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The Tallest Man on Earth maps the road from old to new on Dark Bird is Home

Sam Putt
May 11, 2015
Album Review
After an absence of nearly three years, The Tallest Man on Earth returns with an anticipated compilation album that encompasses the most poignant moments of his previous musical offerings. It feels familiar...

Mumford & Sons forgo banjos in Wilder Mind, sound “Coldplay-ish”

Kavitha George
May 9, 2015
Album Review
"Banjos... ah that's old news. Old news, banjos." Spoken in 2012, the words of Tarquinius Grossman, aka Mumford & Sons' banjoist Winston Marshall, have sadly become a reality. "Double bass? F**king d...

Other Lives’ Jonathon Mooney shares his stance on touring, doughnuts, and new LP Rituals

Joanna Jiang
May 3, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews
Portland-by-way-of-Oklahoma trio Other Lives are due to commence a month-long North American tour next week after releasing third full-length album Rituals, due May 4 via TBD Records. This third record, c...

Hozier bares his dark soul at SF Masonic

Kavitha George
April 17, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews
Impossibly tall, wavy hair in its distinctive bun, and bewilderedly shy as if he couldn't believe the throngs of screaming girls were waiting for him, Andrew Hozier-Byrne - known by his stage name Hozier�...

TICKET GIVEAWAY: Lord Huron at The Fox Oakland

Joanna Jiang
April 16, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Contests
If you’ve grown up in a temperate climate on the east coast or rural Europe, you’ll know there’s something about the low-hanging moistness of morning fog rolling over soft hills and valleys. Moors: si...

Bonxie’s release chirpily confirms Stornoway still have game

Kavitha George
April 14, 2015
Album Review
Stornoway, hailing from Oxford, England -- and not from a fishing town in Scotland as their name might suggest -- have always been a lovably odd band. Though often categorized as folk and having made their ...

Lulacruza prove themselves architects of cultural dreamscapes on Orcas

Conner Smith
April 14, 2015
Album Review
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Fusing the vibrations of South American spiritualism with sounds of contemporary folk and electronic music in a magnanimous tribute to Mother Earth, Lulacruza leaves us spellbound with their latest Orcas (2...

Sufjan Steven’s Carrie & Lowell is everything expected, surprisingly more

Conner Smith
April 1, 2015
Album Review
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photo by Joe Lencioni A visionary with the ability to grasp hearts, Sufjan Stevens has laid it all out on the table in what could be his best yet with Carrie & Lowell (2015). From gifted hands come...

Local act The Sam Chase headline a hometown hoedown

Luke Sheard
March 24, 2015
Photos
The Sam Chase were jotted down to headline Slim's on March 14, but it was certainly a joint effort on the part of all three acts to complete the evening. Arann Harris and the Farm Band came on to a rel...

Noise Pop 2015: Thao Nguyen charms the Swedish American with smiles and her guitar

Edfil Dulay
March 2, 2015
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In one of numerous Noise Pop 2015 offerings this past Tuesday, Thao Nguyen played an intimate acoustic session at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco. The night was host to a mixture of local and n...

Gregory Alan Isakov to fill sails at The Fillmore Thursday night

Conner Smith
February 17, 2015
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Arriving on the winds of The Weatherman (2013), South African-born Colorado-based Gregory Alan Isakov will grace The Fillmore this Thursday night with a performance in celebration of this acclaimed album. ...

Lily & Madeleine loft seamless harmonies over San Francisco

Kavitha George
February 16, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
The Jurkiewicz' first spoken words to their SF crowd on Saturday were compliments on the "lovely West Coast weather." Charming and conversational, the Indianapolis-based Lily & Madeleine seemed very ...

Icelandic treasure Ásgeir forges a chillout at The New Parish

Isaac Yi
February 11, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
Whenever any mention of Ásgeir is made in the media, a few claims are typically brought up. Like the fact that his debut album Dýrð í dauðaþögn (2012) was very successful in his native Iceland (10% ...

Lily & Madeleine to arrive, young old souls, in San Francisco

Kavitha George
February 8, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews
photo by Stacy Newsgent Bandmates and sisters close in age, Lily & Madeleine Jurkiewicz capture a kind of “old soul” quality to their music that is rarely heard these days, especially from artists...

Two Gallants to play three (Bay Area shows) to kick off tour for new album

Penelope Leggett
February 3, 2015
Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews
Capable of capturing the bitter realities of heartbreak and internal struggles of morality, Two Gallants also know how to (simply) create great Americana-style rock music; Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel cont...
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