GalleryPhotos: Matt Dorrien at the Big Easy
Matt Dorrien (photo: William Wayland)
Words by William Wayland
The songs on In the Key of Grey will feel warm and familiar to anyone who’s ever experienced loneliness and heartache. Dropping the [...]
GalleryPhotos: Water Tower at Smiley’s
Water Tower (photo: Ria Burman)
LA's Water Tower, embarking on a US tour, bluegrass-rocked their way into cool Bolinas from 100-degree heat of Fresno the day before. Lighting up the [...]
GalleryAstronauts, etc. launches new single “The Room”
Astronauts etc. (photo: Brittany O'Brien)
Oakland-based indie electronic arranger Astronauts, etc. has released the latest single "The Room" from his forthcoming album Living in Symbol. Out July 27, Living in [...]
GalleryPremiere: Spend a San Francisco afternoon with Magic Magic Roses
Today, we're bringing you the latest video from San Francisco's Magic Magic Roses, "In Time." Full of picnics, bocce ball, and lightweight sweaters, it's scenes from a typical San [...]
GalleryPhotos: Shots Fired and the Crooked Stuff at the Boom Boom Room
Shots Fired (photo: William Wayland)
Words by William Wayland
When D.J. Williams isn’t performing with Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, he has his own jazz/rock/funk project, Shots Fired, and a recently released album, [...]
GalleryListen to Oakland artist Baeilou’s beautiful “Eleanora”
The cello isn't something you hear a lot in pop music. Enter Oakland's Baeilou, a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music taking the cello to new and [...]
GalleryBill Baird releases ANOTHER album
Oakland's Bill Baird released Nightly Never Ending last week, and by my count, it's his SEVENTH album since 2016.
Bill, quite simply, has an ear for mellow pop music, and [...]
GalleryPhotos: The Pretenders with local Chuck Prophet at the Masonic
The Pretenders (photo: Aaron Rubin)
One of the original punk-new wave bands the Pretenders performed at the Masonic last Friday night. Chrissie Hynde was in full force and gave her voice and [...]
GalleryTinariwen roam to The UC Theatre with Dirtwire next month
Willing to bet, in all your years, you've never seen a band of Tuareg musicians.
Willing to bet a little less that you might not even know what 'Tuareg' is [...]
GalleryAhead of debut, Katzù Oso will perform at Swedish American Hall
Katzù Oso (Paul Hernandez) is the dreamy, synth-pop artist you didn't know you needed to hear until right now. Based out of Los Angeles, the Latino solo artist takes [...]
GalleryOh The Nerve premiere new video, playing free Pride weekend show
Today, we're premiering a new music video from Bay Area queer feminist pop/R&B band Oh The Nerve. They are also performing a free show on Sunday, June 24 in [...]
GalleryIn advance of performance at Pride, SUMif releases new single “Body”
This is a big week for queer electro-pop artist SUMif. Originally from Los Angeles, the rising San Francisco musician is set to perform at this year's San Francisco Pride [...]
