Spike Field by Maria BC
Spike Field delicately holds Oakland artist Maria BC's deep psyche to a candle, coaxing a wordless realm. Cradled within nostalgic, […]
Everything I Love Has Fallen from Me by Catch Prichard
I love sad stuff. Sad movies, sad songs, sad first-person essays about people’s dogs dying. Sadness is the biggest emotion, […]
Rent Check by Family Not a Group
“Whether it’s gentrification in San Francisco or what’s happening in Palestine, we see the establishment as people who continue to […]
Sir Kim by Kim
DNA Lounge, 2022. Noise Pop Fest. King Woman headlining. But earlier in the night, in the small room upstairs, a […]
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 […]
Fort Knocks by Sndtrak
The Oakland beat genius is back. Fort Knocks, released by Jamla Records and Empire, is the latest beat tape by […]
So Far So Good by Meernaa
"Yeah even through these darkened dreams I still need tending And I’m just trying to get along” So Far So […]
FR023 by Soulox & Soeneido
One of the latest entrants for Future Retro London—Tim Reaper's consistently high-quality label and "jungle testing grounds"—FR023 brings the California […]
Beyond the Reach of Light by Field of Fear
“The album arrives and ends on a meditative sine wave - a nod to the looming sense that this depression, […]
JUMBO by Juicebumps
How could Devo sound more unhinged? Have them reborn in roaring 20s Oakland and ask them to record an only-so-slightly-subtly […]