Live This Month: December 2018 — an audio guide to upcoming Bay Area concerts
Download: Live This Month: December 2018 (Podcast #436) 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. Local musicians are performing at wealth of great concerts in the Bay Area through the end of the year. Having recently released his latest album, SF singer-songwriter Andrew St. James will be appearing at a Camp Fire benefit show at the Great American Music Hall this month, one of a number of opportunities this month to hear some local music and support fire relief efforts. Speaking of [...]
Thou can’t stop outdoing themselves, play Oakland Metro this weekend
Words by Jordan Martich When Louisiana-based DIY doom band Thou is together, listeners are in for a grand display of the group's work ethic — a new album, splits, collaborations, and tours. Thou’s impressive output is how they came to be known as the flagship band for interesting, heavy music in the DIY punk culture. Every venture they embark upon is done in an epic fashion, whether that's making crushing, bleak albums that can run upwards of 60 minutes, playing benefit shows, or recording a slew of punishing Nirvana covers at a time. This summer is no different for Thou: [...]