GalleryReview + Photos: The New Pornographers at the Fillmore
The New Pornographers (photo: Patric Carver)
What is the deal with The New Pornographers? Are they, like the proverbial goldfish that grows to fit the size of its tank, going [...]
GalleryBeyond The Bay: Silversun Pickups at Ace of Spades
Silversun Pickups (photo: Patric Carver)
Silversun Pickups played to a sold-out crowd at Ace of Spades. Security was very tight, and there was a line winding around the block to [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Peter Hook and the Light at the Fillmore
Peter Hook and The Light (photo: Patric Carver)
When I am at the Fillmore, I always like to spend a little time during the show in The Introvert Self-Exclusion Zone [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Big Wreck at the Bottom of the Hill
Big Wreck (photo: Patric Carver)
"Wow. This place is small."
This was the most common observation amongst Big Wreck fans gathered at Bottom of the Hill, most of whom seemed to [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Ride at the Regency Ballroom
Ride (photo: Patric Carver)
Ride came back to San Francisco to play a packed show at the Regency Ballroom.
Opening act Spirit of the Beehive had a bright and beautiful sound that, much like [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Bad Bad Hats bring bubblegum folk to The New Parish
Bad Bad Hats (photo: Patric Carver)
“Hello, I usually do not speak until after the second song, so let’s pretend this did not happen.”
That’s how lead vocalist and guitarist Kerry [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Bitter Lake at Rickshaw Stop
Bitter Lake (photo: Terry Gatechair)
I first saw Jason Myles on stage as part of the duo La Fin Absolute Du Monde, a heavy industrial unit that melted the faces of [...]
GalleryRedd Kross and the Melvins at Cornerstone Brewing
The Melvins (photo: Karen Goldman)
A few years ago, I came to really understand what living in the Bay Area was all about when I was invited to a group [...]
GalleryBloc Party go ‘Silent’ in SF this November
(photo: Estefany Gonzalez)
Starting on September 16, Bloc Party has been playing a very limited tour of the US, playing their debut album Silent Alarm in its entirety. San Francisco [...]
GalleryBlack Belt Eagle Scout brings her ghostly jangle to SF
Two years ago, Katherine Paul's debut album as Black Belt Eagle Scout, Mother of my Children, was released. Haunting and simple, the constructs of the songs were designed to [...]
GalleryBeehive swarm up + down the West Coast to SF, Oakland
Though the duo Beehive formed recently in early 2019, band members Jake Sprecher (formerly of Terry Malts) and bassist Bud Amenti (also of Shutups), having been playing Bay Area venues for [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: OMD at the Mountain Winery
OMD (photo: Patric Carver)
"The moral of our set is don't be afraid of middle-aged men from Liverpool. We've come to kick your ass with synthesizers."
That's how bassist and vocalist [...]
