Sterling James celebrates 20 years in the radio biz!

Local DJ Sterling James is celebrating a milestone - 20 years in Bay Area radio. She'll be hosting a party at the Independent on October 6 featuring soul, hip hop locals Martin Luther, Jennifer Johns and more.

Green Day's take on the Simpson's theme

For those yet to see the Simpsons, get off your asses. Not into it, then watch this clip with Bay Area rockers Green Day. The clip speaks for itself...Cameron's Titanic, the environmental plight and dead rock stars. God bless the Simpsons.

Indie music pisses in the mainstream

Indie loves to think it's not mainstream. Yet everywhere you look indie has its talons firmly planted in the mainstream. Pimping the popular "NOW That's What I Call Music" series, "This Is NEXT" is a new compilation series showcasing the indiest of indies. I guess it was inevitable. The first edition will be released by VICE Records August 21. What they should really call it is, "Fold your arms and pretend like you don't care about it, but really do" series.

Track Listing:
1. Bloc Party - The Prayer
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts
3. Sonic Youth - Do You Believe In Rapture?
4. The Shins - Phantom Limb
5. Spoon - The Underdog
6. Bright Eyes - Four Winds
7. Cat Power - Lived In Bars
8. Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
9. Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
10. Deerhoof - The Perfect Me
11. The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy!
12. Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up To Dry
13. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Colleen
14. M. Ward - Chinese Translation
15. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Satan Said Dance

I went to high school with Cass McCombs

I knew the guy was talented, but if I wasn't such a prick in high school I would have recognized his potential much sooner. Damn! Congrats to Cass McCombs on his upcoming release of "Dropping the Writ" via Domino (10/9). Take a listen to: "That's That"

Rogue Wave join Brushfire Records head out on road with Feist

Oakland band Rogue Wave are set to release a new album "Asleep at Heaven's Gate" (9/18) via Brushfire Records. Having left Sub Pop and welcomed a new bass player (Patrick Abernethy, ex-Beulah), RW has been through a lot recently. But the best news is that drummer Pat Spurgeon got a new kidney. Though the album cover is ugly as hell, we're pretty excited about the new tunes. Now they are heading out on tour with Canadian siren Feist. Congrats boys!

TOUR DATES W/FEIST
09/09 - Burlington, VT @ Flynn Theatre
09/11 - Baltimore , MD @ Ram's Head Live
09/12 - Upper Darby, PA @ Tower Theatre
09/13 - Pittsburgh PA @ Carnegie Music Hall
09/15 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theatre