Oddisea, Pt. 4 by Oddity
"Melt away my inhibitionsOpen up my heartSow the seeds of transformationGlowing in the dark" Is the Bay's best hip hop […]
I Can’t Have It All by Yea-Ming and the Rumours
I Can’t Have It All cements Yea-Ming and The Rumours as one of Oakland’s most cherished songwriters. With 60s pop-rock […]
“Tuesday” by Toro y Moi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxnq8zma6u4 Toro y Moi loves the Bay. In the run-up to the release of MAHAL (whose album art was plastered […]
New Town Dream by Neutrals
Oakland-based Neutrals’ sophomore full-length New Town Dream contrasts jangly guitar and memorable melodic hooks with bleak mid-century UK imagery for […]
Benzene by French Cassettes
If you wanna know how long French Cassettes have been around, lemme give you an idea: I remember listening to […]
Secrets by Raven
What do you get when you mix post-punk and jazz? Many possibilities arise, yet in listening to the latest full-length […]
S’Mores Vol. 2 by Lucy Camp
“So I guess I gotta write my pain cuz you btches just be handing me the pencil” A year since […]
Nuevo Cuerpo by Nuevo Cuerpo
Five tracks of cold, dark post-punk embody the self-titled, debut EP from Nuevo Cuerpo, a project by Andres Ruiz (False […]
“Place That I Believe From” by Taylor Vick
“This is a song I wrote about my attempt to locate the unlocatable — the ineffable and elusive ‘place’ inside […]
“Things Can’t Go On Like This Forever” by Chrissy ft. Carrie Wilds
"Like a facsimile of the late 1980s house/freestyle record that you never owned" Freestyle heads rejoice: SF producer and DJ […]