Cold asphalt and door-rattling bass, Jammy releases "Boysareout" on Text Me Records
Leaving unleashes "Liminal," ambient-adjacent post-rock megaliths ripe for meditation on Transylvanian Recordings - plus photos from WC04!
Thank you to everyone who came out to WC04 at El Rio last weekend! The rain clouds cleared right in time for local label and art house 7000COILS to present an incredible event with a lineup of artists and vendors dedicated to building power and community with Blackness, queerness, and wellness at the center.
Thank you 7000COILS for the beautiful vision, and thank you to all the live performers, DJs, vendors, and attendees for making this another special celebration of Bay Area music and artistry.
Stay tuned for more :)
— White Crate
ASPHALT RAPS & UK GARAGE
The Carquinez Bridge doesn’t get enough love. Actually a pair of bridges, it connects the East Bay with Vallejo—two regional powerhouses for hip hop. Thankfully, the artwork for Boysareout sets the record straight. Released by Text Me Records, the new EP by Jammy (with features by P-Lo, Nate Curry, and BxRod) booms and blasts its way down the highway, all cold asphalt and door-rattling bass. Yes, it’s hyphy-inspired, but there’s also a nice surprise in the closing track “Nuke,” whipping up Jammy’s bars into a crisp and clubby UK garage banger.
— Ronny Kerr
MEDITATIVE DOOM MEGALITHS
“Are you ready to leave?”
Where are we going? We hardly know where we are. Psychic impressions of this mystery and magnitude imprint themselves on the cerebral cortex for every moment of sound woven throughout Liminal, the latest album by Leaving on Transylvanian Recordings. In comparison to other recent releases from Transylvanian—like the post-punk of Sectarian Bloom and the wily thrash of Molten—Liminal is a calm, ethereal affair, offering ambient-adjacent post-rock megaliths ripe for meditation. You could write to it, or you could lose yourself in its towering tapestry, exploring themes of “desolation, depression, loneliness, introspection, and the shadows that lurk within the human psyche.”
Celebrate the album release with Leaving alongside Chrome Ghost, Renewer, and Connoisseur on Saturday, April 27 at First Church of the Buzzard in Oakland.
— Ronny Kerr
SHOW RECS
Our top show recommendations for the coming week:
[club] Bored Lord (mixtape release), Three6sashia — Apr 5 at Cone Shape Top
[hip hop] Nán Fiero x Versâam (album release) — Apr 5 at 1727 Telegraph Ave
[rock] LoFi Legs (single release), Ask Carol, Portal — Apr 5 at Kilowatt
[punk] Rip Room, Usagi Bunny Boy, Vivian Panache — Apr 6 at Thee Stork Club
[hip hop] A-1, Baghead, Qing Qi, Afterthought & the Top Chefs — Apr 6 at SOMArts
[club] Aircrax, b0nitababy, Curb Alert, sfcowboy — Apr 6 at Arcana
[club] STUD FUNDRAISER ft. The Blessed Madonna, David Harness, Nina Sol b2b Charles Hawthorne, Carrie on Disco, Mark O’Brien, Clearcast, Mouthfeel — Apr 6 at Public Works
[club] DJ Saratonin, Miya Lowe, Quetzal, GHOSTMiLK — Apr 6 at Jade Cathay
[rock] Thunder Boys, Cheree, Vivian Panache, DJ John Cardiel — Apr 7 at Kilowatt
[rock] Fantastic Negrito, Sgt. Splendor — Apr 10 at Moe’s Alley
[experimental] Flung (album release), Cheflee, Three6sashia — Apr 11 at El Rio
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