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Category Archives: Local Bands
Rankstravaganza 2014: My 30 favorite songs of the year
I basically haven’t posted anything new to this blog since my 2013 year-end roundup. It’s been a busy year full of new challenges and responsibilities, but I’ve continued to listen to new music and compulsively keep track of what got … Continue reading
Posted in End of the Year Rankstravaganza, Local Bands, Music, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Against Me!, Ages and Ages, Andrew Bird, Beck, Best Songs, Best Songs of 2014, Black Prairie, Bleachers, Bob Mould, Bruce Springsteen, Conor Oberst, Death From Above, Jack White, Jungle, Lydia Loveless, Mimicking Birds, Nickel Creek, OK Go, Pixies, Rankstravaganza, Robyn, Röyksopp, Sharon Van Etten, Sims, Spoon, Sturgill Simpson, The Black Keys, The Family Crest, The Hold Steady, The New Pornographers, The War on Drugs, Ty Segall, Weezer, Wye Oak
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Meanwhile, Elsewhere on the Web: My “Bay Area Mixtape 2013″ featured on the official Avenue Live blog
I meant to do a post as part of my End of the Year Rankstravaganza specifically focused on Bay Area bands and musicians. Of course, I didn’t get around to it. As it got later and later in January, I … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area Music, End of the Year Rankstravaganza, Local Bands, Music, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Art Elliot, ATCL elsewhere on the Web, Best Songs of 2013, Everyone is Dirty, Great Lakes Myth Society, local bands, local local local, Maurice Tani, Myron & E, Painted Palms, Rankstravaganza, Shannon and the Clams, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, The Dodos, Thee Oh Sees, Vandella
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You Really Ought to Go See Kate Kilbane Perform Her Pop-Rock Opera Based on a Gruesome Greek Myth
It was worth the price of admission just to watch the girl, maybe 9 years old, in the front row—her mouth agape, her eyes filled with wonder—bewitched by the story of a young woman struggling to control both the powerful magic and emotions roiling inside her. Continue reading
Racking Up Plays: “My Murder, My Love” by The Coup
These are the posts where I gush about some song that I’ve got a huge crush on at the moment, and you put up with it and listen because you’re a good friend. “My Murder, My Love,” The Coup Oakland’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area Music, Local Bands, Music, Racking Up Plays
Tagged hip hop, local bands, local local local, Oakland bands, rap, That's Hella Oakland, The Coup
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Read a profile of San Jose band Picture Atlantic on another website because somebody’s paying me to post it there instead
You didn’t think I was doing this blog just for yucks, did you? No, I’m in it for the bucks. Ideally, this is a showcase for my writing in the hopes it might lead to paid writing gigs. And that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area Music, Linkage, Local Bands, Music
Tagged 101 Distribution, alternative rock, Linkage, local bands, Picture Atlantic
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East Bay punk band Emily’s Army officially deemed “next big thing” by winning mtvU’s Freshman 5 contest
Congratulations are in order for Oakland teenage pop-punk band Emily’s Army, which managed to get its fan base to out-vote the fan bases of four other up-and-coming groups featured in mtvU’s Freshman 5 showcase. Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area Music, Check Out This Cool Thing, Local Bands, Music
Tagged Billie Joe Armstrong, contest, Emily's Army, Green Day, mtvU, online voting, pop-punk, punk, winner
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Racking Up Plays: “Palomino” by Mates of State
For years now, I’ve contended that my cat’s favorite band is Mates of State. … You’d think a creature that spends 5/6 of the day napping would go for something a little less manic, but as soon as Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel’s ebullient voices start mixing, there’s always a noticeable reduction in concerned yowls emanating from the cat carrier. Continue reading
Posted in Local Bands, Music, Racking Up Plays
Tagged anthropomorphism, indie pop, Mates of State, pop, power-pop, used-to-be-local music
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Why’d You Name Your Band That?: Oakland quartet Kapowski offers a rush of experimental pop as potent as caffeine pills
There’s a lot that Jesse Rimler loves about his Oakland-based band, Kapowski, from its sophisticated approach to harmonies to its unusual guitar-less lineup. Its name is not one of them. Rimler has some reservations about the Saved by the Bell-inspired … Continue reading