San Francisco-based soul/pop music artist, JAKLYN has premiered an electro-R&B remix of her song “Syrup.” The song comes from her recent debut, full-length album That One Girl, in which JAKLYN explores themes of navigating through the modern world as a young woman. Inspired by the societal pressures on women to be more docile, “Syrup” is a feminist anthem that will especially resonate with listeners who are still reeling from the results of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.

JAKLYN sought out Bay Area producer duo TRKRNR to concoct the remix after hearing their recent album Morning After. The remix is a decidedly modern take on the original 80’s-tinged, electro-funk version. It creatively blends futuristic, ambient sounds over a hip-hop backdrop, complementing JAKLYN’s creative songwriting and personal message.

This track comes in preparation for JAKLYN‘s Syrup – The Remixes EP, which is slated for release in early 2017. It will include additional remixes from That One Girl’s producer Erik Rico and from Bay Area musician and producer ZEBUEL of the Bay Area collective Smoked out Soul.

"Syrup’ is a metaphor for the sexist nonsense that women are fed our whole lives. The damage that this has caused is now painfully evident — 42% of women in America voted for a misogynist as president. I want my music to reach women on both an emotional and intellectual level, so they will be more acutely aware of double standards when they encounter them." –JAKLYN

​San Francisco-based band Crashing Hotels announced today their newest endeavor – a concept store defining a culture for their fans and beyond called Exploration Exploitation. The store will be located at Proef Space on 15th and Guerrero for a limited time only. The opening day will be Friday, December 2 from 6PM-10PM. The band is best described as dark electric dance rock, the duo effortlessly delivers a range of sounds that intrigue and breed a new form of culture via a mix of Rock n’ Roll, Goth, South Side Drill, Rhythm & Blues, and House.

OPENS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2
AT PROEF SPACE (299 GUERRERO ST, SF)
Featuring Work by Salvador Dali, Leonor Fini, Deth P Sun & more
RSVP for a complimentary tasting courtesy of Calicraft Brewing Co. (21+)

We’re excited to share the news that the list of phase-one music acts confirmed to perform at the 2017 Noise Pop Festival can be found below. The full music lineup will be announced installments between now and February and will feature some of today’s top indie and alternative artists, as well as up-and-coming acts from a variety of musical genres.

NOISE POP FESTIVAL 2017 – PHASE ONE MUSIC LINEUP:

Vince Staples

Ty Segall

Deafheaven

MSTRKRFT

BadBadNotGood

Dawes

Blonde Redhead

The Radio Dept.

Los Campesinos!

Cloud Nothings

Tennis

Tash Sultana

Crocodiles

Moon Duo

Tacocat

The Garden

Tennyson

Diet Cig

Weyes Blood

The Frights

Adia Victoria

Crying

AJ Dávila

The Regrettes

Germans

And many more to be announced!  

We’re always pleased to share new Bay Area music with you! The New Up‘s dreamy new music video and single, Future is Now is moody, sensual and a bit psychedelic. Take a listen! You can catch them playing live TONIGHT at Bottom of the Hill. The show starts at 9 pm. Make sure you don’t miss their performance!

"This song is about how humans always think that whatever they come up with is better than what they had before. It reflects the lack of forethought that goes into a lot of decisions about our existence. In turn, if we continue going in that direction it will eventually lead to our destruction. It contains a silver lining of hope that it’s possible to wake up and turn that around." – Emily of The New Up

Last month, San Francisco-based producer Slaptop, returned with a brand new single "Passenger." With an esteemed co-sign from The Magician and his label Potion Records, "Passenger" proved to be another critically acclaimed jewel for Slaptop’s growing discography. Before 2016 comes to a close, Slaptop is dropping another brand new single titled "I Try." A future bass crossover single, "I Try" enlists the enigmatic vocals of Olivia Florentino for a rich and multi-layer ear-full of sound. Aside from being Slaptop’s newest single, this also represents the debut release on his own label- Sunsquad Records.

Naming Gallery in Oakland, California, is a multi-purpose arts space where people congregate on Saturday nights. This 360 documentary explores the how the arts center has become a staple for young artists to congregate, despite the fact that it exists in a historically beleaguered neighborhood. In August 2016, a fatal shooting occurred outside the gallery where hundreds of people were celebrating. “If we let this destroy us as people, we won’t be able to gather, we won’t be able to share art with each other,” says Imari, a musician who is part of the Naming Gallery community. “To stay open is the only thing I can do right now.” It was directed by the Oakland-based Variable Labs.

