Even with huge festivals like Outside Lands, there’s still a large amount of local acts that get lost in the shuffle of this fest’s rock star studded line-up’s and the immense number of bands in general. While great underground local bands may be hard to pick out, it isn’t impossible. That’s why we here at The Deli Magazine San Francisco have put together a list of the 12 bands that are currently representing and residing in the Bay Area, and are making amazing music.

Here’s our local underground choice for Day Three at the Outside Lands Festival:

Whitenoize | SAN FRANCISCO | Day 3 @ The Dome by Heineken Stage – 12 to 1:30 – Whitenoize is a house club style DJ that creates some killer remixes. Their recent remix of Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” keeps the familiar lyrics and feel of Timberlake’s song while mixing in a hefty amount of bass and disco melodies.

Sleight of Hands | SAN FRANCISCO | Day 3 @ The Dome by Heineken Stage – 1:30 to 3 – Sleight of Hands is a classic house DJ who blends together old samples and heavy bass and drums to bring danceable club music. The track, “All Night”, features an echoed sample with repetitive synths and a heavy rhythm section – perfect to get down to.

The Easy Leaves | SONOMA COUNTY | Day 3 @ Sutro Stage – 12:00 to 12:45 – The Easy Leaves play some good old Americana music – with country-esque guitar melodies and a heavy emphasis on vocals. Their song “Get Down” breaks down in the middle with a short harmonica solo and even back-up vocals and banjo. – Victor Casillas Valle

The Milk Bar is hosting a cool local line up after the Outside Lands Music Festival. Since Outside Lands ends early at Golden Gate Park, be sure to make your way over to see Growwler, Cannons and Clouds and DJ Vin Sol perform in San Francisco! There are so many things to do in the Bay Area this weekend, but this show is a great choice! Growwler and Cannons and Clouds are unique, out of the box bands that will put on an amazing show and DJ Vin Sol will keep you moving on the dance floor all night long! To RSVP to this show, click here!

Even with huge festivals like Outside Lands, there’s still a large amount of local acts that get lost in the shuffle of this fest’s rock star studded line-up’s and the immense number of bands in general. While great underground local bands may be hard to pick out, it isn’t impossible. That’s why we here at The Deli Magazine San Francisco have put together a list of the 12 bands that are currently representing and residing in the Bay Area, and are making amazing music.

Here’s our local underground choice for Day Two at the Outside Lands Festival:

Social Studies | SAN FRANCISCO | Day 2 @ Twin Peaks Stage – 12:45 to 1:25 – Social Studies is a band with a blend of 60s flower pop type sound with strong vocals. Their most recent Daytrotter session of their song “Live For Today” features a catchy sound with enough vocal power from Natalia Rogovin to mesmerize you throughout their performance.

The Mother Hips | SAN FRANCISCO | Day 2 @ Panhandle Stage – 6:05 to 6:50 – The Mother Hips have a psychedelic garage type sound (although a little more rock n’ roll than anything) with just enough melody to differentiate from the large amounts of lo-fi acts that have been showing up within the last couple of years. They just released their album, “Behind Beyond”, which features the track “Jefferson Army”, which has a slow beginning with a perfectly executed build into their signature psychedelic rock n’ roll sound. Electric guitar riffs and all.

Dub Gabriel | SAN FRANCISCO | Day 2 @ The Dome by Heineken Stage – 12 to 1:30 – Dub Gabriel creates a balanced ground between reggae vocals and sounds with heavy dubstep beats and rhythm. His most recent release titled “Raggabass Resistance” blends heavy reggae vocals with a large amount of synth, drums, and bass.

The Soft White Sixties | SAN FRANCISCO | Day 2 @ Land’s End Stage – 1:00 to 1:50 – The Soft White Sixties have a rock n’ roll feel that features distorted bass, heavy guitar licks, and even vocals with heavy effects. Their song, “Queen of the Press Club”, has a classic rock feel – with shredding guitars and heavy distortion everywhere. And I mean everywhere.

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down | SAN FRANCISCO | Day 2 @ Sutro Stage – 4:40 to 5:30 – Thao and the Get Down Stay Down has a familiar indie rock sound with distinct vocals provided by lead singer Thao Nguyen. Their song, “We The Common (For Valerie Bolden)” features a banjo riff, a bumping rhythm section, and even refined back-up vocals. – Victor Casillas Valle

Tonight at the The Hemlock Tavern is bringing a showcase full of lo-fi sounds, heavy reverb, and twangy guitar with Burnt Ones, The Hussy, and POW!. Burnt Ones, have kept their streak of eminent local garage punk going with their second release, “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Their psychedelic flavor, but garage sound, creates a great sound to truly get into. The Hussy, who have also just released their 3rd LP “Pagan Hiss” this May, take on a trashier sound, with varying levels of intensity that all unify together in their LP as a whole creating a diverse, but familiar, minimalist rock and roll sound. POW! takes advantage of heavy effects for their vocals and their unorthodox use of synths that help to create a memorable garage feel.

Tonight’s show will bring together a unifying genre – the rising garage punk genre – and bring about some talent who are all molding it into different sounds and styles. This is definitely a show to go to! – Victor Casillas Valle

Even with huge festivals like Outside Lands, there’s still a large amount of local acts that get lost in the shuffle of this fest’s rock star studded line-up’s and the immense number of bands in general. While great underground local bands may be hard to pick out, it isn’t impossible. That’s why we here at The Deli Magazine San Francisco have put together a list of the 12 bands that are currently representing and residing in the Bay Area, and are making amazing music.

