Author Joanna Jiang

Fool’s Gold producers Sleepy Tom and Anna Lunoe have teamed up yet again to release an infectious, high energy dance floor staple, “Pusher” today. The single includes a "club version" with additional ...

Rising San Luis Obispo electronic tag team TastyTreat returned to the Bay Area Friday night for a single show with Madeaux at Leo’s. Their set was a thick, heavy one (material-wise) spanning sampled vocal...

They're always looking out for their fans, unexpectedly self-conscious, and total tea snobs. This is what we learned about local rock outfit The Hundred Days in 90 minutes before the now East Bay (formerly...

For over a half decade, I've been nursing an enormous crush a writer's admiration for Ian Cohen over at Pitchfork. (Like seriously, where does this guy live so we can discuss how much our best-of lists over...

Despite contrary belief, campus radio isn't always an easy place to meet new people let alone a breeding ground for lifelong friendships -- volunteers tend to come and go, and there’s actually lots to do ...

The Juan MacLean, not unlike many other electronic artists, saw a relatively positive year in 2014. With the highly-anticipated September release of the DFA outfit’s third album, In a Dream, came a reviv...

The first thing you should know about Jake Atlas is that he’s not a DJ. Funny that, when most electronic artists get a kick out of spinning live, Atlas isn’t interested in turning up an inebriated dance flo...

A 21-year-old Los Angeles native living a coveted double life, Henry Steinway stars in Void as RL Grime. (His other project moniker? Clockwork.) And it would seem that with the release of this debut record vi...

Even the most investigative sound junkie will know that worthwhile music arrives from all avenues. We first stumbled across Gardens & Villa's debut single, "Black Hills" three years ago via now-defunct ...

You may know Rhye from their critically-lauded album Woman (2013): upon release, its beautifully-crafted intimacy rendered any makeout playlist without at least one or two choice tracks instantly obsolete. To...

The line dragged across the lawn at Civic Center Plaza to Polk and McAllister, a grab-bag mix of candy ravers, skate punks, mild metalheads, and Giants memorabilia -- yes, this last one, even a week after t...

Once upon a time, Generationals wrote music they would listen to themselves. If this is still the case, first: they have excellent taste; and second: it’s interesting to see how their taste has changed. I...

Ryan Hemsworth has a slightly unconventional backstory: from Halifax, Nova Scotia, the young Canadian producer studied journalism at University of King’s College before signing to the prominent Last Gang...

It may have been Halloween, but the only thing scary last Friday was the number of patrons at LIVE 105’s Spookfest who wrote Chromeo off as a “band.” In fact, one patron we spoke with at the end of th...

“Just a second while I fix my whole life…” Last week, we were spinning High Ends’ new Super Class when we thought to ourselves, “this band sounds British Columbian.” No cigar -- High Ends is ...