Back in the day, songs that received heavy airplay but never cracked the charts on a significant level were called turntable hits. “White Bird” is a perfect example You May Also Like: Andrew Bird’s ‘Noble Beast / Useless Creatures’ Was as Challenging as It Was Gorgeous Charlie Parker – UnheardRead More
Death Angel stands as one of the most underrated acts from the second tier of the 1980s San Francisco Bay-area thrash movement. You May Also Like: Punky Meadows – Fallen Angel (2016) Archon Angel – ‘Fallen’ (2020) Dialectical Imagination – The Angel and the Brute Sing Songs of Wrath (2017)
Whatever the circumstances of his early passing, Ronnie Montrose’s music spoke to larger things — to outer-limits explorations on the guitar, to rafter-rearranging loudness, to fun. You May Also Like: Joe Satriani’s ‘Is There Love In Space?’ Showcased His Best (and Worst) Impulses ‘Fanfare For the Uncommon Man: The OfficialRead More
In twenty years as a bass player who’s equally proficient on both the standup and electric, Aaron Germain has played in bands performing virtually every kind of music from every corner of the world You May Also Like: Aaron Parks – ‘Little Big’ (2018) Zem Audu – Spirits (2017) ChargedRead More
One of the most apparent revelations about Variations is how unprotected it leaves guitarist George Cotsirilos. You May Also Like: David Dower Trio – ‘Made in Sofia’ (2018) George Crotty Trio – ‘Chronotope’ (2022) Matthew Shipp Trio – ‘New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz’ (2024)
Jazz guitarist Hristo Vitchev lives in San Francisco. He leads several modern jazz formations and his debut album Song For Messambria, released on Orbit in 2009, was well received. You May Also Like: Joe Smith and the Spicy Pickles – High Fidelity (2015)
On the precipice of some very bad vibes — they were about to lose Nicky Hopkins then David Freiberg before going into a folk-rock abyss with Dino Valenti — Quicksilver Messenger Service put on one of its last truly great shows. You May Also Like: Adam Hopkins’ Crickets, “Grounded” (2023):Read More
Amazon.com Widgets When L.A. native Shan Kenner plied his trade as a jazz guitarist in San Francisco, he found himself in a quartet with drummer Ches Smith. You May Also Like: Rez Abbasi & Junction – Behind The Vibration (2016) Brad Cheeseman – The Tide Turns (2017)
It’s hard to deny the electricity, enthusiasm and emotion of Afro-Cuban music, and a certain drummer out of San Francisco has captured that essence in leading a band of like-minded specialists of the music form. You May Also Like: The Flower Pot Men, “Let’s Go to San Francisco [Pts. 1-2]”Read More
Cavity Fang sprung from the fertile mind of keyboardist and composer Michael Coleman. You May Also Like: Hamir Atwal + Ben Goldberg – Clarinet and Drums (2015) Michael Coleman + Ben Goldberg – Practitioner (2018)
