Happy 10th Birthday to Lower Grand Radio!
Celebrate 10 years of our favorite DIY radio station with our newest LGR episode plus recordings of live performances and interviews from the White Crate archive
Lower Grand Radio, one of the Bay’s coolest DIY internet radio stations, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend! To celebrate, they’re throwing three nights of shows, starting with a grand opening with Cone Shape Top tonight.
Another way you can celebrate? Listen to White Crate’s newest episode, compiling some of our favorite music from the Bay Area!
— White Crate
VISIT THE LGR ARCHIVE
White Crate has hosted a monthly show on Lower Grand Radio since October 2021! Since then, we’ve featured a couple dozen live performers, including Professa Gabel, Brycon, Mae Powell, Richard Haig, James Wavey, ASTU, Flung, Baghead, MC Pauze, Kathryn Mohr, ONIKHO, Lonald J. Bandz, Lalin St. Juste, Asha Wells, Al Harper, Tia Nomore, RAVEN, Louie El Ser, Esoterica Tropical, Affectionately, and Noelle and the Deserters.
You can always visit the archive to hear recordings of these previous performances and interviews. Today, to commemorate LGR’s epic 10-year anniversary, find links below to a few of the most popular shows we’ve hosted over the years.
BRIANA MARELA
Briana Marela, a Peruvian-American mixed race sound artist based in Oakland, crafts a kaleidoscopic world through synthesizer, contact mic interaction, movement, and voice. To hear her sing and to see her perform is a tender, heart-expanding experience.
BLUES LAWYER
Rob and Ellen of Blues Lawyer performed a six-song stripped down set of songs from their new (at the time) album All in Good Time via Dark Entries Records. Lovely, catchy melodies, twee pop strumming, and kaleidoscopic electric guitar. It’s a joy.
DANI OFFLINE
Dani Offline, a jazz-inflected R&B singer, songwriter, and producer does it all and makes it look effortless. She recently played a Noise Pop show at SFJAZZ, and she remains an inspiring part of our community.
B. HAMILTON
Anything can be a prompt, and Ryan Christopher Parks proves it. From Elon Musk to John Wayne, the bandleader for B. Hamilton can take inspiration from anyone and anywhere to write and record some of the best rock and roll beating out of the Bay.
SHOW RECS
Our top show recommendations for the coming week:
[fest] LOWER GRAND RADIO 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY ft. Cone Shape Top, Cel Genesis, Gumby's Junk, Nothing's Natural, Sucker, 8ULENTINA, Chaz Bear, Lara Sarkissian, Varsha, 7000COILS — April 10-12 at 4124 Broadway, The New Parish, and Sweet’s Ballroom
[rock] Shick, Xay Cole, Super Fragile California, Fairies vs. Elves — April 11 at O’Reilly’s Pub
[techno] SQUISH x PROGRAM ft. 1morning, Regal86, RITCHRD, b0nitababy, likeholywine, mothbot, nonsuit, sfcowboy — April 11 at F8
[indie] KEXP LIVE BROADCAST ft. The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Figure Eight — April 12 at the 4 Star Theater
[folk] The Brothers Comatose, The Heeters — April 12 at Cornerstone Berkeley
[alternative] Naked Roommate, Rearranged Face, Warp, Lackey — April 12 at the Peacock Lounge
[punk] Middle-Aged Queers (record release), Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, Hammerbombs, Scene Killers — April 13 at DNA Lounge
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