Bay Area-based journalist Will Butler—not to be confused with the Arcade Fire’s own Will Butler–flipped the script today by releasing his own new track as Social Work. The tight, upbeat, four minute “Funny Dancers” features the vocal work of Madeline Kenney and the adept instrumentation of Oakland’s Brass Magic. Patrick Brown of Different Fur Studios also stepped in […]
Damn. After a very prolific last few years including four mixtapes (51, 63, 19, Not O.K., Word O.K.), animated music videos, a collab album with Kassa, a novel, and hundreds of paintings, Bay Area rapper Kool A.D. just dropped a 100 track mixtape. Yeah, read that again: one hundred tracks on this thing. The Kool A.D. “O.K” […]
Sunday at Treasure Island Festival 2015 followed a beautiful, packed and entertaining Saturday of the Bay Area event. While wind and archetypical SF fog rolled in for day two, Treasure Island held it down for a solid Sunday of jams. Lower Dens: Immediately following, José González’ set-closing “Heartbeats”, Baltimore’s Lower Dens began. The 80’s synths and building swells […]
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 […]
Treasure Island returns to the Bay Area on October 17 and 18th this fall and today the Treasure Island 2015 lineup was unveiled. The diverse lineup ranges from staples like The National, War on Drugs, Father John Misty, Panda Bear and Deerhunter to the shit-hot rap of Run the Jewels and Azealia Banks to up […]