GalleryBitter Fruit release ‘It Gets Worse’
For those searching for a queercore band with palpable '80s goth and death rock influences, let me turn you to the direction of Oakland band Bitter Fruit.
Getting their [...]
GalleryJoyride! releases new LP ‘Bodies of Water’
The first time I saw San Francisco's Joyride! was with San Jose's recently broken up Sourpatch. And from then on, it's easy to say that I was hooked.
Come [...]
GallerySynthetic ID comes out with ‘Escapement’ EP on Crime on the Moon
If anything is for certain, San Francisco's Synthetic ID is a post punk band that doesn't have time for drudgery. While other bands of their ilk go for a more [...]
GallerySwans to play the Independent in September
The first Swans album I ever listened to was their 1987 release Children of God. Instantly I felt as if I were swaddled by layers upon layers of bad [...]
GalleryBicycle Day release ‘I Had A Place To Be’
There's something to admire about East Bay-based band Bicycle Day. And their debut album, I Had A Place To Be, can fully back that notion. Recorded in Anaheim's Thee [...]
GalleryWhite Lung to play Rickshaw Stop with Wax Idols, REDREDRED
In this day and age, it's not hard to find and discover incredibly influential female musicians. This is the point where I direct you to a show that just [...]
GalleryMagik Markers play Hemlock Saturday with CCR Headcleaner, Jackie O Motherfucker
For those looking for a "rock show" that lends itself more toward raucous, primitive sounds, look no further: New England's Magik Markers is coming to town with local scuzz [...]
GalleryBad Daddies release new 7″ on Negative Fun Records
The East Bay's very own Bad Daddies have something new to bring to the table: a new 7-inch brought to you by Negative Fun Records. As part of the [...]
GalleryThe Gizmos to play Hemlock on Monday
Many important things happened in 1980: Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States, Mt. St. Helens erupted, and (most importantly) The Gizmos released a split with Dow [...]
GalleryCold Beat to release debut LP ‘Over Me’
(Photo by Madeline Allard)
Cold Beat is at it again. After the band's essential debut of the Worms/Year 5772 EP on Hannah Lew's very own Crime on the Moon, the [...]
GalleryWood Shoppe presents San Francisco Is Doomed compilation release show
These days, there's been a lot of debate over whether or not the San Francisco music scene is truly dead or not (see: Not Dead Yet Fest, this SF [...]
GalleryStreet Eaters fall backward in time with video for ‘Reverse’
Though local truewave punks Street Eaters may be gone for the better part of the summer on a tour to promote their latest full-length album, Blood::Muscles::Bones, that doesn't mean [...]
