Live Review: Black Lips
Dancing, crowd surfing, moshing, and saliva — the Black Lips ripped the crowd a new one at Great American Music Hall on Saturday night.
Video: Architecture in Helsinki
Just in time for it’s Bay Area tour stops this week, Architecture in Helsinki just released the video for “Escapee,” the third single from Moment Bends (V2/Cooperative Music USA/Downtown Records).
Video: Aloe Blacc “I Need a Dollar”
A mix of soul, funk, and hip hop, artist Aloe Blacc delivers powerful messages while keeping the dancefloor alive. He’s currently touring the country, just on the verge of US mainstream success.
Preview: Sleepy Sun @ Slim’s
San Francisco’s own Sleepy Sun will be spreading the psych this Friday, providing main support to Austin’s The Black Angels at Slims. Still riding the rave reviews surrounding their latest release Fever, the band launched a digital single of the song “Desert God” with an exclusive new b-side, “Toys” to celebrate the tour.
Review: KT Tunstall @ GAMH
The spunky singer-songwriter KT Tunstall lit up the stage at her concert on Mother’s Day at the Great American Music Hall. The venue, which already has an intimate feeling of it’s own, complimented her solo acoustic tour perfectly
Local bands team up for “It Gets Indie” benefit
Seemingly moved by the Prop 8 decision and the spate of LGBT teen suicides in 2010, local 8th grader and all-around hip kid Noah Hornik (he writes an indie rock blog) started a Kickstarter campaign to organize a local show that would benefit The Trevor Project and It Gets Better.
Ergo, “It Gets Indie.”
Live Review: Ben Gibbard
Another year of Noise Pop ended Sunday night at the Great American Music Hall with more of a polite indie rock bow than the requisite bang, as members of Death Cab For Cutie, Rogue Wave, Husker Du and The Album Leaf all took the stage at various times to play to a dedicated, capacity crowd.
Morning Beat: Good Weather, Good Times
You can’t beat the recent spate of fantastic weather in SF, and there are plenty of fun options tonight to complement our good fortune.
Album Stream: Toro Y Moi – Underneath the Pine
Get an early listen to Toro Y Moi’s latest album, Underneath the Pine, a followup to his debut last year that made waves on the blogosphere. The new album, set for release on February 22nd, focuses more on live instrumentation, as opposed to more electronic/programmed approach he took on 2010′s Causers of This. Listen to the free stream HERE. He returns to San Francisco after a run of gigs at SXSW for a show at Great American Music Hall on March 24th.
VIDEO: The Mother Hips @ GAMH
The San Francisco-based rock group The Mother Hips are coming back to the Great American Music Hall this weekend for what has practically become an annual tradition. Last year, I was lucky enough to grab an exclusive interview with the guys right before the concert.
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