Here’s our local underground choice for Day One at the Outside Lands Festival:

Midi Matilda | SAN FRANCISCO | Day 1 @ Twin Peaks Stage – 12:45 pm to 1:30 –  Midi Matilda is an electronic indie band that focuses on the use of synths with a strong rhythmic section. In their song “Love & The Movies”, there is a tasteful mix of modern pop with a hint of nostalgic 1980s Davie Bowie vocals in the verses.

Motion Potion | SAN FRANCISCO | Day 1 @ The Dome by Heineken Stage – 2 pm to 3 – Motion Potion, also known as MoPO, blends together funk, hip hop, and rock and roll to bring a diverse dance type music. In his track, “City of Dreams”, the underlying sample is a fun, dancy sound with light dance synths. It’s as if Disneyland met Justice and made a dance song about it. – Victor Casillas Valle

As a small kick-off to Outside Lands music festival this weekend, local bands Goodnight, Texas, Fox and Woman, and Vandella are coming together at Cafe Du Nord tonight, for a night of folk, sing-a-long 50’s style tunes, and harmonized country music! Goodnight, Texas is finishing up their North American tour which features select dates with The Avett Brothers. They have a folk ballad sound that contains a solid and catchy, rhythmic beat that will have your head softly bobbing to the sound of their lyric and acoustic focused music. Vandella has a more 50s type sound, bringing doo-wop ballads, classic rock n’ roll guitar with a modern vocal addition to top it off. Fox and Woman, who even features some classic country fiddling in the middle of their songs, fits this authentic country folk based line-up and brings a different twist to it simultaneously. – Victor Casillas Valle

Congratulations to the talented ukulele clad singer/songwriter Kitten Grenade for winning The Deli Magazine San Francisco’s Artist of the Month Poll! The readers and fans have spoken and Kitten Grenade has come out of top! This sultry anti folk musician puts out great music and amazing well presented videos and photos. We’re very excited for her and her accomplishments!  Thanks to everyone who voted, and we wish Kitten Grenade continued success on her shining musical journey!

KITTEN GRENADE- simple things, recorded at STUDIO SQ from ryan castañeda on Vimeo.

San Francisco based art nuevo folk rocker, Nate Currin has released his anticipated concept album, The Pilgrim. This is Currin’s second musical effort, and the album is based off of the 1678 novel, The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. This new album is imaginative and potent with literary archetypes and beautiful musical concepts. Currin is already a critically acclaimed artist, and seems to have outdone himself with the interesting and well crafted collection of songs.

Popular Oakland based indie rock band, Forrest Day has released their sophomore full length album entitled, The Second. This hard working band whose music is accessable, quietly blusey, sensative and well produced will also be embarking on a tour, playing a string of shows throughout California and the midwest. You should definitely support this talented band whose following is large and invested into their great work.

You can listen to their new track Horizon below:

Forrest Day Upcoming Tour dates:

Aug 9 McCall, Idaho Foresters
Aug 10 Boise, ID The Reef
Aug 15 Fairfax, Ca 19th & Broadway
Aug 16 Half Moon Bay, Ca Old Princeton Landing A
ug 24 Dutch Flat, CA Mountain Vibe Music Gathering

San Francisco based singer/songwriter anti folk artist, Kitten Grenade has released a hauntingly beautiful music video. The new video is for KG’s new single, Gray and was directed by Ryan Castañeda. The music video sits behind a dense tone of black and white and is tastefully appropriate for the simple and longing tone of the Gray. Katelyn Sullivan’s classic beauty is totally excentuated and we think this video is a total gem! It’s always great to see talented artists share quality work with the world!

You can also listen to this new single online, here.

KITTEN GRENADE- GRAY Dir. Ryan Castañeda from ryan castañeda on Vimeo.

Rex Ball XI may be your final chance to enjoy a homegrown Baltimore based outdoor music festival this year! Located on vast piece of land endearingly entitled, Nick and Julie’s Magical Fairytale Land which is conveniently located in Lanham, Maryland, outside of the College Park area in Baltimore, this festival’s local line up is a strong compilation of talented musicians who derive from all over the Baltimore area.

Local journalist and member of the jam rock band The Rez, Marc Shapiro, founded this long running indie music fest, making Rez Ball a chance for his energetic and resourceful four piece band to celebrate and share the stage with there friends and their community once a year. Make sure you don’t miss this summer fest. Gates open at noon tomorrow. We are always happy to support local events, and this one is going to be a blast! -Jordannah Elizabeth

For information about Rez Ball XI click here.

Rez Ball XI Line Up and Set Times:

Jon Lipsomb 2 pm-2:50
Greasy Hands 3:05 pm-3:55
My Son Bison 4:10 pm-5
Orchester Prazevica 5:15 pm-6:05
Fake Flowers Real Dirt 6:20 pm-7:20
Cara Kelly & the Tell Tale 7:35 pm-8:35
Deaf Scene 8:50 pm-9:50
The Rez 10:10 pm – all night long!

Electronic indie group Mwahaha have just returned from their first UK tour and are playing The Night Light in Oakland to celebrate! Synth-rock band, The Burning of Rome and heavy post-rock group B. Hamilton will be supporting Mwahaha on this local bill. These bands, each coming from similar high-tempo-fast-paced-rock backgrounds, will bring an energy filled show! The stylistically eclectic, yet tastefully similar sounds will definitely bring a fun and entertaining welcome back show. –Victor Casillas Valle