After a residency at Zoo Labs and much hard work, Oakland’s Bells Atlas are preparing to release their Hyperlust EP this spring. Composed of Sandra Lawson-Ndu, Derek Barber, Geneva Harrison and Doug Stuart, Bells Atlas released Hyperlust‘s first single “Future Bones” this week. In the veins of Dirty Projectors, tUnE-yArDs, Deerhoof and Ava Luna, Bells Atlas craft complex arrangements, intricate layering and polyrhythmic […]
Walking into Ash Reiter’s Oakland basement is the musician’s equivalent of stepping into Toys’R’US. (Note: Ash, like any good TRU patron, I only browsed the goods).The room is stocked with stringed tools of all assortments, a well-worn piano, synths, a plethora of classic amps, gig posters, mixing boards and enough percussive gear to keep the […]
Oakland, CA’s Astronauts, etc dropped a beautiful new track this morning. They describe it as a “thawed-out, 1970s-inflected” track that falls “somewhere between Grizzly Bear, The Bee Gees, and Sade.” Not an inaccurate description by any means. Astronauts, etc–lead by Anthony Ferraro–recorded “I Know” fully analog to tape at Tiny Telephone here in the Bay […]
Oakland’s Waterstrider will release their debut LP Nowhere Now on April 6. The five-piece previously shared album tracks “White Light” and “Calliope”. Now we can add the title track “Nowhere Now” to that list. As Waterstrider’s frontman Nate Salman noted, “this song is probably the culmination of everything I’ve been creating for the last few years.” […]
You may have followed along with NPR’s recent Tiny Desk Concert Contest where they asked unsigned artists from across the US to submit their own Tiny Desk videos. Thousands submitted, finalists were narrowed down and today the winner was announced. Oakland’sFantastic Negrito took home the honors. You can watch the original Fantastic Negrito “Lost In A Crowd” […]