GalleryThe Greening bring collage rock to fruition with “All Of A Sudden Tomorrow’s Here”
The first time I met Karl Meischen of The Greening was at a cafe in the Mission, and the first thing I noticed was that he was dressed in [...]
GalleryTycho’s remixed “Awake” out now, featuring RJD2, Baio, and more
Awake, the fourth studio album released by San Francisco's golden group Tycho, just received a new spin on its eight track length. A remixed version of the breakthrough LP was [...]
GalleryBattlehooch’s AJ McKinley releases solo EP
Remember when Roy Wood recorded a solo album while still part of The Move in which he played nearly every instrument on every track? Well, unless you were born [...]
GalleryNef the Pharaoh releases #Saydaat, performing with G-Eazy next month
The Bay Area is a blessing and a curse for aspiring MCs. Long considered one of the most consistent and prolific regional rap scenes in the country, the nation [...]
GalleryPremiere: Ben Pearce brings ‘Modern Non-Electronic Dance Music’ on “Say Hello”
San Francisco's Ben Pearce was happily playing guitar in Windham Flat, when lead singer Aaron Araki let the band he was moving to LA. "Playing with those guys was [...]
GalleryMeet Derek Schmidt, the musician who transfoms tarot cards into dreamy compositions
Meet Derek Schmidt. He has been in the Bay Area for 17 years, and his last three have been dedicated to taking tarot cards and transforming them into dreamy musical compositions in a [...]
GalleryGenre-bending Feed Me Jack preps ‘Ultra Ego’ EP
An ambitious rock band that has roots from Santa Cruz to Oakland and beyond, Feed Me Jack is putting out an EP, Ultra Ego, in two days! They've described their [...]
GalleryGet To Know: Your Fearless Leader
Are you sick of indie rock? Yeah, me too. But every now and then a band breaks out of that insipid, uninspired ocean of sameness and releases a song [...]
GalleryVideo: Saint Tiimbre – “Body Moves”
Late last year, Oakland based Saint Tiimbre released one hell of a video for their single "Body Moves" off their EP of the same name. The trio is formed [...]
GalleryNightshuttle – ‘The City is Perfect Right Now’
Nightshuttle is a new project from San Francisco's Justin Frahm, who has performed with a number of local artists over the years, including Kelley Stoltz, the Titan Ups, and [...]
GalleryBest of 2015: Will of Wine & Bowties on Trill Youngins
Nothing out of the Bay this year sounded quite as joyful as East Oakland's Trill Youngins did on their debut, Rich This Summer. The banner single from RTS was [...]
GalleryBest of 2015: Rob of Vacant Stare Records and Mall Walk on The World
I attended fifty-three shows this year. That's a lot for someone who generally prefers to spend his evenings watching old sitcoms with a cat in his lap. While I [...]
