Review + Photos: Scruff of the Neck USA Showcase at Rickshaw Stop
MAYYA (photo: William Wayland) Bands are allowed to come out and play again, and I hope we never forget this new appreciation for live music that everyone is feeling. After over a year of bands trying some form of livestreaming from their bedroom, Scruff of the Neck, an upstart music company out of Manchester, UK, put on their first-ever ticketed show in the United States and one of the first live shows this year at Rickshaw Stop on Friday, July 16th. They tapped into an eclectic mix of Bay Area bands and musicians, including MAYYA, Kevin Pesto, Uncle Chris, and [...]
Live This Month: August 2018 — an audio guide to upcoming Bay Area concerts
Download: Live This Month: August 2018 (Podcast #431) In Live This Month, we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. This month's mix kicks off with a song from Shannon & the Clams, one of many great Bay Area bands performing over the three days of the 2018 Outside Lands Festival. Outside Lands isn't the only outdoor fest highlighted here. We've also included a track from The Marias ahead of their appearance at the 20th Street Block Party. This episode also showcases heavy sounds from Drowse and [...]