BLAKE DAHLINGER: 2000MPH
Article by: Stefan – SF Intercom I love getting photos of drummers… but sitting in the dark 10 feet behind the lead singer makes getting a good shot really hard!!! A couple months ago I purchased a GoPro camera to capture my notes at SF MusicTech. My friends made fun of me for using an HD [...]
EAT SOMETHING CRAZY
Article by: Stefan – SF Intercom The boys have been jeering each other to “DO SOMETHING CRAZY, DO SOMETHING CRAZY!” This is just 1 of many silly things we’ve been doing. After sitting in a van for 10 hours… the creative juices have had hours to brew… thus when we enter your restraunt… boys will be [...]
Q&A with Over The Falls!
By: Maggie Guevara [MAGGIE_ GUEVARA]: “Tell me the story of how OVER THE FALLS came to be! Were you guys all friends before you formed the band? Did you all grow up together?”] [Bret Fontaine _ Guitar, Vocals]: “Actually, we’re all from different parts of Nor Cal. I moved up to Santa Rosa in 2001 and [...]
From Indie to Majors & Back Again: Two Local musicians go from Major Deals to Self Release & Keep the Fire Alive
It’s every young aspiring musicians dream to get signed to a major label and make records for the rest of their life–at least it used to be. However most will never get there. People give up hope, they get beaten down by the music business, their songs or haircut don’t fit the times, no one [...]
EARTH SNAKE: New LP Release
By: Maggie Guevara Earth Snake prepares to release its newest album, The Knowing Experiment, on January 13th, 2012. The sounds of Earth Snake are progressive and in your face. The mastermind behind all of the music is one person named Ed Stanley. All of the instruments in his music are written and performed by him. Some of his songs [...]
TO-DO 12/5/11
Article by: Stefan – SF Intercom Writing these notes has been a great way to keep me accountable. The other day I actually had somebody ask me if I accomplished all my goals. (luckily I had!) Today I didn’t feel like getting out of bed, considered not showering, and probably would have worn soccer shorts all [...]
TO-DO 12/2/11
Article by: Stefan – SF Intercom I’ve decided I need to start a to-do list every day. It is a good survival habit and it helps me accomplish my chores. You should do the same! Because my to-do list touches on some design I’m doing for some epic musicians imma share it with you.
Live 105 Music Workshop – 330 Ritch St
Last Wednesday night, Live 105 in conjunction with the SAE held the annual music workshop at 330 Ritch St in SOMA. Live 105’s Music Director, Aaron Axelsen opened the floor up to a two-hour Q&A with a panel of local music industry panelists to discuss crucial topics pertaining to artist and career development. PANELIST INCLUDED: [...]
PICTURE ATLANTIC VLOG
by: NIKOLAUS BARTUNEK New Video Diary! What have we been up to you ask? Here is a little video put together by our drummer Daniel to give a glimpse of the craziness that has ensued. Enjoy!
BOOKS ON TAPE: Hella Good!
by Sierra Frost When I met Adam Dishart, I was 19 years old and he looked a lot like Robert Smith. At the time, Adam was playing in Bay Area band, The Chatholic Comb, living in Concord, and more specifically, freaking out on the balcony while a hand-full of young adults danced emphatically to the [...]
B and Not B (San Francisco)
These five young gentlemen from San Francisco sure aim to please. They represent a bona fide artistic collective: hustlers, schemers, programmers, songwriters, and showmen. A nerdy supergroup? A group of supernerds? As you like, but these deep thinking DORKS strike with sharpened pencils like Paul McCartney ninjas — scotch-taping pages from everyone’s favorite coloring books together [...]
Welcome to the New Year
Here are some kick ass Bay Area albums that came out in 2010: Sean Hayes - Run Wolves Run (LP) Bird by Bird – The Albatross EP Picture Atlantic – When Everything is Numbers (EP), Dulce et Decorum Est (EP) Finish Ticket – Shake a Symphony (EP) Camaron Ochs – Heart Forward (LP) Buckeye Knoll – [...]
A little something for the Holidays
This Holiday season there’s a lot to be disgruntled about: an economy in the tank, Dizzy Balloon taking their final bow and worst of all, sweaters. On the flip side however there is plenty to be thankful for: friends, family and well sweaters. Wherever you stand on the Holiday cheer/scrooge spectrum I wanted to give [...]
Bird Call releases amazing new EP
Bird Call, formally known as Chiara Angelicola is the project of well, Chiara Angelicola the Italian bombshell and Bay Area native who’s been wowing audiences with her powerful voice and stage presence around the Bay for almost a decade. Her latest release is her new EP “The Animals Know” and it’s an incredible chapter in [...]
Goodbye Audrye Sessions.
Audrye Sessions have been playing music together for about 7 years in the greater Bay Area and so it is with a heavy heart that they pack up their instruments and play one last show before calling it quits. I have seen and played with Audrye Sessions many times since 2004 with my previous band [...]
MOVE—an album review for Please Do Not Fight
Zen is a big bear. He is well over 6 foot and has a sturdy frame that brings an unmistakable presence to whatever space he’s inhabiting. He sings, writes and plays guitar for the Bay Area Power Pop Rock band Please Do Not Fight out of Redwood City.
Music without the Music
I recently met a man named Shimmy Boyle. He’s a man of his words, a poet some might call him. I like “language magician” better, at least it suits him better. He has a way of wrapping up images in words even the best imaginations seldom can. It’s inspiring to say the least. I won’t [...]
The BIG Release
So I spent over two years making an album I’m releasing this coming week with my band Buckeye Knoll. It’s called People and Place. I just wanted to take a moment and recap some of the elements that make this album different, significant and special in ways that may or may not make it to [...]
I HEART SHOES
photo & article by: Stefan Aronsen I HEART SHOES! I heart shoes as much as I heart bands. Ok… maybe I heart shoes more. Maybe! I heart shoes, jackets and indie music. I do a pretty good job of hiding my addiction. I don’t have boxes of un-opened shoes in my closet, I don’t search [...]
A B & the Sea
Looking for a beachin’ new band to help you gear up for summertime? These fine young gentlemen were featured in the SF Weekly “Best of 2009,” and, to put it simply, just make you feel like dancing. With a list of influences reaching from the Beach Boys to Paul Simon to the Shins, they’ll have [...]
Top Ten
Dear my lovely, beautiful, smart and charming readers, I apologize for being a hot mess and not getting your bi-monthly top ten to you bi-monthly. The reason being- I am a hot mess. Maybe not even a hot mess, just a regular mess. Regardless of what kind of mess I am, I am sorry. I [...]
Where do songs come from?
This blog is about the inspiration for songs. Where do songs come from? What inspires a song? Is it people, emotions, life experience, religion, myth, drugs, love, anger, creativity, a good conversation, a wound, a triumph? Whenever I’m asked the question, “Where do your songs come from?” the first thing I always think of is [...]
Cthulhu Lives!
by Nik Bartunek The best part about being in a band is that you meet some of the most interesting people on the planet. I know some very creative and interesting people, and its been my pleasure to do things outside music with them. One of those things is gaming. I’ve mentioned about a million [...]
The Road to South By
So, as you may or may not know I am in a band called Please Do Not Fight. We had grand plans this year to head out to South By Southwest. It was to be our first ever southwest tour. We were going to play a show in Erin’s hometown of Dallas, hit up some [...]