Tagged Rock

UK band Scars on 45 has recently released their album Safety in Numbers, and is now on a West Coast run opening for Augustana. The tour includes a stop at San Francisco's The Fillmore this Wednesday 12/10...

Embodying a sound both foreign and familiar, nostalgic and futuristic, Delicate Steve's music is like running through a field saturated in Technicolor to reach some triumphant, yet humble achievement. Th...

On Monday night, South London’s Fat White Family took to Rickshaw Stop as they neared the end of their US tour. It was a night of orgasmic rock and enticing performances that left the crowd completely in...

Bass Drum of Death surprised us with their outsized encapsulating presence October 20 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Short a bassist, they engulfing us in sound like it was no big deal. But...

The crowd was Slim on Monday night in San Francisco, but nonetheless excited for the bands on the bill. The hour between doors and Brick + Mortar’s performance was perforated by people wandering the ven...

Riding in off the swell of 2012’s An Awesome Wave, British indie powerhouse alt-J (∆) has overcome the sophomore slump and laid claim to another surge of popularity with their latest release, out Septe...

There is no rhyme or reason in the throes of Tyranny, a synth city of rock and other things. Justly, its creators Julian Casablancas + the Voidz have been a hot topic in light of this upcoming debut, primed ...

Glam rock is known for its costumes -- a genre synonymous with “glitter” would inevitably be just as much about the showmanship and theatrics of a performance as the music itself, and it proved that sen...

San Francisco trio Terry Malts is back with Insides, an EP out September 23 via Slumberland Records. Evoking feelings of youth, Insides is music to the montage of your younger self running around town, h...

"If you put your ear to the street, you can hear the rumble of the world in motion: people going to and from work, to school, to the grocery store. You may even hear the whisper of their living rooms, their con...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8k3qB61lhk “Human Sadness,” a difficult single off The Voidz's new album Tyranny, sounds like something Julian Casablancas would do, on steroids. Pieces of this song can b...

Everyone is Dirty continues their streak of eclectic grunge rock bordering on performance art with their latest album, titled Dying is Fun. It has a fairly continuous sound -- each song seems to blend well wit...

Copenhagen, Denmark* -- Attended by over 130,000 concert-goers, Roskilde is one of Europe's largest festivals; yet, few in the States have caught wind of this amazing nordic event. Located in the town ...

Need music to accompany the dwindling days of summer? Self-proclaimed jangle pop band Literature's upbeat and catchy new album, Chorus, is a perfect soundtrack for these last few weeks before the new semeste...

PS I Love You’s third album, For Those Who Stay, out July 22nd via Paper Bag Records, will certainly warrant the Canadian indie rock duo yet another Polaris Prize nomination. Fronted by multi-instrume...