Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods – Review

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These rising shoegaze rock stars hailing from Los Angeles, CA, have released their third studio album, Neck of the Woods, just last Tuesday (May 8th 2012). It was not long back, in 2006, when Silversun Pickups slowly started to receive attention through their debut album, Carnavas – broke with their first EP shortly before, Pikul [...]

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The Rock Hop (April 21st 2012)

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This past Saturday – Record Store Day took place. In celebration of the day The Rock Hop, a themed music show series started by two local bands – Picture Atlantic and Please Do Not Fight, hosted a “Record Swap” theme at SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery in downtown San Jose. For this show – the [...]

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A Four Star Affair

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This past Saturday, pop/punk San Jose natives A Four Star Affair won the support of Bay Area local music fans in releasing their newest album A Tragedy Like Me. Over 100 people came out just to support this four-man band in their release party at The X Bar. A Four Star Affair was founded in [...]

Cartoon Bar Fight

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The San Jose local music scene is constantly growing with a variety of bands that really creates a … One of these bands is Cartoon Bar Fight, a folk-indie rock band, fronted by vocalist Kendall Sallay and keyboardist Dirk Milotz. They released their debut EP on November 18th 2011, called Tell All The Children. Since [...]