GalleryPremiere: Not the 1’s are “Not the Ones to be Gamed on”
We've heard several songs from Not the 1's off their forthcoming LP, and they seem to a have a pretty great formula: write rhymes that take great joy in [...]
GalleryGiveaway: Humans, Manics, and NITEPPL at Swedish American
This Friday night, the Swedish American Hall is bringing a night of indie dance music to the Castro, with a show featuring Canadian duo Humans. Joining the party are [...]
GalleryWine and Bowties announce Feels V festival
The Wine & Bowtie-curated Feels festival is back for its fifth installment and boy, it (Feels V)ery wonderful. If the last time around was a celebration of fall, this [...]
GallerySanta Rosa’s Fussy debut jagged, groove-filled demo
Fussy's In Your Head tape art
Despite their brief existence, Indiana's Coneheads have inspired young punks in distant suburbs. At the end of last year, San Francisco's Outer Sunset gave [...]
GalleryQ&A: The Younger Lovers premiere new music video for “Poseur”
The Younger Lovers is one of those bands that, if you live in the Bay Area, and like the alternative DIY scene, but don't listen to them, I don't [...]
GalleryReview & Photos: The Monophonics bring local soul to Moe’s Alley
The Monophonics (photo: Joshua Huver)
Often mistaken for outright passion or "The Funk," soul as a genre is a musical style that slowed without stopping. Its decline in the mainstream [...]
GalleryUNITY announce summer release of debut LP
(Unity LP variant by Jeff Cheung)
With demos sneaking online as far back as November 2013, Unity began as a songwriting outlet for Oakland-based artist and musician Jeff Cheung, known [...]
GalleryRoy Ruth’s Oakland Potwashers release ‘Night Man in a Winter Valley’
The Oakland Potwashers originated with the words of Austin poet Roy Ruth, who wrote an autobiographical collection of poetry about a motorcycle journey entitled "Buffalo Thoughts". To really drive [...]
GalleryBehind the Music: How local musicians are paying the bills (part five)
The road may be narrow, but with purpose-driven passion, discomfort in mediocrity, and honing in on what makes you you, it is possible to discover. The road I speak [...]
GallerySlow Motion Cowboys release ‘In Exile/On the Mesa’ at Rickshaw Stop
On Thursday, April 21, Slow Motion Cowboys will celebrate the release of their newest album In Exile/On the Mesa, as well as the birthday of Pete Fields - the [...]
GalleryInterview: King Woman on creating, mental illness, and feminism
I was having a slight panic attack while waiting, in a fancy cafe that I’ve previously ignored, for Kristina Esfandiari of King Woman and Miserable.
The night before had been [...]
GalleryPremiere: The Vibrating Antennas contemplate mundane life on “Westward Drag”
Santa Rosa's The Vibrating Antennas is just about ready to release their second full length State of the Art, set for an April 30 release on San Francisco based [...]
