Tagged Tame Impala

On their fourth studio album, SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound (2021), The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets combine poppy hooks, layered psychedelic textures, and hard riff-based alternative rock, comfortably leaning into a ...

Growing up as a closeted indie kid means I’ve spent many nights being dramatic and crying to Bright Eyes and Elliott Smith, stressing out about some high school dramas that I was convinced would last forever ...

If there’s ever a time that a day seems infinite, that time would be either Cal Day (or the middle of finals week). Filled with eight straight hours of on campus events, the day is filled with that everlastin...

It is hard to find the right place to start any narrative of this year’s Desert Daze; one could try to start chronologically, but they would be forced to start with a four-hour long wait in the car to just ge...

Pond, the psychedelic brainchild of Mink Mussel Creek and Tame Impala,  roared through the west coast on their way to Canada this week. After being a late addition to the Desert Daze lineup and spreading thei...

Despite the mushrooming of countless music festivals all over the US, Treasure Island Music Festival put on by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment stirred up something special. This year’s festival...

I don’t know the exact date of when cuffing season ends, or when (what’s the opposite of that? Breakup season?) starts, but there’s a brief period of time where you can look back fondly (or less than fond...

Over the past few years, although riding on the cusp of success, some indie bands have fallen out of popularity. Fallen heroes include: Smith Westerns, Vinyl Thief, The Virgins, Viola Beach. To indie music...

Have a music-lover in your life and don’t know what to get them? Are you a music lover and want to treat yourself this holiday season? Or just interested in all the cool stuff your favorite artists and bands ...

I stood in a crowd of about 20,000, waiting for the man who might very well go down as the best rapper of all time. Earlier that day, I had previously been harangued into seeing The Chainsmokers, and their bran...

Following the disappointment and criticism that followed her experimental pop album ARTPOP, Lady Gaga took a substantial amount of time off from the pop music scene. Despite having hinted at new music in Janu...

Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips dressed as "Carrie" for Halloween. Halfway through his set last Thursday, Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne declared it was “the greatest Halloween party San Francisco had...