Mac DeMarco to arrive at the Fox Oakland for Another One Darius Kay October 23, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Monday night, Canadian guitarist and songwriter Mac DeMarco will take the stage at the Fox Theater as part of his 2015-2016 World Tour. DeMarco recently released a sublime mini-album Another One via Captu...
Django Django to start vibrations at the Regency Ballroom Valerie Law October 20, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews October 24, British art rock band Django Django make their way to San Francisco's Regency Ballroom. Earlier this year they released their second album, Born Under Saturn (2015); Friday marks their third to...
Sun Club to perform at GAMH Wednesday Erica Munson October 12, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Baltimore-based Sun Club will be performing at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco this Wednesday October 14. The indie rock band combines high energy instrumentals with catchy vocals creating a uniq...
Tchami sets to bless the Mezzanine Christopher Farmer September 28, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Coming off of a massive festival season, playing the likes of TomorrowWorld, EDC, and Hard Summer, Tchami will be kicking off the California portion of his Afterlife tour at the Mezzanine in San Francisco ...
It’s time to get silly with Hungry Skinny at Elbo Room Conner Smith September 25, 2015 Album Preview, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews The winds of change sweep across San Francisco’s Mission District once again as Valencia Street’s renowned Elbo Room prepares to shut its doors for good come January. Luckily, San Francisco local out...
Passenger to get intimate at Oakland’s Fox Theater Kavitha George September 2, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Mike Rosenberg, better known by his stage name Passenger, is defined by his music's honesty. While "Let Her Go" shot Rosenberg into worldwide fame, his realism and truthful storytelling style has continued to...
Symbiosis Gathering reunites with resonance amid transformational spaces Conner Smith September 1, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Bay Area and Nor Cal subscribers, stop what you are doing and clear your calendars for the weekend of September 17-20. Just outside of Oakdale on the Woodard reservoir -- a mere two-hour drive from the bay -- a...
Lulacruza to spellbind Elk Lodge this Friday Conner Smith August 19, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Streaming across the celestial spheres and riding the ripples made by their latest Orcas (2015) off David Sulgaski’s (The Polish Ambassador) Jumpsuit Records, Colombian and Argentinian duo Lulacruza is de...
String Theory Labs to present Sentience, an audiovisual experience Dan Savo August 18, 2015 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Welcome to now. Enjoy this moment. The now is all we have. Remember this sentiment. String Theory Labs is a progressive group of recent Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley graduates who want to deliver an...
The B-Side Picks: Outside Lands 2015 Joanna Jiang August 5, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Staff Pick 1 Comment Each year – and despite drought -- the grass at Golden Gate Park is greener this second week of August, particularly for Bay Area soundhounds out scavenging for as many headliners in three days as possibl...
J. Cole to drive through the Shoreline Amphitheatre Edfil Dulay July 11, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews With all three of his albums hitting number one on the Billboard charts, high energy showmanship, and comparisons to greats like Tupac, J. Cole has been taking the hip-hop world by storm. Back in March...
Angélique Kidjo to premiere Philip Glass composition stateside with SF Symphony Joanna Jiang July 5, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews From two internationally-respected artists proven limitless in both time and place comes Ifé, an orchestral illustration of the Yorùbán creation land and holy city. The collaboration between visionary co...
Interview: Guantanamo Baywatch talk Burger Boogaloo 2015 Patricia Villon July 1, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview 1 Comment Guantanamo Baywatch recently released their album Darling... It's Too Late (2015) via Suicide Squeeze Records and are playing Burger Records' Burger Boogaloo festival in Oakland once again. The festival ret...
Flesh World find new sound on record, The Wild Animals In My Life Penelope Leggett June 30, 2015 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edpYl_3p6O8 Upon haphazardly encountering Flesh World’s music while browsing bandcamp, we were welcomely surprised to find that they were far more local than our internet di...
Lights, camera… A-Trak to return to the Bay on Friday Joanna Jiang June 16, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Teenagers left, right, and centre are trading guitars for turntables these days in hopes of becoming the next big thing. Having won his first DMC World Championship at age 15, Fool’s Gold founder A-Trak is bo...