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...
Santigold finds a new sound in 99 cents Vivian Chen March 6, 2016 Album Review, Reviews Santigold's third album 99 Cents (2016), starts off with a bouncy, electro-pop tune that cleverly manages to satirize our modern-day culture's obsession with self-promotion through sugar-coated irony. Lyri...
Vance Joy, Australian vanilla bean, at the Fox Kavitha George March 3, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Faced by a front row packed with teenagers waving posters emblazoned with such subtle requests as "MARRY ME, VANCE," the 6' 4" Australian musician smiled sheepishly and thanked his audience. Vance Joy, born Jam...
AJJ restores faith at The Chapel Nathan Black February 29, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized Last Wednesday night, February 24, folk punk band AJJ (formerly Andrew Jackson Jihad) graced San Francisco. While the adoption of the acronym represented a step away from their old brand of edginess, they’ve ...
AnCo exhibits refined palette in Painting With HR Huber-Rodriguez February 24, 2016 Album Review, Reviews Vocal hocketing is a musical technique in which singers share melodies by alternating notes at measure, word or even syllable frequency. I define it here because this technique exists all over the experimental ...
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...
Wet cry and dance with debut record, Don’t You Brendan Gibson February 10, 2016 Album Review Wet’s debut was a long time coming. Kelly Zutrau, Joe Valle, and Marty Sulkow have been creating and playing music together in different incarnations for nearly a decade. After coming together in Brooklyn...
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...
Beacon fascinate with sophomore LP, a brooding exercise in time Joanna Jiang February 6, 2016 Album Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSEIEdRo02Q “I cannot let you walk I am you.” It is with this bold proclamation that Thomas Mullarney III leads Escapements. Provocative lyrics (“I am not a servant / To...
Brooklyn’s POP ETC sparkle on fourth release Joanna Jiang January 31, 2016 Album Review Started by Berkeley alum Chris Chu and friends as The Morning Benders, POP ETC is a sunny songwriting machine that encapsulates its title with their recent fourth record, Souvenir, out January 29 via Rough ...
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 ...
Kygo blows out Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Arnav Chaturvedi January 19, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Norwegian boy wonder Kygo set forth on his Cloud Nine Tour starting in none other than the great city of San Francisco at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium two Thursdays past. The night featured a list of...
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...
Troye Sivan’s Blue Neighbourhood is just “too good” Kenneth Zhang December 30, 2015 Album Review Thanks to the Internet, the careers of many young artists such as Lorde, Halsey, and The Weeknd have been catapulted from anonymity to pop stardom. Troye Sivan is no exception in the social media / pop culture ...