If you ever wanted to see a show that spanned forty years of recorded music and dropped you off squarely in 1999, we’ll today’s your lucky day. Rather, I should say tonight’s your lucky night. Because at San Francisco’s El Rio, a one-off Halloween cover show spooktacular is going down. Bear Lincoln performs Michael Jackson’s...Continue Reading

If you haven’t heard of Dangermaker by now, then you haven’t been reading San Francisco blogs, and probably haven’t been clued into what Balanced Breakfast is … yet! Light the Dark I – EP by DANGERMAKER (This isn’t a dig at you, mind you, more of an acknowledgment that I’ve written about them before. In...Continue Reading

Bay Area Con Funk Shun percussionist D. Edward strikes gold with his new baby-making-music full-length album “Love Is“. An active member of Balanced Breakfast San Francisco and East Bay, he debuted as a frontman with his first release “Little Red Box” in 2011 but has been making major waves in the northern California music scene for the past 13 years....Continue Reading

It started with Waters opening for Weezer and it happened again the other night when BATTLEHOOCH opened for of Montreal.I started listening to of Montreal in 2000. I thought they were a pretty big deal then and I still consider them to be one of my more favorite bands today! Thus when I discovered that...Continue Reading

Jason Kick was running the sound last night at Amnesia, he asked Bridgette Moody, the lead singer of Haunted Summer if she was ready. Her response was simple, "where is my beer?" She looks around, sees it on the piano next to me. "Can you hand me that?" I did. "Now I'm ready." She took...Continue 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

I believe in live performance. I love seeing bands in person, up front and center stage to be able to get a sense of what people can do, and frankly, I’m looking for bands that can WOW me into wanting to listen to their recordings… Slackin’ Since The 80s EP by Couches This is always how...Continue Reading

I take for granted the fact that if you are reading this post, (either by way of I Heart SFBands, Sf Intercom, or social networking links) you are familiar with Bay Area Balanced Breakfast… …turns out that assumption might not be true. How can other people know what it is when there are times when I’m baffled as...Continue Reading

Combining elements of trip-hop and R&B with slick contemporary dance music, Oakland-born Derek Buckwalter (aka RZN8R) kicked off what was certainly the most eclectic line-up in town last Thursday night at the Balanced Breakfast Residency. With a little sneak of R. Kelly’s Ignition (remix) alongside atmospheric &  interplanetary electronics, RZN8R recalled Tricky, DJ Shadow, and something else entirely unique....Continue Reading

I've worked with hundreds of local artists over the years, classically I geek out over no one, but I geek out over him. I still can't believe I finally got to see him live!!! Other than the fact that he sings like an angel sliding down a rainbow and come Thursday night you could have...Continue Reading

Once a week, I sit down with the Damn Fanatic’s Andy Strong and have a pleasant chat. Topics vary from the prospects of touring, to whether or not David Byrne rocks harder than David Bowie, but one thing is abundantly clear: Andy Strong is a mad man in the best possible sense. And it seems...Continue Reading

I just listened to the 2014 release Diconnect::Reconnect from start to finish twice. The first time I simply lost myself. The second time I became mesmerized by the intricacies of their artistic flight. Don’t waste your time getting a sense of this band on your cell phone speakers or you will miss all the nuances and...Continue Reading