Young enough to have an open mind, but old enough to be mindful, Sacramento-born/Berkeley-based rapper Caleborate is an immediately striking talent brewing in the Bay Area. He’s versatile, but [...]
Continuing with our spotlight on some of the 40+ unreleased or rare songs that will be featured on our new 10th anniversary compilation -- only one of many gifts you can [...]
Blending the best of folk, electronica, baroque, and R&B, Jenny Gillespie takes an unintuitive approach to crafting her earthly tunes. She wields the tools of pop-songwriting, but applies them [...]
When San Francisco-based trio NVO described their genre to me as "live electronic music," I immediately scoffed. Electronic music is soulless and meaningless and, to recycle some words I've [...]
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By: Andrea Hey
Emily Afton is an Oakland-based musician from a small town down in Southern California. Her take on indie pop is like no other, [...]
Two-piece rock outfit Unruly Things certainly have chosen an appropriate moniker for this project. Guitarist Nate Hutchinson and drummer Brian Pelham don't need much to get you banging your [...]
“We’re stubborn assholes—down to the person, we all are,” said Tim Cohen, lead singer and guitarist of the Fresh & Onlys, perhaps San Francisco’s most beloved local band. “But [...]
Hello The Dry Spells, it's nice to meet you again! The last time we heard new music from the beloved San Francisco psych-folk four-piece was in 2009, when they released their [...]
As you know, over forty Bay Area bands have contributed a rare or never-heard-before song to our 2015 fundraiser compilation — one great perk of donating among many. Today, [...]
I'm just going to come out and say it right away — I am in love with the concept of Feels IV, an event curated by Oakland-based music and [...]
If you're a fan of ambitious, out-there heavy psych, you'll want to dive into Sparkling Waters, the new album from Santa Cruz heavy-prog-psych band Mammatus. The trio's fourth LP [...]
In this recurring feature known as The Bay Abridged, our staff writers will provide short, witty recaps on shows they attended around the Bay Area. A scene check, a [...]
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