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
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Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers played Swedish American Hall for Noise Pop 02.24.16
Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Mitski headlined a Noise Pop singer-songwriter night at the Swedish American Hall with an intimate solo set, joined by a couple of pretty great openers: LA chanteuse Phoebe Bridgers and San Francisco’s Melina Duterte aka Jay Som. Poet Monica Mody opened the night. Check out pics below… Continue reading
Metric played The Masonic (w/Joywave) in San Francisco for Noise Pop 2016, 02.23.16
Toronto quartet Metric helped kick off the 2016 Noise Pop festival in San Francisco with a show at The Masonic in Nob Hill. Continue reading
Jennylee @ The Chapel, 01.28.16
Jennylee—aka Jenny Lee Lindberg, bassist for LA psych-rock outfit Warpaint—recently released her debut solo LP, Right On!, and her tour hit the Chapel in San Francisco on January 28th. Continue reading
Ty Segall & The Muggers (w/CFM, VIAL) @ The Fillmore 01.18.16
Garage-/glam-/psych-/noise-rock savant Ty Segall played a two-night stand in his adoptive hometown of San Francisco at the Fillmore, a few days before the release of Emotional Mugger, his eighth studio record since 2008 (9th if you count Slaughterhouse—and you should—recorded as The Ty Segall Band). Continue reading
Langhorne Slim & The Law w/Sawyer Fredericks @ The Independent 01.15.16
Alt-/folk-rock singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim played a sold-out show at the Independent in San Francisco on January 15. Opening the show was 16-year old phenom at winner of season 8 of The Voice, Sawyer Fredericks.
EL VY played the Independent in San Francisco, 11.06.15
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
Photos: Treasure Island Music Festival, Day 1
Day 1 of the 2015 Treasure Music Festival on San Francisco’s Treasure Island took place in October 17, and featured performances by Baio, Bob Moses, Cashmere Cat, Gorgon City, Hudson Mohawk, Shamir, STS9, Viceroy, Run the Jewels, FKA Twigs, and the first ever concert by Big Grams, the collaboration between Outkast’s Big Boi and electro-rock duo Phantogram. Continue reading
The National headlined Treasure Island Music Festival, 10.18.15
Brooklyn indie-rock stalwarts The National closed out the 2015 Treasure Island Music Festival on October 18th with a Sunday night headlining set. Continue reading
The Drive-By Truckers @ The Fillmore, November 20-22, 2014
The Drive-By Truckers released their 5-LP, 3-CD live album It’s Great To Be Alive! today, which was recorded over three nights at the Fillmore in San Francisco last November. We were there all three nights, and to celebrate the record’s release, check out a slew of photos (some of which you’ll find inside the record’s artwork) in the gallery below… Continue reading
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