Somebody call a doctor
Next to an overpass of the 101 Freeway in San Francisco is a music venue called the Brick & Mortar Music Hall. It is the evening of Easter Sunday, the day of Jesus’ resurrection, yet in this darkly lit h...
Jack Garratt and Kacy Hill fire up The Great American Music Hall
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...
Someone please clean This Unruly Mess up
Seattle should be proud of its hip hop scene. A roll call of contemporary notables would summon names like Blue Scholars, Grieves, Sadistik -- ‘conscious’ and experimental hip hop artists who proudly wear t...
Noise Pop 2016: Dirty Dishes
On their latest tour, NYC based Dirty Dishes made a stop in SF last Saturday, February 27, just in time for the penultimate night of Noise Pop 2016. Also accompanying them in the dimly lit Knockout was Wax Id...
Santigold finds a new sound in 99 cents
Santigold's third album 99 Cents (2016), starts off with a bouncy, electro-pop tune that cleverly manages to satirize our modern-day culture's obsession with self-promotion through sugar-coated irony. Lyri...
Brooklyn’s POP ETC sparkle on fourth release
Started by Berkeley alum Chris Chu and friends as The Morning Benders, POP ETC is a sunny songwriting machine that encapsulates its title with their recent fourth record, Souvenir, out January 29 via Rough ...
LÉON’s pops an infectious foot-tapping Treasure
Sweden continues to be a pop music powerhouse, having paved the way for iconic artists from the likes of ABBA, Robyn, and most recently Icona Pop, Say Lou Lou, Little Dragon, Tove Lo, and many more.
Twenty-o...
Wet announce release date for debut album, Don’t You
Brooklyn-based electronic pop trio Wet have announced via Twitter that their highly anticipated debut album, Don’t You, will be released on January 29 through Columbia Records.
Preceding the announcement ...
Death Cab for Cutie draw committed fans to the Greek Theatre
At first, it was unusual to see a veteran band such as Built to Spill opening in an arena setting; but we later found out the connection was chronological and fitting when Death Cab for Cutie frontman Be...
Cayucas get away with sophomore record, Dancing at the Blue Lagoon
Zach and Ben Yudin return with the second progression of their cheery surf pop sound in new album Dancing at the Blue Lagoon, two years after their debut, Bigfoot (2013). The twin brothers' sophomore r...
Porcelain Raft perfects craft, releases Half Awake on new boutique label
Matching the juxtaposition framed by his moniker, Italian shoegazer Mauro Remiddi writes music that is comfortably bleary-eyed and lyrics that are bluntly precise. “I wonder if you’ll ever know / How it...
Unknown Mortal Orchestra return radiantly, glowing with Multi-Love
With Multi-Love, Unknown Mortal Orchestra mastermind Ruban Nielson is at the top of his game. As usual, Nielson’s not making a fuss about it. Love does wonders in songwriting, and better times are audible...
Mumford & Sons forgo banjos in Wilder Mind, sound “Coldplay-ish”
"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
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...
Stromae steals Fox audience Friday evening, lives up to name
Friday April 10 at the Fox Theater in Oakland, Stromae poured out his raw, gutsy artistic soul in a performance which did not simply delight the audience like one of those cozy, subtly-drunken summer days. N...