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Fuckwolf has haunted the warehouse shows and dive bar gigs of the Bay Area for almost two decades and traded up a more stilted, typical indie music reality of deadlines, commerce and compulsive documentation for a foggy pursuit of art and sound and more than a few lost years to the endless 7-day weekends of San Francisco’s post-millennium glory days.
Goodbye, Asshole, set for release on Bay Area alumni Ethan Miller’s Silver Current label November 11th, is a rat’s nest of deep grooves, lost 70s rock riff intentions and art punk damage. It is, in equal measures, an effortless sounding expression of the sum of Fuckwolf’s history and a prime slab of underground rock with an unmistakably fried ‘San Francisco’ signature.
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XDS create a colorful, genre bending style of Psychedelic Dance-Punk. They integrate elements of Krout rock, no-wave and vintage soundtrack 12-tone composition with vibey blown-out synth samplers.
Over the past 20 years they’ve produced 11 releases and toured internationally as well as throughout the US.
They were formally based out of Oakland CA, then Portland OR under the name Experimental Dental School. The won the Guardian’s best of the bay “Best Weirdo Band award”.
Shoko Horikawa plays drums and Jesse Hall plays Guitar-o-bass (combination bass and guitar), synths samplers, loops, and voice.
In their free time they enjoy running, crochet and heavy petting of assorted animals.
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"In between recording and drumming with a string of Olympia, Wash., bands, like the Real Distractions (a new, top-shelf punk-rock outfit featuring Bikini Kill’s Tobi Vail), Peter David Connelly also quietly records his own work under the moniker the Mona Reels. The result? A batch of unforgettable hooks that range from poignant piano ballads and jangly majestic pop to distorted-riff earworms. Late last year, Connelly released his latest Mona Reels record, Without Love.
Connelly has a long career that dates back to his formative teen years in the 1990s, and his musical prowess is not lost on fellow locals. Vail called Without Love “a truly beautiful cinematic pop masterpiece—so brilliant and fully realized,” while K Records’ Calvin Johnson said the album is “layered with gummy coagulations and fluttering fulcrums to defy the most reticent musical maligner.” Not a bad set of Olympia-certified accolades.” - Magnet
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Once described as “dance music for people who don’t like to dance,” Rip Room prefers the humble designation “dance music for people who like to dance … but are also bummed out”. This three-piece from San Francisco play high-energy art punk with a math-y, prog edge — propulsive rhythms and piercing lyrics, but with a sense of buoyancy — wolves in sheep’s clothing. The group released its first full-length record, Alight and Resound, in 2022.
"San Francisco’s Rip Room make post-hardcore music with an air of art pop exuberance. The songs throughout their upcoming album, Alight and Resound, are tightly wound and serrated at the edges. While there’s nothing remotely 'top 40' about their ‘pop' inclinations, there is an understated lightness included in mix, the kind you might associate with bands like Medications or Dismemberment Plan. With their album due out via Spartan Records, It’s in that similar glow that Rip Room trade between muscle and melody, dexterity and wonkiness.” - Post Trash
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