GalleryBlackbird Blackbird – "Summer's Almost Here"
Back with his first new material since last year's excellent EP Boracay Planet, SF's Mikey Maramag (aka Blackbird Blackbird) just released yet another irresistibly lavish track, the new single [...]
GalleryBurnt Ones release new album, new video, and launch US tour
Psych-pop trio Burnt Ones have released their latest record, You’ll Never Walk Alone, and it’s now available to stream on their Bandcamp page. The album offers up 11 tracks [...]
GallerySea Lioness – "Elmira" (new side project from members of Cannons and Clouds)
The birth of a unique new SF band was quietly announced on Facebook last week. Sea Lioness, a quintet featuring Travis Woodland and Steven Medd of Cannons and Clouds, [...]
GalleryVideo: sayknowledge – "Art Goons" (feat. Cashius Green)
San Francisco MC sayknowledge just dropped my favorite video of 2013, for the track "Art Goons", which was produced by the Bay Area's Mars Today and features a verse [...]
GalleryVideo: Tycho – "Ascension"
As we learned from an interview conducted by staff contributor Roman Gokham back in January, Scott Hansen is a multifaceted artist who views his musical moniker Tycho as an audio-visual [...]
GalleryGiveaway: See The Presets perform at The Fox tonight!
Australian electronic band The Presets are currently on the home stretch of a US tour, and they'll be performing tonight at the Fox in Oakland. The band's latest single [...]
GalleryBlank Tapes play free San Jose show Friday 5/24/13
The Blank Tapes are all set to rock one of downtown San Jose's newest venues, Café Stritch, on Friday. Billed as a FanimeCon after-party, the show features The Blank [...]
GalleryVideo: Dyllan Hersey – "I Wished Freedom" (playing 2 upcoming Bay Area shows)
My favorite local folk singer Dyllan Hersey actually released her video for "I Wished Freedom" at the end of 2012, but it just found its way to my inbox [...]
GalleryPremiere: DSTVV – "Healing Enargy Crystels"; cassette out 5/28/13 on Wormhole Records
Everyone's favorite industrial grungegaze band DSTVV is back with their second EP Underground Product, which will be released as a cassette on Wormhole Records on May 28.
We're pleased to [...]
GalleryVideo: Shout Out Louds – "Illusions" (win tickets to tonight's show!)
Shout Out Louds' Optica is probably my favorite indie pop record so far this year, with each song tightly orchestrated and extremely catchy. The band's US tour is coming [...]
GalleryAriel Pink's Haunted Graffiti comes to The Chapel, 5/21/13
Considering that lo-fi, analog psychedelic pop has burst open into such a sought-after genre, it’s a wonder there are not more artists as forward thinking as Ariel Pink. The [...]
GalleryDeafheaven tours new album 'Sunbather', playing two SF shows
San Francisco's buzzworthy black metal band Deafheaven is gearing up for the release of its new LP Sunbather by playing three West Coast shows with Boris, followed by a [...]
