Posted in Bay Area, Bay Bridged, interviews, live music, music on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
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When the founders of Ghost Mansion Records say they’re in it to have fun and “celebrate good music and good vibes,” they mean it. There’s nothing uppity or exclusive about this operation. Case in point - they took a random music blogger into their home [...]
Posted in Bay Area, Bay Bridged, interviews, live music, music on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Some bands spend years cultivating a loyal fan base in the San Francisco Bay Area before making their way into the national music community, and some seem to bypass the local scene alltogether, either because their style doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere or because they were catapulted into the spotlight before the local scene [...]
Posted in Bay Area, Bay Bridged, interviews, music on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
A feast for the ears, but a nightmare for google search, Oakland’s Why? kicks off a nearly two-month tour in SF this week. The music is a combination of an infinite number of styles – from hip hop to indie to psych and beyond.
I spoke with Yoni Wolf, Why?’s mastermind, over the phone last weekend [...]
Posted in Bay Area, Bay Bridged, interviews, live music, music on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
poster by Maus Haus’ own Joshua Rampage
New San Francisco band Maus Haus hasn’t even played their first show yet and they’re already creating buzz around the local music scene. Perhaps one can attribute this to the familiarity of two of their members – Jason Kick of The Lovely Public and Aaron Weiss of Social Studies. [...]
Posted in Bay Area, Deli SF, interviews, music on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Michael Zapruder has received immeasurable praise in the last few years for his endeavors, most notably his more than fifteen member band Rain of Frogs. And while the terms “genius” and “masterpiece” are tossed around in a seemingly causal way, it’s not until you hear the music and meet the man that it all comes [...]
Posted in Bay Area, Deli SF, interviews, music on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
No journalist can accurately categorize Xiu Xiu’s music, regardless of how many other bands he/she uses to describe them. But that’s exactly what makes the band so fascinating. Their new album, ‘The Air Force’, was produced by Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier, an extreme but welcome change for the band.
“Greg is remarkably quick and remarkably focused,” [...]
Posted in Bay Area, Deli SF, interviews, music on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Chris Cohen’s diverse musical collaborations have made him incredibly savvy to his strengths, processes and goals. Having decided once-and-for-all to leave Deerhoof in mid-2006, which he said felt very natural, Cohen was able to focus on his own project The Curtains.
The latest album, released in October of last year, is called Calamity—after a vision that [...]
Posted in Bay Area, Deli SF, interviews, music on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
When Meric Long released his solo EP Dodo Bird in March of 2006, he attracted a slew of quality-loving indie fans with his songwriting/guitar/vocal talents. Now, with experimental drummer Logan Kroeber on his side, he is breaking all the rules, and doing it well.
On their new album, Beware of the Maniacs, released in December, Long [...]
Posted in Bay Area, Deli SF, interviews, music on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
“I really don’t like bullies,” said lead singer and songwriter for The Finches, Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs. “Once I played in a frat bar in Philadelphia and I almost got into a fight. That was pretty unique. It was a big nineteen-year-old drunken frat fellow, and I was like, ‘bring it!’ I just didn’t feel like [...]
Posted in interviews, literature, music, reviews on September 6, 2006 | No Comments »
For most college students, seeing a professor at a gig would be like being caught drinking beer at a high school party. But the students of Dr. Wendy Fonarow, anthropology professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, are used to it.
Ben Lee Handler, “master of ceremonies” for the Blood Arm dubbed Fonarow the [...]
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