Tony Molina

The Profile

American musician and songwriter from the San Francisco Bay Area known for ultra-brief, hook-filled power-pop and indie-rock songs, including Dissed and Dismissed, Confront the Truth, and Kill the Lights.

Solo artist from San Mateo County (SF Bay Area); known for very short, melodic power-pop songs. Key releases include Dissed and Dismissed (reissued by Slumberland Records), Confront the Truth (2016), Kill the Lights (2018), and In the Fade (2022). He has also played in the Bay Area band Ovens.

DeBaser’s reviewers salute Tony Molina’s ultra-concise songwriting, praising the 12-minute rush of Dissed and Dismissed and the gentler, Beatles-tinged Confront the Truth. Influences cited span Weezer, Dinosaur Jr, Lennon–McCartney, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel, and Elliott Smith. Kill the Lights is framed as a tight 15-minute set, admired for brevity and craft. Overall sentiment skews very positive toward his distilled power-pop vision.