John Vanderslice, Courtesy. John Vanderslice is feeling good. Calling from his kitchen of his Los Angeles home—the artist and producer relocated from San Francisco after shuttering Tiny Telephone in the City earlier this year—he’s just finished up recording a podcast for his Patreon account. It’s a new venture he’s embarked…

Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…

San Francisco artist collective Garden Sessions Presents is producing a concert series throughout November providing financial and emotional support to people affected by the North Bay fires. “From SF with Love” is bringing together 12 bands, with all proceeds from ticket sales going to undocumented immigrants in Sonoma County via Undocufund and to the…

Tiny Telephone Recording turns 20 and wants to share the milestone with you. To celebrate, a huge shindig will take place on Oct. 7 at the studio’s San Francisco location. Festivities include DJ sets by Toro Y Moi and Astronauts, etc., a performance by Mayya & the Revolutionary Hell Yeah!, and…

John Vanderslice at Tiny Telephone in Oakland. Lorenz Angelo/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Studio maverick John Vanderslice sits in front of me stroking his cat across the cheek. We are sitting on the sofa at his Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco when I hear a baby crying from a…

Minna Choi of Magic*Magik Orchestra at a benefit concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Jan. 31, 2014. Make sure to check out Roman Gokhman’s story on the Magik*Magik Orchestra if you haven’t already.