Interview with The Knee Highs

Today I had the pleasure of listening and speaking to “The Knee Highs”, a dope hip-hop group from sunny San Diego. Comprised of DJ Gar Gar, Will Billiams, Johnny Rooks, and Talls, “The Knee Highs” are able to combine different musical genres: hip-hop, jazz, rock into their own unique sound. […]

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“Don’t Throw Me Away” Mumlers album review

The San Jose six piece eclectic blues folk group The Mumlers released their second full length album Don’t Throw Me Away in September.  Recorded and produced at San Francisco’s Ruminator Audio Studio, the record is a pleasant blend of multi-instrumentals, blues, soul and rock that features everything from glockenspiels to […]

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Interview with Milkman

Last weekend, I had the great experience of interviewing Milkman, one of the musicians playing on Friday, October 16th here at USD.  He is a mashup DJ know internationally.  Last year DJ Forum awarded him “Hottest Mashup DJ of 2008,” “DJ to watch out for in 2009,” as well as […]

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Interview with David Bazan & Say Hi!

Pedro the Lion leader David Bazan began the tour for his new solo album Curse Your Branches earlier this month. Dave is joined by low-fi, indie pop band Say Hi!, his fellow labelmates on Barsuk Records. The tour kicked off October 1st in San Francisco and ends November 11th in […]

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Treasure Island Music Festival preview

Treasure Island Music Festival Oct. 17th & 18th The Treasure Island music festival hits San Francisco next weekend on October 17th and 18th. The two day festival takes place on the man made island between Oakland and SF, which the Festival is named after. The lineup includes an eclectic mix […]

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“Monsters of Folk” Review

The supergroup is always cause for uneasiness among audiences, for it never really turns out as wonderful as you’d dreamed.  When I first heard that Jim James, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and M. Ward were coming together for Monsters of Folk, I thought, “Hm, that should be interesting.”  I couldn’t […]

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