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San Francisco's Girls played one of the most triumphant, life-affirming sets we've ever witnessed at last falls's Fun Fun Fun Fest down in Austin -- even Gosling was way into it -- so we're honored to welcome the band back to Dallas' own Granada Theater on their forthcoming spring tour, with special guests Unknown Mortal Orchestra supporting...

Last time we heard from San Francisco's Grass Widow, they were ripping "Milo Minute" in the zoo for some psyched gorillas. They one-up that infectious previous single with this awesome new jam, taken from their forthcoming limited split 7" with Nature, out next month on M'lady's Records...

Washed Out performs the chillest, softest rock, smoothest sax version of Within and Without highlight "Far Away" of all time, live at Hyde Street Studio C in San Francisco for our good bros at Yours Truly. Featuring a cameo from Ryan Lynch of Dominant Legs...

The music bloggers behind Ears of the Beholder and See The Leaves have founded a new label called City Limits, with the noble goal of producing "collectable time capsules that highlight the best of local music scenes." The first installment features artists from their hometown of San Francisco, with contributions coming from Tim Cohen, Young Prisms, Fiveng, The Soft Moon and more, inclu

We've teamed up with San Franciso's Noise Pop Festival to present this ridiculous bill at Cafe Du Nord on February 24, featuring Austin's Harlem, L.A.'s Best Coast, and two of San Francisco's finest, the Sandwitches and Young Prisms. We have 4 pairs of tickets to give away, so leave a comment below or holler on twitter if you'd like to attend, and I'll pick the winners at random next week... Read

Mountain Man's transcendent unamplified live performances are slowly becoming the stuff of legend, and we're looking forward to experiencing that next month in person at SXSW. In the meantime, the great Yours Truly captures the next best thing: this otherwordly, chill-inducing clip of "Mouthwings," performed by the ladies in a tunnel/natural reverb chamber on Hawk Hill in San Francisco..

Thanks to No Conclusion for the heads up on In A Cloud, a new comp from Secret Seven Records that offers a glimpse at the wealth of amazing new talent exploding in San Francisco at the moment. Check out the Sandwitches' understatedly gorgeous contribution below, and hit up NC for another equally swoon-worthy, haunting track from Hannah & Raven of Grass Widow. mp3...

the sandwitches The Sandwitches is the new project from Heidi Alexander + Grace Cooper, both formerly of like-minded SF band the Fresh & Onlys. The group's new record How to Make Ambient Sadcake (out now on new SF label Turn Up) has been described as "what it would sound like for a band on Woodsist to cover Fleetwood Mac's...T... Read More ...

girls Christopher Owens + Chet JR White are new San Francisco duo Girls. The boys would like to "to conjure up auditory memories of listening to a Beach Boys song out of an old car speaker," and their beautiful lo-fi pop actually comes pretty close to that...