Pirate Cat Radio attempts to go legit; requests donations from listeners [via Kickstarter]

Pitchfork reviews locals Grass Widow and oOoOO [via Pitchfork]

SF Weekly sits down with Sacramento noise-makers Tera Melos [via SF Weekly]

Oakland all-ages outpost 21 Grand served with a cease and desist order from the Oakland police [via SF Critic]

Local electropop quintet Birds & Batteries featured in The Bay Bridged October podcast [via The Bay Bridged]

Yours Truly captures Ontario's Memory House at The Sub [via Yours Truly]

Art from members of Thee Oh Sees, The Bronx, Gallows, Converge and more featured at 111 Minna's Scream With Me exhibit [via 111 Minna]

Oakland producer Elephant and Castle gets remixed by hyped Chicago duo Houses [via XLR8R]

SF's Glaciers talk Radiohead, nautical themes and their DIY approach with The San Francisco Chronicle [via The San Francisco Chronicle]

Instrumental number from from San Francisco duo Exray's featured in the The Social Network [via Pitchfork]

We report back from last weekend's blowout Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival [via 7x7]