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Oakland’s Kevin Moan turns experimentation into fuzzed-out rock
After a lifetime of playing instruments, bouncing between bands and experimenting with new musical techniques, Oakland’s Kevin Moan had a simple idea. Alone in his rehearsal studio during the pandemic, he decided to plug his guitar amp...
Death and Taxes Swing Band brings dancing to the USS Hornet
Time travel is possible when Death and Taxes Swing Band and guests grace the hangar deck on the USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum. Joining forces Aug. 15 for a “South Seas Swing Dance” party, the...
The Chutes trade hardcore for jangle pop—and a little romance
Husband-and-wife team Kenneth Turner and Erika Calderon-Turner front the Chutes, a pop band from San Francisco. Both have been active in the Bay Area’s punk and hardcore scene, playing in bands including Foghorn, Fentanyl and Techie Blood....
Hayward’s Mighty Delrokz brings lo-fi nostalgia to ‘Jackin’ My Beats’
When I was in high school, I watched a lot of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. I loved the anime and “adult cartoons” that aired at night before I headed to bed. Something that stuck with me...
UC Theatre prepares young people for careers in the live music industry
The stage was set at the UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall, but not for a concert. On Friday, June 26, the 10th cohort of Concert Career Pathways (CCP) graduated with Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii’s Proclamation honoring...
Whiskerman transforms American anxiety into an ambitious new album
Graham Patzner, the songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who fronts the Oakland band Whiskerman, said the songs he wrote for the band’s new album, American Hell, were inspired by the current political climate.
“They were written over a period of...
Twin Bloom brings years of collaboration to debut EP
Before they came together as Twin Bloom, the four musicians in the band—vocalist and guitarist Gvir Aviv, lead guitar player Mickle Nguyen, bass player and multi-instrumentalist Josh Cano, and drummer Sandra Alva—were all veterans of other projects.
This...
