GalleryNew Music: Naked Beast featuring members of Crime
This Friday, Friday the 13th, the first record from Naked Beast will be released on Oakland's very own Guitars & Bongos! Have a listen and buy the record HERE. [...]
GalleryParentz share “LoseCTRL,” playing Great American Music Hall with Tennyson
It's finally Friday, and you know what that means: another sexy single from Bay Area duo PARENTZ courtesy of Popgang Records. The series of weekly digital releases has been [...]
GalleryBurner Herzog releases ‘Wonderful American’ on Death Records
Photo: Caroline Hamel
According to legend, Burner Herzog was born under an Oakland new moon while Jasper Patrick Leach (Brasil and several others) was recording "Dark Places," a song on [...]
GalleryJulia Lewis teams up with Elujay for “On the Regular”
Even though Julia Lewis has been permeating from Bay Area speakers for the better part of these last few years — think Rexx Life Raj’s “Handheld GPS” and a [...]
GalleryBill Baird releases a pair of albums for morning and night
Local musician, experimental artist, and all-around brilliant guy Bill Baird has long been one of our favorites, whether he's inventing new instruments, creating an album with 11 billion possible [...]
GalleryThe Classical releases a new cassette and says farewell tonight at Eli’s
The Classical has been one of our favorites since frontwoman Juliet Gordon moved to the Bay Area in 2013. Luckily, they're releasing a new cassette, Survival of the Softest, [...]
GalleryPremiere: Yea-Ming and the Rumours’ new 7″ and upcoming shows!
Yea-Ming and the Rumours have a brand new 7 inch out this month and you need it! Side A is "Baby Blue," and no, it is not a [...]
GalleryGet To Know: The Laytcomers
The Laytcomers have been around for several years, but they've only recently begun performing their honest, lo-fi no wave influenced songs live. They began as a quartet of Fremont [...]
GalleryThe long-awaited return of FRONDS!
MBL missed you! How have you been?
I haven't had much to say since FRONDS released it's tremendous debut recording in 2013. After the premature demise of Bay Area Superheroes [...]
GalleryGreg Ashley celebrates a pair of new album releases at Eli’s
Greg Ashley, a year after getting evicted and leaving California, only to return a month later, is back to grace us with two wonderful records that are right in [...]
GalleryKacey Johansing and Meernaa celebrate new releases at Rickshaw
A few interconnected musicians are celebrating new releases tomorrow night at Rickshaw Stop, and you should get excited!
Headlining the night is Kacey Johansing, who's releasing her first post-Yesway solo [...]
GalleryA “Fresh & Onlys Divorce Reunion” is at Night Light tonight
Grace Sings Sludge (Grace Cooper) and Earth Girl Helen Brown (Heidi Alexander) have been a part of some great San Francisco bands, namely The Sandwitches and The Fresh & [...]
