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
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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
Guns N’ Roses @ T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, 04.08.16
The (mostly) reunited Guns N’ Roses officially kicked off their “Not In This Lifetime…” reunion tour at the newly-opened T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip. Continue reading
Iggy Pop @ The Masonic, 03.31.16

Rock icon Iggy Pop played a sold-out show at the Masonic in San Francisco, in support of his latest record, Post Pop Depression. Continue reading
The Smashing Pumpkins @ The Masonic w/ Liz Phair, 03.25.16

The Smashing Pumpkins brought their “In Plainsong” tour to San Francisco, along with fellow Chicagoan Liz Phair, who played a solo opening set. Continue reading
Quilt @ The Independent, 03.23.16

Boston’s psychedelic indie-rock quintet Quilt headlined the Independent in San Francisco on March 23, touring in support of their excellent third album, Plaza. Continue reading
St. Lucia @ The Fillmore, 03.05.16

Out on tour in support of their second record, Matter, Brooklyn-based electro-pop band St. Lucia played the Fillmore in San Francisco on a very rainy Saturday on March 5th, though the weather outside had absolutely no effect on the enthusiasm of the ecstatic crowd in the venue. Continue reading
The Thermals @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall for Noise Pop, 02.25.16

Portland post-pop-punk trio quartet The Thermals headlined a late show at Brick and Mortar Music Hall on a busy Thursday night for Noise Pop 2016. Continue reading




