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
Pros, cons, and hindsight — Toronto synthpop quartet Metric have never shied away from direction-shaping changes. In 2007, the band ditched a traditional label to start their own distribution [...]
By Roman Gokhman|February 16, 2016|Comments Off on Metric’s ‘last vestige of caring’ prompts ‘Pagans’
Since 1989, Jesse Townley has played in numerous East Bay punk bands, such as Blatz, The Gr'ups, The Criminals, and The Frisk. The first time that Townley — known [...]
By Roman Gokhman|February 11, 2016|Comments Off on Bay pays tribute to Green Day’s ‘Dookie’ at 924 Gilman benefit
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