Duncan Nielsen, Andrew St. James and Cody Rhodes comprise new band Fast Times. Years of past collaborations, national tours and musical experimentation carried three friends to the start of a new journey earlier this year. The birth of Fast Times came about as Bay Area natives and veteran musicians…

Photos: Jane Hu SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area favorite Geographer‘s Noise Pop show Thursday at The Independent was a glimpse of an artist in movement: Experimenting and changing, yet confident of his own skills and fully in command of his voice. Mike Deni has one of the best rock…

If you don’t have the financial resources, you work with what you’ve got and make due. Such is the case with folk and psych-pop singer-songwriter Duncan Nielsen, who’s had the songs for a second solo album written since 2014, but has patiently bided his time, balancing other work and…