Folk veteran Kris Delmhorst to melt the work-weary at San Francisco’s The Chapel Joanna Jiang June 2, 2014 News photo by Joanna Chattman; courtesy of Sacks & Co. Having grown up among the lo-fi-est of the lo-fi, Brooklyn-native Kris Delmhorst ventured away from the great big city for more pastoral Massachusetts and...
DWNTWN gets ready for summer with confectionery self-titled EP Joanna Jiang April 22, 2014 Album Review, News DWNTWN sounds like a fairly ordinary indie pop four-piece. A good indie pop four-piece, though; one that has two EPs under their belt and the Kitsune stamp of approval. The band's formation in 2010 after a bot...
Faun Fables on motherhood, nature, Burning Man Festival, and her West Coast tour Joanna Jiang April 18, 2014 Interview The Oakland-based folk fusion musician will be back next Friday and recommends The Starry Plough’s classic hearty food. Dawn McCarty (otherwise known as Faun Fables) met us last week mid-tour at a local pl...
Waxahatchee and The New Tenants play to a sunny Sproul, Wednesday afternoon Penelope Leggett April 17, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos After playing the Oakland Metro Opera House with Hop Along, Waxahatchee played a second East Bay show on Upper Sproul as part of SUPERB's Spring 2014 concert series. Berkeley locals, The New Tenants, opened th...
Matt Hires gets emotional on his Heartache Machine EP Shimmy Li April 9, 2014 Album Review Spring is here, the sun is out, and love is in the air, but Florida's Matt Hires is too familiar with the charming games that arise with spring romance. Hires is a heartache machine and "all knows is to br...
Walking Shapes reveal multiple faces, shimmer on debut album Joanna Jiang April 2, 2014 Album Review, Band of the Week Indie contortionists Walking Shapes traverse a variety of genres on their sophomore effort, Taka Come On. It’ll be their debut album, however, as the band’s prior release was a 13-track mixtape. They wan...
Angel Olsen comforts the crowd at Great American Music Hall Myra March 5, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews photo credit: Dominio Faris Gilbert Attending a concert solo elicits a spectrum of emotions, from self-determination to utter solitude. At the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Monday night, those ...
Coldplay takes a shot in the dark with “Midnight” Conner Smith February 27, 2014 News, Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeMxWjpr-Y#t=0 British powerhouse Coldplay has effectively dropped a bomb on their typical fanbase with their surprise single “Midnight.” Emulating some of Justin Vernon’...
Unearthing gold in Miner’s debut, Into The Morning Conner Smith February 23, 2014 Album Review Los Angeles-based Miner is on the rise. Growing from a home studio Kickstarter project, the contemporary folk band started as husband-wife duo Justin and Kate Miner in 2012 and expanded to include Jeremy Mine...
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...
Fiona Apple and Blake Mills: Anything We Want at Zellerbach Hall Jade Theriault October 17, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews October 8, 2013. 6:30 p.m. U.C. Berkeley. I raced out of class at the pinpoint of sunset. I was about 100 feet from Zellerbach Hall’s infamous theater, where Fiona Apple was scheduled to perform with SoCal ...
