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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, Racking Up Plays
Tagged hip hop, local bands, local local local, Oakland bands, rap, That's Hella Oakland, The Coup
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Rankstravaganza: My 10 favorite tracks of 2011 by Bay Area acts
I’ve only had a year and some change to really immerse myself in the Bay Area music scene, and I’m still feeling my way around and discovering new things daily. So I would never dare to say the following tracks … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area Music, End of the Year Rankstravaganza, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Art Elliot, Best Songs, Best Songs of 2011, Best Tracks of 2011, Blame Sally, Deerhoof, Fake Your Own Death, Foreign Legion, Foxtails Brigade, John Vanderslice, Kapowski, local bands, local local local, Rankstravaganza, Shannon and the Clams, Wax Idols
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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
Tagged 101 Distribution, alternative rock, Linkage, local bands, Picture Atlantic
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Who’s Where? East Bay: Places to hear live music in Oakland, Berkley and Alameda for Aug. 26-27, 2011
In its current incarnation as a blog for Paste Magazine, Crawdaddy is bringing one of San Francisco’s most promising and noteworthy rock bands—The Stone Foxes, fresh off a triumphant set at Outside Lands—to The Starry Plough’s intimate space. Continue reading
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Tagged East Bay, event listing, local bands, local local local, Natalie Cole, The Stone Foxes, Who's Where?
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Blame Sally totally blowing up: San Francisco band getting well-deserved national attention from Billboard, NPR
I’m not the only one taking notice. “Speeding Ticket and a Valentine” appeared last week at No. 38 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart. Continue reading
Why’d You Name Your Band That?: San Francisco alt-rock band The Downer Party doesn’t consume oxycodone or human flesh, but thanks for asking
When I tell them it’s The Downer Party, it’s awkward. They always ask us two things: “Do you eat each other?” or “Do you take a lot of downer drugs?” Neither of those (is true). That’s ridiculous. Continue reading
Racking Up Plays: “Live it Up” by Nobunny
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. “Live it Up,” Nobunny Disconcerting rabbit masks … Continue reading
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Tagged garage rock, Jay Reatard, local bands, mp3s, Nobunny, Noise Pop, Noise Pop 2011, pop-punk, Racking Up Plays
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Why’d You Name Your Band That?: Hercules folk/R&B band 19diamonds
All The City Lights is proud to introduce a new feature, Why’d You Name Your Band That? As you can perhaps predict, this feature involves conversations with Bay Area bands about the origins of their names. The band 19diamonds graciously … Continue reading