Top Bay Area albums - early 2012 edition
The last 2 months have been filled with incredible releases from the Bay Area indie music scene. The Bay Area's indie and underground scenes have historically been engines of innovation, creating new musical styles and language. What's happening on the ground today in the Bay may take months or even years to reach "mainstream." Read at the bottom for more about this. Here are my favorite recent releases: Dave Smallen - Happiness Read my review . Daveed Diggs - Small Things to a Giant . Provocative freshman album. My review is forthcoming. K.Flay - Eyes Shut . Read my post . George Watsky - Watsky & Mody . This genre-bending album featuring bluegrass meets Bay Area hip hop is perhaps Watsky’s most experimental piece to date. Have you also seen Watsky’s Robot poem ? S for Lisp ? He's also a Wikipedia power user and can rap fast . Rafael Casal releases Mean Ones on Feb. 2nd. Read my review of the music vi...