Festivals
Early Returns: Sasquatch Day Four in Photos
Benjamin Verdoes of Mt Saint Helens Vietnam Band and friend. Crowd Surfer at Guided By Voices Noah and the Whale White Denim Wilco
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MP3s & Streams
Playlist: May 28th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the May 28th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. Thanks for the feedback […]
Festivals
Early Returns: Sasquatch Day Three in Photos
Wayne in his Hamster Ball Das Racist
Festivals
Early Returns: Sasquatch Day Two in Photos
Fans dancing at the main stage Sleigh Bells Jenny of Jenny & Johnny Sasquatch fashion trend: Body Paint Sasquatch fashion trend: Body Paint Ice Cream Portrait: Nick Harmer of Death Cab for Cutie
Festivals
Early Returns: Sasquatch Day One in Photos
Crowd Surfing at Against Me. Biffy Clyro Foo Fighters + Bob Mould Fans at The Main Stage Death From Above Many more to come…
MP3s & Streams
Diamond Rings Remix Rainbow: Raw Spectacle
There’s a great new remix of Miracle Fortress’ Raw Spectacle by Diamond Rings. Details via Diamond Rings: Remix Rainbow is a six part series I’ve been working on as a thank-you to the group of […]
MP3s & Streams
Stream Death Cab For Cutie’s “Codes and Keys”
Over the past month we’ve gotten a video for “Home Is A Fire” and streams of “Underneath The Sycamore,” “Some Boys,” “You Are A Tourist,” and “Codes And Keys.” Now thanks to NPR you can […]
Movies
Short Film: Turn The Camera Around
Turn The Camera Around from Scott Allen on Vimeo. ” Yeah, I am like a big booster… These are people I really feel deserve more attention and deserve more support. There’s a real naive part […]
Photos
Review: Echo & The Bunnymen at The Warfield
I’m a Bunnyhead. At various times I’ve tried to deny it. For a while I thought that it was just a phase of my youth, but alas, I am what I am. I first saw […]
Flashback
Flashback – Grauzone’s Eisbär
This one is a gem in the Color Awesome Cache […]
Playlists
Playlist: May 14th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the May 14th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. Thanks for the comments […]
New Releases
Diamond Rings Signs to Astralwerks
John O’Regan’s Diamond Rings project has signed a world-wide deal with Astralwerks (although he’ll still remain on Secret City Records in Canada). Astralwerks will re-release Special Affections, Diamond Rings’ debut full-length on June 21. Continue […]
New Releases
Shabazz Palaces – Blastit
Shabazz Palaces – Blast It (from the Village Beat film, Tough Bond) from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo. We keep telling you, Shabazz Palaces is gonna blow up big. Can’t wait for the album out […]
MP3s & Streams
Playlist: May 7th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the May 7th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. Thanks for the comments […]
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Photos
Review in Pictures: Mono + The Twilight Sad at Slims
The Twilight Sad and Mono delivered a beautiful evening of guitar-based pop to make your ears bleed in the most pleasant of ways. […]
Reviews
Review: Fleet Foxes at The Fox
It’s been a full two years almost to the day since The Fleet Foxes last performed in the bay area. I remember that last show like it was yesterday,and I wrote one of my first […]
MP3s & Streams
Playlist: April 30th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the April 30th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. Once again this week, […]
New Releases
Light Asylum Sign to Mexican Summer
We have been completely obsessed with Light Asylum for the past nine months. We couldn’t be happier to find out that this week they signed with Mexican Summer. This awesome Brooklyn darkwave duo’s self-released 2010 […]
MP3s & Streams
Playlist: April 23rd Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the April 23rd installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. We also keep a […]
R.I.P.
RIP Max Matthews, computer music pioneer
We’re very sad to report that computer music pioneer Max Matthews passed away this morning due to complications from pneumonia. Back in the 1950’s he was an engineer at Bell Labs. Matthews first made a […]
Playlists
RIP Gerard Smith
I think we were all shocked yesterday, April 20th, to hear of the passing of Gerard Smith, TV On The Radio keyboardist and bassist. Smith was 36. It was just a month ago that the […]
Festivals
Coachella 2011 via Palo Alto
I didn’t go within 500 miles of Southern California this weekend, but I did attend the Coachella Music Festival. This year’s fest was streamed live via three robust YouTube channels. Additionally, many of the individual […]
MP3s & Streams
Playlist: April 16th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the April 16th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. Today is record store […]