Tagged San Francisco

Chillwave may not be a canonized genre of music, but Toro y Moi is definitely a canonized name in said genre -- more like, his name has been engraved, by lightning, on the stone slab of said genre. Since f...

“Just a second while I fix my whole life…” Last week, we were spinning High Ends’ new Super Class when we thought to ourselves, “this band sounds British Columbian.” No cigar -- High Ends is ...

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...

Conjuring Saharan winds inside The Chapel Monday night, Mali’s Tinariwen (Tamasheq for deserts) delivered a synthesis of tribal African music and American blues that left devotees spellbound. Belongin...

Audio conceived by Icelandic (by way of Australia) minimalist producer Ben Frost -- not to be mistaken for the equally edgy visual artist of the same name and country of origin -- reminds us of a sinister ...

Garters and CamelBaks seemed rather inappropriate for the evening, but people still wore them October 24 at The Regency Ballroom. Regardless of whether they were rave-ready or simply unwinding after work, t...

Two breathtaking sunsets over the Golden Gate Bridge and balmy Bay breezes characterized what was just shy of 24 hours of cumulative music output­ the weekend of October 18-19, 2014 -- another spectacular...

Folk artist Sam Amidon has jazzed up both his new record Lily-O (2014) and American tour with amazing guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Shahzad Ismaily. Monday October 13th, they pleased their San Franci...

Husband and wife duo, Tennis, were born out of a sailboat on the Atlantic Ocean and have since progressed into a three-piece indie pop unit with three studio albums under their belt. Brightening up a r...

This past Tuesday, the crowd at one of San Francisco's most iconic theaters prepared for a night of Brooklyn's finest. The sold-out show was a part of Joey Bada$$'s B4DA$$ tour to promote his next album....

“It’s frustrating sometimes, the geographic boundaries we place upon ourselves." (Basia Bulat at Slim's, 10/11) Saturday night on the Slim’s stage (and off it), Canadians caroused. There were shirts, f...

Irish singer/songwriter Damien Rice has always puzzled me with his incredibly intimate and almost embarrassingly straightforward yet poetic lyrics. His music is a big collection of moody love songs; howev...

Nika Roza Danilova (or Zola Jesus) stands at most five feet tall, but her sound is at least twice that. On Taiga (2014), we discovered boundlessness; at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco two evenings ago,...

Most records begin at one point and end at another: they chauffeur their listeners from a departure point to a destination, with or without purpose. Mutual Benefit’s The Cowboy’s Prayer EP (2011, re-issue...

Milo Greene played the fifth night of their tour with Luxley and Bombay Bicycle Club at The Warfield in San Francisco on Sunday. Started in 2010, Milo Greene is a "self-described cinematic pop band" with...