Ancient Rage by Ancient Rage
At least one blind spot in our recent wrap-up of the best music from the Bay in 2024? Not enough […]
Senescence by Vile Rites
senescence (n.) the condition or process of deterioration with age. It's not every day we see one release covering so much Bay Area ground, but here's Senescence—the […]
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 […]
Liminal by Leaving
"Are you ready to leave?" Where are we going? We hardly know where we are. Psychic impressions of this mystery […]
Malicide by Molten
"With all the setbacks from Covid, member changes, cancer, and life throwing curveballs at us constantly it took quite some […]
Noxious Concoctions by Ghoul
“Being around for so long, it’s just crippling pain all the time. I have gout, because all I eat is […]
Our favorite punk and metal from the Bay Area in 2023
Fierce, urgent, angry. Or at the very least freaky and unpredictable. Here's the third round of our favorite Bay Area […]
Hyperstition by Talk Show
The project Talk Show by Drew Zercoe and Heng Wang introduce Hyperstition for punks' listening pleasure, thrashing to the sounds […]
Inward to Gethsemane by Vastum
Whether or not you feel personally close to death in this moment, it is difficult to escape the fact that […]
Desolation’s Flower by Ragana
Their poetry? Seething. Their values? Staunchly self-evident. Their viscerality: On one hand, a beacon for connecting with what it means […]