GalleryLoco Tranquilo drop “Wind Song,” tease upcoming EP
San Francisco's Loco Tranquilo, fresh off their inclusion on our "Highlights in Bay Area Latin Music" mixtape have released "Wind Song," the first single from an EP set for [...]
GalleryOakland’s Meernaa announces new EP, playing Bottom of the Hill
On April 14, the mysterious project coming out of Oakland known as Meernaa will be headlining Bottom of the Hill along with Outer Embassy and Luke Temple. Meernaa also [...]
GalleryFantastic Negrito announces new album ‘Please Don’t Be Dead’
Grammy-winning blues artist Fantastic Negrito has announced his latest album, Please Don't Be Dead, out June 15. The Oakland-based musician's newest album comes at a time when discussions of [...]
GalleryUp-and-coming R&B artist Berel drops new single, “Simple”
In 2014, a young Berel Alexander was coming back home from New Orleans when he decided to record himself playing guitar at the airport. He'd brought his guitar to [...]
GalleryBay Area newcomer Odie comes of age with debut album, ‘Analogue’
2018 is Odie's time. The multitalented Toronto-by-way-of-Tracy artist has been cooking his debut "Analogue" for the past three years and it's finally simmered long enough for its big reveal. [...]
GalleryJesse Ray Smith releases single “Easy on Me” off debut solo album
For Jesse Ray Smith, music has always been a catharsis from the heaviness of life. Far from creating escapist bubblegum, however, Smith leans into meaning with a full and [...]
GalleryPremiere: “The Mighty Echo” by the Family Crest
Of the thousands of new songs that have come across my desk in the past few months, few have been so surprisingly grand as The Family Crest's newest track, [...]
GalleryEast Bay rapper Zion I releases ‘Tonite Show’ with DJ Fresh
East Bay rapper Baba Zumbi — also known as Zion I — recently released a new record with Los Angeles producer DJ Fresh. The duo recorded the 10-track [...]
GalleryPremiere: Brian Belknap is “Bearing Witness”
If you've ever taken public transit in San Francisco, you've almost certainly seen one-man band Brian Belknap doing his "broke-down folk, junk-country blues, and gut-bucket gospel" thing. He's taken [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: Swiftumz, “Game Six”
Swiftumz released a 7" single "Game Six" on Fruits and Flowers late last year, and today we're pleased to share the accompanying visuals for "Game Six," shot and directed [...]
GalleryDive into rare Icelandic grooves on DJ Platurn’s “Breaking the Ice”
As a DJ for more than 20 years, Oakland's Platurn has a way of transporting his audiences to multiple corners of the globe and various eras through his deep [...]
GalleryThe Pendletons are wishing they can “Funk Forever”
Together, E Da Boss (of Myron and E on Stone's Throw) and Trailer Limon make up the Pendletons — a boogie-funk and modern soul project. Two years ago, they [...]
