The dark, low-ceilinged basement of Blakes on Telegraph is the sort of place where unknown young musicians test their songs before sympathetic audiences of a couple dozen friends. But on the night of ...

Congratulations to Maldroid! The Oakland indie-rock septet's video for "He Said, She Said" won best video in the recent YouTube Underground competition, in which unsigned bands from all over the world ...

If this robot wins, you will have to listen to techno. Photo by: April Corbin “Were you taking photos?” Ryan Divine of Maldroid asks me this after I approach him at the merch booth after his Thursday ...

BART and indie rock groups both represent the Bay Area I love and miss. So I smiled especially broadly when I saw a music video set entirely on BART — “He Said, She Said” by Oakland-based newcomer ...

Oakland new wave/indie rock group Maldroid certainly does. It wisely appropriated the concept for its “He Said She Said” video, which surpassed 2,200 other entries to be named best music video in a ...

This theatrical quintet suggests They Might Be Giants abducted by Man or Astro-man? and forced to re-create old Lost in Space episodes. Fueled by an explosive mix of wit and whimsy, the Phenomenauts ...

Congratulations to Maldroid! The Oakland band's latest video, "Heck No! (I'll Never Listen to Techno)," was a featured, home-page pick on YouTube earlier this month. This is the second time that the ...