Lorelle Meets The Obsolete has returned with their sixth album, Datura. This two-piece group from Baja California, Mexico has been very active on the scene for 10 years. With such a large catalog of songs, the band has gone back to their old music, applying new arrangements, different instruments, and new production techniques. Always looking forward, this reworking of old material inspired the group to take a bold new direction to keep things new and exciting. This approach is heard all over Datura, as the band embraces a more experimental, stripped down production technique. The album was recorded at their home studio, but mixed by Jace Lasek of The Besnard…
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Music Box Presents – Kilowatt Bar 4.1.23
Everyone was on the guest list for this event, and it wasn’t just an April fool’s joke. Music Box Presents hosted an amazing night of psychedelic and new wave rock music at the Kilowatt Bar on this past April 1st , 2023. It’s amazing the amount of people that come out of the woodwork for a free rock show in San Francisco. Not only did lots of denizens of the SF psych scene make an appearance, lots of just average people going out on a Saturday night in the Mission District also got to be exposed to some really good original music from two really talented new bands. Alongside friends…
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THE CHAPEL 2.4.23
The event at the Chapel on February 4th, 2023 was one of the most lively and exciting events I’ve attended in a long time. Produced by Lucky Recording Company, and co-sponsored by Prime Time entertainment, GHS Guitar Strings, and Guitar Player. The showcase was a selection of the artists who have recorded at the Grammy nominated studio over this past year by music producers Travis Kasperbauer and Mikel Ross. The concert drew a multi-generational group of people, with attendees ranging from ages 18 to 80. There was a great mix of people in the crowd from all around the San Francisco Bay Area. I think this is one of the…
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Return of the Bay Area Psychedelic Rock Scene
"As the sun set through the clouds over Haight street, the faint sound of a Turkish drum being played can be heard in the distance amongst all the tourists, hippies, and street bohemians of the neighborhood. The Milk Bar is hosting a modern psychedelic show with bands on the bill this evening, and things were shaping up to be a nice return to form for the Bay Area psych rock scene"
