GalleryBands In Portrait: NRVS LVRS
I meet up with Andrew Gomez and Bevin Fernandez of NRVS LVRS a few days before Christmas. Across town, people are busying themselves by shopping, seasoning food, and decorating [...]
GalleryRick Springfield to highlight new blues album at SF Sketchfest
When Rock Solid host Pat Francis sits down with a guest for his comedy podcast about all things music, the conversation is as much a chat with a friend [...]
GalleryBeyond The Bay: Brandon’s guide to European record collecting
Oye Records, Berlin. (photos: Brandon Roos)
For some, a vacation may mean snapping famous sights, sampling local foods, or simply taking things slow. As a vinyl junkie, anytime I go [...]
GalleryBehind The Scenes: Overcoats at the Independent
Overcoats (photo: Estefany Gonzalez)
As the new year begins, we look back on Overcoats show at the Independent. The concert marked the duo's 96th show of the year, a number the [...]
GalleryBest of 2017: Madi Sipes and the Painted Blue reflect on a banner year
(photo: Ryan Devisser)
Words by Sarah Leighton
A lot of plans for the year ahead never make it past the first week of January. If you talked to any of the [...]
GallerySpiritual Cramp: “We’re Right Here.”
(photo: Garret Van Brunt)
Michael Bingham’s eyes drift restlessly, his attention half-focused on finding our waitress. This particular taqueria is generous with complimentary chips and salsa. The lead vocalist of [...]
GalleryPapa Bear would like to remind you…you’re going to die.
In our final "Music and Mortality" session of the year, we're sending you off with a song from Papa Bear of Papa Bear and the Easy Love fame.
It's a [...]
GalleryBands In Portrait: Doe Eye
“I think I was getting stuck,” says Maryam Qudus, who releases music under the moniker Doe Eye. We’re talking about the period just before writing her second album, b-room, [...]
GalleryFor 2018, JULiA LEWiS aims to live up to his potential
“Dog dad over everything.”
Benjamin Falik’s Instagram is a sort of window of what ‘everything’ entails. Better known as producer JULiA LEWiS, Falik shares clips of him in the studio [...]
GalleryMETZ: “Without quiet, there is no loud.”
Words by Jordan Martich
Toronto noise rock trio METZ have spent the past five years establishing a reputation for furious recordings that are only surpassed by the band's hyper-adrenalized live [...]
GalleryJohn Elliott would like to remind you…you’re going to die.
Last week, we brought you Chelsea Coleman singing about her missing sister. Today, we have San Francisco songwriter John Elliott singing "Daylight Saving," a ballad about his struggles with [...]
GalleryOne year after Ghost Ship, Chasms return to SF
Photo by Jess Garten
Much has changed since the last time I spoke with Chasms. Last October, I met the duo of Jess Labrador and Shannon Sky Madden in a [...]
