GalleryGet to know: Midnight Sons
When we released our Bay Area twang mixtape, we KNEW there would be some omissions. When there's so much going on around the Bay, it's inevitable when you try [...]
GallerySOSUPERSAM + STWO set to takeover 1015 Folsom this Thursday
I can admit it - I'm a sucker for slow jams and R&B. So it wasn't a surprise that during my trips back to Los Angeles I ended up [...]
GalleryPremiere: Angelica Rockne’s new 7″ “When I See You/Joshua”
Angelica Rockne may live in Nevada City, but the former San Francisco resident remains closely tied to the Bay - she collaborated with western-pop band Evil Eyes for a [...]
GalleryMusic + Giveaway: Front Country debut rootsy-fun cover of Tune-Yards’ “Bizness”
Melody Walker of Front Country, with her signed 'Whokill' vinyl
The San Francisco-based bluegrass band Front Country has some new business up their sleeves. They’ve recorded a cover of fellow [...]
GalleryGet To Know: Tanukichan
Tanukichan is the new solo venture of Hannah van Loon, who recently left Trails and Ways after a four year stint with the band. Just yesterday she released "Bitter [...]
GalleryThe Redlight District of Santa Cruz: Redefined and ready to rock
Psychedelic rock and roll has never really gone away since the sounds of the late 1960s introduced rhythmic melodies with unconventional sonic properties into the mainstream.
Bands like Cream and [...]
GalleryCreepers release new song, support Bilinda Butchers at Swedish American Hall
Several iterations of Creepers have popped up throughout the years. The Bay Area group began in 2010 as a guitar and drum duo, but has since expanded into a [...]
GalleryVideo: For Now is “Ready to Die”
Oakland duo For Now quietly released a video for their track "Ready to Die" not too long ago, and well...it kinda blew my mind. Take a look:
The shaky tension [...]
GallerySales comes to Rickshaw Stop May 11
Sales, coming all the way from Orlando, Florida, is the type of band that doesn't need help from anyone to be known. They are fully independent - no manager/label/publicist, and [...]
GalleryPremiere: Listen to the dark sounds of Teal’s “See Myself to the Door”
James Rodgers of Teal is a busy man. When he's not drumming with Creative Adult, he's been recording and performing as Teal, which began as a solo project but [...]
GalleryMeat Market made a new album, “Dig Deep”
The word "catchy" is weird - I think it describes an ability. A catchy song does something a non-catchy song can't? I call a song catchy, and that's usually the final frontier in [...]
GalleryPremiere: Not the 1’s are “Not the Ones to be Gamed on”
We've heard several songs from Not the 1's off their forthcoming LP, and they seem to a have a pretty great formula: write rhymes that take great joy in [...]
