Category archive for ‘Reviews’
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Pusha T and Fabulous at Mezzanine
Rappers Fabolous and Pusha T have joined forces, along with MTV Jams and Sean Healy Presents to bring The Life is So Exciting Tour to cities across the country, and worldwide. The tour continued last Sunday night at The Mezzanine in San Francisco, and while many young San Franciscans were recouping from the Bay to Breakers race/party earlier [...]
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James Blake @ the Mezzanine 4/16 Live Review
James Blake didn’t skip a beat. On the heels of his Weekend 1 Coachella performance, he came straight to San Francisco for not one, but two nights of his soulful singing and bass heavy tracks. Last nights performance at the Mezzanine left me with a huge amount of respect for Blake: he knows how to make his experience one [...]
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Jessie Ware and MS MR at the Independent [photo+review]
There’s a stigma to the end of a tour: a tired artist with their tired band gives a tired show. It happens to the best of acts, as tours can be utterly exhausting, especially when you add in the other appearances an artist has to make while they’re bopping around the country in the back of a van [...]
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Muse at Oracle Orena Photos and Review
Considering the profusely energetic show Muse put on Monday night, it’s crazy to think that the band has been around for almost twenty years. The show was sheer madness, as Muse rocked a packed Oracle Arena for the second time in three years. This time around, the performance was to promote their latest release, The 2nd Law. I [...]
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Live Review: Jessie Ware @ the Rickshaw Stop
This is third installment of a series of post “Behind the Lens” of a music blogger. For the full series click here. Let me start by saying that I feel like I got really lucky the other night. It’s not very often you get an opportunity to see the rise of a star. I mean, I wish I [...]
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Youngblood Hawke at the Photos and Review
Youngblood Hawke played the Warfield with such a potent sound last Friday night I’m still feeling pops of energy as I write about it today. Falling in love with their main single, “We Come Running,” several months back I have long since added “Forever and Stars” to my regular playlist. Coming out of this show, I’m on the [...]
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Santigold at Fox Theater Photos and Review
White Arrows warmed up their first show in Oakland on Wednesday night with their self proclaimed “psychotropical” synth-pop tracks. Hailing from Los Angeles, the five man group played a lively show with geometric kaleidoscope-like visuals (can you say psychedelic?) emphasizing tambourines, heavy drums, bass and stellar keyboard work. Their nouveau MGMT-meets-Geographer style has a slight indie-rock sound with [...]
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[Album Review] Future – Pluto 3D
It has been three and a half years ago since Jay-Z decreed death to autotune. With that one song, he essentially put an end to a trend that was growing in rap music. Fast forward to today and it is nowhere near as predominant as it once was but is still being used, primarily by an artist known [...]
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[Album Review] French Montana – Mac and Cheese 3
If 2012 has proven anything it is that the people of the United States still believe in a black president and French Montana can stand alone as an artist. With his breakout single featuring the big three of hip-hop, Pop That has amassed over 25 million views on youtube and has shown that he has come some way [...]
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Photos of Simian Mobile Disco at Mezzanine
Even the 50+ MPH winds and a torrential downpour couldn’t hold back hundreds of clubbers from descending upon Mezzanine on Saturday night to catch Simian Mobile Disco. I arrived relatively early and was quite surprised to learn that the show had already sold out, which is no small feat for the spacious venue. The electronic duo formed in [...]
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