Currently native to: San Francisco, CA
Recent Bay Area appearance: Stork Club, Oakland; Saturday, December 4, 2010
Next gig: The Knockout, San Francisco; Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Notes: This is the year Grass Widow came busting out of the underground, with an awesome record on Kill Rock Stars that hearkens back to that label's mid-90s glory days and press coverage everywhere from Pitchfork to Nylon. Their brand of dreamy surf-inflected rock proved highly addictive from the get-go, receiving tons of play on local college radio (my own station included), and lucky for us in the Bay Area they play out a lot when they're not touring with bands like Wild Flag and Brilliant Colors.
Buy: Past Time (Kill Rock Stars) and their self-titled EP (Captured Tracks)
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