Category archive for ‘Blog’

• Wild Flag at The Fillmore [Photo Review]

  4/21/12 • (0)

  

  The Fillmore is quickly becoming my favorite venue in SF for one simple reason: the lights. As a photographer, really a visual person in general, the lights, their interaction with the musicians onstage and the fans offstage, can turn a great set into a fantastic show.  I love giving in to that moment when a great band is playing, [...]

• SBTRKT at The Independent [Photo Review]

  4/21/12 • (0)

  

  I only was able to catch the last song of SBTRKT’s Coachella performance this year, as they played at the same time as Miike Snow. It was a tough decision, but I knew I would be covering them at The Independent as soon as I got home on Monday. They did not disappoint. SBTRKT is primarily recognized as a solo act. [...]

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• Explosions In the Sky at the Palace of Fine Arts [Photo Review]

  4/21/12 • (0)

  

  “Hello San Francisco. We’re Explosions in the Sky. We live in Texas. Here it is.” It begins so quietly, with the slow plucking of electric guitars and the steady marching of the drums. But those who know Explosions in the Sky know that their music can take you places. The set plays out more like a symphony, with [...]

• Kasabian and Hacienda at The Fillmore [Photo Review]

  4/19/12 • (0)

  

  Little known band and psychedelic rockers Hacienda opened for Kasabian at The Fillmore this past Monday night marking the end of their slot of their six weeks of touring.  The Texans entranced the crowd with their 60′s psychedelic throw backs that prompted me to text my friends “You are missing something here.” The guitar winged and wanged and dirty rocked it.  The [...]

• Justice and The Rapture at The Fox Theater [Photo Review]

  4/18/12 • (0)

  

  Standing in a dark theater with a large illuminated crucifix would be slightly terrifying if it wasn’t a Justice performance. The French production duo headlined the Fox Theater last night, playing to a lively young and yuppie crowd. The overcast Tuesday evening didn’t stop young girls from wearing mini skirts, and boys with tank tops. But with the [...]

• Outside Lands Lineup 2012 Announced

  4/17/12 • (3)

  

  The wait is over, San Francisco’s Outside Lands 2012 lineup was announced today. After lineup rumors swirled the internet all last week, Bay Area residents can rejoice in a star studded lineup that includes Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Jack White, Foo Fighters, and more. In its fifth and final year of the festival’s contract [...]

• Andrew Bird and Laura Marling at Fox Theater [Photo Review]

  4/17/12 • (0)

  

  The evening began with the British folk musician Laura Marling, whose simple set was a sweet, calming segue into Andrew Bird.Guitar in hand, she stood alone onstage and wooed the audience with each string plucked. Her old voice belies her youth. Then Andrew Bird took the stage alone and initiated the audience into his musical style, intricately laying and looping [...]

• Band of Skulls and We Are Augustines [Photo Review]

  4/16/12 • (0)

  

  We Are Augustines opened for Band of Skulls at the Fillmore Thursday night. It was a home coming for singer Billy McCarthy who grew up in the Bay Area and the crowd was fast growing. Billy was obviously jubilant of having come full circle. He proudly dedicated a song and thanked a teacher in the crowd he said [...]

• Miike Snow and Penguin Prison at Fox Theater [Photo Review]

  4/13/12 • (2)

  

  I crossed the bridge tonight expecting to hear two songs by Miike Snow I’d heard before. MAYBE. Driving back, still thunderstruck from a brilliant group performance, I was humming what felt like an entire album. I love when that happens. During a treacherous thunderstorm in the Bay Area, Miike Snow dazzled the Fox Theater with their electronic pop sound, [...]

• Radiohead and Other Lives at HP Pavilion for Fauxchella [Photo Review]

  4/12/12 • (0)

  

  Do I begin with: my excitement bubbling over in anticipation for one of my favorite bands, Other Lives, and the opportunity to mark off the bucket list seeing Radiohead live; the sweeping smile that swept across my face witnessing Thom Yorke bounce spritely “dancing” like a punk with physical tourette; or, my epiphany that Radiohead is my generation’s [...]