“I hope we bring back scrappy house parties and small venues.” Interview with Patrick Brown of Text Me Records Our event series curated by Bay Area artists and collectives continues this Saturday, July 13 at El Rio with WC05 […] 2024-07-08
“The food, the weather, and the historically progressive politics.” Interview with Chrissy Chrissy has been making music for two decades now and has run several music labels, the latest being Maximum Airtime. […] 2024-06-20
“The creation and sharing of music is such a ridiculously fickle and fluid thing.” Interview with Clearcast We interviewed up-and-coming producer and DJ Clearcast in advance of their double-headliner set with Chrissy at Mothership on Saturday, June […] 2024-06-18
“I’m from here so it probably influences everything in my life.” Interview with Tomu DJ Tomu DJ is one of the most enigmatic and acclaimed producers out of the Bay. Her 2022 full-length album Half […] 2024-06-14
“It’s queer, it’s radical, it’s us.” Interview with Lalin St. Juste of Black queer arthouse 7000COILS Lalin St. Juste, co-founder of 7000COILS WC04—a continuation of our event series curated by Bay Area artists and collectives—takes place […] 2024-03-20
“Unconstrained and unrestricted by genre.” Baalti muses on Bay Area dance music and nightlife Baalti, made up of Mihir Chauhan and Jaiveer Singh, is the Bay's most internationally beloved producer-DJ duo. Alongside global favorites […] 2024-02-15
In the Bay, it’s “up to people who really care.” Interview with Daria Lourd aka Bored Lord Daria Lourd (aka Bored Lord) is easily one of Oakland's most acclaimed producers and DJs today. With special features in […] 2024-02-08
Our favorite hip hop from the Bay Area in 2023 Bay Area hip hop. You know it when you hear it. Here's the sixth and final round of our favorite […] 2023-12-27
Our favorite experimental music from the Bay Area in 2023 The Bay has been keeping it weird for decades. Experimentation is always the soup du jour. Here's the fifth round […] 2023-12-26
Our favorite club music from the Bay Area in 2023 Turn up the BPM. Turn up the dB. If it's got a dial, turn it up. Here's the fourth round […] 2023-12-22