GalleryGiveaway: The Swirlies at the Chapel
The Swirlies in 1992
The shoegaze pioneers from Boston are back. Well saying a band from the '90s that influenced/created a genre that is making a comeback and is going [...]
GalleryGiveaway: King Woman to shake your soul at GAMH with the help of Mane and Plush
San Francisco's very own King Woman will always be an act not worth missing, especially now that the lead and brain of it all, Kristina Esfandiari, is touring all [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Welcome to the church of Waxahatchee
Waxahatchee (photo: Kaiya Gordon)
My history with Waxahatchee is one that's simple, but especially sentimental.
It is an obsession brought to me by another friend putting a song from Waxahatchee’s debut American Weekend on [...]
GalleryQ&A: Let T-Rextasy take you down to Boogietown
(photo: Annie Fidoten)
I am starting to see a pattern in the music that I get the most excited for: it all sounds like music I would have been obsessed [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Adult Mom made you feel at home at Rickshaw Stop
Adult Mom (photo: Kaiya Gordon)
I had been looking forward to this day for months. Not only was it the day Soar shared their first single off their debut full length [...]
GalleryAdult Mom to make you proud of your softness at Rickshaw Stop
(photo: Bao Ngo)
As someone who is non-binary and chronically depressed, Adult Mom has really helped me feel not alone. They give me a representation of myself and for people [...]
GalleryReview: Kimya Dawson calms at Rickshaw Stop
I needed to sit down. I got there late because I had just been at Clusterfest all day. I had wanted to finally see Wizard Apprentice live, but I [...]
GalleryThe Total Bettys to host a FREE album release show at El Rio
The night before Phono del Sol, you have the opportunity to get in a sweet darling hyperactive mood around people and bands that accept you and will tell you [...]
GalleryReview: A cluster of lists about Clusterfest
T.J. Miller (photo: Jon Bauer)
It may not be clear, but I actually really like to laugh.
I am not always crying. I am usually pretending I am not sad, just [...]
GalleryReview: Girlpool is already a classic at the Chapel
There's something about teenage girls that scares me but that also makes me angry that I can't protect them.
They scare me because I know what it's like to be [...]
GalleryGirlpool are a tweemo duo playing the Chapel this week
Girlpool (photo: Kacie Tomita)
Girlpool is the definition of tweemo. I mean like Sarah Records twee and Saddle Creek emo meeting somewhere along the way and becoming one. I [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Conor Oberst at the Fox
Conor Oberst (photo: Jon Bauer)
Also Titled: How To Be Sad in Public
I have seen Conor Oberst live over 15 times in the last seven years, but the last time [...]
