How’d you first get together to play music? Serendipitously! We all met at a party. How’d you come up with the name of the band? The project began with the concept of creating pieces of music solely using samples derived from the acoustic guitar. When we looked at the samples in our software the term… Keep Reading
How’d you guys first get together to play music? We’d both been musicians in the bay area music scene for years. We played together on a bunch of recording sessions over those years. I was such a big fan of Lesley, and as a producer would hire her to sing on my projects whenever possible.… Keep Reading
Check out this tribute video to David Bowie that was sent to us by Kat Robichaud. It was shot right here in San Francisco on the freezing cold waters of Ocean Beach. The song is called “Song for David Bowie” (a nod to Bowie’s song “Song for Bob Dylan”) and features SF’s Cabaret darling Kat… Keep Reading
Faux Canada is an SF indie band comprised of members of My First Earthquake, Sir Salvatore, and Crashfaster. According to the band’s bio, their influences include elements of 90’s shoegaze, grunge, and electro-lounge, all wrapped up in an energetic pop sheen. They recently released an EP entitled Copies Fading and have a show coming up… Keep Reading
Bay Area local band First in Flight will be playing a show at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco next week on Thursday, April 5. They’ll be headlining the show along with Fritz Montana and the Y Axes. The show will also double as their upcoming EP release show. We wanted to learn more about… Keep Reading
Local San Francisco Indie singer Kai Straw is back with a vengeance with the release of a brand new LP entitled, Gun. Having already racked up six million streams on Spotify alone and raked in a #1 Hypem spot with “The Recipe” off Gun, the album is an interesting blend of various musical genres including pop, R&B, soul and… Keep Reading
San Francisco local musician Leon + the Fantastic has recently come out with an animated music video for “Grieving Friend of a Superman.” You can check it out below. The track comes off of his May 18 release, “Let It Cool,” an album that taught him some important lessons about being in a recording studio. He graciously offered… Keep Reading
The current season of American Idol is underway and participating this year is Bay Area hopeful Anja Kotal. The 20-year old singer-songwriter who’s originally from Slovenia moved to San Jose back in 2012. She’s called the Bay Area home ever since and recently completed a $20,000 Kickstarter campaign for her debut album, NOMAD. If that… Keep Reading
Editor’s Note: We’ve tackled the issue of the death of live music in the Bay Area for some time no on this blog. For many local musicians, although the situation was at one time dire, the consensus seems to be that it’s definitely not dead and has been picking up as of late. Well, not… Keep Reading
SF-based emcee Gark Mavigan recently dropped a new single entitled “Picture Day,” which was referred to in a press release as a nostalgic, College Dropout-esque record featuring the Detroit Children’s Choir and Joni Fuller, a world-class violinist/cellist. The track is the second single off of GOOD CHOICES, an album that he will donate 100% of… Keep Reading
