Shauna C. Keddy

As an impressive rainstorm has finally been hitting Northern California, I'm enjoying the calming rain-sounds as I finally get to share with you my conversation from back in October with indie musician M. Ward, in support of his eighth studio album More Rain. I spoke with Ward when

We all have that band that has saved us from our painful years of growing up and finding out how to make sense of the world, and of ourselves. For many kids born in the 80’s or 90’s, we feel we survived our teen angst largely due to

The Raveonettes are a music junkie’s perfect fix. The Danish alternative rockers are among musicians today who still value the power of an album as a complete piece of art. Each of their concept albums are made with an eye to style that recalls their inspirations—girl groups from

The 19th annual Noise Pop Festival held in San Francisco and held a very special exhibit of photos from Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner, entitled “1,001 Images”. The exhibit was presented on the final Friday of Noise Pop, February 25th through Sunday March 6th at Public Works SF.

Reprinted with permission from The Varsity The girls are back: after a six year hiatus, Saddle-Creek Records’ beloved alternative rock duo, Azure Ray, return to the scene. With their fourth album, Drawing Down the Moon, Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink have just as much heartache and raw emotion to share,