Young the Giant Dazzles Oakland at The Fox Theater Ning February 12, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It might feel like the relentless rain has been draining the East Bay of its vibrant buzz lately, but Young the Giant decided to fix that last week. The five-piece put on an extraordinary show on February 6 th...
Five Weekend Show Picks to Kick the Drizzly Weather Blues Myra February 8, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, News, Videos Future you, just about ready to impress the world this weekend. Let's face it Bay Area: It's Saturday, it's still raining, and you're sick of staying in on your couch for another browse-only session with good-...
Catch Up With Corners Before You Hit Their Shows This Weekend Jade Theriault January 29, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Multimedia, News, Videos Yesterday LA rockers Corners and Dirt Dress dropped a sultry 7-inch split on Mono Records, and fortunately for us they’re heading to the Bay Area this weekend to celebrate. The dual release is comprised Co...
La Luz Tests Crowdsurf Cam At SF’s The Chapel Joanna Jiang January 23, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 1 Comment Monday nights are usually unfruitful when it comes to live music. But fans who wandered into The Chapel during this month's Martin Luther King Jr. Day were in for a treat. A couple of West Coast acts managed ...
Listen to M83 Collaborator White Sea’s ‘Prague’ Audrey Gertz January 22, 2014 Multimedia, Reviews Ahead of her upcoming Spring 2014 album on Crush Music, LA's Morgan Kibby as White Sea offered a stream of her dynamic single "Prague" today. Kibby juxtaposes sweet harmonies with desperate, breathy vocals and ...
Burial’s Rival Dealer Pushes Uplifting New Sounds Myra December 13, 2013 Album Review Burial, the enigmatic and influential dubstep producer, is notorious for pioneering a haunting, darkly ambient, and fuzzy aesthetic that’s almost instantly recognizable. He released two critically acclaimed ...
Mat Zo’s Damage Control Revitalizes EDM Myra December 12, 2013 Album Review You might have heard of Matan Zohar, a.k.a. Mat Zo, through tracks such as "Rebound" or "The Sky or Bipolar." He is, for the untrained ear, a leading club DJ with killer live mixing chops like in this hour-lon...
Getting Rowdy with Black Joe Lewis and Radkey at the Fillmore Myra December 7, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It’s hard to find a good time on a weekday, but this past Tuesday, Black Joe Lewis and Radkey rocked the Fillmore like it was the weekend, giving the audience a chance to dance the midweek blues away. Headli...
Valerie June Gets ‘Organic’ On Debut Album Myra December 6, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Watch out Dolly Parton, a new southern diva has risen--at least based on the new album by Memphis's Valerie June. Called Pushin’ Against a Stone, the debut feat was co-written and produced by Dan Auerbau...
Mosca’s A Thousand Years’ Wait EP Will Fortify Your After Party Jay Kwok December 4, 2013 Album Review While the past few days have provided some respite from the incessant activity of daily routine, the holidays have come to a close.... and it’s time to put your party shoes back on! To help you find your fe...
And Wave ‘Em Like You Just Don’t Care: Fuck Buttons at the Independent Myra December 4, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Space Burn at The Independent Hands in the air: to block out light, to rapturously respond to music, to express gratitude. Such were some of the singular gestures on Wednesday night, October 14, at the sold-o...
Album Review: Britney Spears’s Britney Jean Myra December 3, 2013 Album Review Britney Spears’s eighth studio album Britney Jean was available on iTunes for streaming this past week, just before its official December 3rd release date. And although some may dismiss her as a pop queen of ...
Show of the Week: Black Joe Lewis at the Fillmore Myra December 3, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa8v7VsH0IM Black Joe Lewis is having a party, and he wants you to come. The Austin-based musician and his backing band are bringing their funky brand of blues rock to the Bay at...
DJ Rashad’s Double Cup Advances The Footwork Genre Myra November 25, 2013 Album Review There are far too many DJs in this world, but DJ Rashad's Double Cup is worth sharing, doubly much. The Chicago-based producer has just released his second album on London's Hyperdub, the dubstep label resp...
Catching Up With 65daysofstatic at Bottom of The Hill Joanna Jiang November 16, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Multimedia, Photos 1 Comment English instrumental rockers 65daysofstatic are a bit shy, but their sound certainly isn’t. Last Thursday at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill, the quartet played a sold out show with Massachusetts-bas...