Happy Monday, y’all. Since moving to the Bay a few months back, I’ve been digging the garage, psyche vibes of Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall and co even more than before. Ty Segall’s show at the Fillmore in January was easily the most raucous I’ve seen there. Ty’s track “You Make The Sun Fry” off of 2011’s Goodbye […]
Provo, Utah’s Desert Noises swung through San Francisco to play a Saturday night set at, fittingly, Hotel Utah. The band is finishing up some early 2013 tour dates before an extensive spring tour (dates) below. This past fall, Desert Noises dropped their new EP I Won’t See You. Having seen the band at Treefort Festival last spring, […]
Devendra Banhart’s new studio effort Mala will be out March 12 on Nonesuch Records. Devendra has already shared album tracks “Für Hildegard Von Bingen“, “Neven Seen Such Good Things” and “Cristobal Risquez”. He’s added a fourth to that mix with new song “Mi Negrita”. It’s a purely Spanish number that’ll test your language abilities. Have a listen […]
Our friends at Team Up For Nonprofits have been hard at work preparing another excellent event for Seattle. This evening, Gigs4Good #14 will take place at Ballard’s Tractor Tavern. Tickets are sold out, but sponsors REI and Tenacious Ventures are providing a live stream of the event that you can watch right here. The show […]
Kool AD, formerly of rap group Das Racist, recently returned to his native Bay Area and today he released two dual mixtapes dedicated to Bay bus lines. 63 & 19 are follow-ups to his much-underrated 51 mixtape of 2012. They are the second and third in a quartet of solo mixtapes. You can stream and download both 63 and 19 below. I also definitely recommend […]