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November 6th, the night began at Leo's Music Club in San Francisco with two openers, Chad Salty and AViDD. The local producers possessed styles distinct from one another, yet both complementary to Giraffage...

Foster the People held every single member of the audience in their grip on Saturday evening at the Fox Theater in Oakland. From opening song "Pseudologia Fantastica" to the closer "The Truth," everyone wa...

The LED lights might have spelled DANNIC at the beginning of the evening, but by the end, they really said "worship me." The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, notorious for hosting a line ten years long, housed ...

Bear's Den have always had a small yet loyal cult following and, on Friday night, that niche of San Francisco folk lovers was gathered at the Great American Music Hall. As the band took the stage, a hush fell ...

"Burger Kids," a term floating around the Southern California music scene as of late, refers to the youthful, cassette-wielding crowd that religiously follows Fullerton-based label Burger Records, which was fo...

Fond reminiscence and good vibes were all that the audience felt at Slim's this Sunday when Weezer played two different sets that spanned across their entire discography. Even before doors opened, fans had a ...

The San Francisco Giants parade last Friday, coupled with Halloween, may have slowed the city down for the weekend, but that didn't stop fans from attending Flyleaf Saturday at Slim's. Early-bird fans were gr...

Broken Bells, in all their space-themed glory, hit the stage of The Masonic this week and played a fantastic end to their North American tour. Front and center was a metallic hemisphere that projected the f...

It may have been Halloween, but the only thing scary last Friday was the number of patrons at LIVE 105’s Spookfest who wrote Chromeo off as a “band.” In fact, one patron we spoke with at the end of th...

Transcendence is a bold concept and curious state, but Tycho’s showing this past Thursday at the Fox Theater in Oakland took us there, if not pretty close. The resonance of the venue, allowed the lower freq...

Conjuring Saharan winds inside The Chapel Monday night, Mali’s Tinariwen (Tamasheq for deserts) delivered a synthesis of tribal African music and American blues that left devotees spellbound. Belongin...

The crowd was Slim on Monday night in San Francisco, but nonetheless excited for the bands on the bill. The hour between doors and Brick + Mortar’s performance was perforated by people wandering the ven...

Two breathtaking sunsets over the Golden Gate Bridge and balmy Bay breezes characterized what was just shy of 24 hours of cumulative music output­ the weekend of October 18-19, 2014 -- another spectacular...

Last Friday night, longtime friends Devendra Banhart and Andy Cabic (Vetiver) performed an acoustic set at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive gallery. Banhart, known for his soulful experimental fol...

Ray LaMontagne, along with the Los Angeles based duo, The Belle Brigade, turned the Fox Theater into an encapsulating and classy affair complete with ushers, mirrors, end tables, and a stand-up bass in the alr...