Wood Shoppe presents San Francisco Is Doomed compilation release show
These days, there's been a lot of debate over whether or not the San Francisco music scene is truly dead or not (see: Not Dead Yet Fest, this SF Weekly article). Then on Tuesday, a compilation tape, San Francisco is Doomed, by Hannah Lew's label Crime on the Moon (which we told you about earlier in the month) injected itself into that conversation, featuring an array of artists including the likes of Scraper, Thee Oh Sees, Mane, and many more. And what better way to celebrate the release of this comp than a free show thrown by Wood Shoppe SF [...]
Video Premiere: The Mallard – "Mansion" (Directed by Hannah Lew)
Below, we're excited to the premiere of the new video from SF's The Mallard. "Mansion" comes from Yes on Blood, the band's recent Castle Face full length, and the video was directed by Hannah Lew (Grass Widow). The clip is another 16mm winner from Lew, who has also done recent videos for Hunx, Shannon and the Clams, Rat Columns and others. As you'll see, "Mansion" finds The Mallard hanging out and playing on Mare Island, and the song's insistent melody is visually accented by broken glass, broken eggs, and broken windows. It makes me want to spin Yes on Blood [...]