Anyone who thought that electronic dream pop was a temporal moment in music was wrong - it’s here to stay, and in the Bay Area, it’s big. Seatraffic is [...]
By Katie Kopacz|February 5, 2013|Comments Off on Seatraffic releases free new song and video – "Superficial Heart"
The Stone Foxes own a reputation of being one of the most clean-cut rock and roll bands in San Francisco. While "clean-cut" isn't usually a positive image to associate [...]
By Lauren Espina|February 4, 2013|Comments Off on The Stone Foxes gear up for 2/12/13 LP release, drop new single and video
Though you may have heard by now, Portland’s The Thermals are currently gearing up for a massive comeback (though we are under strict instructions by their PR folks not [...]
By Jody Amable|February 4, 2013|Comments Off on The Thermals announce new record, tour US in March
A new addition to Tricycle Records, Oakland's The Hot Toddies will release their EP, Bottoms Up, on February 5th. The five-track release features Heidi's [...]
By Sabrina Barekzai|February 1, 2013|Comments Off on Oakland's The Hot Toddies release new EP, 'Bottoms Up,' on 2/5/12
San Francisco folk-rocker Thao Nguyen and her band The Get Down Stay Down have a sparkly new album by the name of We the Common, out February 5th. We've already heard some early [...]
By Emily Turner|February 1, 2013|Comments Off on Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – "Kindness be Conceived" (with Joanna Newsom)
The word "prolific" gets tossed around with relative ease nowadays, but it does apply in certain cases (I'm looking at you, Ty Segall). A few years ago, Sonny Smith [...]
Giraffage, San Francisco's 21-year old multi-instrumentalist/producer Charlie Yin, has made his Pitchfork debut with the new single "Close 2 Me", and you can stream the track below, via SoundCloud. [...]
By Tim Draut|January 31, 2013|Comments Off on Giraffage releases new single, performing at 1015 Folsom on Friday 2/1/13
Warm Soda – the new project from Easy Bay denizen, Tennessee native, and former Bare Wires frontman Matthew Melton (above, far right) – recently released its first full-length Someone [...]
By Jason Shane|January 31, 2013|Comments Off on Warm Soda streams first single off debut LP 'Someone For You', playing the Hemlock with Cocktails and DSTVV this Friday, 2/1/13
When I'm neck-deep in yet another inbox full of emails from every band, label, booking agent, and publicist under the sun, sometimes the strangest things can pique my interest. [...]
By Jason Shane|January 31, 2013|Comments Off on Bi-coastal kids: O Presidente drops debut 'Clube de Futebol,' setting up shop in the Bay Area in 2013
Since 2009, Burnt Ones have been torching San Francisco venues and house parties with a glittering pop sensibility and a distinctive fusion of garage rock/pop and psych/punk elements. The [...]
Michael Benjamin Lerner, better known as Seattle-based Telekinesis, recorded his latest album in two weeks. Two weeks may seem like a small amount of time to record a (good) [...]
By Sabrina Barekzai|January 30, 2013|Comments Off on Telekinesis – "Ghosts and Creatures"
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