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Maggie Gently Delivers Very Gay Pop Punk Anthem “Hold My Hand”

With her 2020 EP Good Cry, Bay Area singer-songwriter Maggie Gently addressed and packed away some personal trauma. Healing is a never-ending process, but as evidenced with her brand new single “Hold My Hand,” from her forthcoming Refresh Records debut Peppermint, it was time to move forward. “Even...

Bee Scott

SPELLLING is a Conduit of the Divine on Orchestral Pop Concept LP The Turning Wheel

” So says Chrystia Cabral, the Bay Area-based creative lifeblood behind the critically acclaimed experimental pop project SPELLLING, of what drives her songwriting. “I’m always striving to insert these spiritual questions because that’s what...

Mandy Brownholtz

Mae Powell Savors Sensory Joys with "Scratch n Sniff" Premiere

With that arises the need for...

Mandy Brownholtz

PREMIEREBay Area Neo-Soul Artist Simha Examines Imposter Syndrome on New Single "Losing Focus"

He seamlessly weaves elements of the Indian classical music of his heritage with jazz and soul sounds, the...

Mandy Brownholtz

Jill Tracy Offers Sonic Archive of Spending 2020 At Home on A Medicine for Madness

For half-a-decade, she has performed at the annual festival Flower Piano in Golden Gate Park's San Francisco Botanical Garden. Her concerts, known as "sonic séances" would take place amongst the Redwoods, where Tracy would, in...

Liz Ohanesian

July Debuts with Delicate, 60s-Inspired Self-Titled LP

San Francisco's Kate Sweeney has returned with a new LP after a period of brief hibernation from indie folk band Magic Magic Roses. This time, she emerges with a new moniker, July, but a similar attitude. The self-titled LP is the epitome of dreamy and delicate with its no-caps titles and...

Sophia Vaccaro

Nketiah Creates a Lush Electronic Soundscape with Mauve

I have to say it: I do not like long albums. If an album goes over twelve tracks, the synapses of my brain will cross and I will be lost in an impenetrable fog. I’ll probably start the album late or end it early upon repeated listens, depending on which half I liked more, and live out the rest of...

Sophia Vaccaro

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Veteran San Francisco Songwriter Floyd Finally Embraces Pop With "Sorry Sorry Boy"

Her latest single "Sorry Sorry Boy" has the playful, upbeat attitude of her...

Ashley Prillaman

Trimmo's Experimental Electronica Manages both Warmth and Resonance on twin sister LP

DIY and electronica have always gone hand-in-hand. With only a computer and some music software, you can create tracks from basically nothing; you don’t need a good voice, and you don’t need to be good at playing an instrument. But here’s the thing - regular musicians don’t need that shit either....

Sophia Vaccaro

Y2K Kitsch and Bedroom Rap Bravado Meet on Debut Brujita EP Cyber Angel

@akabrujita on Twitter While doing my preliminary research for this article, I double checked the meaning of the word “Brujita.” In Spanish, “Bruja” means witch, but a few websites suggested that “brujita” (“little witch") can also be a term of endearment, like calling someone a scamp. This is...

Sophia Vaccaro

Maggie Gently Unpacks the Pain of a Dissolving Friendship with Good Cry EP

Created during the various phases of a friendship dissolution, Gently isn't trying to convince others that closure is imminent, so much as she's...

Sophia Vaccaro

The Bay, Black Lives Matter, and BandcampLocal Resources and Ways to Help

Hey Bay Area, It's been a rough week. It's also been, hopefully, a first step in a greater reckoning regarding racial justice, discrimination, and police brutality in America. Black people are suffering even as they are mobilizing, speaking out despite years of attempted silencing, and working...

Sophia Vaccaro