Freak the Freak Out! Nico Chodor and Sophia Shen November 13, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Metal, Rock, Shoegaze Last weekend, right on the heels of San Francisco’s multi-day, multi-venue Psyched! Fest, we crossed state lines for a Pacific Northwestern analogue: Freakout Fest in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. The ...
The Magic Of The Buchla 100 Synthesizer: A Night At The Starline Social Club with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Ava Aguiar December 13, 2022 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is an American composer, producer, and performer originally from Northwest Washington. The artist, who is currently based in Los Angeles, spent her former years at the Berklee college of m...
Against All Logic, unhinged: 2017-2019 Everett Williams March 3, 2020 Album Review, Reviews It’s here. 2017-2019, the newest Nicolas Jaar project, under his alias Against All Logic, dropped on February 7th, 2020. For those unfamiliar, Nicolas Jaar is one of electronic music’s most fascinating fig...
Tijana T talks politics, raves, and her path to becoming Serbia’s foremost DJ Ismail Salim February 19, 2018 Interview Earlier this month, San Francisco was lucky enough to hold Tijana T with the As You Like It crew for one night. Tijana’s been in the game for over a decade now, and she's done pretty much everything you could...
Retrospective: Ten years later, Daft Punk’s Alive 2007 remains a masterclass in live albums Jordan Aronson November 19, 2017 Columns and Opinions Looking at an artist’s discography in retrospect, live albums often don’t stand out as particularly important works. For fans, live albums are a nice bonus, a different take on music they already enjoy; but...
Tchami brings the house, tears it down Jordan Aronson March 19, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews French techno/future house producer Tchami rolled through the Bay Area for a Tuesday night stop at the Fox Theater. Fending off the midweek blues and the seemingly ever-present burden of midterms, the packed th...
All the colours of Alle Farben George Green March 18, 2017 Interview “Hallo” a distinctly German accent breaks the silence. Moments earlier, I was preparing my workspace for an interview with the highly successful and very talented German DJ-Producer, Alle Farben. I was scro...
DOOMSQUAD enable Christmas in July with a two-part dance suite Joanna Jiang May 20, 2015 Album Review With a moniker like DOOMSQUAD, one can be certain the Blumas aren't the type who take themselves too seriously – their backstory is exactly that. “We’re superserious and at the same time we’re not s...
Mosca’s A Thousand Years’ Wait EP Will Fortify Your After Party Jay Kwok December 4, 2013 Album Review While the past few days have provided some respite from the incessant activity of daily routine, the holidays have come to a close.... and it’s time to put your party shoes back on! To help you find your fe...
Chord Marauders’ B9 Releases Self-Titled Myra October 8, 2013 Album Review, Photos, Reviews, Videos B9 released his eponymous LP at the end of last month, on Friday, September 27. Featuring twelve instrumental tracks, the album swirls with the sensations of dubstep, lounge and drone-y introspection.More spe...