Oakland

Hard Rock Rock 

Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends Release New Album

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments California, Coliseum, Conan Neutron, Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends, Dale Crover, Fu Manchu, Kyuss, Oakland, The Melvins, Tony Ash

The Way of the Neutron, in stores now, with tour of Japan to follow

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Rock 

Oakland’s Skip the Needle Fight for Their Rights on New EP

March 4, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, California, Oakland, Skip the Needle, Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up, Women's Audio Mission

Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up out March 7

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Heavy Metal Indie Rock Industrial Rock 

WATCH: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Shares Video for “Burn Into Light”

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Avant Night, Burn Into Light, Carla Kihlstedt, Dan Rathbun, Joyful Noise Recordings, Matthias Bossi, Michael “Iago” Mellender, Nils Frykdahl, Oakland, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of the Last Human Being

Oakland art rockers return in early 2024 with new album, tour

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Indie Rock North Americana Rock 

WATCH: Briget Boyle Shares Video for “Heartbreak Residue”

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments boygenius, Briget Boyle, California, Heartbreak Residue, Kathleen Edwards, Liz Phair, Oakland, Quincy Jones, The Rolling Stones, Tim Boyle, Tom Waits, Video

The Bay Area singer-songwriter exercises through the grief on the title track to her latest album

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Festivals 

Mosswood Meltdown Mania!

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 Addie Moore 0 Comments 2023, Bratmobile, California, ESG, Festival, Gravy Train!!!!, JJ Fad, John Waters, Le Tigre, LGBTQ, Mosswood Meltdown, Oakland, The Avengers, The Rondelles

Bratmobile, Le Tigre, JJ Fad and more celebrate diversity in California

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Funk Remembrance 

LISTEN: Remembering Rocco Prestia

October 2, 2020October 1, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments bassist, Emilio Castillo, Oakland, RIP, Rocco Prestia, Tower of Power

A salute to the pioneering funk bassist and lifelong Tower of Power member, gone at 69

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Funk Soul 

NEWS: Oakland Funk Giants Tower of Power Return With New Album and Tour

February 17, 2020March 9, 2020 Ron Hart 2 Comments Emilio Castillo, Jerry Cortez, Joe Vannelli, Marcus Scott, Oakland, Roger Smith, Soul Side of Town, Step Up, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Tom Poitzer, Tower of Power

Step Up arrives March 20; hear new single ‘Let’s Celebrate Our Love,’ released on Valentine’s Day

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Indie Rock 

Cave Clove: The Everyday Gambles of a Musician’s Life

June 4, 2019June 5, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments CA, Cave Clove, Katie Colver, Oakland

Katie Clover and company come alive with a healthy balance of effects and intimacy

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