Sunhaze has released their debut album entitled, Wishful Thinking. Sunhaze originated from the vision of Danae Labraña, a San Francisco transplant hailing from the shores of Santa Barbara. Fellow San Francisco State alumni Priscilla del Rosario with Erin Walter then added their native Bay Area-influenced elements to a handful of Labraña’s singer-songwriter works. The last two additions Brandon Iljas and Aaron Chin completed the lineup soon after and as a group, they began molding their sound.

San Francisco-based artist/producer Jacob Montague has announced a new project called Tsutro, and will be releasing a self-titled debut LP February 10, 2017. The new Tsutro album—mastered by Dale Becker (Beyonce & Ryan Lewis) and drawing from a diverse collection of sounds including pop, worldbeat, future garage, ambient & downtempo—sounds at first like one band backing a new guest vocalist on each of its 10 songs. But in reality, Montague hasn’t even met most of the singers, let alone recorded with them.

"With most of the tracks," he explains, "I took a phrase or two from an existing song, then built all new music around it."

Despite the collage-like approach, Montague is hesitant to call any of the songs remixes—which makes perfect sense considering Tsutro’s unified arrangements. As much as the album relies on minimalist electronic textures, there’s an unquestionably organic connection between the instrumentation and the carefully curated vocal stems.

 

Mark Nelsen Band has a new single called In My Own Defense and we’re excited to share it with you! We reviewed Mark Nelsen’s solo single, Screwball (Change the Weather) two years ago, which is a part of this same collection / album being released. Nonetheless, the songs by Mark Nelsen Band are heavier rock n roll / alternative and bluesy.

"Our newest track ‘In My Own Defense’ foreshadows the long overdue ‘Change The Weather’ LP – a collection of heavier, bluesier band recordings from 2012-2015. Finally this album is coming out! This particular song is an upbeat rocker who’s remorseful narrator searches for peace of mind under the moonlight. He’s unsure why he’s guilty and wonders if he really must change. Something like that." – Mark Nelsen

The San Francisco based electro pop band, Date Night has released a strange animated video for their single, Sex Bruise. The band teamed up with a group of animators, choreographers and weirdos to create a 4D, motion capture heavy music video for the first single off of Date Nite’s eponymous electronica album. The video, shot in a Potrero hill robotics studio, combines 80’s video game art, sea punk, vaporwave, sassy emoji’s and plenty of mayhem. Check it out!

San Francisco based pianist, Lara Downes will release her next solo album, America Again on October 28, 2016. The album’s title is taken from Langston Hughes’ poem, Let America Be America Again, written in 1938.

Downes’ 2016 album, America Again, explores music that expresses different facets of the American dream – its hope, its impossibility, and its necessity. Lara Downes conceived of the album in June 2015, in response to the Charleston, SC shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. She recorded the album in March 2016 at Sono Luminus’ studio in Boyce, VA. Downes writes of the meaning in the album, “Today, as I write these words, we are living again in troubled times. For too many Americans, circumstance and skin color still keep the promise out of reach, the dream deferred. The hard-won rights and long-sought justice for which our parents and grandparents fought are too easily slipping away. The rifts and rivalries that divide us as a nation seem to run deeper than ever. But still, we dreamers keep dreaming our dream. This music is a tribute to the generations of Americans who dream the impossible: black and white, men and women, immigrants and pioneers. It tells the story of their journeys, their loves and longings, their hardships and their hopes. American music is made of everything we are, coming from so many different people and places, expressing so many different dreams

The San Francisco based band, Be Calm Honcho has released a new track, Bad Man.

Bad Man tells the story of lead singer Shannon Harney’s brother who is currently serving a jail term. She explains: "In and out of the justice system, various addictions, the whole gamut of trauma and trouble and family can go through. It’s very personal, it’s very dear to me and the themes it tackles are important to the people who gravitate towards my music.

“I wrote this song for my kid brother in jail,” shares Be Calm Honcho’s vocalist Shannon Harney. “In and out of the justice system, various addictions, the whole gamut of trauma and trouble and family can go through. It’s very personal, it’s very dear to me and the themes it tackles are important to the people who gravitate towards my music.”