Show Alerts for San Francisco

Indie music fans in the Bay Area often trade show postings on the sf_indie list my friend Jasmine started about nine years ago, but it's hardly a comprehensive, centralized place for indie show listings. Bandega, launched today, lets Bay Area users -- even those from the East Bay (remember, "east bay" is pig-latin for "beast") -- subscribe to their favorite bands and be alerted by email when one of them announces touring plans for the area, so that they "never miss a show again."

After receiving the email alert and going to the site, you can choose to buy stuff associated with that band: a download (iTunes), CD (Amazon), or show ticket (TicketWeb). All purchases are through affiliate programs which help keep Bandega afloat. It sounds like a decent service so far, although I really wish they used Virtuous for tickets instead of TicketWeb [see update below].

Bay Area readers can sign up here; once registered, you can sign up for local show alerts and write show reviews.

Update: Bandega actually does use Virtuous when they can. A Bandega representative emailed:

"Though we'd love to push Virtuous as much as possible, it's really all up to the venues which ticket company go with, and in most cases, it's TicketWeb. For the shows at venues that *do* use Virtuous (like Slim's, GAMH, Rickshaw Stop and The Make-out Room), our buy ticket links go directly to Virtuous."