San Francisco – Day 2 Outside Lands is coming up. Hopefully, you’ll get there early enough to enjoy the food, the wine and the general ambience created by 60,000 or so of your fellow music crazies. Before you wonder off to claim your place for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers or Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, here are some
Photo By Jeff Kravitz San Francisco – Outside Lands, San Francisco’s great outdoor music and arts festival starts on Friday. 60,000 people show up at Golden Gate Park to see scores of bands and enjoy some of the best food and drink San Francisco has to offer. Friday’s at Outside Lands are always great and
San Francisco – We’re in the thick of festival season and this weekend brings one of the best festivals for new bands. Outside Lands offers a broad spectrum of acts from different genres over four main stages, while in addition offering a comedy venue and a DJ tent to boot. Like many festivals of this
San Francisco – Hearing a favorite artist or band perform a stripped-down or acoustic set is a rare thrill. When it does happen, it brings back memories of the olden days of MTV, with programs like “MTV Unplugged,” offering a glimpse into the softer side of singers or groups that tended to be lost amongst
San Francisco – There is something to the age-old saying, “friends become our chosen family;” it has a certain flair that inspires all of us to appreciate and love the people we surround ourselves with. Friends gained from work can turn out to be some of the best you’ll ever have. But what happens when
San Francisco – This past Thursday at San Francisco’s tucked-away venue The Chapel, PHOX— a new band from Baraboo, Wisconsin—hit the stage in support of their self-titled debut LP. They shared the stage with fellow Wisconsinites Astronauts, Etc., a nice keyboard-centric four piece who will be putting out their first EP soon, followed by a
San Francisco – After listening to the self-titled debut album of Glasgow ‘s Honeyblood on a loop for a couple of hours, one word rings true repeatedly: honesty. Honeyblood is a much grittier album than those of its Scottish contemporaries, relying on Dum Dum Girls-esque vocals and a driving, raw guitar. Each track masks relatable, discernable
San Francisco – While the rest of the country was preparing for our annual celebration of independence from Great Britain, the City by the Bay was preparing for the UK’s own Glass Animals to invade and showcase their talents as Oxford’s new “it” band. After a promising set by San Francisco’s own electronic folk group
San Francisco – Up-and-coming Colorado folk-favorites Paper Bird swooped down over the San Francisco Bay to play an intimate, fifteen-song set at the cozy rock venue Bottom of the Hill. They were joined by touring rock buddies The Americans, as well as the local psych/jam outfit Blisses B. Paper Bird are in the middle of a
San Francisco – Like any good band, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart—comprised of singer/guitarist Kip Berman and the various, oft-changing system of musicians that orbit him—have evolved their sound. Over the past several years, Pains (for the sake of brevity, I will refer to the band as such within the confines of this