Earlier this summer, The Seshen announced their new album Flames & Figures as well as a video for the title track (embedded below). This week the Bay Area seven piece act–lead by Lalin St. Juste and Akiyoshi Ehara–unveiled another new song. The Seshen “Distant Heart” offers a three minute sample of the rhythmic synth pop they’ve been […]
Berkeley-via-Sacramento rapper Caleborate has already been enjoying a fruitful 2015 that saw the release of his Hella Good mixtape (embedded below). Hella Good began racking up Bay Area Album of the Year nods this month, with obvious reason. Caleborate’s blend of nostalgic soul with capable wordplay will make him an artist to watch in 2016. To cap off […]
We stumbled on a pleasant surprise from the Bay Area’s own sjowgren today. The trio’s background is fairly nebulous aside from some recent demos they shared. I suspect that will be changing very quickly based on the strength of their latest single. Sjowgren “Seventeen” is a bright, upbeat jam with a driving bassline, gripping hooks […]
Bay Area tune bird Mikal Cronin has a new album titled MCII comin out 5/7 on Merge. I caught Mikal opening for Thee Oh Sees at SXSW, which makes sense considering the narrowing degrees of separation between the former, Ty Segall and the latter. Mikal dropped a new track titled “Weight” today. Given Mikal’s past work […]
Upcoming concerts in the Bay Area for January, February & March 2013, including Noise Pop Festival which is Feb 26 – March 3. January 15 | Shabazz Palaces | New Parish | Tickets January 18 | Ty Segall | The Fillmore | Tickets January 25 | Blackalicious | New Parish | Tickets Jan 24 & 25 […]