Feature: Bells Atlas May 14, 2015 [View on Computer for Optimized Version] The early-May morning light pours through the vaulted ceiling windows of Geneva Harrison and Sandra Lawson-Ndu’s West Oakland warehouse home. Outfitted with a treated recording booth, practice room, mixing consoles and enough equipment to keep your local gear snob at bay, the space doubles as the rehearsal space […]
As the June 2 release of their debut LP approaches, Oakland’s Trails and Ways has shared a second track from the album. Trails and Ways “Say You Will” follows previously released Pathology album track “Skeletons“. Where “Skeletons” emerged from a dream guitarist/synth player Keith Browner Brown had about Drake and an ecological apocalypse, “Say You Will” is based […]
Yesterday we shared a new Yassou Benedict track from OIM Records‘ upcoming Bay Area artists compilation album. The album arrives June 23 and you can view the full tracklist below. Today, Oakland’s Waterstrider dropped their new single which will also be on the compilation album. Waterstrider “Frayed” is the first track since the five-piece band released […]
If you missed out on the debut Max Savage Show in January, you missed out on Toro y Moi, Blind Love connections, dolphin glory and the un-shaveable man known as “Gareth”. If none of that means a damn thing to you, that’s alright because the Max Savage Show: Episode 2 returns to Scandinavia studios in Emeryville, CA […]
Oakland’s Trails and Ways recently announced they’ve signed to Barsuk Records and today we’ve got the first track from their upcoming album. Trails’ debut Pathology LP will arrive on June 2 via Barsuk. Having watched the band release singles, covers, tour and forge away in drummer Ian Quirk’s bedroom, it’s excellent to see their efforts come to […]