A caravan of local acts is headed to Denver this weekend as part of a San Francisco-specific concert at Underground Music Showcase.Continue Reading

The band began their set with a mysterious musical fragment: something warm and reverberant that sounded all at once strange and familiar.Continue Reading

Last Friday was a packed night at the backroom at Starline Social Club in Oakland,CA. Van Goat really knows how to throw a party and who to invite. The backroom behind the bar had a great house show vibe with no designated performance area with the exception of a carpet. This really worked well with...Continue Reading

In a musical landscape over-saturated with glamour and ego, Eliot Sumner is an honest breath of fresh air. You may have heard of her famous parents (look it up, if you must) but Sumner’s talent is so undeniable that no connection made to these two is necessary; she is a force all her own. The...Continue Reading

If you haven't been to an UnderCover presents show ... I challenge you to attend their Radiohead tribute this weekend. With 75+ artist from 10 Bay Area bands gathered to honor Radiohead's Kid A album, how can you say no?Continue Reading

I am very surprised that I never stumbled upon Ben Abraham when I was living in Melbourne last year (Jan – May), as I would have surely stopped in my tracks if I heard ‘Speak‘ as I passed by the usual buskers on Melbourne’s famous Bourke Street (wonder if he ever busked there). Speak is...Continue Reading

A former pre-school teacher in the days before his budding music career, Damien Jurado (Secretly Canadian record label) was well equipped to handle the crazy “kids” (all grown adults that were probably “secretly Canadian”) that were shouting out requests for their favorite songs. “My name is Damien ‘Jurado’… not Damien ‘Jutebox’…I’ll play what I want...Continue Reading

Do you like to camp in the redwoods, float on the Eel River, work on your tan, do yoga, hear comedy and listen to live music for 3 days straight? You should check out Northern Nights Music Festival on July 15th-17thContinue Reading

I first saw Radical Face back in Nov 2014 at Iceland Airwaves music festival, thanks to a girl standing next to me up front who said I MUST stay for his set (and boy was I glad I did). Not having known anything about him, I was quickly taken back by the clever tales that...Continue Reading

The lead singer of The Unauthorized Rolling Stones, Rudy Colombini, is my boss. When he asked, "who should open for my next show at Great American Music Hall." In my mind, the answer was easy, "the last two winners of Music City SF's Battle of the Bands, Serf and James & Unlikely Heroes."Continue Reading

I got a phone call from SF Weekly, "Sorry this is last minute, can you shoot photos of Day Wave." I thought to myself, "what an awesome call!"Continue Reading

This new radio-friendly rock-pop-anthem from The Y Axes will have you montaging by the first chorus. Where bubble gum singles celebrate a “shake it off” superficiality, lead singer Alexi Rose Belchere belts out a deeper more angsty dedication to loyalty with a contagious hook. No escapism here, but rather an appreciation for someone who makes you feel whole. Beautifully patterned guitar arrangements from Devin Nelson...Continue Reading