GalleryThe Total Bettys are here to kidnap your feelings and put them in a song
I first heard of The Total Bettys (SF) was thanks to my friends at The Sugar Bowl. They had made an 8tracks playlist and their track "No Kings" was the first song. [...]
GalleryUnconditional Arms tease upcoming live record
Back in July Unconditional Arms played an intimate show to a group of friends and fans in a beautiful studio hidden away on one of the more unassuming blocks [...]
GalleryStill not satisfied, Bully to headline Rickshaw Stop show
Photo by Pooneh Ghana
The debut album of Bully is garnering rave reviews and the band is in hot demand for music festival across the world, but observers shouldn’t expect [...]
GalleryCassette Store Day 2015 is this Saturday
As you may have noticed, cassettes are back. Burger Records are a major figure in indie and garage rock scene right now, while also truly being a cassette label. [...]
GalleryGiraffage tackles yet another US Tour
Charlie Yin, the man behind the Giraffage dance party, has spent a sizable amount of 2015 on the road from a winter tour with Spazzkid to a mass of [...]
GallerySan Francisco’s gypsy punks (Diego’s Umbrella) to play Social Hall
With only a handful of shows under its belt, the newly christened Social Hall will host the heathens of Diego's Umbrella this Friday night. The Regency Ballroom’s subterranean lair [...]
GalleryInterview: Taylor Lissandrello drops debut as Wicked Winds
Taylor Lissandrello is hardly a new face in the San Francisco music community. On any given night, he can be found operating lights at The Chapel, manning the drums [...]
GalleryPremiere: Jazz punks La Bella record debut LP at the Bay Area’s Atomic Garden
(La Bella and Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden, photo by Daniel Torres)
After three years of radio silence, politically charged, jazz-infused groove punks La Bella are preparing for their [...]
GalleryBlisses B begin Tuesday night residency at Amnesia in October
You know it's going to be an interesting evening when Blisses B begins their concert not up on the Amnesia stage, but on the dance floor — right behind [...]
GalleryThree records and an alter ego: Catching up with Kelley Stoltz
Kelley Stoltz (photo: Rich Hirneisen)
Like many San Francisco musicians, Kelley Stoltz releases music in prolific spurts. The last time we talked with him in 2013, he had put out [...]
GalleryMike Blankenship set to release debut album ‘Living for the Future’
After several years as a producer and touring and session musician, East Bay native Mike Blankenship is releasing his debut album, Living for the Future October 13 on iTunes [...]
GallerySpencer Owen covers Eno for Cassette Store Day release
In 2007, Oakland's Spencer Owen had a Christmas holiday with nothing but an empty house to record whenever he wanted. To pass the time, he decided to record a [...]
