Live This Month: May 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #305) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. Few recent artists have transitioned from lo-fi to hi-fi better than Kurt Vile , whose latest album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze , is another winner from the Philly-based musician, full of long, languid songs that feel spacious but not aimless. [...]
Live This Month: April 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #303) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. We're due for an onslaught of anticipated new albums from Bay Area bands, and that outpouring begins this month with a number of the local artists we've included in this mix. Both Life Coach and Tartufi [...]
Live This Month: March 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #301) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. With South by Southwest leading much of independent music to converge in Austin later this month, tons of bands are hitting the road. All of them, it would seem, are playing in the San Francisco Bay Area in March. Even if you aren't going to SXSW this [...]
Live This Month: February 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #298) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the twenty-first annual Noise Pop Festival taking over Bay Area venues during the last week of the month, February is already guaranteed to offer plenty of tempting local concerts. We'll be previewing Noise Pop extensively on the podcast soon, but this collection of songs [...]
Live This Month: January 2013 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #296) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. Plenty of local bands are highlighted among this month's picks, including Kowloon Walled City , a heavy SF quartet celebrating their new LP, Container Ships , with a show at the Hemlock Tavern this month. It's a great bill from top [...]
Live This Month: November 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #291) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. Who would have expected November to offer a slew of new releases from Bay Area bands? The month promises long-awaited new records - and local shows - from Maus Haus and Social Studies , as [...]
Live This Month: October 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #289) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. Live music in the Bay Area in October means two big local music festivals in Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and Treasure Island , but smaller indoor temptations abound all month long. Chris Cohen has a resume full of involvement [...]
Live This Month: September 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #286) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. September is overflowing with compelling live music choices - so many so, in fact, that a bunch of significant concerts didn't make the podcast. Of the picks that did make the cut, however, our top pick is our fifth annual Rock Make Street Festival [...]
Live This Month: August 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #284) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. August means the return of the Outside Lands Festival, the latest installment of which deftly balances the expected big name headliners with a healthy serving of compelling indie artists. There are certainly plenty of good options to keep attendees satisfied all weekend long, but if you're [...]
Live This Month: July 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #282) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. So our top recommendation this month isn't terribly surprising, but it's a festival we're extremely excited about. On July 21, 2012, we'll be throwing the second annual Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival in Potrero del Sol Park. We've got [...]
Live This Month: May 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #278) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. It seems we're in a "when it rains, it pours" sort of place for significant new local albums, and this mix only scratches the surface of the latest in Bay Area records, with songs from Ty Segall & White Fence , [...]
Live This Month: April 2012 — an audio guide through SF concerts this month (Podcast #276) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. In curating this podcast, we got the nagging feeling that April is a little slow on the local album release front. We're not sure why that is - Festival fatigue? Buildup for a big summer? - but it's likely only a momentary blip. A number of [...]
Live This Month: February 2012 (Podcast #270) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. The twentieth installment of the Noise Pop Music Festival takes over a wide variety of local venues later this month - and we'll be covering many of those shows - but there are also plenty of pre-NP events worth checking out. Locally, two bands are seeing the release of records for which it feels like we've been waiting forever: [...]
Live This Month: January 2012 (Podcast #268) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. If the beginning of January feels a little slim on the live music front, things should ramp back up into the usual overwhelming number of interesting shows by the month's end. Several young local bands recently came onto our radar - including Churches, Poor Sons, and Primitive Hearts - and they're all partaking in locals-heavy bills in the next [...]
Live This Month: November 2011 (Podcast #260) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. The November concert schedule offers a chance to check out the artists behind some big recent releases, as bands like M83, Wild Flag, and Real Estate arrive in support of well-received new albums. Locally, a diverse assortment of acts are launching new releases of their own, including the classic-leaning rock and roll of Zodiac Death Valley, The Northern Key's singer-songwriter [...]
Live This Month: October 2011 (Podcast #258) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. While the Treasure Island Music Festival is the month's biggest draw - and we'll have a separate mixtape soon showcasing TIMF's many great bands - there are plenty of great shows this month. Girls cap a national tour with two big hometown shows, while The War on Drugs brings an acclaimed new album to SF. Meanwhile, EMA and Hooray for [...]
Live This Month: September 2011 (Podcast #256) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. Two big local-focused events top this month's calendar. First, we're pleased to be co-producing the free, all ages 2011 Rock Make Street Festival , taking place on September 17th at Treat Avenue and 18th Street in the Mission District. Additionally, the Mission Creek Music Festival returns to SF and Oakland for its [...]
Live This Month: August 2011 (Podcast #254) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. For us, August hits a high point early, as August 6th we're throwing our annual fundraiser, Regional Bias , at the Verdi Club . As we discuss on the podcast, with four great local bands on the bill - Little Wings , Royal Baths [...]
Live This Month: July 2011 (Podcast #252) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. As summer touring heats up, a bunch of buzz bands are coming through town this month, and the arriving Iceage, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and Cold Showers have all received strong praise for their debuts. Meanwhile, several locals, including Release the Sunbird, Form & Fate, and Painted Palms, all have new records they're supporting with SF shows. Last, but not [...]
Mixtape: Fifteen great songs by Ty Segall (Podcast #251) Our latest podcast episode surveys the music of San Francisco's Ty Segall , an artist whose prolific and acclaimed solo output hit a new peak with the release of Goodbye Bread yesterday on Drag City . The album is being hailed as a new chapter for Segall, one that finds him successfully employing cleaner sounds in a batch of melodic psych-rock. That the new album is excellent isn't a surprise for long-time fans: over the past several years, [...]
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