 LOCAL ARTIST IS THE INDIE POSTER BOYChances are you've seen one of Oakland designer Jason Munn's rock posters, especially if you went to the Treasure Island Music Festival (the whole ship/island concept was his idea). Or , perhaps, you've spun a CD with his art on it. Well, Munn's SF based design studio—The Small Stakes—has created posters, magazine graphics, CD art and book covers for bands like, Beck, Modest Mouse, The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie, and locals Rogue Wave (some faves below). He's somewhat of the go-to indie designer. Munn recently aligned with InSound—an online indie retailer (of course) for InSound20, which features his designs for 20 of Insound’s... > more  NEW MUSIC: MADI DIAZMadi Diaz is power pop personified. Her new EP simply oozes everything we love about well-written pop music, full of sunny hooks, toy piano plinks and plunks, and Diaz's honey-soaked vocals. Ten Gun Salute is brand-new after previous full-length Skin and Bone, and features cohort Kyle Ryan: 1. Let's Go 2. Nothing at All 3. Heavy Heart 4. Love You Now 5. I Know I Know 6. Ten Gun Salute 7. Just Be Quiet "Nothing At All" can be instantly likened to the big hits from artists like Lily Allen and Kate Nash (only without the very British accents). There's also a subtle bit of danceability to the driving bassline, not unlike fellow female contemporary Lykke Li. All this, with still plenty of original arrangement and song styling to... > more  HEAR THIS: CROWN CITY ROCKERS' BODY ROCKIf only we could live inside this new Crown City Rockers' jam Body Rock. The Oakland party-starters and hip hop genre benders—led by MC Raashan Ahmad—have the remedy for these bleak times: Let go of your inhibitions and succumb to the party. Seriously, when is the last time you did that? This is just a little taste of what is to come. We hear the new album comes out early 2009. Yay, for the Yay area. MP3: Body Rock iTunes: Body Rock > more |
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