British band Fujiya & Miyagi played The Independent on Monday night with support from San Francisco's The Frail.
Saturday marked the second of two sold out shows at The Independent in SF for The Walkmen, who are celebrating a decade of making exceptional music.

This is a West Coast Foundation comprised of 6 tracks of pure heat!..Introducing a collaboration project epic in it's own right.. We Got "Mr. Brady & Abjo" Both of these artists are not strangers to WIB reading and clearly they bring the type of heat we support here!.. Was waiting for "Welcome to the City" to drop and with that noted Take a listen to this 2012 sounds..This is Highly recommended for heavy rotation!!..ghea!... WIB WELCOMING YOU TO 2012!! Listen/Purchase "Welcome To The City" ON BANDCAMP CLICK HERE [...]
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In celebration of the current music scene, a collection of Irish labels are working in conjunction with POD to showcase their talents in a series of live shows. Over four consecutive weekends, Smalltown America , +4 Promotions, Delphi, Bluestack, Quarter Inch and Popical Island will host their acts in Crawdaddy, Dublin. Full line-up details below, entry for each event will be €5 on the door. We have a pair of double passes to attend all four shows to giveaway, to win send your contact details to giveaway@state.ie . [...]
The Independent was set up for a sit-down show with candlelit tables on the main floor.
Marco Benevento did his best to keep a San Francisco audience perfectly satisfied last night as he brought his trio into town (this time with Reed Mathis on bass and Andy Borger on drums), but it was clear from the energy in the room that everyone had spent themselves out on a crazy Saturday night. [...]
No alt or indie rock for Sassy, Dolorata, or Girl In A Coma -- you came to this show to get your rock on.
Local multi-instrumentalist K.Flay brings guest appearances from other local phenoms like Geographer and Wallpaper at the Independent.
Noah and the Whale solidified their rockstar status at Great American Music Hall.
K. Flay takes time out of a drive down California's 5 to talk about playing to hometown crowds, platonic oreos and a new EP.

YACHT is excited. Really, really excited. And they want to tell you something. It's called The Secret Teachings of the Mystery Lights . Every song, every emotion, every beat, and every concert by YACHT is devoted to the band's mission and to the message they want to spread around the world. Catapulted by their absurdism and their altruism alike, Claire Evans and Jona Bechtolt intertwine politically evocative lyrics with spacey electro beats and understated New Wave minimalism. Like the B-522s? Meet the modern incarnation. YACHT's [...]
Noah and the Whale rock the Great American Music Hall on November 21st--and it should be fun, fun, fun.
A packed house on a Tuesday night with The Stone Foxes.
Lotus played to a sold-out Independent on Saturday night and arguably played the best two sets I've ever seen them deliver. The energy in the room was solid. Check out my photos from the show: Recent posts:LMB SF: This Week's Concert Calendar (Nov. 7-13)Sorry for the absence of this here column last week; I got [...]
Started over a conversation in a pub, Music Cuisine is proudly flying the flag for independent self-financed record labels with a handful of great releases this year. We caught up with it's founder Sam to find out a little more about the labels current roster, the journey so far and what the future holds for Music Cuisine ... Effluence - Catch Rag by Music Cuisine When and why did you decide to start a record label It [...]
Sorry for the absence of this here column last week; I got hit with an acute case of tonsillitis which definitely killed my Monday pretty badly. Felt like I was swallowing razorblades....but the good news is that it got me to the doctor to get some killer horse-pills to clear my junk up, so I [...]
Lead singer John McCauley, Dennis Ryan, Ian O'Neil, and Chris Ryan pulled off a seamless performance even without band member Rob Crowell.
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