Scottish electro-pop trio Chvrches made their long-awaited return to San Francisco, playing a Sunday night set for the Treasure Island Music Festival. Continue reading
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JEFF the Brotherhood @ The Independent 03.29.15
Nashville’s JEFF the Brotherhood were in SF a few days after the release of their newest record, Wasted on the Dream. Continue reading
Tweedy / The Minus 5 @ The Fillmore, 03.18.15
Tweedy, the family band of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy’s son Spencer Tweedy, played two sold-out nights at the Fillmore on. After a St. Patrick’s Day opening night with The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger opening, Wilco buddies The Minus 5 opened night two on March 18th. Continue reading
The Juliana Hatfield Three @ The Chapel, 03.15.15
“You remember all of us… from the Nineties!” is how Juliana Hatfield introduced the band to the crowd at the Chapel on Sunday, March 15. And, yes, the crowd certainly remembered. Continue reading
Stars / Leisure Cruise @ The Fillmore, 03.05.15
Canadian indie pop outfit Stars played a sold-out show at the Fillmore in SF, on the tail end of two-month international tour in support of their last record, No One Is Lost. Continue reading
The New Pornographers @ The Fox Theater for Noise Pop, 02.28.15
Canadian indie rock supergroup the New Pornographers played the Noise Pop show at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Saturday night, and despite a recent lineup change and being one key member short, they delivered the same, dependable hour and a half of hook-y, harmonizing, driving rock music that they’ve been peddling for 15 years now. Continue reading
Best Coast played Noise Pop show at Bottom of the Hill, 02.24.15
Noise Pop 2015 continued on Tuesday with an excellent show at Bottom of the Hill. LA’s Best Coast – whose last proper Bay Area show was a year ago at The Fox Theater – headlined the show Continue reading
St. Paul and the Broken Bones @ The Fillmore 02.14.15
Three Match Breeze 2014 Roundup
posted by: Greg Chow
Saw a lot of music this year. While it was a less exciting year, personally, than 2013, I saw a lot more music than ever before. Here are some thoughts on the music I saw and heard in 2014.
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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