[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 [...]

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 [...]

[Weekly roundup of the week's notable CD releases - try before you buy. Check out our upcoming CD release schedule for all 2009 releases.]

Bill Callahan (fka Smog)
Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
“Eid Ma Clack Shaw”

Death Cab for Cutie
The Open Door [EP]
Album Stream

Black Eyed Dog
Rhaianuledada (Songs To Sissy)
“Salinas”
“Honeysuckle Gal”

Handsome Family
Honey Moon
“When You Whispered”

Papercuts
You Can [...]

Today marks the first full day of Noise Pop concerts, following yesterday’s kickoff party. Tonight’s shows have a little bit for everyone, with plenty of rock (Stephen Malkmus, Deerhunter), folk (The Mountain Goats), pop (Matt Costa) and everything in between (The Pains of Being Pure at Heart).
We’re also happy to see a healthy dose of [...]

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. [...]