Push The Feeling this Saturday with Vin Sol and Cherushii
Hopefully you have all recovered from your crippling April Fool's Day embarrassments by now, because it's time to start dancing again. Tomorrow night, Push The Feeling returns to Underground SF with Vin Sol on the decks and a live performance from Cherushii. YR SKULL and epicsauce DJs will rock the house as always. Standing beside Haçeteria and Play It Cool as one of San Francisco's most affordable club nights, the monthly series is no stranger to showcasing the latest in local electronic talent. Occasionally hosting out-of-town artists as well, this Saturday boasts two of San Francisco's most promising producers. Local [...]
Push The Feeling this Saturday with Exray's & Yalls
Push The Feeling is back at Underground SF this Saturday with live performances from local favorites Exray's and Yalls, plus DJ sets from YR SKULL and epicsauce. San Francisco duo Exray's have been working on a unique project called Vessel XII, an experimental audio-video endeavor with a sci-fi angle (stay up to date with their Tumblr), and their Trust a Robot LP was released last year. Exray's also did a cover of "Invisible Forces" by The Fresh & Onlys, which you can hear below. Berkeley powerhouse Dan Casey will return to Push The Feeling as Yalls, his electronic-pop alter ego, [...]
Push The Feeling with K-Maxx and Devonwho tomorrow night
Get ready for another installment of Push The Feeling, now taking place the first Saturday of each month instead of Friday. Stop by Underground SF tomorrow, August 3, to catch live sets from Devonwho and K-Maxx, plus DJ sets from founder-residents epicsauce and YR SKULL. Boogie down with San Francisco funk-master K-Maxx (Ken Hopkins), who released a new K-Maxx / Sweater Funk Presents EP in April. In the past, he has collaborated with Too Short, Dan the Automator, Andre Nickatina and Tower of Power's Lenny Williams. Currently, K-Maxx is featured on the Private Function compilation from Voltaire Records, showcasing the [...]
Push The Feeling: Edit Murphy & Glenn Jackson @ Underground SF, 6/14/13
The second Friday of June is nearly here, and you know what that means - time to dust off your dancing shoes for another night of Push The Feeling at Underground SF with our friends YR SKULL and epicsauce DJs. This week's edition of PTF will feature a special live performance from East Bay-certified music nerd Glenn Jackson, who will perform a solo electronic set under his own name. Edit Murphy will headline with a rare DJ set. Oakland's Glenn Jackson is one half of James & Evander and frequently writes pieces on electronic music for XLR8R among other blogs. [...]
Push The Feeling with The Beat Broker and Plaza this Friday, 5/10/13
Your unofficial disco ambassadors of the Bay Area, Kevin Meenan (epicsauce) and Andrew Marcogliese (YR SKULL), are bringing another installment of Push The Feeling to the Lower Haight on Friday. The shindig will feature an electrifying lineup of local funk dealers, with a DJ set from The Beat Broker and a live electronic performance from Plaza. Resident DJs epicsauce and YR SKULL will spin the night away at Underground SF. The Beat Broker is the alias of San Francisco local Ryan Bishop, who dishes out synth-heavy space funk with a hint of distinctively disco flair and is also half of [...]
Mixtape: Bay Area Artists, Remixing and Remixed (Podcast #304)
Mixtape: Bay Area Artists, Remixing and Remixed (Podcast #304) All too frequently, remixes are just okay, but when they are great, they're really something special. A truly great remix can shed new light on the original artist's work and stand on its own as a unique creation. That's no easy feat, either, given the tension between staying true to an original song's components and a reworker's desire to create something new and personal. These days, it feels far too easy to get remix fatigue. Reworkings seem to pop up almost immediately after original songs are released, and they can come [...]
Seatraffic gets remixed by YR SKULL, making SXSW debut
San Francisco synth-pop duo Seatraffic just released a dreamy new single called "Superficial Heart", and fellow City resident YR SKULL (aka Push The Feeling resident DJ Andrew Marcogliese) is offering up a remix of the track, which debuted on The Fader last week. Drew's remix puts a tropical spin on the track, adding snare and steel drums to the front of the mix. Both the original and remix are available below for streaming and free download via Seatraffic's Bandcamp. Superficial Heart by Seatraffic Mark Zannad (vocals/synth) and Brandon Harrison (drums/vocals) began collaborating as Seatraffic in 2010. This year, the duo [...]
Push The Feeling: Lusine, Pale Blue Dot, epicsauce, YR Skull @ Underground SF, 3/8/13
Push The Feeling continues its monthly series at the Lower Haight's Underground SF this Friday, March 8 with live sets from Lusine and Pale Blue Dot, and DJ sets from PTF residents epicsauce and YR Skull. Longtime experimental electronic veteran Lusine (aka Seattle's Jeff McIlwain) will perform a very special live set in support of his brand new LP, The Waiting Room, his third release on Ghostly International. While Lusine has dabbled in everything from techno and house to hip hop and electro over his 14-year music career, his latest release shifts from his usual ambient, experimental approach to a [...]
Ticket Giveaway: Religious Girls and Pale Blue Dot at Salty Artist Management's Saturday Night Soirée at the Noise Pop-Up Shop, 2/23/13
Salty Artist Management is presenting a special "Saturday Night Soirée" on February 23 at the Noise Pop-Up Shop, featuring live performances from rising Bay Area synth-pop bands Religious Girls and Pale Blue Dot, as well as DJ sets from YR Skull and the two lads behind the nascent management team, Chris & Chad Salty (née Chris Crowley and Chad Heimann). Opening the show will be the brand new East Bay electronic space act Pale Blue Dot who recently shared the stage with El Ten Eleven and White Arrows. The group is comprised of members of The Aimless Never Miss and [...]
Push The Feeling: La Vampires, Roche, YR SKULL, epicsauce @ Underground SF this Friday, 2/8/13
Push The Feeling is back at Underground SF this Friday with a DJ set from LA Vampires and a live performance by Roche. As usual, founding residents epicsauce and YR SKULL will DJ the event. San Francisco producer Ben Winans, a.k.a. Roche, released two 12" EPs at the tail end of 2012. Auragan is out on Mathematics Recordings, and A Night at the Haç is out on Amanda Brown's 100% Silk (listen to the title track below). His live sets have been known to incorporate a copious amount of analog gear to get the party started. LA Vampires is the [...]