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Mark Kozelek's Words Drown Out His Music
by Rae Alexandra In theory Mark Kozelek should be a point of pride for San Francisco. The prolific singer-songwriter and San Francisco resident has garnered consistent critical acclaim over the last...
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Jello Biafra on SF City Hall's 100th Birthday
by Matt Saincome San Francisco City Hall celebrates its centennial with a free music festival featuring two stages, dozens of notable San Francisco musicians, and an innovative LED projection on City...
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Purity Ring Invents Onstage at the Fox
by Adrian Spinelli Purity Ring cares about you. At a time when many electronic artists seem content with bouncing up and down behind a laptop and letting that pass for a live set, the Canadian duo is...
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ESG Dances Across the Finish Line
by Matt Saincome ESG, the minimalist dance band associated with the late-1970s no wave movement in New York City, will celebrate the end of its influential 38-year career at Hard French's Pride...
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Minimalism Goes Big for Terry Riley's 80th Birthday
by Lou Fancher Fantastically (and ironically), composer/performer Terry Riley's 80th birthday fête — a celebration of the musician often recognized as the "Father of Minimalism"— is a three-day,...
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Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins Teams with Teen Singer
by Matt Saincome Around the time Third Eye Blind released its first studio album in six years, Dopamine, lead singer Stephan Jenkins was also busy working on another project: an EP by the 13-year-old...
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Calexico Stirs the Melting Pot at the Fillmore
by Ned Raggett Calexico isn't simply an indie, country, or rock 'n' roll band, and yet the Arizona duo is all of those things and more. Calexico also speaks multiple languages — lyrically, musically,...
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Happy Diving and Never Young Take Off on Tour
by Matt Saincome Matt Berry rocks back and forth while clutching his black 2013 Jazzmaster guitar, his long, bleached-blond hair intermittently casting a dancing shadow over his densely populated...
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The Depths of Cold Cave
by Matt Saincome When Wesley Eisold was 12 and living on a Navy base with his family in Germany, he rented a Telecaster knockoff and small combo amp. Besides depression, music was about the only...
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Mex-I-Am Festival Brings Latino Sounds to SF
The Mex-I-Am Festival brings four stellar acts to SFJAZZ, but Mexican music isn’t the only Latino sounds you’ll hear this week. by Mark Segal Kemp"Ice: water frozen solid. Ice: Immigration and Customs...
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Morrissey, Death Grips, and Non-Performance Art
Morrissey and Death Grips are slated to play the Bay Area on the same night. But will either act show up? by Matt Saincome The best live music has always been about the deviations — sometimes...
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Glam Rock's Rebel Voice
Kat Robichaud and her darling misfits reclaim their bodies in the singer’s new anti-slut-shaming video. by Brendan Bartholomew Kat Robichaud is soaked in blood. Several hands crawl up her black...
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HEARTWATCH: A New Name For Familiar Faces
A rebranded band prepares to show off a new moniker for its contagious indie pop at Outside Lands. by Adrian Spinelli The Rickshaw Stop was packed for The Tropics' first headlining show. The local...
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Vince Guaraldi’s Jazz Mass Re-Created
by Gary Moskowitz It's impossible to think of the animatedPeanutstelevision show without also thinking of the music of Vince Guaraldi. His pensive bossa nova-inspired piano playing provides melancholy...
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I Tried to Explain What a Hashtag Is to Lemmy
Motörhead rolls into San Francisco Aug. 24 for its 40th anniversary tour. by Matt Saincome The word "legend" gets thrown around far too often in music journalism. It seems any musician who has risen...
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The Damned Star in New Doc
The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead chronicles the wild times of a London punk act on the road by Tom Lanham It was never easy for British punk miscreants The Damned to act like gentlemen on...
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Resurrect California Fest Takes Over Gilman Street
Punks! Punks! Punks! by Matt Saincome Despite its rather silly sounding name, Resurrect California Fest has punks around the Bay Area buzzing. Hosted (and funded) by the historic, volunteer-run 924...
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Preaching to the Choir
Mavis Staples, legendary soul singer of the Staples Singers, talks San Francisco concert, Mavis!, and politics. by Tom Lanham It looks like a charming vintage photograph of a barely grinning young...
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Bicycle Music Festival Pedals Over to Oakland
The pedal-powered music festival and climate rally was chased out of S.F. by rising rent. by Matt Saincome Bicycle Music Fest, the SanFrancisco born- and bred- music fest that powers its sound system...
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Sam Herring: The Late-Night Big Bad Wolf
Future Islands, the dancey synthpop trio, performs at the Fox Theater Sept. 25. by Matt Saincome Samuel Herring was five years old the first time he performed in front of a crowd. Dressed in a...
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