As I continue to morph into a fly upon the wall of the various workplaces of local musicians for this ongoing series, a surprising observation has surfaced — passion has [...]
We're in week three of our Social Studies video release project! For those of you who are just catching this series, we'll give you a little context: We're working on a [...]
By Hailey Simpson|March 14, 2016|Comments Off on ‘Live From the Banana Stand’ Video Premiere: Social Studies, “Moment is Dead” (Part 3 of 4)
Roll out the punk equivalent of the glitzy red carpet: 1-2-3-4 Go! Records has expanded and opened their very own San Francisco store. The original shop — located in Oakland [...]
By Valerie Veteto|March 4, 2016|Comments Off on Interview: 1-2-3-4 Go! Records expands and opens their own San Francisco store
Jean-Philip Grobler has been playing in rock bands since he was 10 years old, though that may not be clearly evident considering he's best known as the mastermind of [...]
By Roman Gokhman|March 3, 2016|Comments Off on A conversation with St. Lucia’s Jean-Philip Grobler
We are very excited to announce a fun series that we're working on with Portland's Banana Stand Media. BSM is a live music outfit that hosts and records live [...]
By Hailey Simpson|February 29, 2016|Comments Off on ‘Live From the Banana Stand’ video premiere: Social Studies, “Territories” (Part 1 of 4)
Into the Pit is a new series dedicated to showcasing the Bay Area metal scene in its many forms, spanning artists, genres, venues, and locations. This week features stoner [...]
By Nicholas Schneider|February 23, 2016|Comments Off on Into The Pit: Tvsk
This Week In PR is a column curated by Victor Valle and Jody Amable, celebrating the press releases that caught our eye but we couldn't use. Here are some [...]
By Jody Amable|February 19, 2016|Comments Off on This Week In PR: English accents, an underdressed knight, lots of dogs
For Hutch Harris, the frontman of longstanding Portland indie rock trio The Thermals, it happened a little over a year ago. Standing onstage, looking into the curious crowd, he [...]
By Roman Gokhman|February 18, 2016|Comments Off on The Thermals reappear to face ‘the end’ on new album
What do you call pop music that doesn’t reach the mainstream? As today’s Top 40 continues to be gentrified by esoteric personalities squeezing out populist idealism, chart success seems [...]
By Pranav Trewn|February 17, 2016|Comments Off on The Noise Populist: Carly Rae Jepsen’s underground universalism
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