All The City Lights

A Bay Area music / urban planning blog

Skip to content
Menu
  • Home
  • About This Blog
    • About that title …
  • Music
  • Urban Planning
  • Contact

Category: Local Bands

End of the Year RankstravaganzaPosted onDecember 24, 2020December 30, 2020

Rankstravaganza: My 10 Favorite Albums of 2020

On the brights side, one of the nice things about being cooped up with your household and no one else for 3/4 of the year…

Read More
End of the Year RankstravaganzaPosted onDecember 28, 2014January 12, 2015

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,…

Read More
Bay Area MusicPosted onFebruary 14, 2014January 12, 2015

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,…

Read More
Bay Area MusicPosted onMarch 5, 2013January 12, 2015

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.

Read More
Bay Area MusicPosted onNovember 19, 2012January 12, 2015

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…

Read More
Bay Area MusicPosted onOctober 20, 2012January 12, 2015

Report From the Show: Mark Growden and The Mockingbirds @ Subterranean Arthouse in Bekeley, Calif., 10.19.12

Growden has been living in New Orleans for the last couple years, but he’ll be back in the Bay Area for an extended period, which means more opportunities to see him live—starting with a second show tonight at Subterranean Arthouse.

Read More
Bay Area MusicPosted onFebruary 20, 2012January 12, 2015

PHOTOS: Down Dirty Shake, Cool Ghouls and The Lotus Moons at Stork Club in Oakland, 02.17.12

It was the type of night where “blues” is spelled “blooze,” the pop is powered and the band asks for as much reverb as the…

Read More
Bay Area MusicPosted onDecember 22, 2011January 12, 2015

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…

Read More
Bay Area MusicPosted onOctober 12, 2011January 12, 2015

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.

Read More
Local BandsPosted onOctober 11, 2011January 12, 2015

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.

Read More

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 Next Page
© Copyright 2023 – All The City Lights
Allium Theme by TemplateLens ⋅ Powered by WordPress
SHARE WIDGET

http://www.share-widget.com