Greer Live in San Francisco
Greer is a four piece ensemble from Los Angeles, California, whose presence has been cemented in memories since 2014. As Gen Z’s favorite niche Internet celebrities, seeing them live at the August Hall in San...
A venture in the slipstream: Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks turns fifty
There are few albums that seem to have a profound effect on not only its listeners but on fellow musicians as well. Bruce Springsteen said that it gave him “a sense of the divine.” It has been described as ...
At The Greek, Mac DeMarco does his thing, takes it easy, celebrates Christmas
Last Friday night, Canadian-born, LA-based slacker-rock musician Mac DeMarco rolled through Berkeley’s Greek Theater, playing before a sold out crowd to kick off the North American leg of his tour in support ...
Sleigh Bells mine their sound for fresh ideas, find none on Jessica Rabbit
When you’ve been following the independent music scene for long enough, you start to see the same story-lines play out over and over again. There’s the classic “first album was solid, got signed to a bi...
Run the Jewels burst back onto the scene with “Talk to Me”
There’s a rumble in the distance. It builds on itself, getting louder and louder until a voice emerges with a boom:
We return from the depths of the badland
With a gun and a knife in our waistband.
W...
Kilo Kish tackles broad sweeping introspection on Reflections in Real Time
Reflections in Real Time is an intensely personal album that attempts to make sense of the arc traced by one’s own life from the point of view of 25 year-old hip hop artist Kilo Kish, and it is excellent. A...