August 15, 2013• Concert Reviews, Music
Outside Lands came and went last weekend, blowing in and out of the Golden Gate Park with the signature stomp, rock, and dazzle that’s...
July 11, 2013• Concert Reviews, Music
High Sierra Music Festival is easily one of the happiest places on earth. People return year after year (after year). They bring their...
April 18, 2013• Concert Reviews, Music
Alt-J (so named for the neato triangle you can make using your keyboard—∆) headlined a sold-out show at the Fillmore the other night....
March 22, 2013• Concert Reviews, Music
Les Claypool is truly a singular artist. He’s transcended his various projects over the decades to become a sound, a style, a genre, all...
January 10, 2013• Concert Reviews, Music
Partying for three days straight in single digit temperatures? Who wouldn’t be at least a wee bit trepidatious about uncomfortable at...
January 4, 2013• Concert Reviews, Music
Just before Christmas, the Motet lit up a little pocket of San Francisco, bringing a much-needed boost of merriment to a holiday season...
November 12, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
Only Leonard Cohen could transform a space as impersonal and corporately stamped as the HP Pavilion into a dazzling concert hall on a tired...
October 27, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
Last week, Woods had the honor of being among the first bands to play San Francisco’s newest venue: The West Coast outpost of New...
October 2, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
Father John Misty played a total of four public shows in San Francisco over the past month and a half. The initial interest in his music...
August 23, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
I didn’t intend for this lapse to happen, but it’s taken me over a week to get around to writing my Outside Lands coverage. Yeah, I...
July 15, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
For the past 22 years over the 4th of July, 10,000 music loving souls have descended on the little community of Quincy, California...
June 13, 2012• Film, Film Reviews
You don’t go see a Wes Anderson movie expecting much in the way of depth or character development—or at least, I don’t. I...
April 12, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
Most people even a little familiar with indie rock know the story of Jeff Mangum. As the man behind Neutral Milk Hotel, one of the ‘90s...
April 7, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
The Polyphonic Spree have only released three full-length studio albums in the 12 years since their inception, but I don’t think that...
April 3, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
Beats Antique pulled out some special treats for their sold-out show at Oakland’s Fox Theater this past weekend. The glitz, glamour, and...
March 27, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
The Lumineers are among the latest and greatest of the new generation of rootsy folk-rock bands that have kept Americana fresh and...
February 8, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
I didn’t even know who the Jayhawks were in the ‘80s and most of the ‘90s, arguably the band’s defining years. I was a small town...
February 1, 2012• Concert Reviews, Music
The Pimps of Joytime lit up Divisadero Street in San Francisco this past weekend, playing back-to-back sold-out shows at the pristine...
December 20, 2011• Film, Film Reviews
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December 10, 2011• Concert Reviews, Music
Earlier this week, I saw Iggy Pop and the Stooges perform live at the Warfield to an audience of about 2,000 people. The band was supposed...
November 21, 2011• Concert Reviews, Music
The funk tends to bring the fun, and Saturday night’s installment of San Francisco’s 10th annual Funk Festival lured the city’s dance...
November 18, 2011• Concert Reviews, Music
Straight out of Baltimore by way of Greenville, North Carolina, Future Islands brought their own brand of crazy to Bottom of the Hill on...
October 31, 2011• Concert Reviews, Music
At San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall late last week, the Felice Brothers proved themselves a long way from the early busking days...
September 9, 2011• Concert Reviews, Music
I just got back from the desert, and chances are, you know someone else who has as well. It’s taken 25 years for Black Rock City to...
