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
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Veruca Salt celebrate release of ‘Ghost Notes’ at Slim’s in SF on July 10, 2015
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
Television @ The Fillmore 06.30.15
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
Review/Photos: Hamilton Leithauser @ The Independent, 06.10.15
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
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
Luna played first reunion show at the The Echo in Los Angeles, 04.13.15
On April 13, exactly 3,696 days after their last show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, Luna reunited for a show at The Echo in Los Angeles. Continue reading
Florence and The Machine @ The Masonic, April 9, 2015
Florence and The Machine kicked off their latest tour with two nights at the Masonic Temple in San Francisco, ahead of the release of their upcoming third record, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. Continue reading
TV on the Radio @ Fox Theater Oakland, 3.31.13
With the SXSW detours/spring training period out of the way, concert season is in full swing as festival lineups are announced, tours extended, and bands start descending on bigger cities in support of new records. Brooklyn’s TV on the Radio are in the midst of a big tour promoting their latest, Seeds, and hit the Fox Theater in Oakland on March 31st. Continue reading
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