An evening with The Avett Brothers
"If you put your ear to the street, you can hear the rumble of the world in motion: people going to and from work, to school, to the grocery store. You may even hear the whisper of their living rooms, their con...
Homebase barbecue a resounding success for Dirtybird Records
Laying down eight incessant hours of bass-blasting, soul-grabbing house beats, the boys (and girl, singular) of San Francisco’s own Dirtybird Records provided the plunder for the patrons of this afternoon...
Summersalt 2014: “Light it up, San Francisco”
"Are the beach balls the only thing that make this feel like a festival?" William Benssussen (otherwise known as The Gaslamp Killer) confronted the crowd Saturday night at the third annual Summersalt Festiv...
Passenger confidently orates the Fox Theater, brings friends Stu Larsen and The Once
Eclectic human masses slowly oozed into the historic Fox Theater in Oakland on a Thursday evening. The opening acts of the night were short bursts of vocally-driven songs that filled the entire theater with...
City and Colour saturate the Greek Theatre for The Head and The Heart
On Friday September 5, an eclectic mix of fans poured into the Greek Theatre for James Supercave, City and Colour, and The Head and The Heart.
Initially the crowd seemed rather disengaged with City and C...
Feed Me feeds Warfield crowd Saturday night
As I approached The Warfield on Saturday night, fans with blinking necklaces and bracelets engulfing their arms in every neon colour imaginable asserted that I was in the right place. About a year ago, a ...
Peaking Lights liven Mission District Saturday
There are nights when the openers steal the show, but Saturday was not one of them.
A loose pack at The Chapel transformed into a rowdy dance floor when LA-based husband-wife electro-psycho-"ACID" duo Pe...
Jack Johnson brings the beach to Berkeley
Fans of all ages and cultural backgrounds filled the Greek Theatre just above the UC Berkeley campus on Tuesday August 26th. Bahamas, aka Afie Jurvanen, got the positive vibes flowing with songs from his r...
British Isles band Joanna Gruesome kick off US tour in Oakland
UK-based band, Joanna Gruesome -- yes, it is a play on Joanna Newsom -- have finally made it over to the United States, starting their US tour off with a sold-out show. The band played Oakland's premier punk v...
Camp Life at Roskilde Festival 2014
Copenhagen, Denmark* -- Attended by over 130,000 concert-goers, Roskilde is one of Europe's largest festivals; yet, few in the States have caught wind of this amazing nordic event.
Located in the town ...
DJs Gold Panda and Doseone connect with fans at Mezzanine SF
Two rising artists took the stage in San Francisco’s Mezzanine on Saturday August 9th: Doseone swept the crowd with a bass-infused melodic current from the very beginning and Gold Panda ended the show cha...
Outside Lands 2014: an indie delight
Day One
It’s a music festival. Flashy hipsters in animal costumes, neon-glo face paint, and flower crowns flocked into San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Early risers were already trekking deep into the 7th ...
Jon Hopkins to wow San Francisco following Toronto, Chicago festivals
“Immunity (2013) is a masterpiece,” my friend and TIME Festival companion told me. We’re standing in a heavy rain waiting for Jon Hopkins; the unfortunate weather didn't deter the growing crowd gather...
Slightly Stoopid and friends tear up the Greek
Friday evening, an extensive number of people filed into The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, ready to have a good time. Slightly Stoopid’s tour included Stephen Marley and NOFX, and that night, all three pr...
Weekend Highlight: White Lung at Rickshaw Stop
White Lung
Start planning your weekend concert wear: White Lung, the Vancouver band Pitchfork calls "riveting" and "relatable" is getting ready to rile up our Rickshaw Stop this Saturday.Your obvious goal ...