Tag Archives: 2003 in San Francisco

The sparingly named Om reunites the oft-heralded Rest rhythm portion of Al Cisneros (bass, vocals) and Chris Haikus (drums); but this time around, rather than making monolithic stoner/doom steel, the duo is targeted on the softer, if believe it or not hypnotic make of drone rock and roll, partially infused …

It’s really no real surprise that Avenger of Bloodstream came together in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. The city have been the hotbed of American thrash in the first eighties, and offers spawned a number of the genre’s heavyweights. Affected by both American and Western thrash, guitarist Eric constructed Avenger in …

The Paranoids are three SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA garage area rockers who blend ’60s rock and ’70s punk right into a heady stew of power pop bliss. Delivered in 2003 in the ashes from the indie rock-band the Librarians, previous associates Damon Larson (vocals) and Elliott Kiger (drums) recruited bassist …

The Trainwreck Riders don’t play alt-country, and they are definitely not rockabilly. Rather, this SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA quartet isn’t quite a one fourth century too past due because of their ideal scene companions: they’re a cowpunk music group, in the custom of Green on Crimson, Rank and Document, and …

San Francisco’s Recliner was shaped in the summertime of 2003 by guitarists Ward Evans and Kevin Seidel and drummer John Benson, most of whom have been users of Bay Region ska and surf music group the Swamis, and previous 3-Minute Globe bassist George Carney. Focusing on aggressive, harmony-laden acoustic guitar …

San Francisco’s Von Iva comprises vocalist Jillian Iva, bassist Elizabeth Davis, organist/keyboardist Becky Kupersmith, and drummer Kelly Harris. Ahead of developing Von Iva, Davis spent seven years documenting and touring using the riot grrrl music group 7 Season Bitch. She and Harris also performed using the sci-fi rock and roll …

Sketching their dreamy tunes along an innovative range sweeping both Americana and alternative country designs, Granfaloon Bus congregate poetic lyrics using the domineering presence of blissful melodies. Assembling in NORTH PARK, California, in 1990, Granfaloon Bus’ four-piece lineup contains Felix Costanza (electric guitar, vocals), Ajax Green (electric guitar), Jeff Palmer …

San Francisco’s enigmatically named Wooden Shjips play a minor, droning make of garage-styled psychedelia using a noticeable ’60s Krautrock impact. The band’s vocals slide beneath waves of throbbing minimal rhythms, while fuzztone electric guitar and shrieking organs leap towards the foreground. When bandleader Ripley Johnson set up the group in …

The slick electro-rock sounds from the Heaven Boys feature Jeff Fare (vocals/synthesizer), Bertie Pearson (drums/vocals), Ian Zazueta (guitar), Andrew Burmeister (bass), and Lindsey Byrnes (synthesizer). Hailing from SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, the Heaven Boys initially began like a DJ collective with Pearson and Fare in 2003. Two singles, “Gonna CAUSE …

Punk revivalists Deceased to Me shaped in past due 2003 within the wake from the dissolution of San Francisco’s 1 Man Military. The band created around OMA vets Jack port Dalrymple (acoustic guitar/vocals) and Brandon Pollack (acoustic guitar); Western Habit bassist Poultry (who also worked well at Excess fat Wreck …