Tagged The Chapel

On March 10th, 2020, Palehound played at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco for their headline tour with Adult Mom. The next day, the COVID-19 pandemic was declared and their tour was canceled. For Palehound, this m...

Last weekend, I was lucky enough to see the two best live performances I have ever been to. Kicking off the weekend with the Jungle Giants on Friday, I thought there was no chance that Spacey Jane’s Saturday ...

I am always shocked by the number of people that show up for Gus Dapperton shows in San Francisco. The first shock came earlier this year in April at the Rickshaw Stop. I arrived twenty minutes after doors open...

Tennis, Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, just got back from opening for Father John Misty's tour just to get to start a new one, Solo In Stereo. They got inspired by a Father John Misty show where he stripped...

Since their acclaimed debut Crooks & Lovers (2010), electronic duo Mount Kimbie has been labeled everything from post-dubstep to art pop to future garage— all specific titles that capture creative nuances...

“Hi hi.” Synth lord, frontman, the brains behind Porches, Aaron Maine, stepped onto the stage with a gentle introduction that easily wooed every being in the venue. Porches had a two-night residency...

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...

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...

On a Tuesday night, the Chapel opened its doors to a lukewarm audience that trickled in over the span of two hours. So lukewarm, in fact, that I was able to successfully save the two stools next to me for a fat...

Before discussing Together PANGEA’s show, I want to talk about punk a little bit. All subgenres of punk get slapped with the stigma of being childish, whiny, and adolescent. Ask your friend about their punk p...

Ariel Pink loves champagne, Charles is his girlfriend–not his friend–and he claims he’s not a misogynist. Those were the surface level takeaways from the opening night of Pink’s four night residency at ...

I had never attended a show at The Chapel. Doors opened at 7:00 pm. I arrived at the venue exactly two minutes before 7 after stalling for thirty minutes at the Community Thrift Store on Valencia. I was the...

The appeal of (Sandy) Alex G’s music to Bay Area twenty-somethings isn’t too difficult to understand; his unique songwriting and DIY production captures an experimental spirit that’s simultaneously ambiti...

“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...

Courtesy of Ed Miles The four-piece British rock group Temples began their tour across the western US at The Chapel in San Francisco this week. The band is touring not only in support of the release of th...