Tag archive for ‘Festivals’

• Noise Pop 2010 Lineup Announced

  1/07/10 • (2)

  

  Noise Pop, San Francisco’s indie music festival, announced its week long lineup. With an abundance of rising talent, The Dodos, Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, Foreign Born and Magnetic Field’s are some of the bigger names. The Dodos are scheduled to play with Magik Magik. I’m pretty excited after reading the Noise Pop release: The Dodos & Magik*Magik [...]

• Treasure Island Recap

  10/27/09 • (0)

  

  With two different days of full of treasures, SFCritic put together a recap of the events, people, and performances for this year’s Treasure Island Music Festival for betterPropaganda. If you’ve heard enough about the festival, don’t worry just look at the photos–they’re amazing. Here are some examples below, and links to Day 1 and Day 2. Day 1http://betterpropaganda.com/content.aspx?id=1230 [...]

• Two Treasures from Treasure Island Festival

  10/21/09 • (0)

  

  One is the loneliness number, so then two is the best way to enjoy the Treasure Island Festival. Just look at all the twos: 1) We gave two different bands, 2) both playing on different days (2 days), 3) two sets of questionnaires, 4) which we collected at two different points (pre- and post-performance), 5) with the hopes [...]

• Treasure Island Festival Saturday Music Sampler

  10/15/09 • (0)

  

  The Treasure Island Festival takes place this weekend, with Saturday focusing on electronic styled music, and Sunday structured around indie rock. This Saturday there is an assortment of DJs, and artists, from around the world, each having contributing an unique style. Let’s take a look: LTJ Bukem They call his style drum and bass, but limiting an artist [...]

• Treasure Island Playlist

  10/14/09 • (0)

  

  With Treasure Island this weekend, here at SFCritic we decided to give you a taste of what to expect with SFCritic Playlist #5 (The Treasure Island Mix). This mix is pretty simple, but if you want a REALLY GOOD mix, you should check out the incredible mix at Bettpropaganda. Betterpropaganda : Treasure Island Mix

• Featured Artist: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down

  10/13/09 • (0)

  

  In an effort to prepare for this year’s Treasure Island Music Festival, I’ve decided to spend some of the week getting to know, and hear the scheduled artists. Thao with The Get Down Stay DownFor Thao Nguyen, the adorable 23-year-old Virginia-bred cheekysongwriter, things have come a long way since her 2006 appearanceon the KRS compilation, The Sound the [...]

• Inside Scoop on Outside Lands

  9/01/09 • (0)

  

  Many photos and brief reviews have been written about the performance at Outside Lands, but that doesn’t answer the big question: Should you see Outside Lands next year? This article takes a look at the critiques, paying attention to the planning, layout and execution of the event. ComplaintsIn its second year, San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival has received [...]

• Preview for Outside Lands

  8/28/09 • (0)

  

  The SFCritic will be jumping from stage to stage at Outside Lands, San Francisco’s premier music festival. In its second year, Outside Lands will feature artists like Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, M.I.A., TV On The Radio, Incubus, Tom Jones, Bat For Lashes, Q-Tip, and much more. Above is a list of the lineup, check out the schedule [...]