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Thursday, December 1st, 2011
One of the first bands I ever started to follow out of my home town was the Audrye Sessions, the band founded by North Bay musician Ryan Karazija, and based in San Francisco. At it’s core, Audrye Sessions was an emo-centric balladeer group, focusing on soft vocals and hushed tones to deliver devastating songs and […]
Q&A With Tiny Pyramids
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Tiny Pyramids A.K.A Jared Wright
BY: H-Dawg
HD: What is your Disk Jockey name/alter ego?
JW: When I was DJing a lot I actually didn’t have a name, I just went by Jared but now I go by Tiny Pyramids when I DJ as well.
HD: Who are some of your musical influences?
JW: Some that […]
An Interview with Miles of The Project Draags
Friday, September 16th, 2011
Heather recently sat down with Miles Draags to talk about what he’s been up to and how his project Draags came to be.
TG: First off what do you want us to call you?
M: Miles
TG: What are you called when your out at the club as a Disk Jockey?
M: Marles Bukowski or Prince Marles.
TG: What are […]
Goodriddler Portland Bound
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011photo by Adam Smith
A mainstay of the Sonoma County music scene for several years, Nicholas Wolsch of Goodriddler, will be packing up his instruments and heading out on a European tour before relocating to Portland, Oregon. Go see him off in style this Saturday with his official going away party at The Arlene Francis Center […]
The Book Of Hours - Vinyl Pre-order
Friday, April 29th, 2011After many months of anticipation, Northern California’s Not To Reason Why are gearing up for the release of their 3 track EP, The Book Of Hours, available for pre-order beginning May 17th. Released on Side With Us Records, NTRW’s latest features a succinct 3o minutes worth of sound that will engulf you in epic, instrumentally […]
The Return of Nostalgia Fest - 2011
Saturday, April 16th, 2011Yeah, I know. The ’90s were a great time for music in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County. Great places to play were as plentiful as the bands and fans that were packing them in. And now here we are, almost twenty years later (shudder) and those who were involved in the scene are left reminiscing […]
HUGE show: Velvet Teen, Goodriddler, Odd Bird + 11 others
Monday, November 29th, 2010Low Five, featuring Nick, AKA Goodriddler on drums.
The Velvet Teen’s Matthew Izen plays the brick wall, an ancient English instrument.
Odd Bird, featuring Ashley Allred and Judah Nagler. That’s an autoharp, in case my photographic genius didn’t already show that.
Golden Roil, featuring members of Not to Reason Why, blend beautiful harmonies with sparse instrumentation.
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The Flying Skulls at the Hop Monk July 8th
Sunday, July 4th, 2010I am way out of touch with my people in the Santa Rosa area. I guess that’s why I haven’t heard of “The Best Dance Event in the North Bay” 2 years running (Bohemian). If that alone’s not enough to convince you to check out this event then maybe this year’s ”rag-time hobo theme” will peak your oscillator? San […]
Shows this week - California Edition
Monday, June 21st, 2010Well, despite the damn near incredible music scene here in Portland, it’s true, I do often miss seeing all the great local Sonoma County bands that I used to see so often. So without having to wait until they finally tour up North, I hope to catch these shows while back visiting this week. For […]
Atlas Coffee Opening Party
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010There are few things better on a Sunday afternoon than coffee and great music, so this Father’s Day offer your dad a cup of joe and get ready to act surprised when there happens to be a full party going on at Atlas Coffee in downtown Santa Rosa. Fantastic local bands, Darwin DJing, and enough caffeine to keep you […]
Paper Hands on 5/29
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Well, it’s not often that I wish I could be back in Santa Rosa, but once in awhile an event comes up that makes me wish that I could afford to just hop on a plane and fly down there at a moments notice. This time, that show is the debut of Paper Hands, featuring […]
A few words with Goodriddler
Monday, May 24th, 2010While any casual visitor to Santa Rosa might leave remembering only the Charlie Brown statues that litter the town or the plethora of wine oriented artwork and bars, underneath all the trends is a city brimming with amazing underground musical and artistic talent.
With a recent tour alongside The Americas just […]
Do you party?
Sunday, April 25th, 2010Party with some bad ass graphic novelists from all over and catch the end of a kick ass art show that has several bad ass artists. Sorry if you missed the stumptown fest today , all I had was a few bucks after spending the entrance fee-but still got to thumb through some sweet comic books.
Pancake featuring the art of Mel Williams
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010The very talented Santa Rosa via Berkeley artist Mel Williams will be showing her work at next week’s UC Berkeley Honors Studio event, entitled Pancake. For those of you who attended some of the art shows of years past at Daredevil & Queens, you may remember her work as the often vibrant and surreal figure […]
Northbay Underground Showcase
Monday, April 19th, 2010Is it cool for us to follow our previous post by promoting a show that is going on here? Probably not, but just because a venue is lame doesn’t mean the bands that are playing there are–and to be fair I have yet to step foot into the new incarnation of this venue. Anyway, we […]
Chrome Lotus has many nicknames… none of them good
Friday, April 16th, 2010Santa Rosa’s newest hip nightclub is also the city’s newest rock music venue. Let that marinate for a second.
That’s right. The same douchebags and bagettes you see on “Jersey Shore” and “Downtown Santa Rosa” are the first thing you see in Chrome Chodus. Pool tables, a big bar, GIANT televisions everywhere, very, very loud top […]
Friendship
Thursday, March 18th, 2010So, you’re going to want to watch this, and all the more reason if you’re from Sonoma County. Just a warning, it’s pretty awesome, and features certain members of Polar Bears, The New Trust and Santiago.
Total Bros Thursdays!
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Total Bros play with people we like, at places we like and we like them…and are originally from Santa Rosa, but they are all here now and have been doing it all around the Portland house show circuit for a few years. Total Bros is Wiley and Ethan. Some other projects that Ethan has been involved in are […]
The Most Awesome Protagonist Returns
Monday, March 8th, 2010I think it’s rather safe to say that anyone who is familiar with the tightly knit music scene of Sonoma County has heard or seen Mikey O’Connor play music at some point over the last ten years. Whether it was playing cheery pop punk with Hot April or Protecting Gheel, or […]
Dripping Pen Issue III
Monday, March 8th, 2010Dripping Pen is an “anti-elitist” collaboration of artists and writers who over the past few years have released two print and digital zines. Although it has been on hiatus for a few years, the Northern California based zine is back and currently calling for submissions for their third issue due out in the upcoming months. […]
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