Report From the Show (with photos): The Avett Brothers with Jessica Lea...
Last night’s show at the Fox Theater was, I believe, the third time I have seen The Avett Brothers earnest mash-up of folk, pop and punk (courtesy of The Bay Bridged’s weekly Ticket Giveaway Wednesday...
View ArticleReport From the Show: Portland indie-pop band John Craig & The Weekend at The...
Latecomers—and everybody who was out of town—missed out on what I thought was the discovery of the evening: Portland band John Craig & The Weekend, which had driven 12 hours that day for the first...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Sunday Surf Show at Hotel Utah in San Francisco with Pollo Del Mar...
It was hang-ten time at the Hotel Utah Saloon in San Francisco on Sunday, as local quartet Pollo Del Mar was joined by fellow surf-rock outfit Slacktone from Los Angeles. According to guitarist Ferenc...
View ArticleReport From the Show: McCabe & Mrs. Miller perform Bruce Springsteen’s...
Why oh why aren’t there more opportunities to hear classic albums performed in their entirety? I’m one of those equal-opportunity music fans who thinks the best (and I mean the best of the best)...
View ArticlePHOTOS: The Flaming Lips perform The Soft Bulletin to kick off Noise Pop 2012...
I think I swallowed some confetti. For the first night of the 20th annual Noise Pop festival, organizers had The Flaming Lips bring their entire overwhelming, homemade stage show inside Bimbo’s 365...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Drive-By Truckers at The Fillmore in San Francisco, 03.16.12
What the world needs more of: Guitar solos Pedal steel guitar solos Angry sing-along choruses with lyrics like, “Hell no, I ain’t happy!” Bands that drink from Costco-sized bottles of hard liquor on...
View ArticlePHOTOS: A-Town Festival at Verdi Club in San Francisco, 04.29.12
Golly. I haven’t seen so many flying skirts since the aviatrix convention! *rim shot* Hey-o! But seriously, folks, this Sunday event was more than a 12-hour music festival, it was one heckuva swinging...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Great Lake Swimmers at The Independent in San Francisco, 05.16.12
Something was different as I left The Independent on Wednesday after seeing Toronto folk-rock band Great Lake Swimmers. It took me a little while to put my finger on it, but eventually I figured it...
View ArticleReport From the Show: Mark Growden and The Mockingbirds @ Subterranean...
Growden has been living in New Orleans for the last couple years, but he'll be back in the Bay Area for an extended period, which means more opportunities to see him live—starting with a second show...
View ArticleReport From the Show: Cloud Cult with JBM at The Independent, SF, 05.09.13
I can't think of a better show for my first outing as a dad than Minneapolis chamber-folk-electro-enviro-orchestro-pop-rock band Cloud Cult. Continue reading →
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