Results for California Cowboys

  • Cryptacize Go Digging for Treasure

    by j. poetJuly 16, 2008Comments (0)

    A cowbell, an Autoharp, and an electric guitar—it’s not the trio of instruments most people starting a rock band would put on their must-have list. But these are the elements that mark the music of the aptly named Oakland band Cryptacize, the trio of Michael Carreira, Chris Cohen, and Nedelle Torrisi. Cryptacize is making some of the most beautiful and mysterious music around. The band’s debut, Dig That Treasure, released in early 2008 on Asthmatic Kitty, is obviously pop (read more)

  • I See Hawks in L.A.

    by j. poetMay 14, 2008Comments (0)

    "they know how to lock into a solid groove and ride it like a bucking bronco" (read more)

  • Good Riddance to the 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love

    by Andrew LauSeptember 12, 2007Comments (6)

    There’s always a clamor on Haight Street, even now at night: neon lights, blinking lights, colored lights, and people standing outside yakety-yaking their current affairs on cell phones. Music spills out of doorways and thumps through walls, with shouts and laughs added in to concoct the sound of good times. (read more)