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Southern California based band, The Aquadolls, toured in the Bay Area recently. After their show at 924 Gilman, in Berkeley, Fog to Smog asked Melissa Brooks about new music, touring, and more.
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Happy December! Lots of new music was released over the past month.
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2018 marks the third year that Oakland-based punk band, SWMRS, has celebrated Uncool Halloween. Named after their record label, Uncool Records, and a song off of their album Drive North, Uncool Halloween has been a treat for Bay Area fans and Halloween enthusiasts alike. This year, Uncool Halloween III was Harry Potter themed, with floating candles and dragons decorating Berkeley’s UC Theater. October 27, 2018, was a night to remember full of great music, creative costumes, and an awesome lineup of Small Crush, Destroy Boys, Beach Goons, Mt. Eddy, Bleached, and SWMRS.
Deafening guitar solos. 30 Seconds of Shit. Sad boys standing on the edge of the pit while the girls mosh. Yelling the lyrics to “American River” as catharsis for school induced stress. Alexia navigating through the crowd as she sings “Cattywampus”. These are just some of the aspects that make up a great Destroy Boys show. We have long awaited the day that their recordings would catch up to the magnitude of their energetic and unifying live performances.
A playlist about moving on.
Playlist created by Emma Fong
Lots of new music was released in September. Here’s some of what we’ve been loving!
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Although I’ve been listening to them for years, I saw The Frights in concert for the first time on December 1, 2017. There, they told the crowd that they were going to start recording their third album. After that, the band played a few unreleased songs and I liked them overall, but they weren’t anything monumental to me. Eight months later, Hypochondriac was released on August 24, 2018. At first, I thought the album was just okay, but as I kept listening, I found myself drawn to a certain aspect of some of the songs on the album.
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Before their show at the Rickshaw Stop (San Francisco, California), we sat down with Joseph, Kevin, and Bryce of The Band Ice Cream to ask them some questions about their new album (Numbskull), touring, and their experience as musicians.
A rainy day with headphones in. Laying in your room in the dark. Staring out your window while sitting in a parking garage. Walking down your street at dusk. A sad end to a movie. Being unable to sleep, even though you are exhausted.
People Floating by Renny Conti (released September 7, 2018) is best understood not by a detailed description of the tone or production of each song, but as a series of moments.
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