Charlotte Day Wilson brings Stone Woman to life at the Independent Anna Nguyen March 26, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews The first time I heard Charlotte Day Wilson’s voice was randomly at an Amoeba in L.A. My ear caught a trace of a demurely soulful voice playing through the store’s speakers and I immediately whipped out m...
EDEN brings new sound, emotion to the Regency Ballroom Jacob Green March 19, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Minutes before the beginning of his highly anticipated performance, 22-year-old Jonathon Ng (stagename EDEN) quickly peaked his head out from backstage to see a sea of fans closely monitoring the stage for any ...
Jordan Rakei shares a piece of his soul at his last stop on tour Anna Nguyen March 13, 2018 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Jordan Rakei was a long way from home as he closed out his second North American tour in San Francisco at The Fillmore last Thursday, March 8th. Rakei brings his own...
COIN has an existential realization at the Fillmore Desiree Diaz March 12, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews It’s about 4 o’clock, four hours before the show starts, and the line is already 50-people long. Just minutes before doors open, the crowd wraps along Geary Blvd and around the corner. COIN fans come out i...
Bruno Major shines at Noise Pop Festival 2018 Anna Nguyen February 26, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized The Chapel was graced by the presence of Bruno Major and his live band last Tuesday, February 20th as a part of Noise Pop Festival 2018. Performing for a sold-out crowd, this is Major's first North American t...
Japanese Breakfast puts the punk in indie rock Veronica Irwin February 26, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Since the release of her 2017 record Soft Sounds from Another Planet, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner has risen from the fairy-like starlett listeners were introduced to with catchy single “Everyone Wa...
Finding epicenters of acceptance with Palehound Adrienne Lee February 25, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Noise Pop’s Thursday night lineup this year was, in a word, stacked. From quickly emerging artists Jay Som and Japanese Breakfast, to seasoned vets Madlib and Jeff Rosenstock, I was torn on who to see that ni...
Bruno Major slotted for Noise Pop Festival this Tuesday Anna Nguyen February 16, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Noise Pop’s annual Noise Pop Festival will bring singer/songwriter Bruno Major to the Chapel next Tuesday, February 20th. Noise Pop hosts the annual festival, which brings together one of the biggest gatherin...
Hippies on their “Path of Righteousness” tour Anna Nguyen February 16, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Brothers Kevin and Jeff Saurer performing as the electronic duo Hippie Sabotage came through the Warfield in San Francisco on Friday, February 2nd, as the second stop on their international, “Path of Righteou...
MAYDAY & Dead Prez @ The Independent: a photo gallery Circe Ament February 13, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos The Independent is a hip and intimate venue nestled between the Lower Haight and Anza Vista. The lineup for the evening was to be MAYDAY and Dead Prez. MAYDAY is a rising hip-hop duo from Miami, consisting of r...
Queens of the Stone Age rule San Francisco Shayan Shirkhodai February 4, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Flashy lights, double-neck guitars, drum solos, and an incredible frontman — Queens of the Stone Age delivered on all these fronts (and more) when rocking out at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium this past Th...
Hippo Campus charms at the Fillmore with soulful set Desiree Diaz and Kayla Kettmann January 28, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Hippo Campus, formed in 2013, has performed the likes of South by Southwest, Lollapalooza, and Bonnaroo. But on Tuesday night, they seemed happy to grace the stage of The Fillmore in front of an eager audience ...
AJJ @ Bottom of the Hill Circe Ament December 20, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews AJJ, a folk-punk band from Arizona, is on tour and selling out shows left and right. Upon arriving to Bottom of the Hill, and edgy punish venue in San Francisco, Kitty Kat Fan Club was halfway through their...
“Always celestial vibes”: an interview with The Seshen Veronica Irwin December 11, 2017 Interview, Uncategorized Bay area-based band The Seshen has always been hard to pin down. Falling somewhere between dub, R&B, electronica, and synth-pop, their music lies outside of all genre expectations. Groovy without a doubt, t...
The Frights: You Are Going To Hate This (Piece) Rosie Davidowitz, Natalie Silver and Bianca Lu December 9, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews A message from Rosie & Natalie, your Curators of Experience: Before reading this piece, please recite after us: “I will not take this piece seriously. I will take these words with a grain of salt. I wil...