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The Mantles Keep it in the Family and Create a Cali Pop Classicnew

Fueled by friendship and romance, the Mantles are relaxed enough to enjoy absurdity, whether it arrives in the form of a shirtless dude in a Yoda mask or entails playing the role of "psychedelic band" and "mid-tempo downer" at a sweltering garage rock party where people are doing cannonballs into a pool.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Johnny Ray Huston | 09-16-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Mantles, indie pop

2007: A Disco Odysseynew

Lindstrom expands the dance floor -- and the space between your ears.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Johnny Ray Huston | 02-07-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Lindstrom

Feeling Spooky, Yeah Yeahnew

ESG, the queens of Soul Jazz -- and of post-punk funk -- face SF's vampire's kiss.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Johnny Ray Huston | 10-25-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: ESG

Back From the Countrynew

Vashti Bunyan returns to dispel myths and make more great music.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Johnny Ray Huston | 09-06-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Vashti Bunyan

Psychedelic Savantnew

San Francisco's Kelley Stoltz unveils Below the Branches, his great full-length debut on Sub Pop and a long-awaited follow-up to the home-recorded Antique Glow.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Johnny Ray Huston | 02-01-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Kelley Stoltz, Below the Branches