Our favorite 25 Bay Area albums of 2025
Here it is. Yet again, we've done the impossible and ill-advised, narrowing down our favorite Bay Area releases of 2025—across […]
Observation of Transcendence by Celestial Trails
Opening with what sounds like a foghorn—a familiar timbre to many who make their home near the Golden Gate—Observation of […]
Further by Gridlock
Characteristic 1990s IDM beats rise and fall away in a wash of atmospheric, cinematic soundscapes on Further, the second album […]
My Inner Rest by Briana Marela
"Thanks to my love Joel, and all my Mills friends/cohort & professors. This record was born from that time, & […]
Deep Space Blues by Pale Blü Dot
"This album is dedicated to the brave explorers of the future, as well as the ones of the past crossing […]
Timeslave III by Only Now
"Waterworld, for sure. If humans are still around, we would be in more sustainable enclaves as communities closer to the […]
Land’s End Eternal by Cole Pulice
"Are we still in San Francisco?" a visiting relative recently asked me as we reached the western end of our […]
File: #16 by Earth Jerks
"EartH Jerks is niche public serviceAmbient polyphonic sensory absence, heavy on the abeyances,Grit and torsion,Rubrick futurism,and rule manipulation,big smart alec […]
Gnosis by Raven
New York label Incienso is calling this the debut album by SF producer Raven, but we know better. Since our […]
Palm Reader 7 by David Grunzweig
"The grand mythology of the American West unfolded itself across towering peaks, ochre hillsides of stacked sediment, ancient forests, and […]