Post-punk act Viet Cong suspend time, still air at Rickshaw Stop Penelope Leggett March 10, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos On March 5, Viet Cong performed at Rickshaw Stop with supporting group Freak Heat Waves. The unrelenting rhythms and grungy lyricism in Viet Cong's self-titled (2015) encourage the idea that their live pe...
Noise Pop 2015: James Vincent McMorrow puts on bigger performance than the new-old Swedish American Hall Sam Putt March 6, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos The B-Side attended about a fifth of Noise Pop 2015, and to close out the nearly two-week-long, Bay-spanning festival, we made it over to NPHQ — located at the newly renovated Swedish American Hall -- to...
Gallery: February Final Friday at Thorsen House Maddy Smith March 5, 2015 Photos Final Friday, hosted by Sigma Phi Society, featured The Drambles, Kemo Kemoss, and Bermuda Love Triangle. Peruse the gallery from the performance, and for more, read our interview with The Drambles. P...
Noise Pop 2015: Geographer maps out music to dance to Eda Yu March 3, 2015 Photos Last Friday at the Fox Theater in Oakland, Geographer played a charming set alongside openers Empire and K.Flay. Formed in 2007 by Michael Deni and based in San Francisco, the headliners were extremely wel...
Noise Pop 2015: Thao Nguyen charms the Swedish American with smiles and her guitar Edfil Dulay March 2, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos In one of numerous Noise Pop 2015 offerings this past Tuesday, Thao Nguyen played an intimate acoustic session at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco. The night was host to a mixture of local and n...
Lily & Madeleine loft seamless harmonies over San Francisco Kavitha George February 16, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos The Jurkiewicz' first spoken words to their SF crowd on Saturday were compliments on the "lovely West Coast weather." Charming and conversational, the Indianapolis-based Lily & Madeleine seemed very ...
Ben Howard gives sedated performance at The Fox Sam Putt and Luke Sheard February 15, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews We were in a severe mid-week lull as we made the short trek over to the iconic Fox Theater for an evening with Ben Howard. We hoped for a pick-me-up, as expected from Howard’s first full length album, Ev...
Two Gallants come undone at Leo’s in Oakland Atreyue Ryken February 11, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Last Thursday, fans poured into Leo’s Music Club in Oakland in anticipation of the sold-out Two Gallants performance in which they would live debut We Are Undone (2015). The record, having been officia...
SoCal band Hillary Chillton talk collaborating and ‘fitting in with the locals’ Penelope Leggett February 3, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Photos Hillary Chillton isn't your typical southern California band. The independent music scene in the southern portion of the state has been pretty duo-directional, streamlined either towards emulating the tw...
Cold War Kids bring in the heat at the Mezzanine Edfil Dulay January 22, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos This past Friday at San Francisco's Mezzanine, Cold War Kids performed a sold-out show that got the crowd dancing and jiving. Cold War Kids were accompanied by two local acts: Andrew St. James and E...
Gallery and Recap: Not So Silent Night 2014 Edfil Dulay December 23, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News, Photos 2 Comments Year after year, Live 105 spoils their fans by ringing in the holidays with annual event Not So Silent Night. This year was no different, with a line-up that included a stunning array of artists that span...
Angel Olsen glitters at the Great American Music Hall Luke Sheard December 10, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 1 Comment Missouri indie rocker Angel Olsen's visit to San Francisco consisted of two stops: The Great American Music Hall and The Chapel. The first of these, on December 1, brought her a sold out show and warm receptio...
Modern Baseball, Crying, and co. prove they’re ‘punk enough’ at 924 Gilman Atreyue Ryken December 4, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos On Friday November 21, 924 Gilman (Berkeley’s famous punk rock mecca) was filled to the brim -- fans of (nearly) all ages came out for Walter Mitty and his Makeshift Orchestra, Somos, Crying, Knuckle Puck, an...
TOKiMONSTA charms the Regency with jazz-like beats, free-spirited euphoria Edfil Dulay November 27, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos This past Friday at the Regency Ballroom, TOKiMONSTA (real name Jennifer Lee) performed a set to promote her new album Desiderium, out September 25 via Young Art. Accompanying her were CRNKN, Doja Cat...
Flatbush Zombies discuss collaborations, 2015 plans, the future Atreyue Ryken November 16, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Photos Flatbush Zombies will be the first to tell you that they haven’t got their big break yet. But they still know how to party. On Tuesday, November 4, the Zombies of Brooklyn sold out the Metro Operahouse in ...