Philly born-and-bred troubadour Kurt Vile, with his Violators in tow, hit the Fox Theater in Oakland on December 12th, in support of his quite excellent new record, Bottle It In. Continue reading
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2018 Treasure Island Music Festival, 10.13-14.18
After a year hiatus, the Bay Area’s annual fall music festival Treasure Island returned this year. Continue reading
Liz Phair @ The Fillmore 09.20.18
Indie rock chanteuse Liz Phair, out on tour with a full band for the first time in years, played the Fillmore in San Francisco on September 20th. Continue reading
Carly Rae Jepsen @ The Independent, 08.09.18
Carly Rae Jepsen, booked for day 1 of Outside Lands this year, played the week’s second official Outside Lands night show at the Independent the night before the official start of the festival. Continue reading
Lucy Dacas @ The Rickshaw Stop 03.24.18
Singer/songwriter/historian Lucy Dacus played the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco, touring behind her excellent second record, Historian. The show ended late by SF standards, around 1AM, but even those waiting outside in the rain before the show stayed through the end. Massachusetts indie rock back And the Kids, who one might call “hardcore dreampop” if that were thing, played a fantastic opening set. Continue reading
Anderson East w/ JS Ondara @ The Fillmore 03.02.18
Nashville R&B/soul singer Anderson East played a sold-out show at the Fillmore in San Francisco on March 2nd. Minneapolis-based Nigerian singer/songwriter JS Ondara played a great opening set as well. Pics below… Continue reading
Gogol Bordello w/ The Lucky Chops @ The Fillmore 02.27.18
Gypsy punks Gogol Bordello played two sold-out shows at the Fillmore at the end of February, with NYC funky brass band The Lucky Chops in tow. Photos from both extremely raucous sets below… Continue reading
Noise Pop 2018 w/ The Coathangers, Feels, Death Valley Girls, Flytraps
Burger Records’ Burger A-Go-Go tour stopped through San Francisco as part of the city’s 2018 Noise Pop festival, with a great quadruple bill of mostly girl rock, headlined by The Coathangers. LA’s Feels also played a standout set, followed by Death Valley Girls and Flytraps. Check out photos from all the sets below… Continue reading
Mary Timony played Helium @ The Independent, 02.17.18
Indie rock vet Mary Timony dusted off songs from her beloved, long-defunct ’90s band Helium last year for a short East Coast tour, behind the Matador Records’ reissue of the band’s two LPs and a new 2-LP, 19 song singles & rarities compilation. Continue reading
LCD Soundsystem @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 11.15.17
The un-retired Brooklyn dance-rock outfit LCD Soundsystem played two sold-out nights at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on November 14th and 15th, touring behind their fourth (and first post-reactivation) record, American Dream. Continue reading
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