Review: Earthdance Festival
The Earthdance Global Festival for Peace has been going on for over a decade now with the intention of cultivating community, unity and peace through music around the world.
Preview: Nurses at Café du Nord
Nurses are bringing their blend of blissed-out psychedelic pop to Café du Nord in celebration of the release of their new album, Dracula (Dead Oceans). This a show for fans of low-fidelity recordings, jacked-up dance beats, hooky pop and Prince.
Album Review: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, “Hysterical”
OK, there’s no use burying the lede: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have written a fantastic Killers record. The 12 tracks on Hysterical are a blur, with nothing to grasp onto and little to find memorable.
Live Review: James Blake at the Fillmore
Wednesday night the remarkably gifted James Blake descended upon the Fillmore to deliver one of the best live sets I’ve seen this year.
Bon Iver dazzles sold out crowd at Greek Theater
A very humbled Justin Vernon, known to us as Bon Iver (pronounced bohn eevair; French for “good winter”) dazzled a sold out crowd at Berkeley’s Greek Theater last night. “We are very lucky,” Vernon told the crowd as he tried to explain the magnitude of this night to his fans.
Review: ‘Secret’ Show With Jane’s Addiction, Snoop Dogg & The Killers
There’s no denying that Napster co-founder and Facebook collaborator Sean Parker knows how to throw a party. Following the F8 conference last night he brought Snoop Dogg, Jane’s Addiction and The Killers together for an exclusive show in SF.
Mixtape Review: Under the Influence by Odd Future’s Damier Genesis
Odd Future’s resident stoner Damier Genesis fulfilled his promise to fans and uploaded his new project Under The Influence to his Tumblr at 4:20 pm yesterday.
Live Review: Bassnectar at Civic Auditorium
The earth-rattling beats that started with sound check Saturday afternoon were from none other than Lorin Ashton, aka Bassnectar, at his massive Bass Center III show at the Civic Auditorium
Live Review: Crookers at Mighty
Saturday night, Mad Decent records resident producers, Crookers brought their one-of-a-kind Italian house/hip hop music to Mighty.
Live Review: Dillon Francis @ Manor West
On Friday night, Mad Decent producer Dillon Francis brought an incredible mix of house and moombaton to Manor West.
Homegrown: Kelly McFarling
One night every week bars around the world host open mics. These are events in which songwriters–first-timers and veterans–come together, draw names out of a hat (determining the order of performers) and play a tune or two for each other.
Album Review: Neon Indian, “Era Extraña”
Chillwave artist Alan Palomo, known to fans as Neon Indian, is back on the scene with a brilliant sophomore album, Era Extraña.
Live Review: The Kills – No Drums, No Fun?
Across The Bay, The Kills entertained hundreds of devoted fans as they rocked out to song after song of new material from their latest album. Almost every track off Blood Pressures is catchy and honest and were carried through on stage tonight with all the ferocity and grittiness that you’d expect.
Album Review: Thurdercat ‘Golden Age of the Apocalypse’
As far as debuts albums go, Thundercat’s Golden Age of the Apocalypse is a mind bending piece of work. Following in the form of the Brainfeeder crew, the album showcases layers of instruments on top of one another in an effort to recreate a genre-bending orchestra with jazz and 70s soul elements.
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