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On February 12, Donald J. Trump, blubbering rocker who is recognized by less than half of the American population as "their president," and his boy band of puppets — together known as the Sad Hombres — drop...

After releasing an initial demo in 2013 and a few split 7”s (including one with labelmates Former Ghosts) Funeral Advantage's debut LP Body Is Dead (2015) and subsequent Body Is Dead (Demos) (2015) found its ...

Sometime in the last couple of years, British Columbia’s Teen Daze (Jamison) disclosed his last name (Isaak) and relocated to Abbotsford, a quieter part of the Fraser Valley he’s called home the entire time...

The world was a different place five years ago, in the year of our Lord two-thousand and twelve. “Gangnam Style” was the biggest song in the world. People wrote impassioned blog posts about Fifty Shades...

“I love you more than you love yourself,” croons Katie Stelmanis on a lead single of the same title from Austra’s recent album, Future Politics, out January 20 via Domino. https://www.youtube.com/watc...

In high school perhaps you knew a friend or acquaintance in a band and made the pilgrimage to the local all ages venue, got your hands X'ed and swayed alongside your classmates. Maybe you even had your own band...

James Vincent McMorrow captures that foggy, dreamlike folk reminiscent of early Bon Iver, but with the gravelly rumbles of an Irish accent hidden under layers of falsetto, floaty synths, and the kind of sentime...

The windows were down and the cool bay air hit my skin. I asked the uber driver if he had an auxiliary cord, and he did. So I played “The Journey” -- the first song off of Tom Misch’s second project, Beat...

Austin-based multi-instrumentalist Max Frost originally caught the attention of influential ears in 2013 with the track “White Lies” and its incredibly flexible sound. Equal parts The Love Below-era Andre 3...

Though his heart may always remain in his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, it’s obvious that Chaz Bundick likes Berkeley a hell of a lot. A local of the East Bay since around 2012, Chaz has set up se...

Following the release of Everything You’ve Come To Expect (their second album) earlier this year, The Last Shadow Puppets have promised the release of their The Dream Synopsis EP on the 2nd of December 2016. ...

Sampha Sisay, better known by his stage name Sampha, is one of hip-hop and R&B’s most sought after producers today. Having garnered huge recognition for his low, emotional synths, the London-based artist ...

  If you haven’t yet mustered the curiosity to pull off onto that mysterious government island beside the Bay Bridge, this weekend is your chance. Treasure Island Music Festival is celebrating ...

Con Brio's music is a dynamic collaboration of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz elements, elements that appear in infectiously groovy compilations of tracks on both their EP Kiss the Sun (2015) and newly released...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival is a beautiful gift to San Francisco. The free, three-day music festival draws a diverse group to Golden Gate Park with the purpose of dancing, singing, and watching liv...