill 8/1 buy tickets

Squarepusher @ Regency Grand 8/2

Soul Asylum @ The Independent 8/3

* Miwa Gemini/ Jean-Marie/ Dusty DiMercurio/ Poor Sweet Creatures @ Hotel Utah 8/5 buy tickets

*  = We're there
** = We're DJing (stop by, say hi!)
#  = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

Coupla Three Vids

"480 Minutes" - The 420 Edition

Today we have tickets to give away for Loquat's CD release show next Friday (4/27) at The Independent.  Also are on the bill are Mister Loveless and Excuses For Skipping, and all three are Bay Area bands we recommend checking out.  Get in touch when you hear a Loquat song between 9a.m. and 5p.m. and you might just win yourself a pair of tickets to their show!

This week we again had a virtual ton of new releases submitted, and (un)fortunately most of these sucked.  On the boo! side, well, much time was wasted listening to crap.  On the yay! side, it didn't take nearly as long as usual to review them all.  The ones that made the cut and will get their BAGeL Radio debut today include music by Allo Darlin' (London, England), Bear In Heaven (Brooklyn, NY), Dry The River (London, England), Emma Louise (Brisbane, Australia), Fort Lean (Brooklyn, NY), Here We Go Magic (Brooklyn, NY), Imaginary Cities (Winnipeg, Canada),  Jake Bugg (Nottingham, England),  Orcas (Seattle, WA), Theme Park (London, England), and White Woods (Atlanta, GA).

Yes, 11 new playlist additions...even though most of the submissions this week were weak.

In honor of this auspicious date, today's show will also feature a song or two about Mary Jane.

As always, the show runs from 9a.m. until 5p.m. Pacific Time.  Get in touch in real time during the show:

e-mail: bagelradio[at]gmail[dot]com

Yahoo IM/GoogleTalk: bagelradio

AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive

facebook.com/pages/BAGeL-Radio

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest)

Birds & Batteries/ Mwahaha @ Bottom of the Hill 4/21

Matthew Sweet @ The Independent 4/12

*M83/ I Break Horses @ The Fillmore 4/22 & 4/23
*Screaming Females/ Audacity/ Street Eaters @ Bottom of the Hill 4/24 buy tickets

*St. Vincent/ tUnE-yArDs @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 4/24

Neon Indian @ The Fillmore 4/24

The Dig/ Mist And Mast @ Bottom of the Hill 4/26

Ben Kweller @ Great American 4/26

*Loquat @ Independent 4/27 buy tickets

Fruit Bats/ Kelley Stoltz/ Gold Leaves @ Independent 4/26

The Knocks @ The Rickshaw Stop 4/26

Cypress Hill @ The Warfield 4/27

Girl In A Coma @ The Independent 5/1
Yo La Tengo @ SF Moma 5/1
Ty Segall/ White Fence @ Independent 5/2
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Hippies @ Fox (Oakland) 5/2
Lambchop @ Great American 5/4
The Black Keys @ Oracle Arena 5/4
Snow Patrol @ Fox Therater (Oakland) 5/4 & 5/5
Trainwreck Riders/ Passage Walkers/ Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits/ Apogee Sound Club @ Rickshaw Stop 5/4
*Dirty Ghosts/ Dante vs. Zombies @ Café du Nord 5/5 buy tickets

* = We're there

** = We're DJing (aka miss this and die)

# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

Happy 4/20 from a real Grouch!