GalleryPremiere: The Things of Youth – “Eleventeen”
As a member of beloved Bay Area indie rockers The Rum Diary and post-rockers Shuteye Unison, as well as founder of record label Parks and Records, Jon Fee has [...]
GalleryExray’s to bring the mysteries of Vessel XII to the de Young, the stage, and beyond
Last month, a strange email landed in my inbox. It was from Jon Bernson, musician, artist, playwright who is "resident sound designer" for the Tides Theater, and founder of [...]
GalleryInterview: Luke Sweeney takes Adventure:Us to Rickshaw Stop
Luke Sweeney has built his name around the San Francisco Bay Area as a rock 'n' roll sweetheart since his move from VOWS & Montra to his own solo project [...]
GalleryProject AMPLIFI: San Francisco nonprofit brings musicians and causes together
Environmental attorney Leila Monroe was tired of the concept of benefit concerts. Hiring a music act to sell tickets and support the singular vision of one organization wasn’t enough [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: Unconditional Arms – “The Family Tree”
"The Family Tree" is a track off of Oakland post-rock outfit Unconditional Arms' debut album, Kinship, which was released last year. But the song just got the video treatment, [...]
GalleryJordannah Elizabeth revs up for new album, A Rush
It was a nice, brisk San Francisco morning when I met up with Jordannah Elizabeth in West Portal, a shop and restaurant-filled neighborhood that was beaming with people walking [...]
GalleryFinding new stages: What can Oakland learn from Baltimore?
Dan Deacon at Current (Photo: Josh Sisk)
If I had half a shot of watered-down Manischewitz for every time someone insisted that Oakland is the new Brooklyn, I’d still be [...]
GalleryInterview: Smallpools dive from the high board
Los Angeles synthpop quartet Smallpools may have just formed last year and made a dent in music world in 2014, but singer Sean Scanlon is already planning ahead.
“I have [...]
GalleryInterview: Twin Peaks and Meatbodies dish the dirt ahead of Bottom of the Hill show
Twin Peaks and Meatbodies are both newcomers on the crowded scene of fuzzed-out retro/garage/psych rock bands, yet they've both managed to distinguish themselves, and you can see why this [...]
GalleryInterview: Nils Frahm talks synthesizers, asshole celebrities, and the humor in serious experimental music
Berlin-based experimental composer Nils Frahm will make a two-day stop in San Francisco on his latest tour at the Great American Music Hall on November 11-12. I spoke to Frahm [...]
GallerySwedish duo First Aid Kit reaching peak after peak in 2014
With a sound bathed in country, dipped in Americana, and topped with ‘70s AM pop, a casual listener would expect that First Aid Kit had traveled from American coast [...]
GalleryInterview: Sunhaze dig into the sound of their just-released EP ‘Last Summer’
It’s extremely difficult trying to stay focused during an interview when the Giants are a run away from heading to the World Series. Especially for a guy like me [...]
