GalleryLee Merritts makes sure you don’t know what baseball sounds like
Words by Annie Bacon
The Golden State Warriors got a message shortly before their early March visiting game against the New York Knicks that the first half of the basketball [...]
GalleryDown 2 Earth release ‘Fair Share,’ play The New Parish
Words by Nina Tabios
For a long time, hip-hop has largely been defined by geography and sound. During the '90s, Bay Area hip-hop was marked by the laid-back, conscious sound [...]
GalleryGabriel Garzon-Montano releases new album, plays Rickshaw next month
Words by Nina Tabios
Earlier this year, multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Garzon-Montano released his debut album Jardin, and is sowing the seeds of his music with a show at the Rickshaw Stop [...]
GalleryLive This Month: April 2017 — an audio guide to upcoming Bay Area concerts
Download: Live This Month: April 2017 (Podcast #404)
In Live This Month, we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San [...]
GalleryHear Rayana Jay’s new single “Everything”
Words by Nina Tabios
Richmond, CA’s own singer-songwriter Rayana Jay pens another letter to another would-be lover in her latest track, “Everything.” Produced by fellow Richmond native Gabriel Lambirth (Ryan [...]
GalleryOathbreaker walk a new path, play Parkside tomorrow night
Words by Jordan Martich
Belgian blackened-hardcore band Oathbreaker significantly expand their sound on their most recent record Rheia (2016), which takes its name from the mother of the gods of [...]
GalleryTele Novella, Pearl Charles, Spooky Mansion haunt Brick + Mortar tomorrow
Words by Tyler Walicek
Tele Novella, a macabre-pop outfit from Austin, Texas, will be headlining the Brick & Mortar Music Hall this coming Wednesday. Their two albums make it clear [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: Loustic Sessions with Zena Carlota
Last week, we brought you Loustic Sessions' recordings of Ancient Baby in Fairfax. This week, they have Oakland's Zena Carlota, performing "Fara Fin Ya Ye Koba Ye" and "Unravel" [...]
GalleryA San Jose vinyl safari with Jody and Brandon
If there is one thing that San Jose consistently does well when it comes to music, it's record stores. While the live music scene ebbs and flows, subject to [...]
GalleryMixtape: Stellar Musicians with Bay Area Roots
Download: Mixtape: Stellar Musicians with Bay Area Roots (Podcast #403)
This episode first appeared on KQED.org.
We showcase a ton of new and emerging Bay Area bands on these mixtapes every [...]
GalleryReview: Nick Hakim at Brick + Mortar Music Hall
Nick Hakim (photo: Ebru Yildiz)
Words by Mark Spero
On Wednesday, March 22, the Brick and Mortar Music Hall was sold out for Nick Hakim, a singer-songwriter out of New York whose [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: Loustic Sessions with Ancient Baby
After spending much of 2016 traversing the eastern half of the globe in search of cozy, living-room recording sessions from all types of genres, Loustic Sessions came to the [...]
