It’s well known that San Francisco Bay Area is home to some serious internet upstart power. From youtube, yelp! to google, we’ve pretty much got the lock on this 21st century medium. In accordance with this logic, SF Weekly is surveying this digerati rife pool and seeing who trumps in the land of local online. [...]
Zodiac Death Valley // Lilac @ the Independent 07.21
July 20th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
Zodiac Death Valley and Lilac are bending it up at The Independent next Thursday 07.21. Zodiac Death Valley are a self-described concoction of “cactus flower romanticism, junk rock echoing the hardened curbside soul of The Haight and Mission districts, dark sailor music extracted from the cold bawdy Barbary waterfront”. Yeah. Might be a mouthful but [...]
SF Weekly Likes Us // They Really Like Us!
July 8th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in news
Photo by Joseph Schell “Different Fur owner Patrick Brown records Lilac, yet another up-and-coming local band.” Ian S. Port SF Weekly Not to toot our own horn but looks like SF Weekly has featured your’s truly (no not these guys, although we do love them.) in their June 15th issue. SF Weekly’s writer Ian Port [...]
LILAC releases self-titled EP
June 8th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Featured, random
Lilac EP released on iTunes today!!! Will Ivy is no stranger to the San Francisco music scene, he has been in numerous bands, including BRIDEZ, Honey, Hunx and his Punx, and Girls. Now, with his partner in crime Kirsten Knick, he embraces Lilac, a 90′s influenced garage/psych pop band with a little edge of rock [...]
SF Weekly’s Best of San Francisco 2011
May 24th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in news
SF Weekly’s Best of San Francisco 2011 list came out last week and we’re so excited to have some of our friends on the list! Highly coveted by San Franciscans, the list validates the city’s best offerings as well as making those unaware, fully aware. Yours Truly got best music video website, we’re honored to [...]
The Park // Belleville
May 18th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Featured, video
The Park – Belleville from anthony valadez on Vimeo. Good friends of Different Fur, The Park have a new video out for “Belleville.” Directorial debut of KCRW’s Anthony Valadez, the video highlights sepia stop motion and introductions to each member of the band that we all at the studio have grown to love. The video [...]
OSLO // High Mountain Sessions 1 & 2
May 18th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in cool
Oslo has gone through several ups and downs throughout the years since their beginnings in 1993, and 2011 definitely marks their latest upswing. Having gone through several member and location changes as well as having songs features on shows like CSI: NY and The Unit, they have more than a few notches of experience under [...]
Broke-Ass Band Interview: AB & the Sea
April 29th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in news
Favorite website. Favorite writer. Favorite band. It’s a triple threat people, read up. Owner PATRICK BROWN get’s called out for tricking Chloe – Pennywise Reporter into drinking egg whites (she’s vegan apparently) in this interview with A B & The Sea. Hilarious article and a must read. Also, congrats to our buddy Stuart on his [...]