Oakland, CA's Twin Steps is a sample based trio -- consisting of guitarist Jonathan Reddick (Summer Blondes), vocalist Drew Pearson, and drummer Nick Cowman (Religious Girls) -- known for infusing elements of oldies and soul with experimental rock 'n' roll, and with a live show reputation that...

Oakland, CA's Twin Steps is a sample based trio -- consisting of guitarist Jonathan Reddick (Summer Blondes), vocalist Drew Pearson, and drummer Nick Cowman (Religious Girls) -- known for infusing elements of oldies and soul with experimental rock 'n' roll. The outcome is a surreal 1960's...

Serial Parade by Twin Steps Introducing new, awesome tunes from the Oakland band Twin Steps, featuring Nick Cowman from Religious Girls on drums. Twin Steps’ Serial Parade 10″ is coming out on a new local label, Colabruin and is available to preorder. Twin Steps has two shows coming up in early December: on the 6th [...]

For my money, “O.G.” represents a huge step forward for Religious Girls, blending the band’s noisier and more melodic impulses into one epic song. Recently, the band posted the stems both songs from the new Midnight Realms 12″ for would-be remixers. Take a listen to one new remix below: Religious Girls [...]

Bass Drum of Death is a two piece band from Mississippi composed of John Barrett on guitar / vocals and Colin Sneed on drums. Together they make blown-out, blazing songs. Their debut LP is out now on Fat Possum Records. He wrote and recorded the whole record himself using drums, a guitar, a USB microphone, and a computer before teaching Sneed to play drums for the live show and beyond. The songs are about drugs, religious girls, panic attacks, mild to severe depression, Elvis appearing in your dreams and giving you advice, gravity bongs, and the devil living inside your brain ...

BAMM.tv sent us this video showcasing the powerful, rhythmic performance that Oakland’s Religious Girls delivered at our Phono del Sol festival in July. Here, the guys perform “OG,” one of two songs on the band’s new Midnight Realms 12″, out now on Fun Forever Campaign/Everbodies Stomached. Religious Girls’ next show is at the Hemlock [...]

I’m fairly shocked to hear that Twin Steps is a side project of Religious Girls, as I usually think of Religious Girls as some sort of strange mash-up between tribal music and post-punk and Twin Steps feels more like well-screamed doo-wop, pop.  But have no fear, Twin Steps and there blatting taste of horn are [...]

The lineup has been announced for tenth annual Total Fest . The indie and punk focused festival will feature Big Business , Gull , Helms Alee , Japanther , Kowloon Walled City , Shannon and the Clams , Shellshag , Street Eaters , The Arrivals , The Blind Shake , The Bugs , The Men , The Underground Railroad To Candyland , Vaz , White Lung , Bad Naked, Custody Battle, Dead (Australia), Friendo, Goddammitboyhowdy, Grown-Ups, Outfit">Gun Outfit, Hammerhead, Le Sang Song, Milk Music, Mordecai, Omotai, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., Pigs, Pine Hill Haints, Pygmy Shrews, Religious Girls, Sam Humans and the Light, Shahs, Shark Pact, The Trashies, Thrones, Tyson Ballew ...

First off, thank you. Thank you to everyone who came to Phono del Sol on Saturday, and thank you again to everyone who generously donated to help us fund the event. Thank you to Tiny Telephone and John Vanderslice. Thank you to Aesop Rock, Mirah, Man/Miracle, Magik*Magik Orchestra, Religious Girls, Appetite, Beth [...]

Religious Girls newest track “OG” (named for police shooting victim Oscar Grant) is a beautiful sprawling mess of a song.  It starts big - big drums, big synth - and gets bigger and there is chanting and just when you think it’s going to crest and collapse and end, it evolves.  The drums, the synth, [...]

Religious Girls - OG The wild, explosive trio that is Oakland’s Religious Girls just released their first new song since 2009. “OG” which in the Bay Area stands for Oscar Grant these days, is the first single off their new record  Midnight Realms . The 12”/digital will be released by Everbodies Stomached (LA) and Echolalic Records (Seattle). To support the release, the band is embarking on a massive tour called Shred Til We Ded . Make sure you get out to see them in a city near you. Religious Girls - OG

Religious Girls - OG The wild, explosive trio that is Oakland’s Religious Girls just released their first new song since 2009. “OG” which in the... (Visit my blog for more!)

We hate to see a good band name fall by the wayside, but that's not the sole reason we're excited about Religious Girls' Midnight Realms 12". The last RG record was '09's Open Your Heart To Fantasy, which feels like ages upon ages ago. The Oakland three-piece is still spazzing out over synth and drum patterns, which is just how we like them - feral and bubbly. Named after Oakland Police casualty Oscar Grant, "OG" is the musical equivalent to a fireworks event,...

Religious Girls – “OG” The day after their awesome set at Phono del Sol, Religious Girls sent us this song off the band’s new 12″, Midnight Realms. The song is quintessentially RG: rhythmic, dynamic, melodic – hell, throw any “-ic” or “-ism” this band’s direction, and they could figure out a way to cleverly work it [...]

Every Monday, we’ll be offering you early picks for some of the week’s best concerts. Do you think we omitted something worthwhile? Let us know in the comments! Be sure to visit our Local Concert Calendar for an expanded set of daily listings. Thao & Mirah’s homecoming show at the Great American After a [...]