Independent Psych Rock princess Rose Haze has been making waves in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene with exciting releases of experimental dream-pop psychedelia, and Disco Vampire is another fun song, perfect for musing as you dance along. Stoned in a Zoom Quarantine party? Ask the DJ to give this one a spin. Continue Reading

Metallica, Dave Matthews and Friends, The White Stripes, James Brown and My Morning Jacket are among the 13 headline acts topping the bill with live archival performances as part of the Bonaroo’s Virtual Roo-Ality event on YouTube Sept. 24-26Continue Reading

In Mission:Music's 16th episode, Stefan and Jason talk to Containher about her upcoming show with Jason's band Great Highway. The three get into the inevitable closure of music venues and if time sharing a venue could work now more than ever. We also get to hear a few singles from Containher and if Stefan will...Continue Reading

Bouncing beats give way to a steady cadence as if heralding the urgency of the lyrical intention - and the continuous crescendo of Manos Lindas’ Gas Station Panic inevitably shifts you. Transitioning from a Mission Impossible-ish refrain to a cautious wail paired with a somber narrative, you start to feel infused with emotion. Accompanied by...Continue Reading

Oracle recently confirmed it had won a bid to become the "trusted technology partner" to TikTok. Oracle is known for selling database solutions to behemoth corporations, while TikTok is an app used by Generation Z for learning the latest viral dances, boycotting Trump rallies, and everything in between.Continue Reading

The Shift Summit & Music Festival is a 4-day online conference of inspiring visionaries and uplifting musical artists. The “live from home” event begins Friday, September 18 at 8:00am Pacific Time and runs through the weekend, culminating on Monday, September 21 for the International Day of Peace.Continue Reading

In Mission:Music's 14th episode, the guys talk to McKay who, among many other projects, has helped produce for Great Highway. The four get into what it's like for McKay to produce and help musicians record remotely, how the iPad is revolutionizing sound design, and finding visual artists for music videos. In between, we get to...Continue Reading

Audio Terrorist's remix of "The City" was released on September 2nd, 2020 on all streaming services. The new single “The City” is a gothic industrial jam with a broadway musical flair. It struts down the runway at a post-apocalyptic fashion show, with an attitude that says “step aside Manson, step aside Reznor.” It's evocative phrases...Continue Reading

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco is one of the largest, free, and beloved music festivals in the country celebrating American roots music, announces its first participants in this year’s Let The Music Play On, led by returning artists Alison Brown, John Doe, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Yola, and first-time performer Sierra Ferrell. To keep community spirit high amid...Continue Reading

Acclaimed producer and songwriter Porter Robinson shares the music video for his latest track, “Mirror.” This is the third track to be released from Robinson’s forthcoming full length, Nurture. In the video, Robinson uses Live2D face-tracking technology to map his own facial movements onto the hand-drawn avatar. Thus capturing his own live expressions and performance of the song.Continue Reading

Stefan Aronsen is the co-founder of Balanced Breakfast, which is a group of musicians and music industry professionals that get together for breakfast to discuss how to best help each other reach the widest audience. There are chapters all around the world, and they are meeting online during the pandemic. We talked about how he...Continue Reading

Mirror explores duality and shadow psychology in the quest for integration of the true self, interlacing diverse threads of culture through sounds of oud, qanun, piano, drums, bass, and a string quartet from a ten-piece chamber ensemble. It is my hope that this music may help us discover how to love ourselves, and one another,...Continue Reading