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[LIVE REVIEW] Majical Cloudz @ The Chapel
A little while back we made an impromptu visit one of our favourite San Francisco venues, The Chapel, to see Montreal's Majical Cloudz...
Read More[Event Recap] Beach Goth 4
In times as peculiar as those spent those spent at Beach Goth, a fleeting sense of predictability should come as no surprise. Fueled by an eclectic mash of sandy-toed beach rockers, funk phenoms, hip-hop icons, and Pauly Shore... the latest installment served as the most sizable and chaotic to date...
Read More[EVENT RECAP] Capitol Hill Block Party
Exploring new places is always a welcomed endeavor, so when these adventures string us through a hotbed of music, food and drink it's easy to feel spoiled. After a morning jog along the water and a brief walk down Broadway Street I found myself in the thick Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party...
Read More[LIVE REVIEW] Rodrigo Amarante @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
Hoxton Bar & Grill, or Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, or whatever it is calling itself these days, is one of my favourite little venues in London. It had been several years since I'd last seen a show here, and it was also the last time I had visited London that I had been listening to Rodrigo Amarante's Cavalo on repeat, so it felt quite fitting that I saw him in this nostalgic space...
Read More[EVENT RECAP] Citadel Festival
On a particularly un-Sunday-like Sunday morning which found me running around selling my bike, collecting tickets from Liverpool Street and then making my way to Victoria Park, I could not have been more pleased to arrive at Citadel Festival to discover minimal chaos and lines, and a lineup that was perfectly suited to a wind-down from a manic weekend...
Read More[LIVE REVIEW] The Tallest Man On Earth @ KOKO
I don't tend to go to a lot of shows in big venues any more. Not just because I'm constantly on a little quest to find emerging artists and unknown bands playing in tiny pubs, but also because I have grown increasingly tired of spending the entire concert on my tip toes weaving around tall men (maybe I'm getting old). On this particular evening I was the one incredibly short girl peering desperately over shoulders in the hopes of seeing one incredibly short man...
Read More[LIVE REVIEW] Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ The Independent
Album reissues are a big thing right now, and that has not been lost on front man, bandleader, and sole surviving member of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s original lineup, Alec Ounsworth. In September of 2005 the band self-released their debut, self-titled album to critical acclaim. 10 years later they are now touring in support of the album’s reissue, playing all 12 tracks from start to finish...
Read More[LIVE REVIEW] Waxahatchee & Girlpool @ Electric Ballroom
Arriving at the Electric Ballroom just in time for Girlpool's set, we were thrust into an immediate intimacy, as if watching a couple of close friends on stage, opening up about their woes...
Read More[PHOTO DIARY] Hinds @ Scala
[LIVE REVIEW] José González @ Bimbo's 365 Club
For any sane person, driving 4+ hours from The Sierras to San Francisco airport, back up to the Mission District for lunch, back to the same airport a few hours later, on down to Santa Cruz (with two mischievous dogs in tow), do a 30 minute turnaround and then return to San Francisco for a show, would be no easy feat...
Read More[LIVE REVIEW] Palma Violets @ The Echo
One thing I’ve been hearing more and more frequently in regards to electronic music’s unprecedented rise in popularity, is that people love going to electronic shows because it’s “always a party.” ...
Read More[EVENT RECAP] CRSSD Festival
For many years, the San Diego festival scene has been the underdog. With Los Angeles a mere two hours away, native San Diegans have always gotten a secondary experience...
Read More[LIVE REVIEW] Nick Hakim @ Mercury Lounge
It was an abrasively cold evening, one that would tempt most to stay inside and avoid any contact with the frigid elements. Not in New York and most definitely not on an evening of Brooklyn musician, Nick Hakim's Mercury Lounge residency...
Read More[EVENT RECAP] Falls Festival
Ahhh Falls Festival. Where to even begin? This festival has been on my 'to-do' list for years, as has 'visit Tasmania', so without taking any value out of either desire, attending this festival this year was killing two birds with one stone. (No actual birds were harmed, in case you were worried) ...
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