Mako puts on an intimate show in a big city Arnav Chaturvedi March 18, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Courtesy of MSO PR Los Angeles natives, Logan Light and Alex Seaver, otherwise known as Mako, lit up the San Francisco Social Hall March 9th on the third stop of their “Run For Your Life” tour. The band...
Knocked Loose – An insight about the importance of genre diversification Sam Jameson March 8, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews A band's classification within a specific genre is always an integral part of their self-identification as who they are as an artist. The concept of genre classification is a topic that holds an extreme amount ...
No encores: Ceremony at The Chapel SF John Lawson March 5, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Ceremony never plays an encore. That didn’t stop the packed house at The Chapel from stomping their feet until the floor of the converted mortuary shook last Sunday. Still, there was something lukewarm...
Hippo Campus debuts fresh, new album at Slim’s Annie Nguyen March 4, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Slim’s in San Francisco was absolutely packed on Tuesday night for the sold-out Hippo Campus concert. The four-person indie rock band, made up of high school friends from Twin Cities, Minnesota, just released...
Ty Segall ends Noise Pop and Fox Theater’s speakers Ally Mason and Fiona Duerr March 3, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Who better to close out Noise Pop’s 25th year than Ty Segall? The former staple of the Bay Area music community delivered an explosive and dynamic end to the ten day festival that makes a point to highlight l...
Shannon and the Clams’ rockabilly revival at the Fox Abby Blaine March 3, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Courtesy of Harry Leath Sandwiched between White Fence, the psychedelic rock group with a gangly frontman in white face paint, and Ty Segall, the prolific poster boy for modern California garage rock, Oakla...
Bringing back the ’60s with Temples Arnav Chaturvedi March 1, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Courtesy of Ed Miles The four-piece British rock group Temples began their tour across the western US at The Chapel in San Francisco this week. The band is touring not only in support of the release of th...
BADBADNOTGOOD makes SF move with dynamic performance at The Fillmore Dylan Medlock February 28, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews While opener London O’Connor’s Casio beats and playfully simple melodies were nostalgic and innocently satisfying, and follow-up act rapper Hodgy (of Odd Future fame) gave an engaging and commanding perform...
Interview with pop soul’s Valentine, Kevin Garrett Kavitha George February 20, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview Kevin Garrett is an authentic young/old soul, incredibly talented, and a little bit of a dork. His music (just two EPs so far) is a modern iteration of Sam Cooke, Robert Johnson-era soul beats and vocal dexte...
The Revivalists bring New Orleans to life at the Fillmore Brendan Redmond February 13, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Walking up the stairs of a historic venue, it’s surreal realizing how many famous artists have walked the same steps. The walls of the Fillmore in San Francisco are lined with action shots of music’s most p...
Sofar Sounds: Secret shows in unexpected places Eda Yu February 10, 2017 Blog, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Just off Telegraph Avenue, across from the perennially busy Whole Foods that dominates the Berkeley area, sits Savvy Rest Natural Bedroom, a worker-run, eco-friendly mattress store. Late on a Thursday night, a ...
Surfer Blood holds mass at The Chapel Ally Mason February 9, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Surfer Blood is on tour fresh off the release of their new album Snowdonia (2017). They stopped by The Chapel in San Francisco Tuesday night, drawing the largest crowd I've seen at the venue since Real Esta...
Run the Jewels storm Oakland Arnav Chaturvedi February 8, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews The destructive East Coast duo of Killer Mike and El P shook the Fox Theater in Oakland last Friday (2-3-17), to mark the halfway point of their “Run the World” tour. Run the Jewels is touring to usher ...
Devendra Banhart captivates The Fillmore; calls on SF to “Make More Art” Dylan Medlock February 2, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews The night opened with San Francisco locals and Devendra Banhart’s long-time friends, Vetiver, who welcomed the audience with a mellow, yet playful indie folk set. Missing their drummer, the remainder of the b...
Code Orange – The only thing to fear is Forever Sam Jameson January 31, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews, Videos Music has always existed as one of the greatest methods of conjuring a particular feeling within the mind. And the forefront of these conjured feelings lies happiness, sadness, and anger. A wide variety of comm...