Bottom of the Hill

Bollinger built a dulcet dreamscape at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill on Oct. 12 for the first show of her Look at it in the Light tour.

The South London singer maintained an easy banter with his audience all night; his charisma and charm paired with the gentle lull of his voice captured hearts left and right.

The band’s set at Bottom of the Hill on Feb. 23 harkened back to those simpler times, back to when people just kicked and put Vampire Weekend on shuffle.

With the tour at its start, Cleopatrick has only just begun to get under people’s skin, mirroring emotions through their honest and stimulating revival of hard rock.

With the perfect amount of distortion and fuzzy vocals to evoke the image of a 1950s boy band, SadGirl played a romantic, raw show to its hungry fans.

Summer band nights allow folks to disengage from society for a brief moment and become subdued by the brilliant melodies surrounding them.

Outside Lands is feverishly exalted. So, here it is — one jaded concert critic’s take on the lineup for San Francisco’s 11th Outside Lands.

If that list is indicative of anything, it’s that we are incredibly lucky to live in the Bay Area where great music venues abound.

Whether or not Audrey noticed any outward changes in how I covered shows, she unwittingly helped me feel like I was capable of being a reporter.

The incorporation of too many dated sonic taglines, if you will, produces an accentuated and unoriginal sound — but there isn’t a shred of pretension or unoriginality in the Los Angeles trio Pinky Pinky.