Rose’s Pawn Shop, courtesy. This week was a journey into introspection: gratitude, love and beauty. Joan Osborne provides us with the beauty while The Sleeping Souls give us a close look at a relationship ending. The perfect counterpart is the release that Big Joanie provides. Rose’s Pawn Shop is…

Neal Casal and Johnny Irion, courtesy. Young punks The Linda Lindas, a lost (and found) track by Neal Casal and Johnny Irion, the prog-heavy guitar riffs of Pink Mountaintops and the genius lyrics of Kathleen Hanna, Erica Dawn Lyle and Vice Cooler make up our favorite tracks of the…

Clockwise from top left: Maria Taylor, Divino Niño, Pond, The Altered Hours, Bipolar Sunshine and Barry Adamson. The messy psychedelic rock of Pond, soulful angst of Bipolar Sunshine, danceable groove and blissed-out drift of Divino Niño, the driving percussion and droning guitars of The Altered Hours, the earthy, retro rock of Azure…

Pond performs at The Independent in San Francisco on Sept. 25, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO – As Australian rockers Pond laid into its 90-minute set, a capacity audience at the Independent grooved and moved to tunes that ranged from contemplative synth odes to girthy classic rock stompers. Pond’s…

Tame Impala performs at Treasure Island Music Festival at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2018. Photos: Chloe Catajan OAKLAND — Everything was a haze. Tame Impala closed out 2018’s Treasure Island Music Festival in what felt like a dream state. A hypnotic swirl on the “The…

Not only is Jay Watson an accomplished musician, but he’s also the type of person to become distracted by a daddy long-legs mid-conversation and embark on a rescue mission, scooping it up with an empty tissue box and freeing it outside. That’s what Watson was up to early in…

Pond‘s seventh album, The Weather, embodies its classic psych rock style with experimental ’70s-infused melodies. The Weather Pond May 5 The Australian band transformed both lyrically and musically since its 2009 debut, Psychedelic Mango. The Weather, produced by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker and described by the band as a concept album, reflects…

Photos: Diana Cordero SAN FRANCISCO – Pond brought a ravishing intensity with its performance at the Great American Music Hall Tuesday The Australian psychedelic rock band performed a high-energy 12-song set highlighted a strong heavy rock presence and incorporating upbeat synths to produce ’70s-infused melodies. The band opened with “30,000 Megatons,”…

Pond has always been the spacier, looser offshoot to Australia’s tight, psych-band juggernaut, Tame Impala. Its last six albums imbibed a goofy spirit as the band members shape-shifted through rock, minimalism and garage pop; all within the limitless expanse of psychedelia. Pond’s upcoming seventh album, The Weather, bucks that trend. It is…

POND, courtesy. Cathedrals, “Don’t Act Like A Stranger” — This San Francisco duo has done the unthinkable with their new single. The song works for the lovebirds and the heartbroken. Brodie Jenkins’ lyrics and  their smoky delivery warm your belly, like tingling butterflies. Johnny Hwin’s electric guitar creates a sense of longing and sorrow. This…