On the surface, Northern Nights looks like a typical electronic music festival. Big-name acts like CloZee and Claude VonStroke lined this year's poster. Their social media accounts are filled with pictures of 1,000 lasers shooting into the night sky. Video footage shows thousands of sweaty 20-somethings dancing in a sea of bodies. You might think...Continue Reading

Jungle at the Fox was, essentially, a futuristic disco garden of sound and lights. As of the time of this writing, I’m deep in-between days of the rescheduled Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park. And I can’t help feeling that, not booking the semi-EDM, retro-funk-pop group Jungle at this eclectic and huge festival, was a...Continue Reading

Sometimes we think of synth and electronic music as coming primarily from NYC, LA, various parts of Europe. But if you’re here in San Francisco, you’ve heard lush and beautiful electronic soundscapes coming from studios big and small throughout the Bay Area. Here are my absolute favorites from 2020.Continue Reading

Adam's done what few musicians can do well, transitioning from band to solo artist while simultaneously radically shifting genres. "Piece of Mind" is exquisite electronic pop, expertly arranged as though he's been working in this style all along.Continue Reading

StarCrash explodes onto the scene as new concert series hosted by local sparkly vocalist, pop songwriter, synth player, and sometimes-promoter Remi Barrett. This brand-new event happens every third Thursday at DNA Lounge.Continue Reading

Lime is an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink track - not surprising, from a band that likes to throw twists and turns into its music and build fat full layers along the way. At last headcount, there are 6 full-time members of the band, but it sounds more like 60 by the end of the song.Continue Reading

Attendees saw performances on the main stage from Santigold, Steel Pulse, The Polish Ambassador, The Expendables, The Movement, Chali 2na, and Con Brio.Continue Reading

If you're hooked like I am, check out Nick's newest single "This Is Gonna Happen," to released today, Friday, November 1st. Face-melting chorusing bass synths, space-y extragalactic lead lines, and Nick's now-patented driving, relentless octave'd lead vocals, joined by lush dreamy harmonies from musical partner Katrina Bushnell...this is Nick's best work yet. It's the ultimate...Continue Reading

Never seen Steve in concert? It’s hard to summarize him! His Facebook and Spotify carry very few details except for a few humorous one-word reviews from supposed attendees. He wears a red velvet blazer with a signature pink ascot tucked over the top and dark round John Lennon sunglasses. His live music is a melange...Continue Reading

Those of you who’ve never met me know that I’m a silent but deadly advocate/lover/evangelist of electronic music in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s a little hard down in the amateur ranks of Bay Area music to push electropop, livetronica, and all things DJ-based or synth-y or drum-pad-tacular. Up at the top in big...Continue Reading