
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

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

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
SoCal kids Best Coast, Wavves, and Cherry Glazer returned to their home state on the final leg of their “Summer is Forever II” tour, the “sequel” to the co-headlining tour Best Coast and Wavves embarked on back in 2011. Continue reading

EL VY, the new band/collaboration between Matt Berninger (The National) and Brent Knopf (ex-Menomena, Roman Falls), played a sold-out show at the Independent on November 6th. Continue reading
London-based post-punk band Savages, on a short West Coast tour road-testing their new material, played Great American Music Hall on August 25th. Continue reading
Toronto-based hardcore punks Fucked Up played the Independent in San Francisco on August 19th. Continue reading
If there’s one trend that’s been constant throughout rock in the last 10-15 years, it’s the rock band reunion. It’s such a commonplace occurrence that you can break the reunions up into categories. Continue reading
New York City rock icons Television played the Fillmore in SF on June 30th, one of a handful of shows in a short June tour. Continue reading
Former (and future?) Walkmen singer Hamilton Leithauser, in the middle of a short West Coast tour, played the Independent in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 10th. Continue reading