GalleryPremiere: Joe Kaplow’s “Little Sleep”
Quirky yet artful; cute yet clever, Santa Cruz singer-songwriter Joe Kaplow’s new single, “Little Sleep,” arrives almost a year after the release of his dynamic and captivating album, Time Spent [...]
GalleryGreg Ashley: ‘Rarities & Unreleased Tracks’ out today
Today Bandcamp will once again waive fees and allow all money to go directly to the artists. All hail Bandcamp. No other music platform seems to give as much [...]
Gallery“Music is Magic”: PSDSP go analog with ‘Luddite’
By William Wayland and Carolyn McCoy
PSDSP is a band with an uneasy relationship to technology.
Ask singer and guitarist Eli Carlton-Pearson how he feels about digital technology and he doesn’t [...]
GalleryCharles Orgbon III introduces himself with ‘A Survivor’s Reward’
What is it about the Bay that is driving people from environmental science to enter the folk and country music fields? First Ismay, and now Oakland's Charles Orgbon III, [...]
GalleryFrank Ivy dreams a day away in “Deja Vu”
It's not often you hear about Concord as it pertains to local music. But the 925 has birthed some good ones — perhaps you've heard of Cass McCombs? How [...]
GalleryOaklash drag festival hits the virtual stage this weekend
[Graphics by broobs]
Oaklash's unique imprint on the Bay Area is hard to overstate, even while the event is still in its infancy. From traditional drag numbers to tributes to [...]
GallerySFCM and SF Symphony announce Emerging Black Composers Project
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) and San Francisco Symphony are partnering for a major new initiative, The Emerging Black Composers Project. The project aims to support the development of Black [...]
GalleryNewcomers AG Club make their mark with “Hngover”
AG Club (photo: Cameron Cortez)
OK so I am very late on this, because IDK about you but I've all but lost the ability to know what day it is [...]
GalleryWorthitpurchase’s new single and video, “Dizzy Age”
Worthitpurchase, a two-piece art pop outfit from San Francisco, released a new single and video, "Dizzy Age," on August 14. This richly atmospheric song is in anticipation of their forthcoming [...]
GallerySylvie Simmons releases ‘Blue on Blue’ today!
It's hard to believe it has been six years since Sylvie Simmons released her debut recordings, Sylvie, after 35 years of critically-acclaimed music journalism. A lot has happened: fascism [...]
GalleryBobcat Rob + the Nightly Howl’s new single, “Drain Pipe”
On Friday, August 12, Santa Cruz's Bobcat Rob & the Nightly Howl released a new single entitled "Drain Pipe." Much like a bobcat in a riparian woodland, the song [...]
GalleryTim Presley to release new book: ‘Under the Banner of Concern’
(photo:Ruth Swanson)
"I guess now we’re all living in those old paintings of people lying around on couches doing nothing with their boobs out." - Dana Berger, actress and Tweeter
Yes, [...]
