After reaching the top of the Billboard Rock Charts with his previous albums Do You Feel, Of Men And Angels, and the self-released Life Will Write The Words, The Rocket Summer’s sixth album, Zoetic, marks a creative milestone for Texas-born songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Bryce Avary. The sonically and emotionally compelling

  Damien Jurado’s musical career began with the release of his debut ‘Water Ave S’ on Sub Pop in 1997. He went on to release three more records for the Seattle label before joining Secretly Canadian, a move marked by the release of 2003’s ‘Where Shall You Take Me?’, a

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

  MOM (Motown on Mondays) DJS, the creators of Motown On Mondays in 18 cities worldwide, is celebrating 7-years of shepherding soulful sounds to dance floors everywhere. Featuring Jurassic 5’s Cut Chemist on 4 turntables and Alligator Spacewalk LIVE! (10 piece band featuring Will Magid and members of Jazz Mafia,

  “Sajeeb Saha, 23, lives in the middle ground between electronic music and hip-hop. He adopted the moniker Jai Wolf to make a break from a dubstep past, but the project garnered unstoppable buzz when he gave Skrillex’s “Ease My Mind” an Eastern makeover. The bootleg remix caught the dubstep

  Bird’s primary instrument is the violin, but he is also proficient at other instruments including whistling, guitar, and the glockenspiel. With his new album, Are You Serious, Andrew Bird has widened the breadth of his art by directly reflecting his own human experience. With key contributions from Fiona Apple

“From Southern gospel to Dixieland jazz and Delta blues, Louisiana’s rich musical heritage is packed with dozens of different styles and genres. It’s no surprise, then, that psychedelic indie-rockers Givers (who all hail from Lafayette, LA) display a similar patchwork of diverse influences—from exotic Afrobeat percussion to pounding rhythm and

Aesop Rock probably hates that we all still love “Daylight.” But, as this was my introduction to what would become a nearly 15-year obsession with the tall one who lurks through the streets of San Francisco (I have spotted him several times, once inside Upper Playground circa 2004), I give

  Sean Tillmann has been making records under the name “Har Mar Superstar” since 1999.  Under the Har Mar moniker, Sean has gone through a plethora of phases, ranging from fun-loving, beats-based music pioneer (he and Peaches shared stages early on) to angry arena crowd opener (a 2002 public lewdness