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 [...]
GalleryFuture Shapes support Nick Diamonds tonight at the Rickshaw
I really think Future Shapes does a disservice to themselves with the self-styled label shitwave. Can't they go with freak-wave or psych-wave or anything other than that rather disparaging [...]
GallerySanta Rosa’s The Down House release shoegaze duet ‘I say I So Much’
(The Down House)
Santa Rosa's known, at least to me, for its often removed, quirky underground scene that's seen a revival in energy thanks in no small part to the Pizza [...]
GalleryGrowwler to begin October residency at Amnesia
Growwler is gearing up for their October residency at Amnesia that starts later this week. Sorry, not residency — it's a "dead-sidency." The month-long Halloween celebration is sure to [...]
GalleryInterview: Get to know San Francisco’s Bear Call
Bear Call's Eric William Mohammed, Skyler Warren, and Nikk Moreno
San Francisco's Bear Call is the brainchild of Skyler Warren, a musician who started the project four years ago in [...]
GalleryGo be emotional with Emotional at the Golden Bull tonight
Going to see Emotional (Brian Wakefield of Death Records/Melted Toys) is the perfect way to say "I am not over summer, summer is not over, stop trying to tell [...]
GalleryNaytronix (aka bassist of tUnE-yArDs) to release LP ‘Mister Divine,’ hear single now
Solo projects are most always such a sweet deal, especially because whichever musician is involved gets to explore music on their own terms and without the weight of another [...]
GalleryDirty Ghosts premiere “Moving Pictures,” new album to be released on Last Gang
Dirty Ghosts (Photo: Liz Caruana)
Allyson Baker has certainly been busy since the release of her band Dirty Ghosts' debut record Metal Moon. Though her marriage with San Francisco-based MC/producer Aesop Rock dissolved, [...]
GalleryField Medic releases new LP “Light Is Gone”
As prolific as singer-songwriter Kevin Patrick is, it's surprising to realize he only recently dropped his first full-length album under side project Field Medic. Entitled Light Is Gone and [...]
GalleryMakthaverskan, Wild Moth, and Never Young at Thee Parkside next week
Makthaverskan (Photo: Hilda Randulv)
Sweden's Makthaverskan bring their sound to San Francisco on their fall North American tour with a stop at Thee Parkside on Friday, October 2. Formed in [...]
GalleryGiveaway and interview: A-1 on his hometown show
San Francisco's Adam Traore, better known as A-1, has been hard at work over the past few years, gradually growing a following backed by a steady stream of new [...]
GalleryPremiere: LA’s Fugue prepare for new LP with single and tour
(Single Artwork, by Garrett la Bonte)
There are still people making good music in Orange County, braving the heat and carting equipment from practice studios to basements and back while spray tanned locals [...]
