Savoir Adore return for The Love That Remains Joanna Jiang August 16, 2016 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews By coincidence, we are perhaps starting to associate Savoir Adore with the end of (holi)days. The last time lead song architect Paul Hammer and company were in town, we were trying to make the most of the final...
Interview: Out for tea with Japanese Breakfast Shino Takahashi July 2, 2016 Blog, Interview, Photos I wait to meet Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast in the darkened game room at the back of Brighton Music Hall. After some time a woman that was unmistakably her walks in the room. She wore a black crop to...
BRONCHO deliver bold set at Teragram Ballroom Fiona Duerr June 15, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos After first stumbling upon BRONCHO a few months ago I was excited to see they would be on tour in my hometown. The Teragram Ballroom, located on the edge of downtown Los Angeles can be described as a more intim...
The Hush Sound’s comeback tour comes to the Bay Area Vivian Chen May 29, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews After a five-year long hiatus, indie pop-rock band The Hush Sound continues their comeback tour in San Francisco's Social Hall on June 2nd. Since their last album release Goodbye Blues (2008), band member...
John Mark Nelson tells us not to be afraid Kenneth Zhang May 3, 2016 Interview Singer, songwriter, and producer John Mark Nelson has been crafting his introspective, ethereal sound since a young age, releasing four studio albums that reflect his personal, artistic growth and echo the tra...
Frankie Cosmos plays stellar show at Swedish American Hall Michelle Cho April 20, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews The roots of indie-pop band Frankie Cosmos trace back to a collection of numerous online recordings released under the alias Ingrid Superstar. Back in 2010, Greta Kline released a wave of songs online, init...
On Repeat: Bandcamp heroes’ new single Leka Gopal April 16, 2016 News, Reviews It’s hard to explain the type of music Colorado-based band On Repeat makes. You could use the words “alternative” or “indie” or “rock” or even “alternative indie rock” but they don't really en...
The blurring line between hip-hop and indie rock Brendan Gibson April 10, 2016 Columns and Opinions Hip-hop and indie rock have always existed as largely separate genres, complete with their own musical touchstones, cultures, and roles in society, outside of the odd collaboration or sample. However, despite t...
Somebody call a doctor Meaghan Allen March 31, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Next to an overpass of the 101 Freeway in San Francisco is a music venue called the Brick & Mortar Music Hall. It is the evening of Easter Sunday, the day of Jesus’ resurrection, yet in this darkly lit h...
Jack Garratt and Kacy Hill fire up The Great American Music Hall Kenneth Zhang March 20, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews On the evening of March 10, the fiery-haired UK multi-instrumentalist and former music teacher Jack Garratt entranced his crowd during a sold-out show at the iconic Great American Music Hall. Even the pouring...
Someone please clean This Unruly Mess up Adil Siddiqee March 8, 2016 Album Review, Reviews Seattle should be proud of its hip hop scene. A roll call of contemporary notables would summon names like Blue Scholars, Grieves, Sadistik -- ‘conscious’ and experimental hip hop artists who proudly wear t...
Noise Pop 2016: Dirty Dishes Isaac Yi March 8, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos On their latest tour, NYC based Dirty Dishes made a stop in SF last Saturday, February 27, just in time for the penultimate night of Noise Pop 2016. Also accompanying them in the dimly lit Knockout was Wax Id...
Santigold finds a new sound in 99 cents Vivian Chen March 6, 2016 Album Review, Reviews Santigold's third album 99 Cents (2016), starts off with a bouncy, electro-pop tune that cleverly manages to satirize our modern-day culture's obsession with self-promotion through sugar-coated irony. Lyri...
Brooklyn’s POP ETC sparkle on fourth release Joanna Jiang January 31, 2016 Album Review Started by Berkeley alum Chris Chu and friends as The Morning Benders, POP ETC is a sunny songwriting machine that encapsulates its title with their recent fourth record, Souvenir, out January 29 via Rough ...
LÉON’s pops an infectious foot-tapping Treasure Kenneth Zhang November 7, 2015 Album Review Sweden continues to be a pop music powerhouse, having paved the way for iconic artists from the likes of ABBA, Robyn, and most recently Icona Pop, Say Lou Lou, Little Dragon, Tove Lo, and many more. Twenty-o...