Blacklight Findings

Band Feature: Guy Fox

Guy Fox, newly based in San Francisco, is starting to grow their fanbase throughout the Bay Area. All members moved from the East Coast in hopes of being a part of the creative energy they see being utilized here. They are set to play in San Jose at SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery with Curious … Continue reading →

Official ‘Twist’ Music Video and ‘The Last Bands on Earth’ tour

Picture Atlantic’s newest music video for ‘Twist’ has just been released. The video was filmed at Red Rock Coffee in Mountain View, a favorite spot of many local bands such as themselves, Dogcatcher, and many more. Watch the video below. On the subject of Dogcatcher, keep an eye out for both Dogcatcher and Picture Atlantic … Continue reading →

Photograph Soundgarden: Aron Cooperman

Los Gatos-based event photographer Aron Cooperman, of Open Light Photo, is entering a contest on Talenthouse for a chance to photograph Soundgarden on their King Animal tour. For this contest 21 of the best photographers will be selected to shoot certain dates on the tour based on votes and overall quality of the image they … Continue reading →

Artist Feature: Big Tree

Changing homes is never easy, but newly-based Berkeley band, Big Tree, has made the best of their relocation from New York to the Bay Area music scene. Big Tree will be back at SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery this Friday, joined by Belle Noire, Via Coma, and Paige Gibbons. The band now comprises of Kaila … Continue reading →

Picture Atlantic – Twist

Alongside our original plan to film Edgewood Rd. the Blacklight Findings crew and Picture Atlantic decided to record an acoustic video for Twist. Special thanks to Joe Herzog and Peter Bugarin for filming and Peter Bugarin for the final edit.

Consistency

It’s a word that might only get used when describing your Jamba Juice. Today we are going to use this word with in the context of: you guessed it…bands! With Thanksgiving having JUST happened, and the madness of the holidays about to rear its ugly ubiquitous head at our American wallets, I think consistency is … Continue reading →

Show Review: Cartoon Bar Fight Album Release

Please welcome a brand new writer for Blacklight Findings – Tara Singh. Tara is an emerging writer in San Jose and has been to many local music shows. She knows many of the bands that have started to make a name for herself – please enjoy her very first published show review for Cartoon Bar … Continue reading →

KSJS: San Francesca In-Studio Session

For years I’ve wanted to visually show bands and others who’ve ask about having live sets on the former Blacklight Findings, in a true quality method. Now, thanks to some brand new faces who are taking a full-fledged interest in the KSJS Rock department and the South Bay music scene, there is a video up … Continue reading →

Album Review: Cartoon Bar Fight ‘Reincarnate’

For five years Cartoon Bar Fight has gone through many lineup changes, with only two of the founding members left – Kendall Sallay and Dirk Miltoz. They now present a full album that showcases the songs they have long awaited to present. Beautiful haunting melodies capture the surreal, peaceful mood on CBF’s Reincarnate. Starting fresh … Continue reading →

The Hustle

I am pleased to announce that my long-time friend Nik Bartunek, of Picture Atlantic, is now an official contributor to the new Blacklight Findings. Each Friday, Nik will share his advice for bands as his own column. Here is his first publication, titled The Hustle – enjoy. The one frustrating thing about doing music for … Continue reading →