Port O’Brien are a band that feel as though they’re your best friend. A warm, comfortable blanket of soothing songs after a hard days work. Their recent album, All We Could Do Was Sing, has warmed our cockles these last few months. What better time to find out a bit more about the band… though their infatuation with Mariah Carey might go a bit TOO far… Continue Reading

There’s no shortage of nautical imagery in the realm of music, particularly in the indie-folk set. Enter Port O’Brien, with their sophomore effort All We Could Do Was Sing, a ‘not-quite’ concept album loosely based on the sea. The main difference between Port O’Brien and other sea-shanty belting artists, however, is that this Oakland band has a sublimely intimate connection to their subject matter; founding members (and romantic partners) Van Pierszalowski and Cambria Goodwin spend every summer on Kodiak Island in Alaska - Pierszalowski fishing on his father’s boat and Goodwin baking at the Larsen Bay Cannery. Continue Reading

Photographs courtesy of Brooke M. Osborne

For the last couple of album tours Nada Surf have christened their musical jaunts with intimate acoustic concerts. Last year they played next door at the music club-cum-belly of a ship that is Café Du Nord for the The Weight is a Gift tour. They return to San Francisco for their electric tour on March 22nd at the Fillmore. Continue Reading