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"I put SF in my name for a reason." Interview with sfcowboy & b0nitababy of Program
Conversation with new beloved promoters about their life-long love for the Bay, how they developed and expanded Program, and… thoughts about throwing a…
Listen to the first edition of "In the Crate," our monthly Bay Area music playlist
REVIEWS: On "Waiting Room" Kathryn Mohr strips grunge to its ambient bleak core, on "Exponential Decay" Blood Rave unleashes a delicious EBM palisade
Save the date 11/9! Big news coming soon for our 4th birthday
New music reviews in this newsletter: Post-punk by Fake Fruit, ambient house by Space Ghost, indie experimentation by Briana Marela, and lofi bedroom…
Two singles to stardom? Chokecherry is already a viral garage rock sensation with members from Thank You Come Again and Fauxes
Super chill Berkeley psych rock from The Breathing Room, full band dark indie revisions by Spellling, fuzzed out heartache by The 1981, and good ol boom…
Punk it up! See Brontez Purnell, Naked Roommate, Wife, and Black Thumb at El Rio on Sat Feb 8
New reviews: Jerod S. Rivera tinkers with Buchla analog synthesis, Comfort Fashion washes up on the shore with therapy rock, and Choke returns with a…
Finally: A BBQ for the Bay Area music lover
See our weekly show recs + new reviews of a three-track hard techno EP by Agropol and hooky pop rock by SF-to-Sacramento five-piece Rainbow City Park
Our favorite Bay Area music of 2024... so far. Listen now!
Toro y Moi has a new album "Hole Erth" on the way, Oakland's Neutrals returns to Slumberland Records with a narrative of nostalgia and wit, plus our…
Best of the Bay 2024: Our favorite music of the year from San Francisco, Oakland, and beyond
From Fake Fruit to French Cassettes, La Doña to LaRussell, Soeneido to Space Ghost, check out the Bay Area's best sounds across genres
The best ambient music from the Bay Area in 2021
Modular synth princess Arushi Jain, techno producer Christina Chatfield, pedal steel guitarist Chuck Johnson, death metal veteran Leila Abdul-Rauf, and…
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June Gloom is back, and so is EMO! Dance to the emoest new pop punk outta SF
New reviews of pop punk by gloomy june, outlaw country by Josiah Flores, and Hindustani industrial by Only Now aka Kush Arora + our weekly show recs
Queer Black Oaklander King Isis blends intentional R&B and alt rock on "Shed"
Plus another great release by The Reds, Pinks & Purples on Slumberland Records, an ambient debut by Celestial Trails, and our weekly show recs
Goats, chickens, and free live music! See a bunch of Bay Beats artists at the New Farm
Our weekly show recs + new reviews of voice-and-ambient explorations by Mills alum Briana Marela and deep space techno by SF producers Pteron and Oso…
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