Band of the Week

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...

On August 5th via Tricycle Records, Nathan and Zach Blaustone offer their debut work as BLAUS, a self-proclaimed “Booty House” duo. The brothers, based in San Francisco, “merge live instrumentation wi...

Indie contortionists Walking Shapes traverse a variety of genres on their sophomore effort, Taka Come On. It’ll be their debut album, however, as the band’s prior release was a 13-track mixtape. They wan...

Dusk til Dawn It’s already the middle of spring break but the holiday feels far from over, especially thanks to some prime vacation music coming out of San Francisco. Independent Bay Area producer James...

Pussy Riot protests in Sochi Just two months out of the gulag, punk rock activists Pussy Riot are still doing what they do best: mucking up those moral foundations the Russian Federation strictly protects. I...

If you’ve heard of Death Grips by now, there’s likely one thing about them you’ve realized: beyond a shadow of a doubt, they don’t really give a fuck—about anything. They want you to know this. In ...

Every once in a while, a gem of an album appears out of thin air and encapsulates the space around you. Through its brutal honesty, time freezes and enables you to empty your mind in a vacuum of wonder. You b...

Hunters, a noise-garage rock band that formed in the Brooklyn DIY scene, just released their new self-titled album this fall and are heading out on their first US tour. As I called Hunters' guitarist Derek W...

Photo by Marc Lecureuil/Getty Images Haven’t heard of Jake Bugg? Well, it’s time to give him a listen. This British indie singer-songwriter busted onto the music scene in 2011, making his debut on BBC�...

Gov’t Mule’s newest album Shout, was released September 24. While this is Gov’t Mule’s first release in four years, Shout continually delivers the sultry sizzle of Southern-inspired rock.In the past, Go...

Flatbush Zombies. Photo by Loren Wohl Tuesdays are rough for me. I have class pretty much straight from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. So when I stumbled off the bus in Oakland October 29, I was wondering if I’d be a...

Look out Berkeley, there’s a new DJ in town! Last Friday, I had the pleasure of interviewing UC Berkeley’s newest musical entertainer, AlTruest. He has been DJing for three years and was formerly known as ...

Ah what a beautiful thing the Internet is. With just a random click of an unfamiliar name, you can find the sound that you’re going to be feeding into your ears for the rest of the week. This morning I saw t...

  Allie Hanlon of Peach Kelli Pop reflects on recording, new band members, and Sailor Moon. Wearing a bubblegum-pink, puff-paint decorated tee reading "Allie" and signature ponytail, Allie Hanlon's fun, ...

Photo by Shervin Lainez In April of this year Xenia Rubinos released her debut album Magic Trix on Ba Da Bing Records. Praise for the record has come from the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, The New Yorker, and coun...