Tagged Indie

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...

London-based three-piece Happyness embark on their first US tour beginning in Los Angeles this week, having just released Weird Little Birthday with Bar/None Records this past Tuesday. The newer band h...

Merging hard electronic with soft acoustic, Graham Walsh imposes a fuzzy electro-rock haze over Julie Fader’s floaty vocals on their debut record, Reminisce (out March 24 via Hand Drawn Dracula). Separate...

photo by Jordan Curtis Hughes UK indie rockers Wolf Alice recently announced their much-anticipated debut, titled My Love Is Cool, last week and are currently crossing the nation on a tour that sees stops t...

Out of rehab in Thailand and making a new album with The Libertines, Peter Doherty is bursting back into the music scene with a single written for his friend Amy Winehouse and released in aid of The Amy Win...

Last Friday at the Fox Theater in Oakland, Geographer played a charming set alongside openers Empire and K.Flay. Formed in 2007 by Michael Deni and based in San Francisco, the headliners were extremely wel...

"All is burning now”, including the unquellable flame that is Tyne and Wear-based trio Little Comets, if we may borrow a phrase from their song, “My Boy William.” Matthew Hall (bass) and brothers R...

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 ...

Now in its 23rd year, San Francisco’s celebrated annual Noise Pop festival returns next week with over a hundred artists at about 50 shows in 18 venues in San Francisco and the East Bay. In addition to live m...

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% ...

Still simmering from their self-titled debut in 2012, LA’s Milo Greene have dialed back the burners on Control, out January 27 via Elektra. Flashing glimpses of overproduction at almost every turn, thi...

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...

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...

Once upon a time, Generationals wrote music they would listen to themselves. If this is still the case, first: they have excellent taste; and second: it’s interesting to see how their taste has changed. I...

Bear's Den have always had a small yet loyal cult following and, on Friday night, that niche of San Francisco folk lovers was gathered at the Great American Music Hall. As the band took the stage, a hush fell ...