San Francisco-based L’Avventura is a seven-piece ensemble that started as two subway buskers in London. A few years, a couple hundred demos and five members later, they’ve released a debut record and are building a reputation in their new hometown.
2009’s Your Star Was Shining combines disparate influences (T-Rex, Nick Drake, Stereolab, Roxy Music to name [...]

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. [...]