Elvis Christ – “Wild at Heart”
Oakland's Elvis Christ will be releasing the band's debut 7" on 1-2-3-4 Go! Records soon, and "Wild at Heart" is upbeat garage pop with an endearing sentiment: "I'm wild [...]
Mwahaha – “Sleep Deep”
Mwahaha - "Sleep Deep"
Mwahaha -- featuring three former members of Ned and currently accompanied by James Murphy of White Cloud on drums -- just released a second new song [...]
Video roundup: new clips from Girls, WATERS, Bam!Bam!, Fops
What better way to spend a Friday afternoon than watching a bunch of music videos? Here are four recent Bay Area-affiliated clips of note.
The debut album from WATERS [...]
Sunday night: Terry Malts and Kids on a Crime Spree at Hungryman Gallery
Terry Malts - Distracted by Slumberland Records
By this point, it's probably no surprise that a Terry Malts/Kids on a Crime Spree show would pique our interest. Loglady Records [...]
Remix Religious Girls’ ‘Midnight Realms’ 12″
For my money, "O.G." represents a huge step forward for Religious Girls, blending the band's noisier and more melodic impulses into one epic song. Recently, the band posted [...]
Listen to the ‘I Can Feel The Heat’ 12″ from Magic Touch (Mi Ami’s Damon Palermo)
MAGIC TOUCH - SILK009 by Magic_Touch
Magic Touch is Mi Ami's Damon Palermo exploring club-ready disco-house sounds. Palermo's got a 12" out [...]
GalleryAbsolutely Kosher Records to stop releasing new albums
Absolutely Kosher Records announced yesterday afternoon that, following the release of Himalayan Bear's Hard Times, the label will stop putting out new albums. If you've followed the East Bay [...]
Noted: The Wrong Words, WHY?, My Second Surprise, Foolproof Four and more
The Wrong Words recently performed a live set on WFMU, which you can download for free.
Well, shit. WHY? and Serengeti just cancelled their tour. Have you listened to [...]
Win tickets to see The Blank Tapes and Chloe Makes Music on 9/21/11 at the Great American Music Hall
LIVE! by The Blank Tapes
Local indie-pop singer songwriters The Blank Tapes and Chloe Makes Music are playing at the Great American Music Hall on Wednesday, September 21st (8pm, $14), [...]
Video: Raleigh Moncrief – “Lament For Morning”
As we mentioned a little while ago, Sacramento's Raleigh Moncrief is about to release the Watered Lawn LP on Anticon on October 25th. Here's a self-directed video for [...]
Wet Illustrated signs to True Panther, new video out now
SF's Wet Illustrated kicked off our Noise Pop Happy Hour earlier this year with a ridiculously fun set of from-the-garage art-pop. "Satellite Kids" comes from the band's upcoming [...]
