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

Me As An Island…these guys can really sing. This acoustic duo from Napa has the sickest harmonies. When they start to sing the room gets quiet. Mike and Alex were previously in a band called “Us As A Nation” and decided to get together to perform some acoustic music. Their voices fit extremely well together. They...Continue Reading

Check out this new Napa band, Oceans & Odysseys. They recently played at the DNA battle of the bands and did pretty good. They have some shows coming up in Napa and will be playing a lot more in the coming months! Keep an eye out! http://www.facebook.com/OceansAndOdysseys?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/samanthamadnickphotos/Continue Reading

Please hear this: Megan Slankard’s CD “A Token of the Wreckage,” is a most significant musical work. On the basis of this premiere CD, I have become Megan Slankard’s fan for life. The title song alone had done that, but it’s only the beginning of the wonders of this album. Throughout, she expresses her performer/writer/artist...Continue Reading

A few weeks ago a friend put me onto I The Mighty, a Californian progressive/alternative rock band in the same vein as Circa Survive and Saosin. I initially assumed the band must be based out of LA as many other up and coming alternative rock bands are. It was refreshing to find that the four-piece...Continue Reading

It’s every young aspiring musician’s dream to get signed to a major label and make records for the rest of their life–at least it used to be. However, most will never get there. People give up hope, they get beaten down by the music business, their songs or haircut don’t fit the times, no one...Continue Reading

Last Wednesday night, Live 105 in conjunction with the SAE held the annual music workshop at 330 Ritch St in SOMA. Live 105’s Music Director, Aaron Axelsen opened the floor up to a two-hour Q&A with a panel of local music industry panelists to discuss crucial topics pertaining to artists and career development. PANELIST INCLUDED:...Continue Reading