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Steel Cranes: Ebb

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 flatlined,” Shapiro says. “I wrote…

Trails and Ways: Happiness

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 of happiness is impossible.…

Steel Cranes: Today Is The Day

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 Schukle (drums, bass, guitar,…

Broken Cities: Beyond the Lightning, Void

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 and the indescribable into songs. Within these tracks…

Steel Cranes: Pretty

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 Tights Records.) The first single…