GallerySchlotman talks music scene; new EP
One of the first things I ask bassist Jordan Darula and guitarist/vocalist Lucas Nevrla of Schlotman is if the title of their latest EP, “Dog Save the Scene,” is [...]
GalleryBear Lincoln change name to Van Goat, release new single
The first time keyboardist Ben Einstein from Bear Lincoln told me the band was planning to change their name, all I could think was: Why? Your music is so [...]
GalleryKendra McKinley releases new album ‘Treat’
I find myself at 27 — the death throes of a decade — as a pop music fan who still loves pop music, but no longer gets all that [...]
GalleryOIM presents Zakiya Harris at the Starline Social Club (enter to win tickets!)
I think it's pretty clear at this point that Oaktown Indie Mayhem is one of the best things to happen to the Bay Area music scene. Their taste in [...]
GalleryFoxtails Brigade release video for “We Are Not Ourselves”
Any band that features a "What's in the box?" moment in their music video isn't trying to charm you. They're looking to twist your dreams into nightmares and warp [...]
GalleryWAM’s Local Sirens to feature rockers at upcoming Rickshaw showcase
Another Local Sirens showcase is upon us with another powerful lineup provided by Women's Audio Mission.
Next Tuesday night at the Rickshaw will feature some heavy-hitting all-female outfits. Here's the [...]
GalleryGet To Know: Nakazo
Daniel Clark of the recently disbanded San Francisco rock outfit I Am Animal has started a new solo project called Nakazo.
Nakazo is both Daniel's middle name and the name [...]
GalleryInterview: Karl Meischen of the Greening discusses the band’s strongest LP yet
Some people become overwhelmed by existential angst. the Greening use it to fuel their creative drive.
“A lot of our friends and their friends are getting married, settling down,” Karl [...]
GalleryDiamond Heights release new EP, play Great American tonight
Diamond Heights (photo: Quincy Cardinale)
Diamond Heights have a new three-song EP to be officially released tonight at their Great American Music Hall show.
Entitled False Victories, the short collection features [...]
GalleryFASIV release new single “Bad Reputation”
Sick of hearing about how tech bros and ridiculous rents are destroying San Francisco? Well get over yourself — you're gonna hear about it until something is done about [...]
GalleryInto The Pit: ION
When you reach the 13-minute mark in the Old Testament-long "Embers" by ION, a sense of dread and disorientation washes over you, like the moment a nightmare jolts you [...]
GalleryDancing In the Dark: Abbot Kinney delivers haunting pop on new EP “The Night”
Tell Jared Swanson that his brainchild Abbot Kinney sounds like Radiohead and he'll probably respond with an exasperated sigh.
Every blogger and their mom (and their mom) has compared the [...]
