WATERS features ex-Port O'Brien frontman Van Pierszalowski, and the group's latest video splices together live performance footage and on-the-road shenanigans. Kiki Allgeier and Christian Stavros…   Read Story »

It's going to be impossible to claim that Beyoncé Knowles has "quietly" put together a vicious song catalog, stocked with everything from heart-wrenching ballads to shamelessly fun bangers, but she…   Read Story »

Back in May, we posted "For The One," a single from WATERS, the new project from ex-Port O'Brien frontman Van Pierszalowski. That fired-up college-rock track now has a video, and it's all about the…   Read Story »

Bay Area band Port O'Brien was a highly autobiographical, nautically inclined project (sample song titles: "Fisherman's Son," "Stuck On A Boat") featuring a fisherman and his girlfriend at its core,…   Read Story »

Fresh off a hailed Brooklyn-debut-as-Brooklyn-residents, San Fran transplants the morning benders release this cameo-packed live take on Big Echo's opening track "Excuses," filmed by the Yours Truly…   Read Story »

When first posting "My Will Is Good," I mentioned threadbare's back and forth between introspection and cathartic pop was inspired by the death of Cambria Goodwin's younger brother. It's unclear how…   Read Story »

At the beginning of the month we posted "Sour Milk/Salt Water," a track from Port O'Brien's third album threadbare. As mentioned then, the followup to Van Pierszalowski, Cambria Goodwin, & Co's All…   Read Story »

The nautical Bay Area rockers most recently stopped the gap between LPs with a series of seasonally themed 7"s (we sampled Winter), but now they're returning with a proper album to followup 2007's…   Read Story »

Valentine's Day is one of those holidays you might not pay too much attention to if you're in the midst of a really good relationship -- because every day is like Valentine's Day! -- but can gain…   Read Story »

Seasonal affect disorder is no joke. Between Punxsutawney Phil's shadow yesterday and the snow outside my window, winter is going nowhere. Ever. Which works out well for bay area seafaring rockers…   Read Story »