Bag of Toys News

Recording 2nd CD at Gadgetbox
Santa Cruz, CA

Bag of Toys is taking off Nov-Dec to focus solely on our 2nd album due out in Spring, but hold on tight because we're planning on some touring to promote this CD. Check back and we'll keep you posted!
Bag of Toys Headlines Biggest Gig Ever!
07.05.07 - Bag of Toys Is Pleased to Be Headlining Slim's, One Of San Francisco's Ledgendary Venues, On Saturday July 28th

Sponsored by CrawlSF, this event will be headlined by San Francisco's own Bag of Toys and will also feature The Pat Jordan Band and Sean Tabor & Speakeasy. Tickets are now available for this all ages event HERE >>, so hop on the tickets while they're still only $10. Tickets are expected to sell out in advance.




Bag of Toys on San Francisco's KFOG!
03.01.07 - Bag of Toys is extremely happy to announce that they are now a featured "Local Scene" artist on KFOG, the premier radio station in the Bay Area!

Check it out here >>

The band is extremely proud to be recognized as an emerging local artist by a station that is such a long-running institution of quality music. If you would like to hear Bag of Toys played on KFOG, feel free to call or email the station to let them know you found us on their "Local Scene" page.

KFOG Request line: 1-800-300-KFOG
Email: kfog@kfog.com
Listen to KFOG live at 104.5 FM in San Francisco or 97.7 in San Jose.
If you're not in the Bay Area, listen to a live online stream at: http://www.kfog.com

Bag of Toys Debut CD "Nooner" Gets Picked as Top 5 CDs of 2006
01.25.07 - Bag of Toys album Nooner named in the top 5 CDs of 2006 by the entertainment section of the State News Newspaper. On this list, they share this distinction with other bands like Modeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood, Tea Leaf Green, AOL, and My Morning Jack.

Here is the review for Nooner...

While Bag of Toys may not be anything to gawk at, there is something to be said for the band that is good at what it does. For Bag of Toys, that is straight-up surf music. Tight grooves, guitars and lyrics born right near the beach in San Francisco, Californ-i-a. Audiences may even recognize their song "Share" from the latest Zune TV commercial. There is no better way to enjoy a day in the sun than with a bag of toys.

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BAG OF TOYS GOES GLOBAL WITH SONG "SHARE" FROM NOONER USED IN A NATIONAL TV COMMERCIAL FOR THE MICROSOFT ZUNE PLAYER!
12.17.06 - Bag of Toys' song "Share" off of their debut album NOONER is currently being used in a nation TV commercial for The Microsoft's Zune Player. We personally viewed the commercial during Sunday Night Football, The Simpsons and Family Guy.

Bag of Toys Plays Slims Friday Oct. 20th w/ The Expendables & 880 South
10.24.06 - We have been fortunate enough to be invited by The Expendables (the band that played after us and before Fishbone at The Independent show a few months back) to open for them on Friday Oct. 20th at Slims in San Francisco.

Update:We just wanted to thank everyone that came out early to the Expendables/880 South/Bag of Toys Sims show in San Francisco last Friday and got a chance to catch us...many for the first time. Hopefully we'll get a chance to play for more of you in the future. We had a kick ass time and we were honored to have The Expendables invite us to open for them.

Here are a couple quick shots from Friday... We'll have more up on our site soon.

BOT with 880 South and The Expendables @ Slims in SF
BOT with 880 South and The Expendables @ Slims in SF
Bag of Toys Featured On Australia's SoulShine
10.03.06 - Bag of Toys is featured on Australia's SoulShine music site. Click here to check it out!
Bag of Toys Song Featured In Upcoming Jack McCoy DVD
09.04.06 - Bag of Toys song "Last Wave" will be featured in legendary film maker's DVD release of "The Occumentary", A video documentary of Mark Occhilupo (an Australian surfer of God-like status) from the humble beginning to the incredible present. We've been told by Jack McCoy that Occy loves the new footage and the pairing with our song.
Bag of Toys CD available all over the place
09.04.06 - Nooner, Bag of Toys debut CD is available now all over the internet. See partial list below.
Bag of Toys Featured in MORE Surfing Videos!
08.31.06 - Bag of Toys has had the honor to be the featured tracks in several online surfing videos and a couple kick ass DVDs! Check them out if you get a chance!
Bag of Toys Will Open For Fishbone and The Exendables at The Independent on Sat. July 8th!
05.23.06 - Bag of Toys is honored to open for Fishbone, one of the greatest Ska bands of all time and the up and coming band The Expendables, which just finished touring for another Bag favorite Slightly Stoopid at the killer venue The Independent on Saturday July 8th! Tickets can be picked up online here >>
"Nooner" Gets Two Official Reviews
05.14.06 - Bag of Toys debute album "Nooner" gets kick ass review from ThisIsModern.net...

