GalleryBest Of 2019: Derek’s favorite Wine Country releases
Pictured: The author.
Look, from an artist's perspective, I get why y'all don't come up here all the time. Having grown up here, I'll admit that Sonoma County is pretty [...]
GalleryJohn Courage goes unplugged for “Afraid to Fall”
Songwriter John Courage returns to his roots as an acoustic troubadour with his first acoustic-centric release in almost 10 years. All sounds were recorded and performed by the towering Santa Rosa [...]
GalleryAlbum Premiere: Slugger head for home on ‘Let The Good Times Rot’
Slugger from left to right: Robert McLean, Hezekiah Donaghy, Alex Vargas, Josiah Donaghy
It’s a muggy late-summer evening in south Santa Rosa. As the four members of Slugger dutifully distribute [...]
GalleryLast call with Nothington at Bottom of the Hill
Walking his new puppy through Alamo Square on a clear SF morning, Chris Matulich seems content with the prospect of taking his foot off the gas for awhile. "When [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: The Drought Cult, “No Beliefs”
The Drought Cult from left to right: Echo, Ford, Overn
Things start getting spooky the deeper you get into the North Bay Area. As you exit 101 and make your way [...]
GalleryBRONCHO at Slim’s
(photo: Pooneh Ghana)
If you need something to take the edge off of your post-Valentine's Day comedown, we recommend seeing BRONCHO perform at Slim's this Friday. The Oklahoma indie act is [...]
GalleryHappy Birthday, ‘Dookie’
On this day, a quarter century ago, Bay Area punk trio Green Day dropped their major-label debut Dookie on an unsuspecting generation like it wasn't even a thing.
They didn't [...]
GalleryWarbly Jets swing through Bottom of the Hill
If you have played the new Spider-Man video game for PS4, then you'll probably recognize the game's intro song "Alive", written and performed by Warbly Jets. (I have not played [...]
GalleryNo one told the New Trust to stop, so they didn’t
The New Trust. L-R: Sara Sanger, Josh Staples, Julia Lancer, Michael K. Richardson.
When North Bay indie darlings the New Trust started back in 2003, it was assumed that they [...]
GalleryAmerican Steel re-emerge, play Albany next week
Since 1995, Bay Area punk rock quartet American Steel has been smelting hardcore, British punk, Irish folk, Motown, and everything in between into what is now simply referred to as [...]
GalleryCash Pony cover Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo”
(photo: Josh A Katz)
Ever since their 2011 formation, Oakland instrumental rockers Cash Pony have been throwing metal, prog, and Eastern musical elements into a giant brick oven until they've melted [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: John Courage, “The Valley”
This Saturday night is going to be a big one for Sonoma County singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer John Palmer. In addition to the 15th anniversary of his stage moniker John Courage AND [...]
