Homeshake Slows It Down At The Observatory Annie Nguyen December 30, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Peter Sagar, former Mac Demarco guitarist, started Homeshake in 2013. Since then, Homeshake has released three albums, their newest one titled Fresh Air (2017). It seems like I've been seeing Homeshake everywhe...
Tennis time travels in San Francisco Annie Nguyen November 21, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews If Tennis’s music is good at one thing, it’s traveling back in time to the warm, breezy summers of the early 70’s. Their retro sound features balmy keyboards, pronounced bass lines, and soothing harmonies...
Quinn XCII is as real as it gets Annie Nguyen November 10, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews There’s pop, there’s electronic, there’s hip-hop, there’s reggae, and then there’s Quinn XCII, who somehow can effortlessly combine all of those four into his own unexpected, exciting, vibrant sound. ...
The No More Jobs Tour: Underground hip-hop all the way from Chicago Circe Ament October 30, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Do you have a yearning for lyrical ingenuity, cutting sarcasm, and witty humor in your music? If yes, then get excited because The Palmer Squares are on tour, an underground rap duo from C...
Going hard at the Jay Som show: Melina and friends return to the Bay with unbridled fun Adrienne Lee October 26, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews “People are going hard at the Jay Som show!” someone in the crowd exclaimed. Jay Som, AKA Oakland-based musician Melina Duterte, looked up and beamed. “People are going hard at the Jay Som show!”...
There’s nothing wrong with living like this: On the road with FIDLAR Natalie Silver and Rosie Davidowitz October 12, 2017 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It’s kind of like being a 13-year-old who was dragged to Sunday mass….or a frequenter at sex addicts anonymous meetings… or a customer at Berkeley’s iconic adult emporium Good Vibrations... or an inmate...
Interview: THEY. want you to join their Nü Religion Kenneth Zhang and Rebekah Gonzalez March 8, 2017 Interview If you’re a fan of Bryson Tiller, Nirvana, or New Edition, you should listen to THEY. immediately. The Los Angeles based “GrungeR&B” duo consists of Dante and Drew, who make music that draws from a di...
No encores: Ceremony at The Chapel SF John Lawson March 5, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Ceremony never plays an encore. That didn’t stop the packed house at The Chapel from stomping their feet until the floor of the converted mortuary shook last Sunday. Still, there was something lukewarm...
Hippo Campus debuts fresh, new album at Slim’s Annie Nguyen March 4, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Slim’s in San Francisco was absolutely packed on Tuesday night for the sold-out Hippo Campus concert. The four-person indie rock band, made up of high school friends from Twin Cities, Minnesota, just released...
Foals Provide the “Rock” in Indie Rock Brendan Redmond October 4, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews As the Uber neared the flashing welcome sign of the Fox Theater, my mind began to race. I was unsure what atmosphere Yannis Philippakis and the remainder of Foals would create. As soon as I walked into the Fox,...
Jack Garratt and Kacy Hill fire up The Great American Music Hall Kenneth Zhang March 20, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews On the evening of March 10, the fiery-haired UK multi-instrumentalist and former music teacher Jack Garratt entranced his crowd during a sold-out show at the iconic Great American Music Hall. Even the pouring...