GalleryPandemic Ricky: Text Me Records artist Ricky Lake drops new project, “Wobbles”
When you're quarantining in one of San Francisco's historic studios, I guess the only thing you can do is make music. Following the release of his last album, Last [...]
GalleryEast Bay singer-songer Ian Santillano is “Cooped Up”
We're on day... what now, of quarantine? By Ian Santillano's count, it's around 23,102 and just like his new song, it's getting harder to shake this feeling he frames [...]
GalleryProducer Thomas Jordan debuts new EP, ‘My Ex Stacy’
The producer for one of our recent favorite rejection songs is stepping out out on his own with a new EP called My Ex Stacy.
Thomas Jordan, a Bay Area-based [...]
GalleryMikos Da Gawd releases new vocal EP, ‘Awakening’
In the last few years, Mikos da Gawd has taken big steps into becoming a full-fledged artist. His album, Hell Yeah, Brother!, was jam-packed with some of his best [...]
GalleryBay Area voices Rittybo and Kezia drop new song, “Lonely”
OK look, there's absolutely nothing wrong with being single. But the most annoying part? When the wrong somebody can't take a hint.
Turning that ditty into a bop called "Lonely," [...]
GalleryTheaux Elliot drops new single, “Big Finesse
After sharing singles “CANTKEEPUP” and “Boomin’” (the latter which we didn’t cover but is worth the listen), Theaux Elliot is on our watchlist for 2020. And he’s back again [...]
GallerySiri Seiko, Wade08, Trey Coastal on Sounds from Elsewhere showcase
This Saturday, February 29 marks the return of Sounds from Elsewhere, a quarterly showcase shining a light on the alternative hip-hop and R&B artists emerging from the soil. Hosted [...]
GalleryNoise Pop 2020: Tim Atlas turns insecurities and anxieties into dreamy indie pop
Ever since his elimination from season nine of NBC’s The Voice, Tim Atlas refused to let a short stint on reality TV dictate the rest of his career. He [...]
GalleryOakland artist Ricky Lake releases new album “Last Summer Sucked”
Spending most of 2019 as a feature fixture (and getting his first placement on Showtime's The L Word), Ricky Lake is now ready to claim some shine of his [...]
GalleryProducer Ian McKee emerges from behind the boards with ‘Amina’ EP
Since 2016, Ian McKee has been the mind behind some of our favorite local artists, namely Rexx Life Raj, Caleborate and our very own Beejus. But the Pacifica producer [...]
GalleryAmen arrives with debut project, ‘Real’
Amen is finally ready to speak her truth. A voice formerly heard on Text Me Records' Group Chat Vol. 2 and Mikos Da Gawd's "Hell Yeah Brother!" makes her [...]
GalleryPremiere: Theaux Elliot, “CANTKEEPUP” feat. Jayem + Mayila
Elliot Slamet refuses to be boxed in. We’ve covered Slamet’s work on this blog before as EyyELL, one-half of Lord Morgan, but now the San Jose producer is starting [...]
