Spend enough time checking out live music in the San Francisco Bay Area and eventually you’re bound to cross paths with master percussionist and composer Dave Mihaly. A long-time San…
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes began writing for Popdose upon its launch in January of 2008, following a music writing journey that began with his high school newspaper and eventually led to print and web publications such as Performer Magazine and Bullz-Eye.com. Born and raised in The Biggest Little State in the Union (otherwise known as Rhode Island), Michael relocated in 2004 to San Francisco, where he works as an office professional during the day, sings harmonies in Sugar Candy Mountain at night, and religiously supports the local San Francisco Bay Area music scene nearly every chance he gets.
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With a sound that combines the hypnotic vibe of Mazzy Star and the drones of John Cale-era Velvet Underground, Annie Girl and The Flight soar like no other.
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The Blank Tapes follow up this year’s acclaimed ‘Vacation’ with a low key cassette release, custom made for a lonely Saturday night.
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The shamelessly rock n’ roll Ryan Parks of B. Hamilton sat down for an f-bomb laden Parlour to Parlour interview. Cover your kids’ ears for this one.
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Singer/pianist/songwriter Debbie Neigher has a voice that commands attention, one that could entrance the same audience that made a star out of Adele.
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One of the latest instrumental groups to spring up in the Bay, while new to most of us, is actually a duo with a long history and an uplifting story of hope.
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“I’m trying to write songs, not create a sound.” Jessi Phillips’ guiding philosophy for Eight Belles ought to resonate strongly with regular Popdose followers.
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Amethyst zooms in and out with might and musical muscle, sporting an all-killer-no-filler approach that improves upon the band’s idiosyncratic 14-track debut.
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The Boy With Astronaut Eyes finds The Purrs in a particularly joyful state of mind, and sounding perhaps the most invigorated and pumped up they’ve ever been.
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Rivers is a delicately beautiful perspective of this master musician’s artistry, and may even widen the acceptance of avant garde jazz, given the chance.
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Psychedelic hero Mark Matos explains the concept of the Family Folk Explosion and details his upcoming boxed set in part two of his Parlour to Parlour interview.
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Psych/folk/rock torch-bearer Mark Matos connects his music to a unique vision of “the New Weird West” in the first of a two-part Parlour to Parlour interview.
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Music festival season is upon us! Do you Roo, or do you Hickey?
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An all-women’s choir playing in the same venues on the same nights as indie rock and folk bands? That’s exactly what Conspiracy of Venus is.
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Could that new Chicago album that can stand tall with their best material finally be coming?
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Taken together Chicago’s catalog is fascinating, frustrating, brilliant and awful all at once. Read on and judge for yourself.
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The first ever Eight Belles video features a horse. If it didn’t, we’d be very worried.
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What do Fox & Woman and Country Joe McDonald have in common? Hint: it has nothing to do with Woodstock…
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“They’re so talented, I’d just hate them if they weren’t so damned nice!”
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California garage pop torch bearers The Blank Tapes go hi-fi for the first time with the first single from their forthcoming Vacation album.
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“It’s like hearing any of your five favorite primo-voiced pop princesses aiming for, and succeeding at, creating high art.”
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Parlour to Parlour is back! After a year-long hiatus, the beloved video interview series is reborn in 2013 in a live talk show format.
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Due to the extreme length of this 2012 year-end recap, Michael Fortes recommends that you skip ahead to the entry on Joey Dosik.
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Bay Area songstress Ash Reiter delivers a second full-length album that’s concise, full of exciting modern pop productions, and packed with hit-worthy tracks.
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Anna Ash’s new video for “Heartbreak Season” is full of dancers, sparklers, and flirtatious boys and girls.
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Pitch in to help fund the mastering and pressing of Ash Reiter’s new album and you could end up going on a skydiving trip!
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Gorgeous two-part harmonies match the natural seashore beauty of Berkely-based Big Tree’s brand new video.
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Sultry and smooth, DRMS (pronounced “dreams”) is a San Francisco Bay Area based band comprised of the cream of the crop of today’s young, jazz-trained working musicians.
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Chrystian Rawk gives an unlikely chamber pop treatment to a punk classic by Rancid. What?
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Brooklyn synth pop duo TalkFine revel in the comic absurdity of urban awkwardness on their new album, Lesser Known Hits.
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