Canadian folk musician Bahamas to play Slim’s next Saturday after coffee Joanna Jiang October 3, 2014 Interview, News 1 Comment The good folks over at SPIN Magazine can’t seem to get over Bahamas (real name Afie Jurvanen) and his geographic diversity. Exhibit A: “Bahamas distills his brand of breezy soul... with summer-ready...
Clean Bandit make an explosive San Francisco debut, violinist Neil Amin-Smith talks writing, touring, and collaborations Luke Sheard September 30, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Photos 1 Comment For a group of former students, Cambridge, England’s Clean Bandit went from 0 to 100 real quick. The four-piece (plus-two live) stopped in San Francisco for about twelve hours yesterday in the midst of their...
Scottish punk band PAWS plays speedy set at Rickshaw Stop Penelope Leggett September 29, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Continuing their extensive touring - by October they will have spent the last eight months relentlessly on the road in both Europe and North America - Glasgow-based punk band PAWS stopped by Rickshaw S...
Temples fill The Fillmore, give everyone what they came for Sayre Sherrill September 28, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Wednesday, September 24 in San Francisco, The Fillmore welcomed Fever The Ghost, Wampire, and Temples to its stage. The crowd that night was an eclectic mix, comprised of teens headbanging, twenty-something...
Old Crow Medicine Show find hillbillies in San Francisco Kavitha George September 23, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Clearly from a different era, The Deslondes jumped on stage Saturday night, unironically sporting cowboy boots and rolled up sleeves -- even the guitarist wore a pair of overalls and a trucker hat. Not ...
Homebase barbecue a resounding success for Dirtybird Records Conner Smith September 17, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Laying down eight incessant hours of bass-blasting, soul-grabbing house beats, the boys (and girl, singular) of San Francisco’s own Dirtybird Records provided the plunder for the patrons of this afternoon...
Summersalt 2014: “Light it up, San Francisco” Joanna Jiang September 15, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Photos "Are the beach balls the only thing that make this feel like a festival?" William Benssussen (otherwise known as The Gaslamp Killer) confronted the crowd Saturday night at the third annual Summersalt Festiv...
Feed Me feeds Warfield crowd Saturday night Chris Redman September 10, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 1 Comment As I approached The Warfield on Saturday night, fans with blinking necklaces and bracelets engulfing their arms in every neon colour imaginable asserted that I was in the right place. About a year ago, a ...
Dirtybird Records to host Sunday cookout on Treasure Island Conner Smith September 9, 2014 News, The Weekend Menu 1 Comment If free barbecue and the juiciest of beats from the likes of Claude Von Stroke and Justin Martin doesn’t make your mouth water and heart beat a little bit faster, you may want to get that checked out at you...
Slow Magic to cloud then impress The Independent next Thursday with new album, How to Run Away Joanna Jiang September 5, 2014 Album Review 1 Comment Slow Magic is "not from around here," but he won't be unknown for long. The elusive, mask-donning producer / "imaginary friend" releases his debut full-length album, How to Run Away, September 9th via Downt...
Peaking Lights liven Mission District Saturday Joanna Jiang September 3, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews There are nights when the openers steal the show, but Saturday was not one of them. A loose pack at The Chapel transformed into a rowdy dance floor when LA-based husband-wife electro-psycho-"ACID" duo Pe...
DJs Gold Panda and Doseone connect with fans at Mezzanine SF Chris Redman August 19, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Two rising artists took the stage in San Francisco’s Mezzanine on Saturday August 9th: Doseone swept the crowd with a bass-infused melodic current from the very beginning and Gold Panda ended the show cha...
Jon Hopkins to wow San Francisco following Toronto, Chicago festivals Joanna Jiang July 20, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News, Reviews “Immunity (2013) is a masterpiece,” my friend and TIME Festival companion told me. We’re standing in a heavy rain waiting for Jon Hopkins; the unfortunate weather didn't deter the growing crowd gather...
S. Carey’s ethereal vibes to hit San Francisco Kavitha George July 3, 2014 News photo by Cameron Wittig, courtesy of Jagjaguwar Perhaps most easily recognized as a pianist and percussionist in the indie folk band Bon Iver, S. Carey is returning to the West Coast for the first time in...
Q&A: Reunited OWLS share thoughts on growth, writing, and change Shimmy Li June 27, 2014 Interview, News OWLS are back. The melodic emo band from Chicago once known as Cap’n Jazz-minus-Davey-von-Bohlen-plus-Sam-Zurick has grown up and returned to the West Coast to showcase their new sounds. Two, OWLS’ seco...