Interview: Bay Area’s SELA. talks producing, Tony Hawk, and upcoming debut Linda Choi April 13, 2014 Interview Vallejo-based artist, SELA. is a prolific creator of transcendental tracks capable of transporting you in and out of dreamscapes and mythical realms. Since the summer of 2011, he has already released a signif...
Beat maker Airlocke captures rare moments with instrumental collection Dusk till Dawn Ning March 27, 2014 Band of the Week, Interview 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...
Q&A: Kyle Wilson of Milagres on Violent Light, Prince, and fedoras Joanna Jiang March 8, 2014 Interview Milagres Brooklyn phenomenon, Milagres, released Violent Light, a follow-up to 2011’s Glowing Mouth last week. The new album embodies the same lo-fi Brooklyn glitz of their first album, with big falsetto cho...
Catch Up With Corners Before You Hit Their Shows This Weekend Jade Theriault January 29, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Multimedia, News, Videos Yesterday LA rockers Corners and Dirt Dress dropped a sultry 7-inch split on Mono Records, and fortunately for us they’re heading to the Bay Area this weekend to celebrate. The dual release is comprised Co...
Catching Up With 65daysofstatic at Bottom of The Hill Joanna Jiang November 16, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Multimedia, Photos 1 Comment English instrumental rockers 65daysofstatic are a bit shy, but their sound certainly isn’t. Last Thursday at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill, the quartet played a sold out show with Massachusetts-bas...
Interview: Hunters Myra November 11, 2013 Band of the Week, Interview 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...
Interview: Eskimo Boys and Ice Cream with Austrailia’s Strange Talk Joanna Jiang November 9, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Reviews 2 Comments Since moving to the Bay Area several months ago, I’ve really come to appreciate the musical diversity here. Between the sold-out rap concerts, symphony orchestras, and conceptual listening projects, there is ...
Hessle and Flow: Ben UFO, Pangaea, Pearson Sound at Los Globos in LA Myra November 9, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Multimedia, Reviews, Videos A salsa club other nights of the week, Los Globos in Los Angeles became the church of label Hessle Audio on a Thursday night in late September on behalf of the venue and its partner bar, The Melt. The easy, bl...
Interview: Memories of Room 14 with Keep Shelly in Athens Joanna Jiang October 28, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Photos, Reviews 1 Comment She’s a petite young girl with large eyes that go from worried to incandescently happy when she is in her realm. Her realm? Kypseli, Athens – the one she, who goes by Sarah P., and bandmate RΠЯ (pronounce...
Catching Up With (Sort Of So-Called, By Spin, Has-Been) Musician Aaron North Myra September 4, 2013 Interview photo by Nicola T."I'm a punk kid," says Aaron North to a Spin correspondent. "I think when you clean something up, you kill it."Spin's been hot on the investigative music journalism scene these days, and thei...