GalleryGiveaway: Two nights of Speedy Ortiz
(illustration: Xaime Hernandez)
Speedy Ortiz has been up there on my "favorite bands that are alive while I'm alive" list for years now, and with the release of their newest [...]
GalleryNYE Happening: Noise Pop presents Con Brio at Swedish American Hall
(photo: Jon Bauer)Psychedelic funk and soul was pioneered here in the Bay Area with bands like Sly and the Family Stone, but it's Con Brio who keep that pulse [...]
GalleryA conflict guide For Noise Pop’s massive 2017 lineup
OK Noise Pop, we see you. The Bay Area’s premier indie music festival went off this year, their 25th Anniversary, releasing a seemingly endless number of lineup announcements, all [...]
GallerySupport The Bay Bridged and you could win tickets to Outside Lands and Noise Pop!
Through our work, The Bay Bridged has taken a leading role in supporting local musicians and the Bay Area music community, but we can't do it alone! Your support [...]
GalleryNoise Pop announces first 2017 names: Vince Staples, Adia Victoria and more
Well, we have at least one thing to look forward to in 2017: Noise Pop has release the first wave of names scheduled to play their 2017 festival. Included [...]
GalleryNoise Pop announces ’25 To 25′ series
In celebration of its 25th year, Noise Pop is throwing a series of events leading up to its 2017 season announce in November.
Series performances that are currently scheduled include [...]
GalleryNoise Pop: Carly Rae Jepsen and audience as the art
Attending a concert isn’t an isolated experience — it’s an extension of a relationship an individual listener builds with an artist. Watching a live performance is only one of [...]
GalleryTicket Giveaway: The Soft White Sixties at The Chapel
San Francisco's own The Soft White Sixties are descendants of the type of rock and roll that aims for the heart by taking a shortcut through the hips. Lead [...]
GalleryPlaylist: Julien Baker shares the songs of her past ahead of Noise Pop performance
Some songs impact me not because I identify with the emotions myself, but because I know that someone I care about does.
The first time I heard Julien Baker’s “Something,” [...]
GalleryTo Die Clean and Pretty: Mitski’s Growing Legacy
Bury Me At Makeout Creek, Brooklyn musician Mitski's 2014 debut for Double Double Whammy, is a cohesive statement of an album. But it's not one of authoritative deliverance, nor [...]
GalleryThe Noise Populist: Carly Rae Jepsen’s underground universalism
What do you call pop music that doesn’t reach the mainstream? As today’s Top 40 continues to be gentrified by esoteric personalities squeezing out populist idealism, chart success seems [...]
GalleryNoise Pop 2016 initial lineup announced: Vince Staples, The Mountain Goats, Parquet Courts, and more
It's that time of the year, folks - a time when we're gearing up for Thanksgiving, the holidays, New Year's Eve, and then in the new year, the next [...]
