100s – "Life of a Mack"
Nineteen (or 20) year old pimp-rap prodigy 100s has been on our radar for a while – after I saw his video for "1999", I guessed he had a [...]
Nineteen (or 20) year old pimp-rap prodigy 100s has been on our radar for a while – after I saw his video for "1999", I guessed he had a [...]
Every few years -- actually, probably even more frequently than that -- there seems to be a narrative arc about the return of "real 90s indie rock," despite no [...]
Savages kicked off the first of two sold out shows at The Independent on Friday with opener Duke Garwood. Outside the venue, signs and security stressed a strict "no [...]
San Francisco’s Happy Fangs have released a new EP, and they want you to party with them.
Out on October 1st, their self-titled EP will have its official debut at [...]
< Photo: Pony Cassells Cass McCombs just shared a collaboration with the late Karen Black off his forthcoming double LP, Big Wheel and Others. On "Brighter!" McCombs doesn't sing at [...]
Matthew Houck, aka Phosphorescent
Both Phosphorescent and Indians continue to tour in support of albums released in early 2013, and the two acts are swinging through San Francisco on Saturday [...]
Sometimes things happen in mysterious ways. We like to believe everything is cause and effect but we know that is not always the case. Maybe you are [...]
SF's Sioux City Kid just released Minutes, Miles, Troubles and Trials, and the Americana band is celebrating with a hometown show this Friday night at the Great American Music [...]
Oakland's Ghost and the City usually perform as a 10-piece big-band, but for this special event they will be a unique Ghost (tet) or quartet as they celebrate the [...]
Zola Jesus's Versions offers stripped-down takes on her songs, with the singer's powerful voice accompanied by a string quartet and far fewer electronics than one might otherwise expect. It's [...]
Londoner Charlie Fink, lead vocalist and guitarist of pop folk revival band Noah and the Whale, still sends his brother, Doug, his demos. Doug Fink, the band’s original drummer, [...]