Interview: J. Phlip talks EDM and working weekends, will play Mezzanine Friday John Luan December 14, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview, News Jessica Phillippe, AKA J. Phlip, is a house producer who hails from Chicago. Phillippe started DJing as a freshman at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and now works under Claude VonStrokes' Dir...
Thriftworks gets a cat: Or, Thriftworks expands catalogue with Fade, Fader, Fadest Joanna Jiang December 9, 2014 Album Review, Band of the Week 2 Comments The first thing you should know about Jake Atlas is that he’s not a DJ. Funny that, when most electronic artists get a kick out of spinning live, Atlas isn’t interested in turning up an inebriated dance flo...
TOKiMONSTA charms the Regency with jazz-like beats, free-spirited euphoria Edfil Dulay November 27, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos This past Friday at the Regency Ballroom, TOKiMONSTA (real name Jennifer Lee) performed a set to promote her new album Desiderium, out September 25 via Young Art. Accompanying her were CRNKN, Doja Cat...
FKA twigs stands larger than she looks Thursday at The Warfield Ryuka Ko November 27, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Rising artist FKA twigs was welcomed by a full audience at The Warfield this past Thursday, November 20 on a rainy night in San Francisco. On her first large-scale tour spanning Europe and the United States,...
The M Machine, not ‘Just Like’ before John Luan November 19, 2014 Album Review When it comes to experimentation, San Francisco-based electronic group The M Machine are risk-takers. From dabbling with Japanese voice synthesizers in “Superflat” to tapping the creators of Superjai...
RL Grime debuts majestically with Void, a deep and calculated trap Joanna Jiang November 18, 2014 Album Review 1 Comment A 21-year-old Los Angeles native living a coveted double life, Henry Steinway stars in Void as RL Grime. (His other project moniker? Clockwork.) And it would seem that with the release of this debut record vi...
TICKET GIVEAWAY: TOKiMONSTA at The Regency Ballroom Edfil Dulay November 15, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Contests, News Jennifer Lee, better known by her stage name TOKiMONSTA, is best known for her unrelenting ingenuity in the DJ scene. The Korean-born and LA-raised producer's unique blend or jazz beats and pop hooks wi...
Gallery: Giraffage gets personal at local Bay Area takeover Peter Phan November 15, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 1 Comment November 6th, the night began at Leo's Music Club in San Francisco with two openers, Chad Salty and AViDD. The local producers possessed styles distinct from one another, yet both complementary to Giraffage...
Bassnectar closes tour in San Francisco with noise, beauty Joanna Jiang November 11, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews 1 Comment The line dragged across the lawn at Civic Center Plaza to Polk and McAllister, a grab-bag mix of candy ravers, skate punks, mild metalheads, and Giants memorabilia -- yes, this last one, even a week after t...
“Harlem Shake” guy, Baauer, gets real with debut EP John Luan November 5, 2014 Album Review The internet moves at a pace that puts the most hyperactive tween to shame, with new phenomena appearing and disappearing in brief flashes. None have perhaps been as profound as "Harlem Shake," a song that ...
An unlikely duo, Broken Bells play a polished set at The Masonic Kavitha George November 5, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Broken Bells, in all their space-themed glory, hit the stage of The Masonic this week and played a fantastic end to their North American tour. Front and center was a metallic hemisphere that projected the f...
Ryan Hemsworth’s sophomore tape: a snowy, flawless happysad Joanna Jiang November 5, 2014 Album Review 1 Comment Ryan Hemsworth has a slightly unconventional backstory: from Halifax, Nova Scotia, the young Canadian producer studied journalism at University of King’s College before signing to the prominent Last Gang...
Chaz Bundick’s voice will be missed on his debut as Les Sins Linda Choi November 3, 2014 Album Review 1 Comment Chillwave may not be a canonized genre of music, but Toro y Moi is definitely a canonized name in said genre -- more like, his name has been engraved, by lightning, on the stone slab of said genre. Since f...
Bay Area native Tycho casts a pastel aurora, transcends at hometown show Chris Redman November 1, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos Transcendence is a bold concept and curious state, but Tycho’s showing this past Thursday at the Fox Theater in Oakland took us there, if not pretty close. The resonance of the venue, allowed the lower freq...
Motez kicks off fall North American tour at DNA Lounge, gears up for Hallowe’en, NYC Joanna Jiang October 29, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview, News We’re starting to notice a trend with Australians -- they’re excellent conversationalists. Motez, the “next big thing” alongside electronic artists like RÜFÜS and Flume, is no exception. He arrived in...