[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.]
This week boasts several unique events: Mark Eitzel performing American Music [...]

[Locals Only is a weekly 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.]
Here’s your standard setup for celebrating the 4th of July: enjoy [...]

[Locals Only is a weekly 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.]
It’s show time, friends and foes. Here’s what’s happening this week [...]

[Locals Only is a weekly 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.]
Highlights this week include two musical crown jewels of the Bay [...]

Our crosstown friends at Bay Bridged had their third anniversary recently and they threw a party to celebrate. Three of our favorite local bands — Heavenly States, Birds & Batteries, Geographer — each played sets and most of the local music writers came out to support and catch a night of great live music.

This month’s mixtape is Part Two of our “Best of the Bay Area” mix that we started last month (find Part One here). We had set out to make a single mix that encapsulated the local scene, but there’s just too much depth of talent in San Francisco to reduce down to an 80-minute primer. [...]

Our friends over at The Bay Bridged celebrate their third birthday this month. To commemorate, they’re throwing a bash at the Rickshaw Stop tonight (Thursday) featuring three of the Bay Area’s best bands:
The Heavenly States
Birds & Batteries
Geographer
All three get a big thumbs up from us and each were featured in our two-part “Best of the [...]

Fellow San Francisco music ‘zine, The Bay Bridged, just released their second compilation featuring exclusive new tracks from Bay Area musicians such as Rogue Wave, Two Sheds and Okay. I particularly like “Lightning” by Birds & Batteries. Purchase it here.