Astronauts Etc and Bells Atlas band member Doug Stuart unveiled his new solo project Jinn Grin today. The Bay Area musician’s new, four track EP The Answer arrives on June 14th and Stuart released the album’s title track this morning. “The Answer” is a glistening, gorgeous song that Stuart uses as a canvas for his well-honed, instrumental […]
By: Rachel Milani Astronauts etc’s recent U.S. tour culminates in a show back on home turf when they play at Rickshaw Stop on Wednesday, April 13th. The Oakland based band has been touring for the last several months to promote the release of their first full length album Mind Out Wandering. What makes this show […]
After a lone event or two last week, Noise Pop 2016 kicked into gear on Tuesday night. Elsewhere in San Francisco, you could’ve caught Metric, Makonnen, Kool AD and others. Meanwhile at the Independent, Naytronix (the project of tUnE-yArDs‘ Nate Brenner), Kid Trails (Toro y Moi guitarist Patrick Jeffords) and Hunny opened for Oakland’s Astronauts Etc. Originally […]
Oakland musician Derek Barber is no stranger to our site, as we’ve featured his work with Bells Atlas and Astronauts Etc before. In addition to writing, recording and gigging with both of those bands, Barber maintains a side-project called Perhapsy. What originally began as an instrumental outlet in 2010 has evolved into a guitar driven, experimental […]
After sharing “I Know” and “No Justice” earlier this spring, Oakland’s Astronauts Etc have shared another new track from their debut album Mind Out Wandering. Astronauts Etc “Eye to Eye” is one more glimpse of what’s shaping up to be one of the best albums out of the Bay Area thus far into 2015. The subtle grooves, tight […]