Two years ago, things were not going too well for folk-rock duo HoneyHoney. After two initially promising record deals fell apart, Benjamin Jaffe and Suzanne Santo were struggling to complet…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AM[SHARE]Josephine Vander Gucht is not a hypnologist. But with Anthony West, her partner in the British dream-pop duo Oh Wonder, she has compiled enough research on sleep and its rejuvenating » …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00AM[SHARE]Erudite ex-Nerves/Plimsouls anchor Peter Case, whose great new solo recording is called "Hwy 62," also is the author of a scrappy autobiography, 2007's "As Far As You Can Get Without » …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AM[SHARE]Musically, 2016 seems like it will kick off with a bang, beginning with the long-awaited release of "Leave Me Alone," the jagged, jangling debut from Spanish all-girl quartet Hinds (formerly…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:02AM[SHARE]Remove Adele from the equation, and 2015 was a rather uneventful year in music. Taylor Swift still reigned supreme over everything, on a sweeping tour that included a cavalcade of » The…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AM[SHARE]In 1998, Dean Wareham's alt-rock outfit Luna started a tradition of playing New Year's Eve concerts, which ended with the band's splintering in 2005. He and his wife Britta Phillips » T…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:02AM[SHARE]Concrete Blonde mainstay Johnette Napolitano tracked her latest self-released solo effort "The Naked Album" in her secluded cabin in the Mojave desert. For skeletal, bluesy new numbers like …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AM[SHARE]Portland-raised artist Grace Mitchell quietly celebrated her 18th birthday in August by having dinner with a good friend at a restaurant in Hollywood, a city she has been visiting since …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:08PM[SHARE]In England, alt-rock combo Swim Deep has issued two critically lauded albums " 2013's "Where the Heaven Are We" and this year's more adventurous "Mothers" " and has been hailed » The po…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:12AM[SHARE]His bandmates in X are calling it their own "X-mas miracle." It's hard to downplay the triumphant stage return of founding guitarist Billy Zoom, who was sidelined this summer by » The p…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AM[SHARE]As a child, X Ambassadors bandleader Sam Harris was an extra in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator," and he even got to meet Scott and star Russell Crowe, thanks to his father » The post X Ambas…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00AM[SHARE]Bay Area rockabilly revivalist Chris Isaak is proud of his latest release, "First Comes the Night," which he recorded mostly in Nashville with country producers Dave Cobb and Paul Worley. &#…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AM[SHARE]Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann can't remember who first suggested the concept of an annual Christmas tour eight years ago. But it started as a little joke that quickly grew into a » The p…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AM[SHARE]The members of Icelandic outfit alt-rock outfit Kaleo experienced culture shock when they recently moved (on four-year visas) to Austin, Texas to track their forthcoming debut album with pro…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:48PM[SHARE]John Lydon of Public Image Limited painted the cover of his 10th album "What the World Needs Now…" with a picture of a harlequin-attired fool inspired by a traditional Hopi » The post…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:05AM[SHARE]When it comes to official tour merchandise, few artists can match the swag of Nashville renegade Nikki Lane. She parlayed a World War II-era fighter-pilot's patch " featuring a Posada-stark …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:02AM[SHARE]Formerly missing-in-action pop-R&B stylist JoJo has essentially finished, but not yet released, her long-awaited third album. In the meantime, the singer (born Joanna Levesque) has issu…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00AM[SHARE]Boy & Bear bandleader Dave Hosking believes artists should write what they know, so he followed his gut instinct when composing the Aussie outfit's new third album, "Limit of Love," …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 06:33PM[SHARE]It's been three decades since British outfit The Cult released its landmark Goth-chiming "Love." But the band isn't living in the past. Its upcoming "Hidden City" is one of its » The po…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:07PM[SHARE]Sometimes hitting rock bottom can be a blessing in disguise, as was the case with Charlatans UK bandleader Tim Burgess, who wa penniless when he returned to his native England » The pos…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 12:59PM[SHARE]Australian singer Sam Bentley reluctantly admits he still lives at home with his folks in Melbourne, even though his ethereal folk-rock outfit The Paper Kites has released two critically-acc…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00AM[SHARE]Ryn Weaver broke out with the 2014 viral hit "OctaHate." It's been a long, serpentine trip for San Diego-bred singer Ryn Weaver, who issued her charming debut "The Fool" this » The post…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AM[SHARE]Actor Jeff Daniels has won an Emmy for his shrewd performance as news anchor Will McAvoy in HBO's Aaron-Sorkin-scripted "The Newsroom," and throughout his four-decade-long film and Broadway …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:05AM[SHARE]In his parallel life as an actor, operatic-timbred vocalist Josh Groban never shies away from zany roles. He played Miss Piggy's love interest on a recent episode of TV's reboot » The p…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 09:13PM[SHARE]Sometimes musicians need a little outside affirmation to convince them that they have a band. Producer-multi-instrumentalist Mike Del Rio, employed by Alex Da Kid, was sculpting pop songs fo…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:38PM[SHARE]With his family band The Jonas Brothers, Joe Jonas had a Disney Channel series and sold over 17 million albums. So he found it frustrating and confusing when his 2011 » The post Joe Jon…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:33PM[SHARE]Singer-songwriter Nils Lofgren enjoys keeping up with his old pals. A few years ago, driving through his new hometown in Arizona, his cellular rang. It was his former employer Neil » Th…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:09PM[SHARE]Roches-rustic outfit Girlpool " guitarist-vocalist Cleo Tucker and bassist-vocalist Harmony Tividad " didn't set out to track their debut "Before the World Was Big" as a drum-less duo. They …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00AM[SHARE]In America, British singer Florence Welch has become well-known not just for her elegiac music, but for her chic-designer-empowered fashion sense that has landed her in magazines in both "be…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:15AM[SHARE]In 2012, an artistic collaboration was the last thing on Iowa-based folksinger Iris DeMent's mind. She was busily recording, then touring behind, "Sing the Delta," her first album of origina…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00AM[SHARE]On tour with her rock quartet Bully, bandleader Alicia Bognanno follows a code that's her own spin on the Golden Rule: "Always be nice to other people and treat them » The post Bully's …
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