GalleryPremiere: Listen to Air Surgeon’s “Wardrobe”, off debut EP due on Death Records
San Francisco label Death Records is set to release Air Surgeon’s debut EP this spring. The local pop band is a long time favorite of Death Records – not […]
GalleryNoise Pop 2015: Holly Herndon monitors The Lab
For all involved, Holly Herndon’s prodigious set at The Lab on Sunday night for Noise Pop was an exercise in the limitations of sound, vision, social agitation, supervision, and […]
GalleryThe Return of Sir Lord Von Raven
Six years in the making, it finally arrives! It’s the second album from Sir Lord Von Raven, The Age of Machines, and yeah it was worth the wait. Not […]
GalleryTwo Piece Fest West hits the East Bay this weekend
Not to offend all my bassist friends out there, but the Two Piece Fest West taking place this weekend begs the question: who needs ‘em? Apparently not this collection […]
GallerySacramento’s So Stressed signs to Meredith Graves’ new label Honor Press
Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy, ex-Shoppers) recently announced the launch of her new Captured Tracks imprint, Honor Press, and their first band – Sacramento’s So Stressed. As far as I know, […]
GalleryNoise Pop 2015: Dan Deacon brings energy and crowd participation to The Chapel
Photos by Jon Ching
Dan Deacon – Baltimore’s hero of the experimental underground – delivered a classic, highly interactive performance on Saturday night at the Chapel. Using a full light […]
GalleryNate Baker, Samuel Gray Edmondson join Australia’s Hipstones at Hotel Utah
Noise Pop 2015 has come to an end, which means it’s time to recover with a mellow evening tonight at the Hotel Utah. Australia’s Hipstones, a soul band, are […]
GalleryNoise Pop 2015: New Pornographers headline an evening of pop at the Fox Theatre
Photos by Paige Parsons
During last night’s near-perfectly curated Noise Pop show at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, surrounded by lots of eager New Pornographers fans, I couldn’t stop thinking about […]
GalleryNoise Pop 2015: Benders Happy Hour with Wild Eyes, War Cloud, The Traveling Ills
Wild Eyes
Noise Pop Happy Hour 2: The Re-Drinkening.
With an aching liver and a head still thumping from the previous night’s show, I braced myself for another evening of heavy […]
GalleryNoise Pop 2015: Toro y Moi sits down with Song Exploder, discusses new track “Half Dome”
By Daniel Senter
Last Thursday, a few hundred people turned out for a free live podcast-recording session with Chaz Bundick of Toro y Moi and Hrishikesh Hirway of the podcast […]
GalleryNoise Pop 2015: Owen Pallett played solo at Orchid Tapes Showcase
Photos by John Hartsfield
Owen Pallett, a multi-instrumentalist looping maestro stole the stage at the Orchid Tapes Showcase on Saturday night. Wedged between R.L. Kelly and Foxes In Fiction (fronted […]
GalleryNoise Pop 2015: Teenaged Cherry Glazerr rocks as hard as the big kids
Photos by Joey Pangilinan
Review by Erin Browner
Cherry Glazerr is what a teenage girl band should be — small but wild 18-year-old Clementine on lead vocals and guitar, her older […]
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