Tagged Post-rock

On January 26th, Migos released Culture 2 (2018), a rumbling banger that debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s top 200 chart internationally. It’s the trio’s second album to top the national list, the first bei...

The crowd was relatively calm. Some bobbed their heads lightly to the dark synths of opener Xander Harris, and others gave contained although more full-bodied attempts at grooving to the electronic pulse. But t...

Dimly backlit by currents of glowing fog, the three silhouetted members of Icelandic post-rock group Sigur Rós took their time to fade onto the stage, welcoming the packed Greek Theater softly and patiently. A...

In high school perhaps you knew a friend or acquaintance in a band and made the pilgrimage to the local all ages venue, got your hands X'ed and swayed alongside your classmates. Maybe you even had your own band...

Calculated drumming sprees and emotional faces only begin to describe toe at The Independent Friday July 3. In a line that spanned two blocks for entry to the venue, many braved the light San Francisco dr...

Truth is, the three-piece experimental band at the loosely-populated Chapel Tuesday night looked and sounded like they were from Brooklyn. They tore through their repertoire neatly and efficiently within an...

On Saturday, March 21, instrumental post-rock group This Will Destroy You performed at a sold-out Great American Music Hall, filling the venue with their loud, ambient sounds. The evening opened with s...

Following a three-year hiatus since their last release, The Union Trade's upcoming sophomore full-length LP sounds exactly as named. On A Place of Long Years, the local band ditches bassist Nate Munger's em...

For over a half decade, I've been nursing an enormous crush a writer's admiration for Ian Cohen over at Pitchfork. (Like seriously, where does this guy live so we can discuss how much our best-of lists over...

Post-rock/punk outfit and local weirdos Deerhoof just celebrated their 20th anniversary and 12th album release with La Isla Bonita on November 4th. Their noisy whimsicality filled a sold out Great Americ...

Even the most investigative sound junkie will know that worthwhile music arrives from all avenues. We first stumbled across Gardens & Villa's debut single, "Black Hills" three years ago via now-defunct ...

Transcendence is a bold concept and curious state, but Tycho’s showing this past Thursday at the Fox Theater in Oakland took us there, if not pretty close. The resonance of the venue, allowed the lower freq...

“We have one more song,” Mogwai's bassist Dominic Aitchison lied before his band played four more tracks -- three of which were in an encore. “But first, I have a question. Are a lot of you wasted?” ...

English instrumental rockers 65daysofstatic are a bit shy, but their sound certainly isn’t. Last Thursday at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill, the quartet played a sold out show with Massachusetts-bas...