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Author Emma Jaeger

Emma Jaeger

Just a gal from Northern Virginia who's slightly indie trash

mxmtoon plays a charming show at the Great American Music Hall

Emma Jaeger
November 5, 2019
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews
Oakland native mxmtoon, aka Maia, played a sold-out show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco this Halloween. The show, framed by an intimate venue, featured many of the songs from Maia’s debut a...

The National plays a heart-wrenching show at the Greek

Emma Jaeger
October 1, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
8pm, September 24th, 2018. The Greek Theatre, an open-air venue that invites the chill of the night breeze, murmurs excitedly as concert-goers mingle. The venue suddenly goes dark. The audience rises to their f...

HONNE blows it out of the water at The Warfield

Emma Jaeger
September 18, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
The art of HONNE’s newest album, Love Me / Love Me Not (2018), stares at me from the backdrop of the stage: a pristinely feminine face reflected in a handheld mirror, painted in bold pop-art tones. Love Me / ...

Lord Huron Reminisces at Seattle’s Moore Theatre

Emma Jaeger
June 13, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos
If you’ve seen the show 13 Reasons Why, you’ll know that its soundtrack contains a rather unexpected wealth of alternative music. Amid wide controversy over the show, I was drawn to watch its first season, ...

Portugal. The Man creates a new universe at the Santa Barbara Bowl

Emma Jaeger
April 24, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos
“We are not very good at stage banter,” Portugal. The Man’s backdrop proclaimed in bold white letters as the band began to set up their instruments on a dimmed stage. Unsurprisingly, their mantra proved t...

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