Toronto-based hardcore punks Fucked Up played the Independent in San Francisco on August 19th. Continue reading
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NEEDTOBREATHE + Switchfoot at The Masonic SF, July 9th, 2015
NEEDTOBREATHE and Switchfoot (along with openers Colony House and
Drew Holcomb) played the Masonic Temple in San Francisco on July 9th. Photo gallery below: Continue reading
Diarrhea Planet played The Independent in San Francisco w/ Left and Right, Sun Valley Gun Club
The perpetually-on-tour Nashville sextet Diarrhea Planet rolled back into San Francisco on May 27th, with Philly’s Left and Right and NoCal’s Sun Valley Gun Club in tow. Needles to say, it was a heavy, heavy guitar night. Continue reading
Sleater-Kinney @ The Masonic, San Francisco, 05.02.15 REVIEW/GALLERY
The reunited Sleater-Kinney hit San Francisco for the first of two sold-out nights at the Masonic, on Saturday, May 2nd. “Don’t tell Portland, but this is this the first city we fell for,” singer/guitarist Corin Tucker told the crowd. Continue reading
De La Soul @ The Fillmore, 12.03.14
Hip-hop icons De La Soul played the Fillmore in San Francisco on December 3rd, part of the 25th anniversary tour of the Long Island trio’s landmark debut record, 3 Feet High and Rising. NYC rapper Dillon Cooper’s short but terrific set did a great job hyping up the crowd, and De La Soul did not disappoint with their own riveting set. Continue reading
Weezer @ Slim’s 11.02.14
Weezer are in the midst of a small club tour, and played the 400-capacity Slim’s in San Francisco on November 2nd. The show started with frontman Rivers Cuomo onstage alone with an acoustic guitar. Continue reading
The Julie Ruin @ The Fillmore, 11.1.14
Kathleen Hanna’s latest rock outift, The Julie Ruin, hit San Francisco’s historic Fillmore on November 1. After canceling a summer tour due to Hanna’s health issues, the band–and Hanna–were in fine form as they played songs from their record, Run Fast, as well as a handful of new songs they were road testing for the first time. Though the show was in San Francisco, Hanna wore a Cabaret-style leotard in honor of her aunt who used to live in New York and who was in attendance. Fancy.
Bay Area garage rock trio Younger Lovers opened with an energetic set, full of hard-hitting tunes, tales of growing up gay in Alabama, and knocks on Modest Mouse.
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Warpaint @ Regency Ballroom, 10.27.14
LA quartet Warpaint hit San Francisco as they wind down their tour behind their second record, Warpaint, which came out early this year. A less-than-soldout Monday night crowd at the Regency made up what they lacked in number with sheer force of enthusiasm. At least one group of fans successfully delivered baked goods to the band. No reports on whether Warpaint ate the box of pastries gifted to them by fanatical, total strangers. Seeing as Warpaint subsequently had to cancel/reschedule their upcoming European dates, those baked goods are looking more and more suspicious.
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Hall and Oates @ The Masonic SF, 10.17.14
He’s Daryl Hall. He’s John Oates. Together, they’re Daryl Hall & John Oates. Continue reading
Ex Hex / Speedy Ortiz @ Rickshaw Stop, 10.14.14
Speedy Ortiz’s 90s-inspired angular rock often draws comparisons to much missed 90s alt-rock band Helium. So it’s fitting and/or steering into the skid that Speedy Ortiz booked a tour with openers Ex Hex, the new band from Helium frontwoman Mary Timony. Continue reading
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