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Oxbow

The Narcotic Story

By Nate Seltenrich @nateseltenrich

        
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Through a taxing amalgam of experimental rock, free jazz, blues, and post-hardcore, San Francisco group Oxbow — now in its 21st year — continues to cater to the music obsessed, the jaded, and the slightly evil.

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