Punk Rock’s Not Dead: Saturday at Burger Boogaloo 2016 Fiona Duerr July 3, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos One summer day in Mosswood Park started with a visit from an astronaut on the drums on the Dirty Mouth stage at Burger Boogaloo. The Young Fresh Fellows were neither young nor fresh, but they delivered an ent...
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...
West Coast welcomes back Rogue Wave at Teragram Ballroom Vivian Chen June 24, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Last Friday night, Rogue Wave and Floating Action performed at Los Angeles's Teragram Ballroom. Floating Action, hailing from North Carolina, displayed their lo-fi indie folk-rock style through their two gu...
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...
Disclosure bring steady dance electronic to Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Edfil Dulay May 30, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Sold-out for their two day San Francisco stop, Disclosure was hotly anticipated, their meteoric rise in the music industry dates back to 2012 and spread of their hit single "Latch." The young electronic duo fr...
Explosions in the Sky exactly that in Oakland Edfil Dulay May 16, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Swaying bodies reminiscent of oceans currents, a mystifying curtain of hazy fluorescent lights, and colossal booms and beats dazzled the Fox, filled with eager spectators there to see Explosions in the Sky thi...
The Last Shadow Puppets: A certain bromance rouses the Bay Sofia Duarte April 25, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos The Last Shadow Puppets returned to the Bay in promotion of their latest album, Everything You've Come to Expect (2016). Alex Turner, of Arctic Monkeys, and Miles Kane, of The Rascals, reprised their world-fam...
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...
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...
Noise Pop 2016: Cayucas and CA kids Myra Farooqi and Fiona Duerr March 7, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews A series of California-based bands shared the stage on February 26 at Brick & Mortar as part of Noise Pop's 2016 Festival, which took place at various venues throughout the city of San Francisco. First o...
Keys N Krates raise spirits at the Regency Isaac Yi February 23, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews With just a few stops remaining on their "Midnite Mass" tour, Canadian trio Keys N Krates led service last Thursday, February 18, at the Regency Ballroom. The idea that the "Midnite Mass" tour is supposed to "f...
Dr. Dog welcomed back to the Bay Area with open arms Jacob Elsanadi and Sofia Duarte February 8, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos West Grove, Pennsylvania-based sextet Dr. Dog’s bona fide sound has permeated the ears and hearts of countless adoring fans for years. The band have been a mainstay of the American indie rock scene for more...
Ty Segall and company thrill at The Fillmore Jacob Elsanadi and Sofia Duarte January 26, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Ty Segall completely astounded the historic Fillmore in San Francisco two Monday nights past. His signature punk/garage rock sound, incredible in its own right, was accompanied by a bizarre yet bafflingly good ...
Gallery and Recap: Not So Silent Night 2015 Edfil Dulay January 5, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos When we think of the holidays, we think of quaint family gatherings, bountiful feasts, and warm gatherings by a fire. Live 105's Not So Silent Night sort-of abides by these holiday traditions, if you consider...
Slow Magic, Giraffage dazzle The Regency Ballroom Kenneth Zhang December 30, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos On December 17, The Regency Ballroom was illuminated with dazzling colors and emojis as eccentric electronic artists Giraffage and Slow Magic concluded their joint “So Cute!” tour with a much anticipated Ba...