“Around Around Around” by chokecherry
Heavy, spiraling, entrancing—and utterly satisfying. New this year, SF band chokecherry has only released two songs, but they're both outstanding. […]
Spiral Dub by Spiral Dub
"At once a necessary antidote and stark affirmation of San Francisco’s current DIY Rock’N’Roll landscape, a scene where despite all […]
Deified by the National Brass Ensemble
Is there anything quite as cliche as putting a foggy Golden Gate Bridge on the cover of your album? Well, […]
“untitled_8” by Almost Barely
Glitchy twittery crickets give way to looped jazz piano, delicate sweeps of synths, and a marching beat on "untitled_8", a […]
The Anxiety of Symmetry by Bill Orcutt
Bill Orcutt is a mysterious artist—our previous review hailed him as an “experimental guitar wizard”—so suffice to say his performance […]
Inner Richmond by the Reds, Pinks & Purples
This was intended as a soundtrack for a stroll around my neighborhood, the Inner Richmond of San Francisco, or just […]
Bedroom DJ Remixes by Tomu DJ
If you wanted to hear some of the most creative and talented DJs and producers in the Bay right now, […]
Dark Forest by Michael Claus
The post-humanist love affair between the grittiest of machine music and the organicism and interconnectedness of nature is an old […]
Red Dust… by San Huan
"the sounds you are hearingwere synthesized from samples of jade, bone, dust, and bronzebeing struck, crushed, and hitting the ground […]
WITH/OUT by XXU & UXX
Who is XXU & UXX? A new SF duo who knows that it can always be the season of the […]