Born in 2015, Oakland, CA artists EL DUO blend lo-fi electronics and afro dance grooves while drawing from their deep love of improvisation. Their brilliant track “Diamonds” is the opening song on the debut EP...

“I wanna live where culture kills machines and decent melodies will haunt you in your dreams.” On Blood Orange Moon, Felsen delivers a new telepathic message through melody and lyric beamed directly from their...

The third in our short series of posts leading up to Halloween from Oakland based Foxtails Brigade is a horror-themed, synthwave remix for their song “Perfect Execution”. Dip back into 80’s fright-night...

Sun Kin is a pop group formed in 2011 that plays celestial songs by Kabir Kumar, an Oakland resident whose family never really settled anywhere while he grew up. Kabir’s songs wonder about the idea of...

Chris Pendergraft, a musician from the Bay area recently wrote and released a songs for those who fell victim to the tragic fire in Oakland a few short weeks back. Before the end of the year was up, we wanted to feature his...

The latest single Ebb from Oakland duo Steel Cranes is accompanied by a video, embedded below. Its from their album Tango and we’ve featured the previous singles on earlier Doses. “It’s an expression of being...

Oakland-based Trails and Ways will be releasing their new album Own It on 7 October, and have released Happiness as the second single from it. Keith from the band says “it’s about whether the human pursuit...

Oakland-based band Steel Cranes’ new album Tango was released August 5th on the heels of the bands launch of a 40-date tour, now in progress (see below). Steel Cranes are Tracy Shapiro (vocals, guitar) and Amanda...

The most recent effort, “Anemoi” by Oakland, California group Broken Cities is described as the culmination of more than two years of intense crafting from five friends who translate stories, thoughts, emotions...

Oakland-based band, Steel Cranes – Tracy Shapiro (vocals, guitar) and Amanda Schukle (drums, bass, guitar, keys) – is offering up an evolution of that sound on their upcoming new album Tango (Aug. 5th, Mister White...

After a line-up change, Oakland-based Trails and Ways return with their new single My Things which we’re pleased to be able to bring you as today’s Dose. It’s the first single from their as-yet unnamed...

Alpha Six Romeo is the promising new indie-electro rock project of singer-songwriter Dennis Bestafka who you may know as the guitarist of formative Bay area dreampop band, Sentinel. We were pleasantly surprised to hear the...

Perhapsy is the solo project of musician Derek Barber, guitarist and songwriter of Oakland-based groups Bells Atlas and Astronauts, etc.       Active since his college years as a Jazz Studies major at the...

Today’s feature comes from the self-titled debut EP from Oakland, CA based group Happy Diving, released two years ago in November of 2013. Band members are Matthew Berry (Guitar/Vocals), Matthew Yankovich (Guitar),...

Broke For Free is a electronic driven project from Oakland native, Tom Cascino who has made all of his music available for free or under the pay-what-you-will model via his website below. Today’s feature ‘Golden...

We first featured a track from Foxtails Brigade‘s last album in November 2012. Now the Oakland CA band just dropped a new single and music video Far Away And Long Ago. The track, with rich textures of strings and...

The new ten-song labor of love, “Points of Light” from San Francisco dream-pop three-piece SENTINEL arrived on June 2nd after a year-long effort of writing, recording, and mastering, which has really paid off. ...

Oakland, CA based Bells Atlas released their new single Bling and we’re pleased to be able to bring it to you as today’s Dose, the second from the Oakland, CA based band, following on from Future Bones,...

Oakland based Waterstrider have just released their album Nowhere Now. Today’s Dose is the latest single from it. Web Site | Facebook | Twitter | SoundCloud |...

Oakland, CA based Bells Atlas have just (yesterday) released their new single Future Bones and we’re pleased to be able to bring it to you as today’s Dose. “Bells Atlas emerges from the vibrant cultural...

Today’s Dose is the latest demo (and second Daily Dose feature) by Oakland based Strange Ideas, the project of Matthew Hable. Once again, this song was tracked and mixed at Tones on Tail Studios in Oakland, California....

Oakland based Waterstrider just released, on January 4th, a new single, White Light. It is the first single off their upcoming debut album, as yet unnamed, and will be accompanied by Calliope as part of a AA side single to...

Naturally with my part Polish heritage, the name of this group has been a magnet over the last decade or so since I first heard what was likely their debut on My(old)Space. It was just the other day that I stumbled upon and...

Today’s Dose is from a three track demo by Oakland based Strange Ideas, the project of Matthew Hable. we recommend that you check it out at the BandCamp link below, its very interesting, and if this is a hint at his...

St Tropez just dropped “Maybe Nothing”, their second single and one of three they’re releasing before their full length comes out this Fall. Stay tuned, because St Tropez will be releasing another single “Let...

“St Tropez makes bittersweet indie rock from their home studio in Oakland, CA. With a shared love of 60’s folk, old school dub, and classic Afrobeat, band members Sanjay Vora, Aki Ehara and Jeremy Fisch formed...

Everyone Is Dirty just released their second single and video on Breakup Records via BandCamp on February 14th. Dirtbag Side-Effect, the band’s sophomore single, is accompanied by another killer video, which was filmed...

Take the train from San Francisco to Oakland. Walk through the parks and by the lake, the places where the turbulence of city life blurs into the serenity of redwood groves and peaceful birdsong. There you will find...

After last years summer months blazed through to the end of 2013, they’ve spilled over into early 2014 here in California with just a few tiny windows for Winter to peek its head in amongst the long shutout. As we are...

Mama, No!!! is the first single from EVERYONE IS DIRTY’s forthcoming debut full-length, which will see release on Breakup Records this April. The track officially drops on January 23rd and is accompanied by a video...

A few insomnia-stricken elves are still working on their labtops in the dark here at IR, tiny USB powered Christmas trees twinkling whilst trying to get the last bits of quality music out for the masses in 2013. Today...

From Oakland, CA, Waterstrider just released a new cover of Little Dragon’s “Twice” This is their first release in a year and a half (since the release of “Wind-Fed Fire”) and they expect to be...