British shoegaze legends Lush recently reunited, 20 years after breaking up in the wake of drummer Chris Ackland’s suicide. Continue reading
Month: May 2016
Bleached @ Bottom of the Hill, 05.02.16
LA punkish/rock quartet Bleached wound down the last leg of their tour with a home-state show at San Francisco’s esteemed Bottom of the Hill. Continue reading
Thao and the Getdown Staydown w/ Seratones @ The Fillmore 04.30.16
San Francisco’s own Thao Nguyen played a sold-out show at the Fillmore on April 30th, in support of her band’s fourth record, A Man Alive. The record was recorded in SF, and produced by tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus, who joined the band onstage for “Meticulous Bird.”
Chvrches @ Fox Theater Oakland, 04.18.16
Chvrches played two sold-out nights at the Fox Theater in Oakland, in between Coachella weekends. Continue reading
Wolf Alice @ Fox Theater, Oakland 04.18.16
While the annual Coachella music festival has varying degrees of appeal depending on your feelings about the desert, festivals, hordes of sweaty bros, and the particular bands playing, an indisputably great side benefit of the festival since it became a two-weekend affair is the plethora of shows around California during the week between Coachella weekends. Continue reading
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