Swimming in bass with RL Grime
San Francisco was elevated last weekend as Henry Alfred Steinway, better known by his stage name RL Grime, took over the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for two nights, followed by afterparties at 1015 Folso...
Going hard at the Jay Som show: Melina and friends return to the Bay with unbridled fun
“People are going hard at the Jay Som show!” someone in the crowd exclaimed.
Jay Som, AKA Oakland-based musician Melina Duterte, looked up and beamed.
“People are going hard at the Jay Som show!”...
A$AP Mob is cozying up in SF + ticket giveaway
A$AP Mob is making a stop in San Francisco at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Wednesday, October 25th for their Too Cozy tour.
A$AP Mob is a hip hop collective from Harlem, formed in 2007. They are touri...
Ways to trip sober: isolation tanks, white noise, and attending a King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard concert
If you’re a young person in the Bay Area, especially in Berkeley, it’s very possible you might be surrounded by people who never outgrew their teenage fascination with psychedelia. A random (and undeniably ...
Get ready for RL Grime’s trap house
RL Grime is ready to storm the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium this weekend with two performances on Friday and Saturday night. Grime is setting out on his Nova Tour which just started last week in Vancouver...
There’s nothing wrong with living like this: On the road with FIDLAR
It’s kind of like being a 13-year-old who was dragged to Sunday mass….or a frequenter at sex addicts anonymous meetings… or a customer at Berkeley’s iconic adult emporium Good Vibrations... or an inmate...
Oberst in October-st: A Hardly Strictly Photo Essay
I arrived to the Rooster Stage roughly thirty minutes before Conor Oberst was scheduled to start. The band who played right before him were real gems, First Aid Kit, a Swedish folk duo composed to two sisters. ...
Moses Sumney starts tour off with a bang after dropping Aromanticism
Moses Sumney is talented, majorly talented. If the first minute of his show couldn’t tell you that, his features on tracks of big name artists like Flume (“Weekend”) and Solange (“Mad”) should. With...
What to expect from Tim & Eric (here’s a hint: we don’t know)
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim make up a fantastic comedic duo with a polarizing sense of humor that can effectively leave half of an audience amused beyond belief, while the other half lies at the peak of con...
MNL to SFO: Manila Killa swings through the Regency Ballroom
On Saturday, July 8, 24 year old Filipino DJ Manila Killa brought some of his future bass stylings to the Regency Ballroom, delivering a 90-minute set of this year’s EDM staples. Manila Killa – who takes hi...
Allah-Las rings in Warriors victory
I don’t think Allah-Las understood the implications of their performance on June 12, 2017. When they booked this Starline date, they probably thought it was just another show - and to them, maybe it was. Afte...
With conviction, Xiu Xiu play it safe at church
“Drum machine way up,” local favourite Xiu Xiu requested of The Chapel’s sound technician last Sunday, two songs into their set. With or without cranked monitors, they were predictably noisy.
But the s...
Shing02 & The Chee-Hoos pay tribute to Nujabes at the Social Hall
In an emotion-packed, rhyme-flying concert, Japanese rapper Shing02 with help from the The Chee-Hoos paid tribute to fellow artist and principle collaborator, Nujabes (Jun Seba), who tragically passed away...
Mako puts on an intimate show in a big city
Courtesy of MSO PR
Los Angeles natives, Logan Light and Alex Seaver, otherwise known as Mako, lit up the San Francisco Social Hall March 9th on the third stop of their “Run For Your Life” tour. The band...
Hippo Campus debuts fresh, new album at Slim’s
Slim’s in San Francisco was absolutely packed on Tuesday night for the sold-out Hippo Campus concert. The four-person indie rock band, made up of high school friends from Twin Cities, Minnesota, just released...