Author | Briana
LIVE REVIEW: Deerhoof @ Great American Music Hall
Posted on 02 August 2009.
Talk about growing up fast. Deerhoof certainly strapped on their big-boy pants for a sock-rocking show at SF’s Great American Music Hall this Sunday. Gimmick and slight shock value may have been what paved the way for Deerhoof to rocket right out of the Bay Area and into the national spotlight. Rewind to the year [...] Continue Reading
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LIVE REVIEW: Battlehooch @ Bottom of the Hill
Posted on 12 May 2009.
When you have been to your fair share of rock shows, being unsurprised can go hand in hand with the night-long ringing in your ears after hours of screaming vocals and pounding drums. It’s the same deal every time, not to say you don’t enjoy it. Continue Reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: “Wavvves†by Wavves
Posted on 03 February 2009.
Artist: Wavves Album: Wavvves Label: De Stijl Rating: Buy it >> It is during times like these — a global recession, proliferating unemployment and prolonged war — that we need bands like Wavves. Not to say that the sunny and simple stylings of this power duo urge you to go out and party like there’s [...] Continue Reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: “OOF OWF” by Battlehooch
Posted on 20 November 2008.
Artist: Battlehooch Album: OOF OWF Label: Chuur Rating: Buy it >> It is one of life’s wonderful paradoxes: when music dances playfully around genres, styles and even points of views, it may be the most intriguing yet outstandingly frustrating puzzle to solve. Battlehooch definitely is the antithesis to any music critic. The four-song trip that [...] Continue Reading
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LIVE REVIEW: The Mountain Goats at Independent
Posted on 23 October 2008.
Honestly, I was a little disappointed walking into The Independent to see Kaki King fronting a full, electric band. When first introduced to King, I adopted her as one of my favorite You Tube commodities. She was the tiny chic who did crazy things on a lap guitar and almost impossible things with an acoustic. [...] Continue Reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: “Be Yr Own Shit” by Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!
Posted on 20 August 2008.
Artist: Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! Album: Be Yr Own Shit Rating: Buy it >> Maybe I am asking too much of a band with such an auspicious name. Truly, it makes me giddy like Giraffes? Giraffes! Maybe I just like animals? But I digress. Back to the question at hand of asking too much, which [...] Continue Reading
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LIVE REVIEW: Chubby Behemoth at 21 Grand
Posted on 11 June 2008.
The tin can that is basically Oakland’s 21 Grand might have been the ideal venue for Wednesday night’s bands Little Teeth and Chubby Behemoth. Its garage layout with folding-chair seating created more of a band practice feel than an actual gig. However, with the opening of Little Teeth, you couldn’t help but be violently reminded [...] Continue Reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: “30 Days Of Night Soundtrack” by Various Artists
Posted on 30 October 2007.
Artist: Various Artists Album: 30 Days Of Night Soundtrack Label: Ipecac Recordings Genre: Experimental Rating: Buy it >> Talk about versatile. Brian Reitzell has composed scores for the movie, Stranger Than Fiction, and primetime drama, Friday Night Lights. From this resume of lighthearted sounds, the score for 30 Days of Night sticks out as a [...] Continue Reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: “Self-titled” by Unborn Sun
Posted on 25 October 2007.
Artist: Unborn Sun Album: Self-titled Genre: Modern Rock/Alternative, Rock/Pop Rating: Buy it >> One thing I’ll never get: how, out of all the great periods of American pop music, a band will choose to emulate the easy-listening sounds of the early 90s complete with sultry male vocals, simple drums and undistorted guitar. Granted, Robert Fenley [...] Continue Reading
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Live Review: Animal Collective at Fillmore
Posted on 17 September 2007.
Wizard Prison and Animal Collective brought brash noise and neon lights to The Fillmore. In terms of an opener, Wizard Prison sounded sexy on paper. Engineer Scott Colburn, who had worked with other great acts like Arcade Fire and the headlining collection of animals, was said to put on a freaky, multi-media, on-stage frenzy with [...] Continue Reading
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The terrifyingly visceral experience that is Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Posted on 15 August 2007.
Nihls Frykdahl looks like any Berkeley hippie you’ve ever encountered with his dreadlocked beard framing a warm yet mischievous grin. Carla Kihlstedt could teach small children and Matthias Bossi could be the last good-looking guy you made eyes at in your local pub. This is what makes it so hard to believe that all it [...] Continue Reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: “Procession†by And A Few To Break
Posted on 17 July 2007.
Artist: And A Few To Break Album: Procession Genre: Post-Hardcore, Rock/Pop Rating: Buy it >> The tribal opening to this record in no way prepares you for how much this band sounds like Dredg, or what I imagined Dredg sounded like even before Leitmotif, which says a lot. Instead of sireny Gavin Hayes-like vocals, Brady’s [...] Continue Reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: “Self-titled†by Swims
Posted on 04 July 2007.
Artist: Swims Album: Self-titled Genre: Instrumental, Rock/Pop Rating: Buy it >> If you are destined in your life to be a virtuoso at any certain musical instrument, just know that the bass is probably the most burliest thing a ten-fingered human can master. Yet, if your path is slapping, you’re in good company. Paul Slack, [...] Continue Reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: “Self-titled†by Cold Hot Crash
Posted on 04 July 2007.
Artist: Cold Hot Crash Album: Self-titled Genre: Modern Rock/Alternative, Rock/Pop Rating: Buy it >> I like to believe that San Francisco has a well-rounded perspective on most things. Something about the water and the not-too-sweltering weather seems to give Bay Areans an outlook that’s not too rigid and not too indulgent. This tidbit of NorCal [...] Continue Reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: “Songs Your Mother Never Sang You†by Needle
Posted on 04 July 2007.
Artist: Needle Album: Songs Your Mother Never Sang You Genre: Acoustic, Americana/Alt-Country, Rock/Pop Rating: Buy it >> The title really is only half fitting. The soothingly breathy vocals of Julie Cornett could very well be the more somniferous element to any lullaby. Set against an unobtrusive, rustic violin, some of these songs seem made for [...] Continue Reading
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