It's 8 a.m. on a Friday, and a group of about twenty musicians has gathered at Awaken Cafe in downtown Oakland. They're not reconvening after an all-night bender, as first glance might suggest. They are part of the East Bay Balanced Breakfast, a weekly get-together for musicians, engineers, band managers, publicists, and other music industry...Continue Reading

My favorite part of Noise Pop are the Happy Hour Events. They're free, open to everybody, and a great place to discover new bands. Not to be biased ... but I am ... and I must erge you not to miss Thursday's happy hour, hosted by my project Balanced Breakfast and featuring some of my...Continue Reading

My favorite part of Noise Pop are the Happy Hour Events. They're free, open to everybody, and a great place to discover new bandsContinue Reading

Last month I got to talk to Sondre Lerche on the Phone about his tour and his show in San Francisco. IT WAS AWESOME!Continue Reading

Features music from Ana Sia, Beats Antique, Christian Martin, Dimond Saints, Eprom, Fort Knox Five, Jobot, Justin Martin, Lindsay Lowend, Morillo, Odesza, Pumpkin, Sabo, The Floozies, Two Fresh, Zion I, and more.Continue Reading

Over the course of 3 days these DJ's had sets: Beats Antique, Zion I, Little People, NastyNasty, Plastic Plates, Lindsay Lowend, DOV, Sabo, Christian Martin, Paul Devro, Ana Sia, The Floozies, Shawna, Pumpkin, Steele, J. Boogie, Wooly Mammoth, Hypha, Guidance, Dj Dials, MyKill, Justin Martin, Kingdom, Eprom, Kodo, Egyptrixx, Viceroy, Made In Heights, Drome, Two Fresh, Fort Knox Five.Continue Reading

I saw Beats Antique, The Floozies, Aaron Axelsen, 8th Grader, and a whole bunch of DJ's I don't know in the Silent Frisco tent. I drank rockstar, ate a weird vegan "cheese" "burger" and realized I LOVE FESTIVALS!Continue Reading

I almost didn't make it to NNMF 2014, but as I was giving up Tucker Gumber messaged me and said, "You're coming with me!"Continue Reading

DAVID COLÓN'S NEW SHOW - Behind The Mynd Known for his work with Riptide Open Mic David and his working as a musician, David is branching out his endeavors in to radio. I had the pleasure of having him on my show a handful of times before he branched out and started his own show....Continue Reading

This Friday our good friends Finish Ticket are releasing a brand new album! Nik has been asked to open the show with a special solo set! Also featured will be the amazing Ghost and The City and Holychild. Nik plays at 8:30 sharp, so be sure to get there early. Due to the lineup, presale...Continue Reading

Noise Pop starts this week … I hope to see you out at a show!!! There are five free happy hour shows. I am going to see them all, however, I know some of you aren’t willing to commit that much of your week to music. Thus you will likely pick one show to see,...Continue Reading

The band is called Yalls, but he’s a band of one?! From the other side of Rock Make, I speed walked past all the vendors to see what band was creating such an amazing collage of sounds. Upon arrival, I realized the sounds I had been enjoying were coming from one man and his digital...Continue Reading