Southern Californian, instrumental duo El Ten Eleven began their new west coast tour in San Louis Obispo and brought their technical, feel-good jams to Oakland last night. We recently covered their show at Rickshaw Stop in San Franciso, check that for more photos. Always nice to catch a show in Oakland and avoid cutting a […]
Founding Velvet Underground member John Cale stopped by San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom Sunday night. Cale is touring for his new album Shift Adventures in Nookie Woods. Folk songster Cass McCombs opened for Cale. To start, I think it’s worth pointing of the significane of Cale’s career, not that it will be the first time. Obviously, Cale’s memorable […]
Patrick Watson and Half Moon Run hit San Francisco’s beautiful Great American Music Hall for a double dose of Montreal music last Monday. Patrick Watson is touring on his latest release Adventures in Your Own Backyard. He’s got a handful of tour dates between now and December 12 (listed below) as he makes his way back to […]
Finishing up a national tour with Californian dates, New Jersey’s Delicate Steve and Dana Buoy dropped by San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop for a post-Thanksgiving aural feast. You might’ve caught our rave impressions of Delicate Steve back in March with their Treefort Festival 2012 performance. Since then, they’ve released a new album, titled Positive Force, released a […]
Seattle’s Hot Bodies in Motion brought their brief West Coast tour through San Francisco to the Independent Saturday night. Hot Bodies played Reno on Friday and will play Los Angeles Monday night and San Diego Tuesday night. For those unfamiliar with the Seattle band, they vibe in the vein of soul-revival that their fellow 206’ers […]