Artist: Music for Animals

Music For Animals is a San Francisco based indie rock band that I'm just starting to get into. They have a self titled album out that's pretty good. The highlight for me is the track "Rice Fields". Most of the album is pretty high energy and sound, but they take it down a couple notches on "Rice Fields". Deep vocals and sparse acoustics roll along like that navy blue hillside out my car window at 3 am. It's quite likeable and catchy. Not to say their other songs aren't great, because they are (they have that Eagles Of Death [...]

• Music For Animals - MFA_RiceFields.mp3

This week's episode is presented by KQED Interactive . This week's featured band is Music for Animals , a San Francisco quartet mixing a fondness for classic rock-pop hooks with a stripped-down modern aesthetic. Very longtime listeners to the podcast will remember us first speaking with the group a few years ago, as part of an hour-long Playing in Fog-themed two-band interview, but with the release of a brand new EP titled If Looks Could Kill , we felt that it was high time to dedicate a full episode to [...]

• Music for Animals Show

The Deli SF has prepared a delicious treat for this Sunday, Oct. 26th: Bling It On! What started as a group of three friends playing music in Santa Cruz and San Francisco, the now Seattle-based band The Toy Soldiers are coming back to the bay area to rock out in celebration of the release of their fresh self-titled EP. Recorded in Vancouver, BC, they're returning to the Bay for a special one-off party to celebrate its release, which will be their last show here for quite awhile. [...]

• The Toy Soldiers - Duck Punk