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Apr 2, 2024
Calendar Picks: Week of Apr. 4-10
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THE BODY
The Body, an experimental metal two-piece formed in 2004 by duo Chip King and Lee Buford, released their self-titled debut album the same year. Six years later, they released their second album, All the Waters of...
Mar 19, 2024
Rhonda Benin Busts a Move
NASA and private space exploration companies—listen up, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and others—could learn a lot from Rhonda Benin. The East Bay-based jazz and blues vocalist remains, at age 69, all about discovery.
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Mar 19, 2024
Frances8 Music as Therapy
The songs Nicole Laby writes for her band, Frances8, deal with real-life situations in a literary manner that’s one step removed from the usual pop music approach. “I like to dig beneath the surface,” Laby said. “I’ve...
Mar 12, 2024
Little Oil’s Music Without Limits
Victor Mitrani, who records his music as Little Oil, says, “I don’t know how people wrote songs before they could record themselves.” Sitting at his desk in his Richmond home, describing the process of making his new...
Mar 5, 2024
‘Mental Implosion’ Turned Redemptive Release
Although she grew up writing songs and singing in bands, Tess Stevens said she wasn’t sure she wanted to continue making music as she got older. “I was in groups in high school and college, but no...
Feb 27, 2024
Lukas Nelson’s Songs to Sing Live
When Lukas Nelson and his band Promise of the Real (POTR) recorded Sticks and Stones, the outfit’s eighth studio album, there was a two-fold purpose—to create songs that would be just as easy to play live and...
Feb 20, 2024
Noise Pop’s 31st Year Celebrates Bay Area Music Scene
The first Noise Pop Festival was a one-night stand that took place at the Kennel Club—now The Independent—on Divisadero Street in 1993. It featured five bands and cost five dollars. Thirty-one years later, it’s become an internationally...
