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Eskimeaux make a clean escape Tuesday at Bottom of the Hill

Kavitha George
July 8, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
Theirs is a far too overused label. The slightest hint of a dreamy synth track, floaty lyrics, and 'ethereal' seems to be the all-too-ready stamp. I was introduced to Eskimeaux just a few days before I sa...

Angélique Kidjo to premiere Philip Glass composition stateside with SF Symphony

Joanna Jiang
July 5, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews
From two internationally-respected artists proven limitless in both time and place comes Ifé, an orchestral illustration of the Yorùbán creation land and holy city. The collaboration between visionary co...

Sannhet sweep Chapel crowd with heavy, measured post-rock

Joanna Jiang
July 5, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
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...

Flesh World find new sound on record, The Wild Animals In My Life

Penelope Leggett
June 30, 2015
Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edpYl_3p6O8 Upon haphazardly encountering Flesh World’s music while browsing bandcamp, we were welcomely surprised to find that they were far more local than our internet di...

Basement Jaxx return with energetic set at Public Works

Luke Sheard
June 30, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
Source: Public Works SF on Facebook On Friday night Basement Jaxx took a break from their latest tour to entertain the Bay with a quick DJ set at Public Works in San Francisco's Mission District. The Grammy...

Emmy the Great to conquer SF this Friday with fresh folk, acoustic bliss

Kavitha George
June 8, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews
She's witty, crisp, and talented, the perfect listen for early summer nights, for blues and joy alike. Emma-Lee Moss (stage name Emmy the Great), born in Hong Kong but brought up in England, is yet another...

Palma Violets to bring the feels Thursday at Bottom of the Hill

Jade Theriault
June 3, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6il1Wdqwhs British garage rock four-piece Palma Violets are well-entrenched in a sweaty tour of their fresh-out-of-the-studio sophomore record Danger in the Club. After they ...

Gallery: Two nights of Psychocandy at The Warfield with The Jesus and Mary Chain

Patricia Villon
May 21, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
Scottish post-punk legendaries The Jesus and Mary Chain recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of their 1985 debut album Psychocandy with a string of tour dates throughout the UK and US. To end their US...

José González brings paradise to Bimbo’s 365 Club

Kavitha George
May 17, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
Born in Sweden after his family fled Argentina in 1976, José González is easy to pick out from the legions of folk singers reviving the genre in recent decades. His musical past in a hardcore punk band se...

Kodaline, a boy band in concert at The Fillmore

Kavitha George
May 16, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
Who knew, right? Listening through Kodaline's albums, I'd expected an offbeat Irish indie rock band, but upon entering The Fillmore, I instead found scores of high school girls pressed against the stage, s...

Shlohmo floods The Fillmore with light and sound

Arnav Chaturvedi
May 6, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHMcrfXxlDM Los Angeles-native Henry Laufer, better known as Shlohmo, performed at The Fillmore last Thursday, returning to the West Coast in the final leg of his tour for rec...

Other Lives’ Jonathon Mooney shares his stance on touring, doughnuts, and new LP Rituals

Joanna Jiang
May 3, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews
Portland-by-way-of-Oklahoma trio Other Lives are due to commence a month-long North American tour next week after releasing third full-length album Rituals, due May 4 via TBD Records. This third record, c...

Gallery: Clean Bandit at The Regency Ballroom

Maddy Smith
April 28, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
April 13 UK quartet Clean Bandit played at San Francisco's Regency Ballroom, bringing a club night vibe and unreal energy to the venue despite coming straight from a wild set at Coachella. Having interviewe...

Action Bronson demonstrates talent and wit at The Warfield

Darius Kay
April 11, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews
On Tuesday night at The Warfield in San Francisco, the room got dark and The Eagles were summoned, softly at first, then blasting thoroughly into the back row. After several openers including Earl Sweatshir...

Clean Bandit’s Jack Patterson on songs, styles, strings, and singers

Maddy Smith
April 10, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview
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Clean Bandit are just blowing up internationally. With their recently won Grammy and success of New Eyes (2014), they are getting more and more renowned throughout the world. The album’s fourth single ...
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