从外部里士满的海风，到夕阳区的垃圾到奥克兰仓库的街道，湾区的独立音乐审美是活着和踢的，尽管谣言相反。

“有些艺术家们遍布疯狂的东西，他们只要有人知道，无论发生在发生什么，”湾区原生和艺术家歌手/歌曲作者/剧作家/作者/艺术家桑尼史密斯说Sonny & the Sunsets。

For more than a decade, Smith has been putting out albums and hanging up art shows in and around San Francisco, collaborating with other creators, building a sort of unconscious collective of creativity. With the Monday, April 1, launch of his San Francisco-centric record label,岩石在你的头上那an idea that once seemed meandering has turned decidedly cogent.

“我一直在调情一个标签的想法几年，但这只是为了推出我自己的记录永远不会兴奋我，”史密斯说。“一旦我开始考虑标签上的艺术家之一，它变得更加吸引力。授予，第一个记录是我的，但我们有四个或五个版本之后的发布;它已经超出了我。“

岩石在你的头上's first release, Sonny & the Sunsets’ “Hairdressers From Heaven,” drops April 1. The album, produced by James Mercer and Yuki Matthews of the Shins, features the band’s distinctive hand-clap beach pop and kicks off a slate of releases — all from Bay Area artists.

The Bay Area has long been home to independent experimental, punk and pop music labels big and small, fromlongtimers亭子最近的进入者喜欢Death Records。The impetus is frequently putting out music that speaks to the founders personally.

“起初我以为我会从我从中喜欢的乐队中发表记录，但是我接受了当地的东西，并阐述了一种奥德赛，”史密斯说。“我不是一个现场的人，所以这对我来说是一个很好的发现，探索现在正在制作音乐的探索。我会找到一个我喜欢的乐队，然后问他们喜欢和找到另一个人。......是否将永远是这样，我不知道，但很高兴专注于这里和现在的内容。“

The ease with which Sonny has filled up his roster is a testament to the Bay Area’s musical inclusiveness, the interconnected way bands flow in and out of each other’s recordings, shows and labels: Sonny & the Sunsets albums have featured the California road-tripping fuzz ofKelley Stoltz.那who puts out stuff withCastle Face Records那它由舞台潜水的约翰Dwyer成立吓坏了Thee Oh Sees那who share bills with香农和蛤蜊'sha la latinsel parties, which play festivals with feedback heroTY SEGALL.那who tours withpsychedelic prog rockTim Presley的白色围栏，谁与“冰鞋岩石原料”分享标签热辣的午餐。

因此，尽管技术繁荣，但是谈论乐队，如Goodbycoine和Live Nation在洛杉矶和企业庞然大物上谈论最佳，以便将Live音乐阵容变为如此多的悬浮坑，湾区音乐家站立强大。

“如果有的话，我觉得”公司收购“'正在使社区更强大，“音乐制作人和工程师蒂姆绿胜过工作室那who合作a veritable who’s who of Bay Area musicians。“我们在2000年左右经历了一系列粗糙的补丁，当时很多场地关闭，很多人搬走了，但这个社区中的每个人都始终支持彼此的音乐和风格。别无选择，只能保持强大的DIY社区。“

“我不确定我会在另一个城市的同一个开放的武器见面，”加入香农和蛤蜊的香农肖。“当我开始时，我甚至都不知道如何调整我的低音，更不用说唱歌得当唱歌。然而，人们令人鼓舞并在他们身边睁开眼睛，向其他类型的音乐和人民敞开眼睛。“

对于热午餐的Frontman Eric Shea，独立音乐节的崛起，从Bill Graham从Billaham中提取的崛起是一个不可或缺的一块，这是一个保持现场活着的东西。

“The newer festivals are genre-agnostic, getting people in different tribes together and giving artists more opportunities to play and find audiences,” Shea says. “A lot of younger bands are playing small stages one year and then bigger the next year. It’s really inspiring to see that kind of organic growth.”

这就是为什么，在提供一夜听音乐节的机会时奶昔7月28日，史密斯不能说不。仍然包括Sonny和Sunsets的套件，仍然包括：四月杂志那纳大andTony Jay。

“It’s kind of crazy to have a festival before I even have enough bands on my label to fill the time slots,” Smith says, laughing, “but I’m getting as many of the bands as possible that I’ve been producing to play, and friends whose bands I like, and I’ll ride the whale all the way to shore.”

“The dream is to have a label that releases records, has artists, and fosters a family tree of people making stuff that creates a kind of identity,” says Smith. “We’re going to put out vinyl because that’s the most tangible piece of art you can make. I want to produce the bands, maybe not forever, but at least for now. And for the record nerds out there, each release is going to come with a zine created by different artists.”

史密斯暂停了一会儿，然后补充道，“我很想建立一个在旧金山的一座建筑中拥有生产，制造和分销的东西。当然，我们需要数百万美元来做到这一点，但我们会要求它，因为我不知道还有什么要做的。“

史密斯仍在接受头部岩石的捐款Indiegogo.campaign. To hear him explain it, Rocks in Your Head just might be the label to save San Francisco’s musical soul.