Duranta D. Cook (born December 31 1980 in Vallejo, California, USA), is an indie singer-songwriter that goes by his artist name Vital. Prior to starting his solo career Vital wanted to be behind the music scene, writing and...

From their new EP Crush available for free download from Bandcamp My First Earthquake, San Francisco’s electric pop foursome, is thrilled to announce the release of their new EP, Crush this Thursday (6/17) at no cost...

From their self-produced album Black Teeth & Golden Tongues on Roaring Colonel Records On August 10, 2010, My Old Kentucky Blog’s recently launched label, Roaring Colonel Records, will release Black Teeth &...

From their new Double LP “Future Factory” out now. 21 tracks on 4-sides of 180-g white vinyl. And yes, it comes with digital download. A Day-Glo hybrid of revisionist Sci-Fi Pop and Rarefied Rhumba Rumbles....

The Title track from their Album just released on Leading Brand Records Evoking images of desert plains and ghost towns, the music of The Famous is like swallowing hard liquor — a raw, scorching blast of...

In early 2008, San Francisco’s LOVELIKEFIRE signed to Heist or Hit records and went into Tiny Telephone studios in their hometown with producer Bill Racine (Mates of State, Rogue Wave) to record their full-length...

From Realize the Ghost, their full-length album just out on Tricycle Records. Silver Swans are named for a group of super-villains in the Wonder Woman comics. The evil Swans have the ability to create powerful sound...

From their new album ‘When the Chorus Walks’, which is the follow-up to 2005’s ‘Transitive Verses’ BROOKHAVEN began in 2000 as the home recording project of Sonny James, a certain hybrid of...

From the “Tran EP” The Aimless Never Miss – from San Francisco – showcase their distinctive sound and approach on their self-titled debut released September 14 from Devil in the Woods. What began as a...

From their second album, American Radio Two 23 Nov 2009: The Gun & Doll Show celebrates the online release of their newest album, American Radio Two. It is the much anticipated sequel to the band’s last effort,...

A new album from the Mother Hips?!? We couldn’t think of any better companion than the vocals of Tim Bluhm in complimenting our road trip down the California coastline this weekend. The Mother Hips have flown under...

From their latest EP Up To No Good Never easy to categorize, Birds & Batteries continue to cut their own path of genre-less music. Heavily influenced by Bowie’s Scary Monsters, P-Funk, and John Carpenter films,...

Per local musician Brian Kenney Fresno’s mission statement, the holy triumvirate of activities in the Central California city of Fresno are: car theft, methlabs and chop shops.   While you often hear the area...

From their first full length album Downstairs. Three of the four members of My First Earthquake attended Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, but they didn’t collaborate until they’d each separately moved to San...

San Francisco’s King Loses Crown are giving away their self-titled EP as a free download from their web site kinglosescrown.com San Francisco-based King Loses Crown was started in 2007 as a musical collaboration...

From their album Tiger Songs     The Blacks are a dark and dancy San Francisco/NYC three-piece known for their short, blistering stage shows and laser-beam intensity. With a stripped down instrumentation...

San Francisco , California , US Built around glacial Pink Floyd rhythms and spacey guitar and keyboard textures, the New Slave boast a psychedelic sound. But for all of the space they create, this band is focused: the hooks...

From their upcoming album “Because I Am Not Myself, You See” Goodbye Gadget is an alt-rock/indie/punk band which has been gaining notoriety in the relative confines of the San Francisco’s music scene since...

From their 2008 20 song album available at CD Baby Oh No Joe is a garage punk band from the quiet suburb of San Francisco, Danville, CA. Band members Nick Jefferies (guitar, vocals), Steven Boyle (drums, bass), and Tom...

From their album Summer Machines. Chelan is the recording project of Jennifer Grady and Justin Hosford who have been making music together for over 10 years since meeting in their native Olympia, Wa. Their former...

An overdue Insomnia-laden journey has left us saddle-sore as we have traveled long and far these last few months in order to document a motley assortment of musicians.  We uncovered them amongst the wild trappers of...

From their soon to be released (Feb. 15, 2009) album “Your Star Was Shining” Listening to this song, it’s hard to believe L’Avventura is a 7-piece from San Francisco – although it comes as no...

Released under a Creative Commons License, San Franciso’s Bloomsday Rising is back with their 2008 release “Unlocked” a five song EP, issued completely free, under the “pay what you want”, guilt...

Von Iva creates their own brand of music by combining breakbeat cool with a dance punk attitude. Imagine Tina Turner singing over hammering dance beats and layers of synths. These ladies are turning out new and exciting...

After the unexpected deaths of his sister and father, Geographer founder Michael Deni left his hometown in New Jersey for San Francisco. He spent the next several months with his guitar and a synthesizer he found on the...

“Now with bassoon!” Photons are an eight piece band from San Francisco who have just released a 6-song EP. It’s currently available for download through Amazon and eMusic and will be up on iTunes...

In 2004, Peter Acuni of Connecticut formed Birdmonster with three other San Francisco musicians.  They released an EP, debut full length, and are now back as of August 2008 with their second widely anticipated full length...

Hypnotist, the second track off Built for the Sea’s debut self-titled album was released in November of 2006.  It invitingly appeals for one to jump into the lush ethereal dream-pop world seemingly created...

Level 12 sums up their sound nicely in their bio: What if you took rock, soul, metal, tribal, funk, and jazz and put them in a big pot? Then what if you wrapped your head in tin foil and stuck your head in the microwave?*...

If I’m not mistaken I believe San Francisco indie quartet, Minipop, closed out my South by Southwest 45+ band experience earlier this year in Austin. This picture was taken at Bourbon Rocks during the SFxSXSW party on...

Sentinel, a dream-pop four piece from Oakland has returned with another very solid effort on their May 2008 release, “Kites Without Strings”. Avalanche is the second track off their new CD, a beautiful and...

In early summer of 2004, San Francisco’s Finest Dearest began practicing in a basement bedroom, hashing out concepts and ideas. After a series of musical chairs in the lineup, the band emerged with a bolder, more confident...