I learned about Pussy Riot before they were arrested and put in jail for “Hooliganism” and “hatred against religion” in February 2012. I’d been running an international music collective and music blog, called The Process Records and had become familiar with Estonian and Russian underground rock and roll through the grapevine of the European music scene.

I could write about dates, facts and create an intricate timeline of everything that happened to Pussy Riot, but what I’d like to do is express how these women are highlighting and even birthing a movement of soviet feminist ideology. Continue reading →

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Fantastic Plastic Machine ‎– Love Is Psychedelic / Beautiful Days 12 inch (Promo) Continue reading →

On March 8th at Amnesia in San Francisco, CA, The Deli Magazine San Francisco will be throwing an event to benefit the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp by giving a part of the proceeds from their upcoming event featuring performances by female fronted bands, Midnite Snaxxx, Primitive Hearts, Quaaludes, No Bone and Bestfriend Grrlfriend. Continue reading →

Written By: Hunter Stroope

Genre: “Synth Punk”
Label: Castle Face Records
Release Date: January 21, 2014

Pow!: An Analog Synthesis of punk and psyche, a fuck-all attitude on par with local success’s Ty Segall and Warm Soda, and the armed messengers sent from the local complaint department. They have recently released their debut album High-Tech Boom on Castle Face Records, carrying with it a constant theme, (or dare I say concept? I will…) and that theme is “We prefer San Francisco as a cultural collage, seen through the clear lens of Ray Ban, not through the pixelated dystopian view of the Google Glass (holes).” Continue reading →

It’s so interesting to think about all the things that have happened, and all the people that have lived before us. There is an old saying that goes, “there’s nothing new under the sun.”

Soon memorabilia from the ’90s will become vintage. Soon our parents will pass away, and maybe we’ll  be raising children of our own who have never seen a LAN line telephone or have written a letter to a pen pal. Hell, there’s a chance in the next few years, children will not enter a post office until they are adults…. Continue reading →

an essay about social media, introspection and telepathic connections brought on by the desperation of long distance. 

When I was a young girl, up until I was about 17, I never spoke. I hid in closets to avoid family gatherings and carried books and journals around like they were the only possessions I had in the world. I lived in my head and read Shakespeare and Camus like they were my Bibles. My classmates constantly and comfortably told me I’d never fit in. I was too quiet, and I didn’t “talk like Black people.” Everyone was so matter-of- fact about my being weird and odd. Kids in my neighborhood confidently called me ugly (even though I never really thought I was). I knew the Hunchback of Notre Dame was ugly. I knew the Phantom of the Opera, the Elephant man and Frankenstein were ugly, I didn’t think I looked like any of them. Continue reading →

With the Disappears‘ August 2013 album, Era, the band has produced a tighter and more decisive album that holds nothing back. Era sounds like an interesting mix of Kraut and industrial rock, also honing in on more experimental elements that excite and overstimulate the senses in the best ways. We spoke to founding member and vocalist, Brian Case about his past projects, how he perceives his own unique voice and this current experience touring Era. Continue reading →

Baltimore based trap, downtempo…almost (but not) new jack R&B duo, Chiffon has just released a stellar EP called Marble. If any of that descriptive terminology confused you, it’s ok because R&B done well is a complex thing. This heavily vibey, post apocalyptic EP takes experimental music to another level. Continue reading →

A somewhat unwise actress once said “Stop trying to make Fetch happen, it’s not going to happen.” Well I am here to disagree- perhaps the slang term will never catch on, but Crisis Arm‘s newest album “Fetch” is certainly happening. Continue reading →