Q&A: Wolf Alice to play SF’s Rickshaw Stop before SXSW, talk debut, peaches, and airports Joanna Jiang March 10, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews photo by Jordan Curtis Hughes UK indie rockers Wolf Alice recently announced their much-anticipated debut, titled My Love Is Cool, last week and are currently crossing the nation on a tour that sees stops t...
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...
The Nile Project inspires longevity and unification Nikos Zarikos February 25, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews The Nile Project was conceived over a few beers at an Uptown Oakland café by two Bay Area locals: ethnomusicologist Mina Girgis from Egypt, and Meklit Hadero from Ethiopia. The vision served a dual purpos...
Gang of Four ask the question, What Happens Next? Darius Kay February 23, 2015 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews In 1978, Sony introduced the first portable stereo, the Walkman. College kids everywhere laughed their asses off at Animal House, the Bee Gees released “Stayin’ Alive,” and Gang of Four released “...
Local psych-rock unit Blisses B to showcase latest record at GAMH Joanna Jiang February 23, 2015 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Good local rock is often plentiful. Excellent local rock is a treasure. Blisses B, a self-described psychedelic-folk rock quartet, hits a sweet spot with their latest Sea Level Astronomy, released last S...
Gregory Alan Isakov to fill sails at The Fillmore Thursday night Conner Smith February 17, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Arriving on the winds of The Weatherman (2013), South African-born Colorado-based Gregory Alan Isakov will grace The Fillmore this Thursday night with a performance in celebration of this acclaimed album. ...
Noise Pop 2015 to re-establish historic city venue, host first record label showcase Joanna Jiang February 13, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News 2 Comments Now in its 23rd year, San Francisco’s celebrated annual Noise Pop festival returns next week with over a hundred artists at about 50 shows in 18 venues in San Francisco and the East Bay. In addition to live m...
The Nile Project to bridge distances with residency events in Berkeley Joanna Jiang February 12, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News 1 Comment photo by Nour Mohamed “For thousands of years Egyptian farmers irrigated by simple diversions from the Nile and nothing went badly wrong;” writes American environmentalist Marc Reisner in his best-known...
Lily & Madeleine to arrive, young old souls, in San Francisco Kavitha George February 8, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews photo by Stacy Newsgent Bandmates and sisters close in age, Lily & Madeleine Jurkiewicz capture a kind of “old soul” quality to their music that is rarely heard these days, especially from artists...
Two Gallants to play three (Bay Area shows) to kick off tour for new album Penelope Leggett February 3, 2015 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Capable of capturing the bitter realities of heartbreak and internal struggles of morality, Two Gallants also know how to (simply) create great Americana-style rock music; Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel cont...
San Francisco’s The Union Trade take leisurely sea journey on sophomore LP Joanna Jiang January 28, 2015 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Following a three-year hiatus since their last release, The Union Trade's upcoming sophomore full-length LP sounds exactly as named. On A Place of Long Years, the local band ditches bassist Nate Munger's em...
Sleepy Tom collaborates with Anna Lunoe on dance beat, “Pusher” Joanna Jiang January 27, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News 1 Comment Fool’s Gold producers Sleepy Tom and Anna Lunoe have teamed up yet again to release an infectious, high energy dance floor staple, “Pusher” today. The single includes a "club version" with additional ...
Psychedelic soloist Ty Segall to rock the Great American Music Hall Nikos Zarikos January 27, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News The Great American Music Hall will host Ty Segall's first San Francisco performances in support of his new album Manipulator on January 29 and 30. The psychedelic sensation has been described as 'prol...
San Francisco Symphony to reprise The Soldier’s Tale this weekend Nikos Zarikos January 14, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News This weekend, Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in three performances of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) with Elvis Costello as narrator. The Sol...
The Juan MacLean to end 2014 with a bang at Mezzanine party Joanna Jiang December 28, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News The Juan MacLean, not unlike many other electronic artists, saw a relatively positive year in 2014. With the highly-anticipated September release of the DFA outfit’s third album, In a Dream, came a reviv...