GalleryPlush share video for “Sheer Power” and set off for East Coast tour
Sometimes the only way for you feel larger than you really are is to put all your love into something else. Put it in a song, a poem, a [...]
GalleryMarielle V Jakobsons debuts video for “White Sparks” using her innovative macro-cymatic instrument
To the untrained eye, macro-cymatic looks like something related to plants, or movies, but definitely something scientific. When I read that Oakland-based Marielle V Jakobsons, the electronic musician who [...]
GalleryGlobelamp to bring shimmery, introspective West Coast psych-folk to Brick & Mortar
If you don't know Globelamp, you probably know her voice. Equal parts warbly and sultry, and unique as all, she's most known for her contributions in Foxygen and especially [...]
GalleryHey now: Don’t Dream It’s Over to bring art exhibition to life at SFMOMA
Hey now, hey now, let's catch our '80s nostalgia "deluge in a paper cup," as Neil Finn of Crowded House lightly crooned in their 1986 breakout hit "Don't Dream [...]
GalleryTim Cohen of The Fresh and Onlys playing Rickshaw Stop on Wednesday
Aside from a few scattered appearances here and there, The Fresh and Onlys — one of San Francisco’s longest-tenured and most-revered bands — have been dormant in recent times.
Although [...]
GalleryPremiere: Oakland’s undō debut stark video in anticipation of EP
Conceived during a three month stint in solitary confinement, Oakland's undō perform a jarring brand of screamy, freewheeling grind.
The trio features members of long time East Bay electropunk group [...]
GalleryPremiere: BAUS perform ‘We are BAUS’ live at The Grassy Null
The Grassy Null and Oakland's Vacant Stare Records recently teamed up, releasing a cassette compilation comprised of all the audio from live sessions recorded last year. Today, we're premiering [...]
GalleryCrush share new music video, play Rickshaw Stop tomorrow
"I lowkey have a crush on Crush (from Oakland) because they crush it," is something I and many other people have said while in the crowd of a Crush show. Because [...]
GalleryVideo Premiere: Walk through Bernal Heights with China
One of my personal favorite country/Americana/folk/whatever bands (both locally and beyond) is China. Their songwriting is brutally honest, and they're likely one of the most talented bands you'll ever [...]
GalleryLocal DJs bring round two of “Aural History of Femme Punk” night to the Golden Bull
As a lady and an avid follower/cheerleader/what have you of my fellow ladies in music, the call to action of "ALL FEMALE FRONTED PUNK VINYL/ALL NIGHT" brings some pleasurable [...]
GalleryDown Dirty Shake begin multi-night residency at Milk Bar on July 6
Now becoming a rite of summer, local band the Down Dirty Shake will begin their annual multi-night residency at Milk Bar starting next month.
The psychedelic-blues rockers have been hosting [...]
GalleryOakland’s Waterstrider sign to 30th Century Records, share “Nowhere Now” video
Waterstrider are definitely one of those bands you keep rooting for. A mainstay in the Berkeley co-op scene in the last handful of years, the band's sound has grown [...]
