AltWeeklies Wire
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
Why My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything to Dismiss: A Fan's Sonic Memorynew
I don't even know if I'm going to see MBV this week. If I don't, I suspect I'll still hear their noise, or feel it, from across town. If I can touch that instrumental passage of "You Made Me Realise," I'll grab on to a point within it. That point will be my nostalgia. It'll levitate, compress, and then shatter.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
09-24-2008 |
Music
Sorcerer Shows His Magicnew
The 11 tracks feature fluorescent glimmers and surprising melodic nuances signal a major album-of-the-year contender at a time when such claims aren't just Baby New Year gibberish.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: White Magic, Sorcerer
Rhymes With Worknew
Men are from Mars, Bjork's Volta is for Venus.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
05-16-2007 |
Reviews
Beyond the Valley of Vinylnew
Multiple Otomo is an ear-scorching blast of mind's-eye candy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
03-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Multiple Otomo, Otomo Yoshihide
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
Spectres of Spectornew
Camera Obscura, The Pipettes, and El Perro del Mar are all under the creepy producer's influence.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
12-06-2006 |
Music
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
The Case of the Closetnew
R. Kelly gets crazy in his longest sonic soap opera yet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
07-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: R. Kelly, TP.3 Reloaded
Mighty Oceansnew
Well-read and back from the dead, the Go-Betweens opt for the lush life.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart
Electric Lady Bandnew
Sleater-Kinney let loose the classic rock beast within.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
05-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Where the Wild Things Arenew
Sleater-Kinney's Carrie and Corin blaze their way out of The Woods.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
05-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Freed Willnew
An Imperial Teenster makes the dance pop scene with Hey Willpower.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
04-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
