25 Jun
5 Parties, 5 Cities, Sh*tloads Of Burgers & Beats

Not near Miami for a Dirtybird BBQ? Well now they’re bringing it to you. Sloppy, fun, backyard BBQ-style party with dirtybird-style beats abound. The erstwhile San Francisco (and currently LA) crew is taking their party on the road for a five-city BBQ tour that is guaranteed to get your grill turnt up to 11. Claude […]


20 Nov
Distinguished wool double breasted partnership

This distinguished double-breasted Pea Coat is presented by a UNIONMADE and San’s Francisco’s Golden Bear partnership. The garment, crafted by Golden Bear in SF’s Potrero Hill district, is made to hold up to the cold weather with authentic handwoven Scottish Harris Tweed. With elbow patches, leather detailing and carved wooden buttons to compliment the stylish […]


18 May
San Francisco bass maestro Lorin Ashton's latest LP

Yesterday we brought you Bassnectar’s “Ugly” Video (+ Free Download), and today its his entire new album VAVA VOOM available for streaming. If you like, buy it HERE. Highlights include the classic “Pennywise Tribute” (he always manages to pull out a fine metal remix, don’t he?) and hardcore breakbeat employing “What”, as well as some […]


Bassnectar returns with the first video off his recently released VAVA VOOM album. “Ugly” (featuring Amp Live) brings much appropriate face-melting bass to the proceedings, as should be expected from the San Fran bass & breaks producer/DJ. A free download of “Ugly” + album bundles, tees and hoodies available at Bassnectar’s site.


10 Jun
Sticking tinfoil on your wheels in Oaktown

If you’re unaware of Scraper Bikes, it’s basically a homegrown scene in the Bay Area/Oakland where kids modify the hell outta their bikes. The most fundamental mod is to affix tin foil to the wheels so they look like chromed out car rims, as well as copious spray painting and other alterations. While sometimes mocked […]


7 Jun
Planting Santa Cruz psych rock back on the map

Sleepy Sun, the fuzzed out, neo-psychedelic rock band from San Francisco (actually, from parts of California far-flung), is resuscitating a sound that hasn’t been quite the same since the transitional mid-70s, when peace signs were no longer cool, tie dye was forced to the back of the closet to make room for leathers and steel, […]


20 Apr
Celebrate the wonders of nature

To some people today is a very special day, a day to play hookie and take in the wonders of nature. To celebrate this “most important day of the year for San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury District,” San Francisco’s True presents the 4/20 pack. Highlights for 2010 include a new and improved “spice” grinder, a blunt […]