Legendary cowpunk outfit The Meat Puppets brought their incendiary show to the Independent in San Francisco on Friday, June 17th. Marrying country, folk, punk and alt-rock to Les Paul cock rock, the Meat Puppets concocted an eclectic and expansive sound. Playing in a beautiful theater, the subdued lighting and smokey Read More…
The moon was near full on the starry night of Sunday, June 12. Luminous and imposing, it became a portent of the otherworldly night ahead. As the sun waned ahead the Greek Theater, mills of people, young and old, emerged from the woodwork. A mysterious scent permeated the air, herbal Read More…
The oddly-named Australian duo An Horse defied more than just grammar Saturday night in San Francisco. Vocalist and guitarist Kate Cooper teamed up with drummer Damon Cox to put on a charismatic performance at Bottom of the Hill where they headlined a show that included fellow rockers Poor Bailey and Read More…
The fellas of Miami Horror are very nice boys indeed — well-spoken, sunny men you could bring out for brunch with grandma. I sat down with the Melbourne-based disco pop quartet before their Thursday night show at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco to discuss their influences, their ambitions and Read More…
Those who laced up their dancing shoes Thursday night were treated to a some quality boogying at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Catchy licks and infectious giggles of dance pop group Architecture in Helsinki soon had even the most peripheral head bobbers twitching their toes and grabbing Read More…
When describing music, we tend to rely on a stash of generic stock phrases. Beach House? Dream pop. MGMT? Psychedelic. Sleigh Bells? Hip hop…uh, I mean…low-fi — with a dash of punk and a hint of electronica thrown into the mix. The Brooklyn-based trio, fresh from the success of their Read More…
Odd blood and period blood. This perverse potpourri is what the audience was treated to when Yeasayer stepped into the hallowed halls of San Francisco’s Fillmore last Thursday night. Touring in promotion of their latest record, Odd Blood, they entranced a full house with their enthusiastic alt-pop. But it was Read More…
Nature has never sounded so exciting as when Fleet Foxes delighted fans at the Fox Theater with their elegant, aural depictions of blue-ridged mountains and nostalgic rivers. Frenzied but at-ease, the Seattle-based sextet was the perfect picture of harmonious dichotomy, filling the air with a complex arrangement of instruments while Read More…
