Giveaway: Doe Eye supporting The Frail at Great American
Photo: Matt Baca Fresh off a successful Kickstarter to fund the recording and promotion of her debut full-length, the Bay Area's Doe Eye (née Maryam Qudus) is celebrating with an opening slot for San Francisco denizens The Frail at Great American Musical Hall this Saturday, July 6 along with Canadian synth-pop trio Parallels and Oakland post-punk/new wave band Tremor Low. And we're celebrating the occasion by giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky reader. After reaching her goal of crowd-sourcing $15,000 to fund her first LP, Doe Eye gave her ever-growing legion of fans a special treat – [...]
Video: Tremor Low — "Kingmaker"
For local bands, high budget music videos are fairly rare. Perhaps they have some friends in film school or a very generous music label, but Oakland post-punk/new wave band Tremor Low pull out all the stops for their new video "Kingmaker," off their 2012 EP of the same name. Directed by the Perez Brothers, the HD video includes the band performing along with a visual narrative of a young women at a therapy session being stalked by a demon ghost that looks suspiciously like Voldermort. The Perez Brothers describe it as "a Freudian reimaging of The Exorcist." Whatever you want to call it, it's [...]