Bern & the Brights is an indie rock duo from Northern New Jersey that includes songwriters/musicians Bernadette Malavarca and Catherine McGowan.
RELEASES:
Wartime Lullaby (EP) (2008)
Swing Shift Maisies (EP) (2010)
Starchild/Lost in the Sea (vinyl single) (2011)
Work (EP) 2012
"Call It Off" (Tegan and Sara cover) (2013)
Heart Wide Open (EP) (2015)
"Sorry for My Sins"/"I Believe in Anything You Say to Me" double A side 45rpm (Souvenir Records 2019)
NOTEWORTHY PERFORMANCES:
Bern & the Brights have performed with Butch Walker, Rhett Miller, Mike Doughty, Nicole Atkins, Living Colour, Melissa Ferrick, Allo Darlin’, Ian Hunter, The Baseball Project, The Wombats, Fishbone, Chiddy Bang, Val Emmich, Hank & Cupcakes, The Dirty Urchins, and My Pet Dragon.
FESTIVALS & EVENTS:
- CMJ
- Union County Music Fest with Spoon, OK GO, and Soul Asylum
- Dewey Beach Music Conference, 2012
- Yelp! Brooklyn Summer Fest
- MOVE Music Fest
- Utica Music Fest
- Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Fest
- Hoboken Arts Fest
STAGES:
- Webster Hall (ballroom)
- Webster Hall (studio)
- City Winery
- Rockwood Music Hall
- The Stone Pony
- Maxwell’s
- House of Blues (Atlantic City)
- Mexicali Live
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
-Outstanding EP/Hoboken Music Awards 2012 - For EP Work
- “As Long As I’m Alive” on College Radio Day compilation with We Are Scientists
- SuperCuts Rock the Cut Artist (“Starchild” added to 2,000+ stores’ playlist)
- Reverbnation Homepage Featured Artist, April 2012
- 2nd Place (out of 1,400 national bands) in the Virgin Mobile Contest
- “Sleepless Aristotle” in weekly rotation on Music Choice: Adult Alternative
- Disc of the Week, 08/02/10 | The Aquarian Weekly
- Won two 2010 Hoboken Music Awards: Oustanding Band and Oustanding EP
- Band to Watch | ThereGoesTheFear.com and TheBlueWalrus.com
- 101.9RXP Bands of 2010 (Nominated by DJ Rich Russo)
- Aquarian Weekly’s 2012, 2011, and 2010 On the Verge Band
- “May in New York” | 2009 songwriting contest winner, 101.9 RXP
- Radio Airplay on 101.9 RXP The Rock Show with Matt Pinfield and Leslie Framm
- “Dismantled” 2009 MEISA Best Song, selected by “DMC” Darryl McDaniels
- Named in the top 50 Emerging Artists of NYC for 2008 by The Deli Magazine
