GalleryBehind The Song: Miss March premiere “Dark Corner”
Welcome to the second installment of Behind the Song, the illustrated series where we talk to Bay Area artists and get the backstory to your next favorite song.
If the [...]
GalleryRose Droll emerges with “A Little Blue,” plots shows, debut EP
(photo: Greg Edwards)
The first time I heard Rose Droll was on Instagram. When I saw my friend Valerie’s post, I stopped dead in my tracks. I only heard a [...]
GalleryRogue Wave dazzle with ’80s ‘Cover Me’ album at Rickshaw Stop
Rogue Wave (by: Debra Zeller)
Hometown heroes Rogue Wave returned to the stage last night to celebrate their recently released Cover Me (an album of reinvented 1980s songs) and transport the [...]
GalleryGo behind the song with Owl Paws’ premiere of “Keep On”
Welcome to Behind the Song, our new illustrated series where we talk to Bay Area artists and get the backstory to your next favorite song.
For our first installment, I [...]
GalleryGuitarist Richard Osborn to celebrate new album at Stranded Records
Discovering new music is always a thrill, but when you have the chance to uncover a brilliant musician, right in your backyard, who has returned to the craft he [...]
GalleryOwl Paws premiere “Fade Into You” for LMSFN compilation
While San Francisco's own Owl Paws has been touring the country in support of their debut album Reservoir and ramping up for the release of a new EP titled [...]
GalleryGravid Water delivers a sidesplitting performance at SF Sketchfest
The premise is simple...but twisted. Take an actor who has memorized and rehearsed a scene from a play and pair them up with an improviser who has no idea [...]
GalleryLeah Dou visits the US, brings her tripped-out pop to Hotel Utah
One of my favorites genres from the late '90s and early '00s was the trip hop era. Modern rock radio was filled with the blissful jams of Sneaker Pimps, [...]
GalleryOnce and Future Band bring new album to The Chapel next week
Sit back, relax, and let "Tell Me Those Are Tears of Joy," the new single from Once & Future Band, put you into a fuzzed-out psychedelic trance.
The Oakland-based band [...]
GalleryThe Independent’s Allen Scott on his favorite SF haunt, Nopalito
The Independent's Allen Scott (Illustration: Rob Goodman)
Over the past few years, Divisadero Street in San Francisco’s Alamo Square neighborhood has been a hotbed of amazing new restaurants, bars, cafes, [...]
GalleryStar-studded ‘Soundtracks Live’ returns for SF Sketchfest
Soundtracks Live at Sketchfest 2017(photo: Rob Goodman)
Back in 2003, New York City-based musician Amy Miles had an idea: get her very funny group of friends together — including Amy [...]
GalleryListen now: Zach Rogue and Courtney Jaye team up for new single, album in 2017
There's a haunting sweetness to "Forces of Decay," the first song from Rogue + Jaye, a new collaboration between Rogue Wave's Zach Rogue and country crooner, Courtney Jaye. The [...]
