Announcing WC05! Super dope Bay Area hip hop happening July 13 at El Rio, all curated by Text Me Records
WC05 will bring together the many rising talents of Ricky Lake, Jammy, La Favi, Tia Nomore, DJs Drew Banga and Louie Elser, and food by SUP! Street Food at El Rio
WC05 lineup just dropped:
A continuation of our event series curated by Bay Area artists and collectives, WC05 will be taking place the afternoon of Saturday, July 13th at El Rio!
About this event’s curator: Based out of Different Fur—one of San Francisco’s most storied recording studios—Text Me Records was formed as a writing and production team with a dozen or so talented musicians, producers, and songwriters lending to an eclectic mix of style. They don’t just have their ear to ground when it comes to finding the freshest talent from the Bay, they also guide each artist through the process of releasing music and bringing out the best in their craft.
The WC05 lineup
The WC05 lineup features several highlights from the Text Me roster, two dope DJs, and one exciting guest:
☢️ Jammy is a breakout producer and rapper making waves with his eclectic beats of heavy drums, thick 808s, smooth guitars and jazzy synths.
🎸 Ricky Lake’s latest music speaks to the beauty of loss through delicate genre-bending innovations deftly melding electronic, hip hop, and indie rock.
🔪 Tia Nomore’s fiery wits, lyrical dismantling, and command for respect sets her apart, with a bevy of G-funk-inspired hyphy hits under the belt.
🎤 La Favi, a Latin Grammy winner, brings passionate songwriting, penetrating lyricism, and her hypnotic voice to an intriguing mix of traditional Latin sounds, contemporary urbano, and gothy darkwave.
📀 Drew Banga is a multi-hyphenate talent, having produced some of your favorite songs, played bass on tours across America, and spent the better part of the past two years perfecting his craft as DJ.
💿 Louie El Ser is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, and DJ, never taking the easy path, always finding new ways to break conventions.
🍤 SUP! Streetfood will be cooking up delicious Southeast Asian bites. They blew us away at WC01 last summer and we’re stoked to relive that magic.
Tickets will be $15 in advance, and $20 at the door. We’re looking forward to seeing you at El Rio!
— White Crate
SWEET SEXY POP & RAP
“So I guess I gotta write my pain cuz you btches just be handing me the pencil”
A year since the first volume, Lucy Camp returns with S’Mores Vol. 2, mashing together more gooey beats, sweetly fluid flows, and mind-crunching lyricism. Clear highlight is the single “En El Amor,” pairing an absolutely addicting all-Spanish hook between the Spanglish bars, the artist swiftly rapping about the tangles of love, all buoyed underneath by a pulsing sexy beat. Featuring productions by Peter Anthony Red, Televangel, and Near Noir, the album deftly moves across different moods and styles, like fast flows and breakbeat (“Caught Up”), heady ambient techno (“Oscar”), and a lot of 90s-sounding pop and R&B. As good as a faceful of s’mores.
Get early access to Lucy Camp’s tracks plus instrumentals, a capellas, and more on their Patreon.
— Ronny Kerr
DESPAIRING GOTH WAVE
Five tracks of cold, dark post-punk embody the self-titled, debut EP from Nuevo Cuerpo, a project by Andres Ruiz (False Figure, Adrenochrome). Influenced by both La Movida Madrileña—Madrid’s post-dictator countercultural movement that led to a rise in synth pop and new wave in the mid to late 1970s—as well as Mexican and Latin American love songs, the EP hits hard with crunchy drum machines, throbbing funkish bass, and cutting electric guitar from its very first moments on “Alma Malcriada.” Lofi and despairing, Ruiz sings in Spanish “of loss and love,” providing post-punk’s classic counterpoint of painful lyrics with upbeat, danceable, addictive music. It may sound as rough as a demo, but it doesn’t need anything else to be adored. Cassettes of the new EP are available now from Transylvanian Recordings.
— Ronny Kerr
SHOW RECS
Our top show recommendations for the coming week:
[rock] Brown Dog (album release), Aaron Space & His Terrestrial Underlings — May 30 at Little Hill Lounge
[hip hop] FUNDRAISER 4 BAY 2 GAZA ft. Ovrkast, Aima the Dreamer, Equipto, Miss Bea Haven, Frisco Baby, Rocky G — May 31 at Bay Area Mural Program
[experimental] Grex ft. Bobby Bradford, Zoh Amba, Francis Wong — May 31 and June 1 at Dresher Ensemble Studio
[punk] Grumpster (album release), Cofounder, Valenting Bludgeoned, Live Another Day — June 1 at 924 Gilman
[punk] Screaming Fist, Pyrex, Cheree, Grosero, DJ Screws Control, DJ Trashcan Oil Drum — June 1 at Thee Stork Club
[experimental] Dirty Looks: We All Feel Better in the Dark ft. Dark Entries Records — June 1 at the Lab
[synth pop] Male Tears, Yama Uba, Maya Songbird, DJ Hot Goth GF — June 1 at Ivy Room
[punk] Neutrals, Hits — June 1 at Edinburgh Castle Pub
[rock] Pearl & The Oysters, Magic Fig, Marika Christine — June 1 at the Chapel
[rock] The Breathing Effect, The Breathing Room, Pregnant — June 4 at Kilowatt
[rock] Vetiver, Skyway Man, Kelly McFarling — June 5 at the Junction Beer Garden
[latin] La Doña — June 5 at SFJAZZ
[hip hop] Luniz — June 5 at Great American Music Hall