[Locals Only is a weekly feature where the Stranger Dance staff focus on the best and brightest of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Feel free to hit us up with any information on local bands, musicians, shows, and other music-related events and projects.] Highlights this week include two musical crown jewels of the Bay Area ( John Vanderslice and the Morning Benders ) and the SF Popfest . Tuesday, May 19th: [...]
Michael Zapruder's newest album, Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope , gets an official release on SideCho Records March 24. Bay Area readers are highly recommended to catch Zapruder live this Sunday at the Bottom of the Hill (along with Tim Williams and San Francisco's own Mist and Mast and Jon Bernson . SD: The music industry seems to be moving back towards singles (and away from albums), but [...]
This month's mixtape is Part Two of our "Best of the Bay Area" mix that we started last month (find Part One here). We had set out to make a single mix that encapsulated the local scene, but there's just too much depth of talent in San Francisco to reduce down to an 80-minute primer. While last month's mix featured the best of the local indie-rock and indie-pop scene, this month's installment focuses mostly on slower, more folk-influenced choices. This batch features several mainstays of the San Francisco scene — including Mark Kozelek [...]
San Francisco's indie electro band Loquat will belatedly celebrate the release of their CD Secrets of the Sea this Saturday at Bottom of the Hill with The Frail and Mist and Mast . The album was released on Talking House Records . Loquat - "Harder Hit" Both Loquat and The Frail played this year's Treasure Island Music Festival (you can see Loquat's pirate-y photo [...]
Turn Into the Turn is the mellow yet exhilarating opening track from the self-tilted debut [ buy ] from Oakland California's Mist and Mast . Blending the sober alt/rock melodies of Pinback and the indie-pop sensibilities of The Shins , Turn Into the Turn is a calming and pleasant, West Coast, lo-fi anesthetic. [Do not operate heavy machinery while listening] Turn [...]
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