The Hollywood Hills-born daughter of a horror filmmaker and sister of a cult comedian, Foxtails front-girl Laura Weinbach grew up in a household that embraced eccentricity. Her next-door neighbors were circus contortionists with emus and fang-toothed monkeys as pets and her childhood activities included snail hunting and spying on celebrity neighbors like Slash, Ice-T, and Larry from Perfect Strangers. Laura’s upbringing is present everywhere in Foxtails Brigade, from the lyrical imagery to the hand-drawn artwork and sophomoric Instagram cartoons.
The band’s live show is a clockwork of junkyard beats, warped orchestral sonics, and Laura’s trademark voice and classical guitar intricacies with an A-List ensemble featuring performing members of Bright Eyes, Van Dyke Parks, and John Kale. Their sound could be described as a warped pop sensibility akin to the likes of St. Vincent, Joanna Newsom, The Smiths, and Pink Floyd.
Following their 2011 debut album The Bread and the Bait (Antenna Farm Records), Foxtails released their second LP. Time Is Passed (DIY) during Christmas of 2012. The band put out their self-titled LP in April 2016 on OIM Records produced by Jeff Saltzman (Blondie, The Killers) which they supported with US and Europe tours with Emily Jane White. Foxtails Brigade is also out now in Japan on Rallye Records.
Foxtails Brigade released a series of singles throughout the pandemic following a video release for their dark version of "My Favorite Things"
Like most of the rest of the world, the band’s live show lay dormant throughout the pandemic until their first in-person SF performance in March 2023. They are currently planning on releasing a new record in January 2025.
Over the last 7 years the Oakland band has developed an underground reputation for tackling the sublime with their ambitious songwriting, thunderous stage show, and acute lyricism. They have since emerged as an engine of the Bay Area’s revitalized psychedelic and festival scenes. Frontman Graham Patzner, who will crow like a medicine show preacher, and then coo you into the arms of his lovesick eternity, might be a spitfire protege of the underworld himself, though, through and through he will remind you that there is no rapture without artistry. On the surface this is splendid rock-and-roll, rooted in the classic, psych and glam rock tradition, but the pageantry and chaos of Whiskerman’s performances will leave you describing an experience more than a sound.
Whiskerman is preparing to release their fourth studio album, Kingdom Illusion--a rock and roll vision quest that ushers the band’s elegiac psychedellia towards a louder, pushier, more colorful sound. Their past albums have been described as “ecstatic psychedelia, sturdily constructed pop-rock, pick-and-grin folk all together as a single picture.” (Flood Magazine)
The band is: Graham Patzner (vocals, guitar, violin and piano), Will Lawrence (bass), and Charles Lloyd (guitar and sitar), Dan Schwartz (drums), and Jeremy Lyon (guitar).
San Francisco based singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Christine McCann has reemerged as SWISS. Christine started her musical path in a pizza shop in Venice Beach working with a collection of outcast musician’s, comedian’s, and actors. She was told by the pizza dream team that she was actually pretty good at writing and performing songs and well, Christine never looked back.
After 5 years in the SF based alternative rock band, Columba Livia, SWISS. embarks on a new sound combining alt rock riffs, introspective + oddly descriptive lyrics, and a harmonious pop beat you can bop bop to.
Joined by local heavyweight champions, Jules Indelicato (bass), Harry Goldman (guitar), and Nick Muchow (Drums) they swim through frequencies alive yet questioning everything around them in an angsty but therapeutic kind of way.
