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 […]
Treasure Island Festival 2015 kicked off with the early morning clouds clearing off for a gorgeous day of music in the Bay. Saturday at Treasure Island featured the fest’s electronic/hip-hop half of the two-day event. Nearly every single artists remarked at how “beautiful” the day’s weather and scene were as TI attendees were treated to […]
San Francisco metal group Deafheaven will release their third full-length studio album New Bermuda on October 2 via Anti Records. New Bermuda follows 2013’s Sunbather and their 2011 debut Roads to Judah. Watch the New Bermuda album trailer and stream the nearly nine-minute Deafheaven “Brought to the Water” single below.
San Francisco’s Painted Palms have shared a new single as they prepare to release their sophomore LP Horizons. Painted Palms–started by Louisiana natives and cousins Reese Donohue and Christopher Prudhomme–will follow up 2014’s Forever with Horizons on September 4 via Polyvinyl. You can pre-order Horizons and stream Painted Palms “Refractor” below. Also check out our pics of Painted Palms at Treasure Island.
Oaktown Indie Mayhem (OIM) Records will be releasing a compilation album featuring Bay Area bands on June 23. One of the OIM comp’s bands is Yassou Benedict, former residents of Upstate New York who now live in San Francisco. Yassou Benedict’s “YoungBlood” offers an excellent introduction to the band for anyone unfamiliar. Yassou’s five multi-instrumentalists craft nocturnal vibes on a […]