The xx to play their first show in three years Vivian Chen September 29, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews Lollapalooza South America's line-up was revealed yesterday, announcing The xx reuniting for their first show since 2014. The band will perform in all three legs of the festival, which includes Lollapalooza ...
Cigarettes After Sex to accompany Garbage at the Masonic Vivian Chen September 23, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews Cigarettes after Sex, an ambient dream pop band from El Paso, Texas, is playing a show with headliner Garbage, at San Francisco's Masonic this Saturday, September 24th. In comparison to their concert counte...
Preview: Porches and Japanese Breakfast Take Berkeley Campus Matt Sater September 14, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews ASUC Superb just announced its fall lineup of free on-campus shows for UC Berkeley students, and the first one’s a doozy. This Saturday the 17th, two of the most exciting young talents in indie pop songwritin...
Symbiotic Stoke Conner Smith September 10, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Grab your orca inflatables, heart-shaped sunglasses, and decorated parasols because the incredible Symbiosis team is calling us back to Woodward Reservoir for this year’s Family Tree celebration in two s...
TR/ST confirms upcoming album, to play West Coast run this weekend Joanna Jiang September 7, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview After a relatively quiet year, Robert Alfons (main mastermind behind Canadian, dark electronic act TR/ST) posted on Facebook a video last month hinting at a third release. The surprise followed his June announc...
Savoir Adore return for The Love That Remains Joanna Jiang August 16, 2016 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews By coincidence, we are perhaps starting to associate Savoir Adore with the end of (holi)days. The last time lead song architect Paul Hammer and company were in town, we were trying to make the most of the final...
Interview: Glass Atlas chat about upcoming show, climate change, and coast rock Vivian Chen July 11, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview If you were around at The B-Side's original launch, you'll remember Glass Atlas. We caught up with them recently, after a long time no see and ahead of a show this Thursday at The Night Light, to discover the...
Sixth Annual Phono del Sol set for Saturday Valerie Law July 7, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Local non-profit indie music and food festival Phono del Sol will take place this Saturday, July 9 at Potrero del Sol Park (25th and Utah) in San Francisco. In its sixth year, the all-ages festival is produce...
M. Ward to bring sleepy, bluesy folk to UC Theatre Friday night Valerie Law July 5, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Hailing from Portland, M. Ward is on tour for his eighth studio album, More Rain (2016). Matthew Ward has performed as a solo artist for more than fifteen years and is known for being half of She & Him with...
Sunflower Bean to open at Bill Graham on Thursday Arnav Chaturvedi June 23, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Sunflower Bean, a young Brooklyn trio emerging from the wake of the sounds of TV On The Radio and Here We Go Magic, are set to play a string of performances through the US and Europe accompanying bands like Bes...
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Mitski at Starline Social Club Oakland Valerie Law June 19, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Contests If you missed Mitski on Upper Sproul this semester, you're in luck. We're giving away a pair of tickets to her all-ages show at the Starline Social Club in Oakland on Friday, July 8, which also features San Fr...
The Hush Sound’s comeback tour comes to the Bay Area Vivian Chen May 29, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews After a five-year long hiatus, indie pop-rock band The Hush Sound continues their comeback tour in San Francisco's Social Hall on June 2nd. Since their last album release Goodbye Blues (2008), band member...
Andrew Bird promises to wow at SF’s Masonic HR Huber-Rodriguez May 16, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird's music is so layered and lushly arranged that it’d be difficult to imagine his live renditions accurately representing his studio creations. But Bird makes excellent use of ...
What we expect from Last Shadow Puppets at the Fillmore Jacob Elsanadi April 15, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews The Last Shadow Puppets will be bringing their signature Brit-rock style to the historic Fillmore this coming Sunday. Fronted by Arctic Monkey’s lead singer Alex Turner and the Rascal’s Miles Kane, the band...
Savoir Adore and friends, says Paul Hammer, head out on tour Joanna Jiang March 26, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Sometime between Our Nature (2013) and "Lovers Wake," dream pop outfit Savoir Adore were put on hiatus by the media. Though we were unaware of the news then, it was shortly after their critically-acclaimed soph...