Zack Ruskin

Fall music preview: Upcoming shows and new tracks from P-Lo, Dead Kennedys and more

Culture

Get your autumn on with these ripe releases from a bounty of Bay Area music talents.

You can buy magic mushroom candy bars over the counter in Oakland

Though ‘magic mushrooms’ have been decriminalized in Oakland, selling products containing psilocybin remains illegal—but that hasn’t stopped a company called Bliss Mushrooms.

Beyoncé takes center stage at this all-black drag show commemorating new album

‘Reparations,’ Nicki Jizz’s monthly drag party, finds the ‘perfect’ soundtrack in Queen Bey’s latest record, ‘Renaissance.’

New music: 5 fresh SF releases to enjoy in August, including Osees and Mickey Hart’s drum supergroup

Plus, Small Agency capitalizes on Covid by recording their new album in an abandoned office in downtown San Francisco.

Liner notes: Neil Young shares ‘Toast’—his decades-old, SF-tracked breakup album

Plus, East Bay duo Svvarms Drop new EP, ‘Adaleena’ and San Francisco’s Jennifer Furches makes her solo debut as Spring Summer.