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The A-side Sessions presents: No Room No Sweetener

Natalie Gott
October 11, 2020
Interview, Multimedia, Uncategorized
On a Saturday afternoon that felt far too brief, the longing for live music was put to ease as solo artist Juhuhn Kim of No Room No Sweetener plays the debut set of our mutli-media series, The A-side Sessions....

Existential zig-zagging with Jerry Paper

Annie Nguyen
March 8, 2019
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
While Princess Nokia graced Berkeley’s UC Theater this past Saturday, Jerry Paper took over the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco and performed soothing, existential zig-zags for Noise Pop Music Festival 20...

Wordless stories with Khruangbin

Brendan Redmond
May 5, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews
Walking in to the Fillmore on Tuesday night, I did not know what to expect from Khruangbin’s live performance. The Texas based, groovy instrumental trio packs a lot of punch on their albums. I had doubts thei...

Homeshake Slows It Down At The Observatory

Annie Nguyen
December 30, 2017
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews
Peter Sagar, former Mac Demarco guitarist, started Homeshake in 2013. Since then, Homeshake has released three albums, their newest one titled Fresh Air (2017). It seems like I've been seeing Homeshake everywhe...

AJJ @ Bottom of the Hill

Circe Ament
December 20, 2017
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews
AJJ, a folk-punk band from Arizona, is on tour and selling out shows left and right. Upon arriving to Bottom of the Hill, and edgy punish venue in San Francisco, Kitty Kat Fan Club was halfway through their...

Tennis time travels in San Francisco

Annie Nguyen
November 21, 2017
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews
If Tennis’s music is good at one thing, it’s traveling back in time to the warm, breezy summers of the early 70’s. Their retro sound features balmy keyboards, pronounced bass lines, and soothing harmonies...

Retrospective: Ten years later, Daft Punk’s Alive 2007 remains a masterclass in live albums

Jordan Aronson
November 19, 2017
Columns and Opinions
Looking at an artist’s discography in retrospect, live albums often don’t stand out as particularly important works. For fans, live albums are a nice bonus, a different take on music they already enjoy; but...

MNL to SFO: Manila Killa swings through the Regency Ballroom

Jordan Aronson
July 27, 2017
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews
On Saturday, July 8, 24 year old Filipino DJ Manila Killa brought some of his future bass stylings to the Regency Ballroom, delivering a 90-minute set of this year’s EDM staples. Manila Killa – who takes hi...

Hippo Campus debuts fresh, new album at Slim’s

Annie Nguyen
March 4, 2017
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews
Slim’s in San Francisco was absolutely packed on Tuesday night for the sold-out Hippo Campus concert. The four-person indie rock band, made up of high school friends from Twin Cities, Minnesota, just released...

Foals Provide the “Rock” in Indie Rock

Brendan Redmond
October 4, 2016
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews
As the Uber neared the flashing welcome sign of the Fox Theater, my mind began to race. I was unsure what atmosphere Yannis Philippakis and the remainder of Foals would create. As soon as I walked into the Fox,...

The War on Drugs captivates San Francisco

Penelope Leggett
April 2, 2014
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
Yesterday, The War on Drugs played The Independent for the first of two sold-out San Francisco shows. The Philadelphia-based band has been touring for the past few weeks promoting their new album, Lost in Th...

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