GalleryListen to now-defunct Snowboarder's only album
I'd been sitting on Snowboarder's album for way too long, and when I finally got around to learning more about them, they were no longer a band. The brainchild [...]
GalleryVideo: Casey Chisholm – "Pick Me Up"
Oakland's Casey Chisholm just released a video for "Pick Me Up" off his split cassette with Arcata's Tabor Mountain. Like much of Chisholm's work, the track is forlorn and [...]
GalleryBrass Magic – "Peacebone" (Animal Collective cover)
Brass Magic, as the name suggests, is a band of brass (and woodwind) instruments. However, they aren't what you'd typically expect from a brass band - this isn't New [...]
GalleryRustangs – 'Rustang' LP
Do you like your surf rock with layers of fuzz everywhere? If you do, you need to give San Francisco's Rustangs a listen. Rustangs started out as a "moped [...]
GalleryPremiere: DonCat – "Like a Drug"
San Francisco's DonCat, the solo project of Duncan Nielsen, has taken a unique approach to fundraising that we told you about shortly after he launched it. He's consistently released [...]
GalleryVideo: Opski Chan – "Wizardry"
San Jose's Opski Chan is back with a new video for "Wizardry", the first track from his forthcoming LP There's No Such Thing as Opski Chan, which will be [...]
GallerySlow Motion Cowboys – 'Buzzard Songs' LP
If you follow Bay Area music closely, Slow Motion Cowboys should sound familiar to you – the band is a another project from Trainwreck Riders guitarist and vocalist Pete [...]
GalleryReview & Photos: Father John Misty creates content at Slim's
At one point during his Thursday night show at Slim's, Father John Misty sat behind his giant iPhone cutout and declared "When I'm here, I'm content." For much of [...]
GalleryScary Little Friends – 'From the Beginning' LP
San Francisco's Scary Little Friends released their From the Beginning LP in May, which I completely missed until they sent it our way last month. After taking the time [...]
GalleryTicket Giveaway: Ha Ha Tonka, Samantha Crain, M. Lockwood Porter
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is a dream come true for a folk music fan on a budget, with dozens of big names performing for free this weekend. Well, we'd like [...]
Gallery100s – "Life of a Mack"
Nineteen (or 20) year old pimp-rap prodigy 100s has been on our radar for a while – after I saw his video for "1999", I guessed he had a [...]
GalleryCass McCombs – "Brighter!" (feat. Karen Black)
< Photo: Pony Cassells Cass McCombs just shared a collaboration with the late Karen Black off his forthcoming double LP, Big Wheel and Others. On "Brighter!" McCombs doesn't sing at [...]
