Mayer Hawthorne wows fans at Bimbo’s 365 Club
Fresh off the release of his second album How Do You Do, Mayer Hawthorne wowed energetic fans with his retro swagger at Bimbo’s 365 Club last night.
Holy Flute! Gardens & Villa Bring It Renaissance Style
Don’t call it a satchel of sticky wickets. Santa Barbara’s Gardens & Villa came armed with a quiver of wooden flutes to show us northern Californians how to blow (literally!).
Album Review: Mayer Hawthorne’s ‘How Do You Do’
Neo-soul phenomenon Mayer Hawthorne wowed us a few years back with his debut album, A Strange Arrangement, a colorful collection of tracks that expressed the spirit of the 60s and paid tribute to Detroit’s golden years. Today, Hawthorne is back with his second album, How Do You Do, which offers us more feel-good beats that blend the retro sound from Motown’s studio A with his modern swagger.
Live Review: Star Slinger at Rickshaw Stop
Darren Williams, aka Star Slinger, made his much-anticipated SF debut last Thursday night at the Popscene, the weekly Thursday party at Rickshaw Stop.
Album Review: DJ Shadow ‘The Less You Know, The Better’
Creatively spinning music for over twenty years, DJ Shadow is well known for his bending of genres and deep use of samples. His recent fourth studio album The Less You Know, the Better was released this week after a five year hiatus and has been raved about by rock, hip hop, and electronic fans alike.
Live Review: matthewdavid, Christopher Willits, Oval at Benaroya Hall
The final showcase I chose to cover for Decibel took place at the Nordstrom Recital Hall. Needless to say, this was a different sort of event than any of the other ones I attended.
Weekend Snapshot: Toro y Moi @ Great American Music Hall
Rising star Chaz Bundick, and leader of Toro y Moi, brought his band and electrifying sound to the Great American Music Hall for two nights this past weekend.
Album Review: Dum Dum Girls, “Only In Dreams”
Only In Dreams is a lush yet lyrically dark record, spanning retro guitar rock to simple, catchy pop with a healthy layer of reverb and repeated choruses.
Photos: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Hundreds of thousands of music fans showed up for the 11th edition of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass to hear everything from traditional Americana to experimental guitar rock.
Live Review: Odd Future at The Warfield
It’s only been two short months since the last time Odd Future was in town to bring their riotous show to a local San Francisco concert hall. Since then, the group has enjoyed performing at more than a few domestic and international music festivals including HARD festival in Los Angeles, Summer Sonic in Japan, Lowlands in the Netherlands and more.
Live Review: Blurring the Lines Showcase at Neumos
Friday night, Resident Advisor presented Blurring the Lines, a showcase devoted to merging techno and dubstep, at Neumos. With the recent trend in DJs/producers experimenting in these gray areas of electronic dance music
Live Review: Night Slugs Showcase at Baltic Room
Last night at the Baltic Room, Seattle got a taste of the Night Slugs label with DJ sets from Kingdom, Girl Unit and Bok Bok. The sold out party was packed with plenty of excited people
Live Review: Decibel Opening Party
Greetings from Seattle! I’m out here covering a few showcases for Decibel and hope you look forward to reading my reviews. Last night I went to their opening party at Re:bar
Preview: Girls at GAMH
San Francisco is known for developing really raw talent into a burning white flame. At the moment that flame burns with Girls front man Christopher Owens and co-creator Chet White, who released their sophomore album Father, Son, Holy Spirit earlier this month.
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