San Francisco label Secret Seven Records recently released In a Cloud, a compilation of 14 unreleased tracks from some of SF’s best up-and-coming talent. The compilation with mastered by Paul Oldham, brother and occasional bandmate of Will Oldham.
The catch? It’s a limited vinyl release with only 500 copies. But something tells us this thing will [...]

San Francisco label Tricycle Records (pioneer of all bands local) adds another release to its roster today, January 5th, to kick off 2010: Silver Swans‘ Realize the Ghost.
The album is available now as a digital download (via iTunes and Amazon), and the band/label are offering up the first single as a free download (below). “Bi Polar [...]

Video games can do more than monopolize many (very entertaining) hours of any given day. In the case of Child’s Play Charity, video gamers on an international level do much more than swing controllers. The Penny Arcade-founded charity strives to improve the lives of sick children by donating toys, games, books, and cash to over [...]

Wonderfully classic and rootsy, sprawling to every corner and with a touch a synth to round everything out – this MP3 from Citay makes everything about their new album seem promising. Dream Get Together comes out via Dead Oceans on January 26th, a melodic and well-rounded piece of new music to keep you warm in [...]

This past Sunday, I sat in a booth at St. Francis Fountain and ate delicious brunch. Too bad I didn’t do this on the same day that B and Not B hit up several Mission hotspots to play Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” from the back of a rented U-Haul van.
Scenes from St. Francis Fountain, Bi-Rite [...]

. . . Port O’Brien, Geographer, Grand Lake . . .
All this makes for a ridiculous amount of local talent within just one day’s time. Let us count the ways:
1) TONIGHT, Thursday, November 5th: Tempo No Tempo, Man/Miracle, Maus Haus at the Rickshaw Stop. 8:00 p.m., $10.
2) TONIGHT, Thursday, November 5th: Grand Lake, the Happy [...]

[Locals Only is a regular feature where the Stranger Dance staff focus on the best and brightest of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Feel free to hit us up with any information on local bands, musicians, shows, and other music-related events and projects.]
The warm, analog-wrapped “Future Primitive” becomes alive in video form, and [...]

A dance-happy troupe deserves a remix from an equally dance-friendly peer – hence, this marriage of Sugar & Gold and Justin Van Der Volgen of !!! is enlightened. The Bay Area band’s Of Montreal-esque style turns into a whole new party with Van Der Volgen’s guiding hand. This remix comes from the brand new AYA [...]

In addition to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, this weekend also features the kickoff of a noteworthy Bay Area music series. The Deli SF and Gibson present the Stone Foxes Rock n’ Roll Spectacle, featuring local band the Stone Foxes and a variety of other Bay Area bands of the classic rock and roll variety, and taking [...]

For a limited time, the folks at Antenna Farm Records are offering up a free digital download of Euphoria Is All We Know. This release celebrates the local label’s history by featuring songs from the (mostly) Bay Area-based artists that have graced Antenna Farm’s roster since 2003, including Papercuts, the Botticellis, Bart Davenport and Casiotone [...]