GalleryVideo Premiere: Get to know Poor Things in “I’m Just Here”
Last week San Francisco's Poor Things premiered their debut EP, Bad Cursive, over on DoTheBay. Officially out today on Gaylord's Party Music, Bad Cursive is bedroom pop done right. [...]
GalleryFantastic Negrito debuts docu-narrative “In The Pines”
One of Oakland's fastest-rising stars in the last few years has been Xavier Dphrepaulezz, more recognizable as the soul-blended and bluesy musician Fantastic Negrito, and who could better be [...]
Video: House shows power the North Bay’s music scene
The Down House (photos: Estefany Gonzalez)
To the untrained eye, the North Bay may come off as wineland or a foodie’s paradise. While yes, those are aspects of the North Bay, [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: Luke Sweeney, “Red Hot Demands”
What was that you said about SF's scene being dead? Pillar of San Francisco's garage-psych community and frequent flier of the pages of TBB Luke Sweeney has been kind [...]
GalleryElephant Stone announces new video “Andromeda,” SF show in November
Montreal psych-rock trio Elephant Stone announce their fourth full length LP, Ship Of Fools as well as a tour that hits the Midwest in October before travelling up the West [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: Beekeepers, “Game Over”
Photo: Nicolas Cubillos Marroquin
After taking a brief hiatus over the last year, Oakland trio Beekeepers released their debut proper album last month, Varroa Mites on Vacant Stare.
Beekeepers are [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: 1988 – “Feria”
Oakland's 1988 caught our ear with their spooky, distorted, synth-heavy pop. 1988's Luis Gutierrez tells me they've been working on a ton of material, and luckily they've asked us [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: Gentle Spirit, “Ram Van”
San Francisco's Gentle Spirit, the project of San Franciscan Marcus Stoesz, brings us the sweet "Ram Van" video. A twinkling ode to lost friends, loved ones, and, heartbreakingly, pets, [...]
GalleryMakeunder unveil video for ‘Great Headless Blank’
Makeunder, the Oakland-based orchestral rock troupe led by Hamilton Ulmer, revealed their first work as a full band just over a year ago. Now the Great headless Blank EP [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: Stag Frenzy delivers warm indie pop on “California (You Can Have It All)”
Stag Frenzy is a new project, but it's not Ayal Nistor's first songwriting endeavor. The musician previously recorded and performed as My Second Surprise, which started in Israel, where [...]
GalleryTap the Flow 24: How a Santa Cruz artist transforms inspiration into positive change
When you combine the restless spirit of an artist with a globally-focused entrepreneur that wants to save the world, incredible things can happen.
One Santa Cruz-based artist, Rob Ball, is [...]
GalleryDoodling with Hazel English
You'd never except to meet a possible pop star while you are both repetitiously steaming secondhand designer clothes, but that's how I met Hazel English. I've had a lot [...]
