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Remembrance Rock 

RIP ‘Country’ Joe McDonald

March 11, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments "Country" Joe McDonald, 1967, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Country Joe and The Fish, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, Grace Slick, RIP, San Francisco, The Velvet Underground

So long and thanks for all ‘The Fish’

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Punk 

The Freak Accident Announce New LP ‘The Midnight Show’

January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2026, San Francisco, The Freak Accident, The Midnight Show

5th album from SF punk stalwarts out Feb. 6; listen to ‘Fairy Tales’ below

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Hardcore Post-Hardcore Punk Rock 

SF Hardcore Pioneers Whipping Boy Reimagine 2nd LP

August 10, 2025August 11, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1984, 2025, Blackhouse Records, California, Dead Kennedys, Dysillusion, Eugene Robinson, Klaus Flouride, Muru Muru, San Francisco, Steve Ballinger, Whipping Boy

Dysillusion (fka Muru Muru) out Sept. 5

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Indie Rock Rock 

LISTEN: 37 Houses Shares ‘Keep It Together’

July 10, 2025July 9, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 37 Houses, Bettie Serveert, California, Erin Sydney, Helium, Jeremy Rosenblum, Matador Records, San Francisco

New EP, Shadow Puppets, out soon 

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Rock 

Moby Grape’s Eight Greatest Songs

July 22, 2024July 23, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Bob Mosely, Don Stevenson, Guitarist, Jerry Miller, Moby Grape, Peter Lewis, RIP, San Francisco, Skip Spence

Looking back on the San Francisco band’s career high points after the passing of founding member Jerry Miller

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Indie Rock Rock 

Navigating the Blues with The Reds, Pinks & Purples

April 25, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 2024, Bay Area, Bob Dylan, California, Glenn Donaldson, Leonard Cohen, Ma Rainey, Robert Cray, Robert Johnson, San Francisco, Slumberland Records, The Reds Pinks & Purples, The Smiths, Unwishing Well

A chat with group mastermind Glenn Donaldson 

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Indie Rock Pop 

A Mix of Clouds and Sun: The Umbrellas Return With Fairweather Friend

February 7, 2024February 7, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments Keith Frerichs, Matt Ferrara, Morgan Alice Stanley, Nick Oka, Orange Juice, San Francisco, Slumberland Records, The Ailsers Set, The Association, The Pastels, The Umbrellas

An cheeky chat with the San Francisco indie pop auteurs

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Power Pop Punk 

Pansy Division To Celebrate 30 Years of Undressed in Queens, NY

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Choked Up, LGBTQ, Lookout! Records, NY, Pansy Division, Queens, San Francisco, The Ritchie White Orchestra, TV Eye

Catch them at TV Eye in Ridgewood on Saturday November 18th

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North Americana Rock 

WATCH: Tom Heyman Shares “Searching for the Holy Ghost”

September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments California, Deirdre White, Hiss Golden Messenger, M. Ward, Mike Coykendall, Mission District, San Francisco, Scott Hirsch, Tom Heyman

New album from San Francisco mainstay, 24th Street Blues, out October 6th

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

Sonny Smith’s Handmade Music

September 9, 2023September 9, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, Ava Lynch, COVID-19, Josiah Flores, Rocks In Your Head Records, San Francisco, Self-Awareness Through Macrame, Sonny and the Sunsets, Sonny Smith

Catching up with San Francisco’s Sunset man

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Folk Indie Rock Rock 

LISTEN: Jesse DeNatale Shares “Right Before My Eyes”

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Ben Fong-Torres, Blue Arrow Records, California, Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, Jesse DeNatale, San Francisco, The Hands of Time, Tom Waits

The California singer-songwriter’s new album, The Hands of Time, due July 14th

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Alternative Rock Folk Rock 

Cruising The California Coast With Glen Phillips

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments California, Compass Records, Glen Phillips, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, There Is So Much Here, Toad The Wet Sprocket

Catching up with the Toad the Wet Sprocket frontman on his latest solo journey

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Punk 

The Art School Abandon of San Francisco Punks The Mutants

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Randy Haecker 1 Comment 2022, Chrissie Hynde, Chrome, Crime, Curse of the Easily Amused, Liberation Hall Records, Mabuhay Gardens, Marc Bolan, San Francisco, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, The Mutants, The Nuns

Talking old school West Coast underground with the band who opened for The Cramps at Napa State Mental Hospital

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Music Journalism 

They Were There: Two Legendary Rock Writers Sitting Around Talking, Part One

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Big Brother and the Holding Company, CBGB, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Gene Sculatti, Hit Parader, Ira Robbins, Melody Maker, Mojo Navigator, Music Journalism, New York City, San Francisco, Talking Heads, Television, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, The Who Sell Out, Trouser Press

A candid conversation with Ira Robbins and Gene Sculatti

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New Wave 

WATCH: Moxxy Jones Asks Us To Leave The Room

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Daft Punk, Justin Timberlake, Leave The Room, Moby, Moxxy Jones, San Francisco, Synthpop, Trent Park

The San Francisco synthpop duo Moxxy Jones releases the first single off their forthcoming debut LP

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