English glam-rock band the Darkness returned to the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, with Nashville guitar army Diarrhea Planet in tow. Check out photos from both sets below… 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/ San Fermin @ The Fillmore 02.23.18
Brooklyn indie rock band San Fermin played the Fillmore in San Francisco for the annual Noise Pop festival. Check out photos 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
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ The Fox Theater 10.30.17
New York (and now LA) garage rock trio Yeah Yeah Yeahs continued their mini tour in celebration of the reissue of their first record Fever to Tell, with a sold-out show at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Continue reading
LANY @ The Fillmore 10.29.17
LA-based indie-pop trio LANY (who are not bicoastal despite the name), played two sold-out shows at the Fillmore at the end of October. Continue reading
Three Match Breeze 