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All our favorite music from the Bay Area in 2022
The best classical music, jazz, and beyond from the Bay Area in 2022
The best rock from the Bay Area in 2022
The best punk and metal from the Bay Area in 2022
The best dance music from the Bay Area in 2022
The best ambient music and downtempo from the Bay Area in 2022
The beginning of the year-end lists for 2022
The best hip hop and R&B from the Bay Area in 2022
The best experimental music from the Bay Area in 2022
Forget Spotify Wrapped: Support the artists you love by buying music
Celebrating two years of Bay Area music love
Moto Tembo delivers the groove house goods on Lower Grand Radio
"How long will they mourn me?" Tales of the Town shouts the deeply Black history of Oakland
Unleash your inner synth wizard at Gray Area's monthly Synth Sessions
Two for the jungle heads: A liquid LP from DL Bliss and an N Judah-inspired single from Shibumi
"What if I was just experimenting and feeling and making things?" Interview with Briana Marela
ASTU gives us "SYSTEMADDICT," an irresistible midtempo R&B collaboration with Isaiah Mostafa
Bask in the warmth of a Bay Area September with "You Would Do Well" by the Dirty Snacks Ensemble
Dregs One delivers a fresh case of "Sucka Repellent" for fiends of classic Bay Area hip hop
Between the Buchla and silence, Briana Marela crafts an operatic, ambient constellation
"Music is my best friend." Interview with psychic electronic funk artist Salami Rose Joe Louis
P-Lo drops STUNNA, a midsummer masterpiece studded with Bay Area hip hop royalty
San Francisco is so gentrified that simply being an artist is an act of rebellion
Baghead preaches the gospel of self-worth on instrumental hip hop banger "Growth Mindset"
Wading into the liminal spaces of seashores and tide pools with Flung on "Apricot Angel"
Half Moon Bay to Napa: New ambient and techno works by Tomu DJ and Radagast the Brown
Not a band about nothing, George Crustanza drops hardcore punk masterpiece "Billionaire Blastoff"
Noisescapes, sci-fi acid, dark rhythms, and more from the Bay Area underground
Classical piano or dub techno? The mysterious, mesmerizing world of VAGUETRACKS
Potions, poetry, and funky blues: New music from ASTU, Sally Decker & Briana Marela, and more
"Welcome to Oakland" compilation is an indie pop love letter from local label Dandy Boy Records
SF ambient artist Joel St. Julien seeks the true self on "Masking"
West Oakland blues rock star Fantastic Negrito returns with "White Jesus, Black Problems"
One ambient, one country, both folk: Maria BC and Mac Cornish release debut albums today
Dregs One & Ill Sugi, forest lung aka rose cherami, JUANNY DEPP, Kronos Quartet, and more
Monophonics, the Coffis Brothers, Ivonne Van Cleef, Sean Conrad, and a slew of new singles
Inhabit your amphibian brain through gong and bass on "Talking Frog" from Edgetone Records
Dark techno producer Richard Haig to perform live on Lower Grand Radio this Thursday
How many Bay Area artists are playing at your favorite Bay Area music festival?
Mia Pixley channels the ocean sublime on poetically-inspired chamber piece "Passage"
Primavera—our live music showcase with Sue Problema, Louda, and Juanny Depp—is tomorrow!
Atmospheric rock band TREASVRE gets straight to the point on new EP "Stick the Knife In"
Magical indie pop artist Mae Powell to perform live on Lower Grand Radio this Thursday
Much-missed SF shoegazers Young Prisms return with "Drifter", their first album in a decade
Not feeling great about the human race? Blast "Procreate Inverse" by Black Fucking Cancer
Louda y los Bad Hombres, Sue Problema, and Juanny Depp to play our first showcase of 2022
JUANNY DEPP drops DADA, house-driven dembow inspired by post-WWI aesthetics
Are you in "The Loop"? Listen to the newest single from Toro y Moi and more great Bay Area artists
Drift in an experimental sea of sound, stirred by Berkeley producer Halcyon on "The will to nurture"
Indulge in stoic gluttony in the "Corner Booth" with SF hip hop duo Professa Gabel and Brycon
The best new Bay Area music to buy today for Bandcamp Friday
Queer, South Asian electronic artist Beast Nest manifests a psychic ambient sanctuary on "Sicko"
Next Thursday: Listen to Professa Gabel and Brycon perform live on Lower Grand Radio
Slurred jazz piano and contemplative musings from Stanley Ipkuss on "Among Other Things,"
Drone metal trio Harjo explores pandemic anxiety through tone on "Nocturnus: Dreaming"
Listen to a megamix of all the best music from the Bay Area in 2021