GalleryTry the Pie announces ‘Rest,’ a compilation of early recordings
South Bay-based musician Bean Tupou of Try the Pie is involved in a variety of projects in support of the DIY community, from the San Jose collective Think and [...]
GalleryThe Illumignarly releasing ‘Apocalypse Gnar’ EP
I'm not sure exactly what's in the water in the North Bay, but they've been sending us some great loud music of late. Santa Rosa's The Illumignarly are no [...]
GalleryGold Minor to release new single “Take Me Home”
Anybody who says rock n' roll is dead, or at least dormant in San Francisco, obviously hasn't seen Gold Minor live yet. Whether guitarist Adam Dragland is busting out [...]
GalleryWillow Steps releases debut EP, ‘The Secret You Can’t Bear to Keep’
Willow Steps is a look into that which is romantic and beautiful about the "steps" we encounter in life. A concoction of Jesse Strickman (vocals, guitar) and Leiya Mahoney (vocals), the [...]
GalleryShaggy Sample drops ‘#2 Record’
Oakland's Shaggy Sample just released their second album, the appropriately-titled #2 Record. While the first album heavily features David Jaberi's Wurlitzer finding classic grooves, #2 Record is dominated more [...]
GalleryFFS: A Friggin’ Fun Show
FFS (Photos by Brittany O'Brien)
From swaying and atmospheric to face-melting electric rockabilly distortion by way of teeth, The Intelligence managed to put just the right amount of pep in eager FFS [...]
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 [...]
