Novel Tea by Luke Sweeney
A longtime figure of the psych, pop, and everything in between scene in the Bay Area, Luke Sweeney is back […]
Redwood Highway by The California Honeydrops
“So until my final daysIn longing I will roamUpon this third stone from the sunThe only home I’ve ever known” […]
Making Room for the Light by Mae Powell
“I channel the flower power tender resistance of the 60s and 70s.” — Mae Powell, in an interview with White […]
“Dark in the Light” by Hipp-E and Greg Eversoul
After more than a decade of making music together, Hipp-E and Greg Eversoul present the cavernous, thumping new house single […]
An intro to Locator
A new Bay Area imprint for high-quality acid house and techno? Yes, please. SF-based label Locator quietly arrived last October […]
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 […]
24th Street Blues by Tom Heyman
"Here come the lawyers and the landlords, and you can't tell which is whichAnd the Mission is on fire, and […]
Further by Gridlock
Characteristic 1990s IDM beats rise and fall away in a wash of atmospheric, cinematic soundscapes on Further, the second album […]
PLAYLIST: In the Crate – June 2025
The sixth edition of “In the Crate”, a monthly playlist featuring our favorite (mostly new) songs by Bay Area artists. […]
Urban Crawl by SLUGish Ensemble
“San Francisco gets such a bad rap. Maybe what I’m trying to describe is a more macro view of the […]