Reverend Hort Heat and The Buttertones bring together generations of surf-rock Natalie Gott February 13, 2020 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews On the night of January 25th, 2020, Reverend Horton Heat had Slim’s swelling with pin-ups and psychobillies for a sold-out show. A line stretched out the door well before the show was set to begin, crowding ...
Gabrielle Aplin offers salvation at Slim’s Makaila Heifner March 15, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Gabrielle Aplin offers a safe haven from the mindless lyrics and techno beats that litter today’s music scene. Throughout her career, Aplin has evolved through each album or EP creating an entirely di...
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...
Citizen – As You Please in San Francisco Sam Jameson November 21, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Citizen is one of those bands that I’ve listened to for almost as long as I can remember; I remember listening to their first EP Young States (2012) and their split with Turnover back in 2012, and I’ve con...
The Babe Rainbow: Saturday night monkey disco? Bianca Lu October 26, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Oh man. What’s up with all the good psych coming from Australia? Tame Impala, Sunbeam Sound Machine, Moses Gunn Collective, Pond, King Gizzard, and The Babe Rainbow all hail from the mysterious land in th...
Hippo Campus debuts fresh, new album at Slim’s Annie Nguyen March 4, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews 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...
The Front Bottoms met with a die-hard crowd at Slim’s Kavitha George November 16, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Pop punk isn't generally my scene, but as is true with most concerts, being surrounded by throngs of teenagers screaming lyrics along with the lead singer kind of makes you love the music too. The Front Bottom...
Black Lips and Ariel Pink underwhelm, or deliberate, at Bimbo’s 365 Darius Kay October 16, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews As college kids and in one way or another, we're all coming of age. We're still having many "first" experiences -- accumulating necessary prerequisites to launch ourselves into uncertainty. We check off checkbo...
Local act The Sam Chase headline a hometown hoedown Luke Sheard March 24, 2015 Photos The Sam Chase were jotted down to headline Slim's on March 14, but it was certainly a joint effort on the part of all three acts to complete the evening. Arann Harris and the Farm Band came on to a rel...
Flyleaf can’t stop jumping off things, Lullwater and Ryan White open at Slim’s Edfil Dulay November 5, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos The San Francisco Giants parade last Friday, coupled with Halloween, may have slowed the city down for the weekend, but that didn't stop fans from attending Flyleaf Saturday at Slim's. Early-bird fans were gr...
Vacationer take San Francisco on “the chill coaster,” are joined by Brick + Mortar (not the venue) Edfil Dulay October 30, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews The crowd was Slim on Monday night in San Francisco, but nonetheless excited for the bands on the bill. The hour between doors and Brick + Mortar’s performance was perforated by people wandering the ven...
Juno nominees Basia Bulat and Bahamas split stage before packed house Joanna Jiang October 14, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews 1 Comment “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...
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...
Cibo Matto returns to San Francisco, commends the food Linda Choi February 28, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Cibo Matto Sporadic showers and behind-schedule buses didn’t stop dedicated Cibo Matto fans, many of whom have been devotedly following them since the late-90’s, from flocking to Slim’s on Wednesday to ...
Seahaven at Slim’s in San Francisco Atreyue Ryken February 17, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Seahaven at Slim's in San Francisco Last Wednesday evening, 11th street in San Francisco seemed like a typical weekday night: quiet and empty, until you hit the 300 block outside of Slim’s bar and club where...