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Jet Dark Crayon may be the instrumental post-rock outlet for former professional skater Tommy Guerrero, who also produces more eclectic, hip-hop oriented units under his personal name. (Back the 1980s, Guerrero was also the bassist within the famous — mostly for their really superb name — skatepunk clothing Free Ale, …

[The] Caseworker is made up of Conor Jonathan and Eimer Devlin, formerly of About half Film. This experimental artwork rock duo comes from SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA and upon Fifty percent Film’s split up in 2001, Jonathan and Devlin asked their close friends from Swell, Monte Vallier and Sean Kirkpatrick …

Alternating affects from neo-psychedelia, sound pop, and Ennio Morricone film results, Swell shaped in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA in 1989 when vocalist/guitarist David Freel and drummer Sean Kirkpatrick made a decision to record an record. Enlisting second guitarist John Dettman and bassist Monte Vallier, the music group documented a self-titled …