Mayumi Okamoto

Editor + Contributor. Good music propagator. Surprise spoiler. Bourbon sipper. Nap lover. City seeker. email: mayumi@theowlmag.com twitter + instagram: @myyoume_moto
Free StuffFREE TICKETS: Culture Collide 2014, SF 10/14-15/14
October 09. 2014 | By Mayumi Okamoto

FREE TICKETS: Culture Collide 2014, SF 10/14-15/14

We’ve got a pair of tickets to giveaway to Culture Collide’s perfect indie music microcosm. Come and get ’em!

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PhotosLIVE REVIEW: Interpol @ The Fox Theater, Oakland 9/20/14
September 22. 2014 | By Mayumi Okamoto

LIVE REVIEW: Interpol @ The Fox Theater, Oakland 9/20/14

Touring in support of their fifth album El Pintor, Interpol still know how to make grown men cry and fangirls swoon.

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Album Reviews“Neon” by Letting Up Despite Great Faults
August 12. 2014 | By Mayumi Okamoto

“Neon” by Letting Up Despite Great Faults

Austin’s Letting Up Despite Great Faults purposefully leans in the direction of electro-pop with their third self-produced, self-released album Neon. The result is flawless.

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Album Reviews“Illumina” by I Know Leopard
May 16. 2014 | By Mayumi Okamoto

“Illumina” by I Know Leopard

Australia’s I Know Leopard have successfully piqued our interest with their debut effort Illumina. Now give us more.

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Album Reviews“Days of Abandon” by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
May 13. 2014 | By Mayumi Okamoto

“Days of Abandon” by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

The third full length album from New York’s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart continues the band’s trajectory as indie-pop darlings.

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Live ReviewsLIVE REVIEW: Pains of Being Pure at Heart + Fear of Men + Able Body @ The Independent, SF 5/6/14
May 08. 2014 | By Mayumi Okamoto

LIVE REVIEW: Pains of Being Pure at Heart + Fear of Men + Able Body @ The Independent, SF 5/6/14

2014 is a “new” year for Pains Of Being Pure At Heart: new album, new label, new bandmates, and new and improved live sound.

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DiscoveryHEAR THIS: Line & Circle
May 07. 2014 | By Mayumi Okamoto

HEAR THIS: Line & Circle

Line & Circle is not your quintessential sunny California band. But you can find them underneath slightly overcast morning skies.

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Live ReviewsLIVE REVIEW: Haim @ The Fillmore, SF 4/9/14
April 14. 2014 | By Mayumi Okamoto

LIVE REVIEW: Haim @ The Fillmore, SF 4/9/14

Haim brought some serious ferocity to their first of two sold out dates at The Fillmore in San Francisco.

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