The palm trees on the front cover of the album says it all. Bag Of Toys displays a chilled out, laid back sound on their debut album, showcasing the simple nature of acoustic groove, transporting you right to the beach. You can envision yourself listening to each song sitting around a campfire on the beach... Read more >>

and TheOwlMag.com...

Anything that takes me away from the routine of daily life, like say, a quick game of ping pong, a bite of a Twix bar or a successful deuce in the boys' room is fine by me and Bag of Toys' first full-length offering is a quick getaway. Read more >>
Bag of Toys Rocks 2006 Maverick's Big Wave Surfing Event!
02.07.06 - Bag of Toys rocks the Mavericks Big Wave Surfing Event for the second year in a row. 60,000 attendees made it out to see the guys with HUGE BALLS paddle into monster waves, and some of those lucky people were lucky enough to catch half of the bag rock the Hard Rock Stage after the semi final heats. As usual, we had a great time and got to open for the Mermen.

Watch the surfing highlights!
Nooner a top seller on CD Baby this week!
01.19.06 - The Bag of Toys debut CD "Nooner" is going multi-octupal-titanium! Ok, maybe not that big, but it is offically amongst the top selling CD's of the week on CD Baby! With well over 100,000 artists on CD Baby, we are very proud to break into the top 20. Thank you to everyone that has helped us hit that mark and thank you in advance to all of you who will help to maintain it in the future. Seriously, titanium.
Bag of Toys "The Raven" Featured in Longboard Video
01.07.06 - Finally the perfect marriage...a surfing video and Bag of Toys. Check out this video filmed and edited by Hawaii's own Terry Reis that features longboard legends like Bonga Perkins at the Quiksilver Makahiki Pro 2006 at Makaha.
Bag of Toys Releases Debut Album "Nooner"
01.04.06 - On January 4th 2006, "Nooner" Bag of Toys debut album will be relased and available to the public. You can grab your own copy at CD Baby or on Itunes by simply searching for "Bag of Toys" or "Nooner". It will of course be available at live shows, and at other places as we see needed.
Bag of Toys To Play Mavericks Big Wave Surf Competition Again!
01.03.06 - We've been recently informed that we'll be back this year to play at the premier Big Wave Surfing Event at Mavericks in Half Moon Bay, CA. The date is dependent on the conditions, but will be held between Jan 1st and March 31st. This year we're apparently playing down by the beach near all the action, so we're expecting this to seriously kick ass. Keep you're eyes pealed for this event, as you'll be sure to see us there.
Bag of Toys Redesigns Site
01.02.06 - In conjunction with the release of thier debut CD "Nooner", Bag of Toys is offering up a complete redesign of their site. Hopefully you'll find this site much more accessible and easier to use than the graphic heavy beast from before. It will also be much easier to update, therefore making it much more current. Enjoy, and feel free to leave the webmaster@bagoftoysmusic.com comments if you have any.
Bag of Toys Gets Dave Collins To Master Debut CD
11.26.06 - Bag of Toys is pleased to announce that the ledgendary mastering engineer, Dave Collins will be mastering their debut CD titled Nooner. He has mastered CDs for artists like Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Bruce Sprningsteen, Porno For Pyros and the Rolling Stones.

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Nov. - Dec. In Studio
Gadgetbox
Santa Cruz, CA
CD slated for spring 2008 release

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