What the buzz? Beekeepers are bringing the noise to the Bay Area's 'dying' music scene.

Recording is expensive and so is booking a tour and renting out a rehearsal space. Add that on top of housing prices that are already hard enough for college students and musicians to deal with, and it''s no wonder artists are leaving the Bay Area.

There is at least one band that is embracing this change and even welcoming it with open arms.

Oakland's Beekeepers.

Beekeepers playing live. Photo from Facebook. 

"Everyone wants to be weird," said singer and guitarist Kyle Day, adding that with garage rock scene of the early 2000s that the city is starting to see disappear everyone was trying to be accessible.

Beekeeper's suits, setting up off stage and lo-fi microphones made out of Star Wars masks is just weird enough to make a name for themselves.

Setting up house shows, recording demos themselves and putting on not only tours up the West Coast but across Europe as well, all DIY, is getting their name out as well.

The band is made up of Day, a San Francisco State audio engineering major who recently moved to Oakland and spent last winter converting his back house into a recording studio, Daniel Kendrick (drums), Marius Atherton and Alex Rather-Taylor (both on synth).

Beekeepers cassette "DEMOS". Art by Kyle Day

Beekeepers recorded and released their first cassette themselves, bringing a sound similar to that of Coachwhips (one of  Bay Area garage rock pioneer, John Dwyer's first bands), Pink and Brown and Lightening Bolt.  A mix of lo-fi, noise and surf rock doused in plenty of fun.

The band is getting set to play the Night Light in Oakland on May 28., their last Bay Area show until they return from their European Tour, which lasts from June 21 until July 26.

Their demo can be found on their bandcamp page, for digital download or self-pressed and designed cassettes.