Mitski (photo: Robert Alleyne)
The first time I saw Mitski belt straight into her guitar strings was two years ago, during a shattering Audiotree Live Session I devoured through my computer screen. [...]
Sigur Rós (photo: Jon Bauer)
Sigur Rós are consistently billed as a post-rock band — but while listening to them in a contemporary context, their music reminds me less of [...]
(Hazel Reading Series banner, designed by Diana To.)
“We have no prescribed identities,” Sara Marinelli of San Francisco's Hazel Reading Series says to me over the phone. For us, [womanhood] is [...]
“Be present / be patient / be transparent” Aly Spaltro writes at the end of her Tender Warriors Club manifesto. Originally written as a personal reminder to refrain from [...]
They're weird, they're local, and they're coming to The Chapel: Xiu Xiu is slated for a memorable performance on March 19th in San Francisco.
Presented by (((folkYEAH!))), Sunday's performance will be [...]
Thao Nguyen, I often like to say, is the best reason to stay in San Francisco. Nguyen has been playing music in the city since 2009, and her onstage [...]
Chicano Batman (photo: Robert Alleyne)
To my eye, at least one-in-three audience members in Chicano Batman’s San Francisco crowd was wearing Chicano Batman merch. Excited fans––families, couples, groups of friends, and [...]
Adia Victoria (photo: Kaiya Gordon)
“So the question that naturally emerges is simple,” Jenn M. Jackson writes in her 2015 essay, “We Done Told Y’all What’s Up”. “What are the rules?” [...]
“I just do my damndest,” Hether Fortune tells me over the phone. For Fortune, her “damndest” includes projects in all corners of the music industry; along with her contributions [...]
Pussy Riot’s debut theater production, “Revolution,” is as anti-fascist as their previous performance work. Like their controversial public demonstrations and their rollicking punk rock music, “Revolution” is concerned with [...]
Mothers (photo: Kaiya Gordon)
As the Friday night crept towards Saturday morning, Kristine Leschper of Mothers took the stage at Brick and Mortar. The room was hushed and expectant; fans huddled together [...]
Weyes Blood (photo: Kaiya Gordon)
“I don’t want nothing but the truth!” shouts Hazel Motes in Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood. “And what you see is the truth, and I’ve seen it!”
Ascending the [...]
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