Author Conner Smith

Representing the East Bay at SFSU, Berkeley’s own Art Nikels lulled The Depot into an experimental indie reverie of alternating beats and chordal melodies. Within their dynamic six-song set, the five-piece...

Raising their slightly less-than-traditional Dixie flag, Atlanta’s alt-rock group Manchester Orchestra comes out with guns blazing on their latest, Cope. Full of viscous guitars, distortion, and head-bangi...

Editor's note: It's Spring Break at Cal, and we're honoring this week's heed to unwind by posting our music news with a touch of personality. Welcome to Blog Week. After a two-and-a-half year wait, The Black K...

Editor's note: It's Spring Break at Cal, and we're honoring this week's heed to unwind by posting our music news with a touch of personality. Welcome to Blog Week. Many know him as the rough-around-the-edge...

photo by Gregoire Alexandre Capitalizing on the modern revival of the British Invasion, Metronomy has synthesized a haunting electropop gem in Love Letters. The group's fourth installment is rooted in drum m...

On Sunday night, Noise Pop came to a close with its five final installments. But if the festival had ended with Saturday's Dr. Dog show at The Warfield, we would’ve been just fine; their explosive performanc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeMxWjpr-Y#t=0 British powerhouse Coldplay has effectively dropped a bomb on their typical fanbase with their surprise single “Midnight.” Emulating some of Justin Vernon’...

Los Angeles-based Miner is on the rise. Growing from a home studio Kickstarter project, the contemporary folk band started as husband-wife duo Justin and Kate Miner in 2012 and expanded to include Jeremy Mine...

St. Vincent's St. Vincent, available February 24 Between snorting fragments of the Berlin Wall and confrontations with “blind psychics turned online assassins,” wonder woman Annie Clark – aka St. Vincen...

Scavenger Hunt at Rickshaw Stop Although pervasive fog can often create a dream-like dullness across our balmy city, it was hardly the case Thursday night in San Francisco when Scavenger Hunt, Blondfire, and S...

Electronic resurrection in Little Dragon's latest video Sweden’s Little Dragon just orchestrated an electronic resurrection with their latest single, "Klapp Klapp." The song's punkish beats and heavy synth b...