Pure fun: a night with George Ezra
George Ezra seems like the boy next door: all smiles, soft sweaters, and a soft almost-Cherub like face. His voice, however, matches that of an old blues singer, a force that could knock the same boy off the ve...
The new face of folk: an interview with Caamp
If black coffee and cigarettes on a Sunday morning had a soundtrack, it would be the music of Caamp. Caamp is comprised of Taylor Meier and Evan Westfall, two childhood friends who have been playing music since...
A “Preliminary Outpouring”: an interview with experimental indie-rocker Elijah Egbert
As a student musician trying to conquer a new music scene as a junior transfer, one might expect Elijah Egbert to be loud, talkative, and perhaps a little too eager to get you to listen to his music. But this U...
The Syncopated Sun of Palm’s Rock Island
Guitarist Eve Alpert (left) and bassist Gerasimos Livitsanos (right)
Palm at the Rickshaw Stop, a classic San Francisco spot termed by Google Maps as a “hip indie music venue” (haha). Conseque...
How these five indie artists found their names
In the late 1970s and early 80s, “primal therapy” was all the rage when it came to analyzing and diagnosing neurosis. The method created by Arthur Janov involves bringing back repressed memories from childh...
Japanese Breakfast puts the punk in indie rock
Since the release of her 2017 record Soft Sounds from Another Planet, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner has risen from the fairy-like starlett listeners were introduced to with catchy single “Everyone Wa...
Five indie artists under 21 you should listen to
Are you in your college years? Are you somehow not already famous? Have no fear! These emotions will only deepen as we go over five young artists that have already reached significant fame.
Gus Dapperton (19)...
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah bring the Thunder to SF
The Rickshaw Stop is not the biggest venue. It can hold 400 people probably, if you try hard enough, but it doesn’t seem like the place you’d find a band that’s been around for the past 14 years, already ...
Hippo Campus charms at the Fillmore with soulful set
Hippo Campus, formed in 2013, has performed the likes of South by Southwest, Lollapalooza, and Bonnaroo. But on Tuesday night, they seemed happy to grace the stage of The Fillmore in front of an eager audience ...
Brazen and tight, Spoon jumpstarts The Masonic
When I heard that Austin indie rock band Spoon would be playing a show in SF, I fondly reminisced about when I was just starting to discover indie music. Subtly experimental and minimal, yet also driven and cat...
After 27 years, Slowdive finally share their intense shoegaze beauty with Oakland
When writing about concerts, I can typically rely on the personalities of the band members, the stage setup, crowd interactions, and a plethora of other unpredictable qualities to illustrate why the show was un...
Broken Social Scene prove their resilience with arms wide open
Right now, if I were to mention Broken Social Scene to the friends I listened to music with a few years back, the sad reality is that many would probably dismiss them as a band they “listened to in high schoo...
Worlds Apart: Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile share the stage at The Fox
Lotta Sea Lice (2017)
On paper, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile come off as unlikely collaborators. Hailing from opposite corners of the world – Barnett from Sydney, Australia, Vile from Philadelphia, PA �...
Big Thief and Little Wings share sincere emotion at Anna Head
Playing their first of three consecutive dates in the Bay Area, Brooklyn indie-rock band Big Thief and supporting indie-folk act Little Wings came to Berkeley on Thursday night, playing an emotional concert at ...
7 arrested after Mashrou’ Leila Concert in Cairo
Seven concertgoers were arrested last week by Egyptian authorities after photo and video evidence showed them waving rainbow flags at the concert of indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila. Hamed Sinno, the band’s l...