The most fascinating characteristic about Los Campesinos! has got to be the fact that everything about the band feels very personable. From the outside looking in, it feels like with seven members, the band stops being just a band, and more like a family. I mean, sure, all members refer their surname as being Campesinos!, [...]
I’ve not caught a show at the Fillmore in quite some time. As a matter of fact, I’ve not been really excited about an alternative rock band in just as long, at least not until I started listening to Young the Giant last fall. So I was doubly amped to finally get a chance to [...]
In the Bay Area, rain in the winter just isn’t a good enough excuse not to go out. On a wet January 20th at the New Parish in Oakland, the LA-based Races opened for El Ten Eleven, with whom they’re currently on tour. The southern California sextet released their Big Broom EP in November 2011 and will [...]
It was Saturday night after a bout of rain when a couple of friends and I strolled up to Rickshaw Stop. I was ready for my dose of feel-good rock in the form of Australian quintet, Little Red. Little Red. Photo courtesy of Tell All Your Friends PR. The group is currently touring their [...]
Tuesday, September 27. San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill. A night of musical reverence. Encased in a Bay Area Indian Summer sultriness, the aptly named bar/live music venue at the foot of Potrero Hill hosts a night of performances by Painted Palms, Pepper Rabbit and BRAIDS. (Read an interview with BRAIDS’ Raphaelle Standel-Preston here.) Outside, [...]
Thursday, February 16, 2012
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