Northern Nights Music Festival 2014: My First Overnight Festival

I saw Beats Antique, The Floozies, Aaron Axelsen, 8th Grader, and a whole bunch of DJ's I don't know in the Silent Frisco tent. I drank rockstar, ate a weird vegan "cheese" "burger"...
July 29, 2014ByIn,

Going to Northern Nights Music Festival 2014 with Tucker Gumber

I almost didn't make it to NNMF 2014, but as I was giving up Tucker Gumber messaged me and said, "You're coming with me!"
July 28, 2014ByIn,

The Damn Fanatics, The Street Hearts and WhaleSoundz: A “Performance Review” for 7/18 @ Neck of the Woods

This Friday, in particular, was a show I’ve been looking forward to. When a man claims his show has the late great Dr.Hunter S. Thompson as in inspiration (in the...
July 22, 2014ByIn

Mac DeMarco, Growwler and Travis Hayes: “A Performance Review” for the week of 7/7/14-7/13/14

You know it’s going to be a great week when EVERY DAY there is an event that you should attend. Last week was an amazing week to be in the...
July 15, 2014ByIn

Review: Travis Hayes “Young Daze” Album Release Party at Bottom Of The Hill

I caught this photo of Travis Hayes minutes before he hit the stage at Bottom Of The Hill to play his album release show for his new self-released full length,...
July 12, 2014ByIn

CONCERT CALENDAR: THIS WEEKEND ~ More shows than you can wag a finger at!

Not one, not two not three, not four not five but six shows worth seeing this weekend! That’s right! But my count, there are 6 great shows in 3 short days...
July 11, 2014ByIn

“A Performance Review” Bonnie & The Bang Bang, Battlehooch, and DonCat @ Slim’s 6-27-14

If there’s one thing a performer needs to have, its a total understanding of timing. You need to know when to slow a set down, speed it up, and work...
July 7, 2014ByIn

“A Performance Review” Kendra McKinley & Logan Greene @ The Knockout 6/26/14

This is a review I’ve been looking forward to writing. I never know for sure what I’m going to get when I go see a band. Yeah, I can listen...
June 28, 2014ByIn

Video: DonCat – ‘Where Wind Blows’

As a youth, Duncan ‘DonCat’ Nielsen’s grandma gave him an odd pile of European released Beach Boys tapes, which lead him to the record store searching for other oddities. Coming...
June 26, 2014ByIn,

Melvoy – San Franfrisco | Irrelevant Elephants – June 28th at Amnesia

San Diego native Melvoy now calls San Francisco his home, and it sounds like the Bay Area is happy to have him. Melvoy (real name Emmanuel Castro – perfect) records high energy, brazen millennial...
June 10, 2014ByIn

Photos from Balanced Breakfast: How to Market and Promote at Coast Recorders 05.29.14

Helpful self-promotion tips for songwriters included naming your influences in the subject line of cold emails to potential blogs. But getting an intro from someone you share in common is always...
June 3, 2014ByIn, ,

RIP Old Coachella Music Festival

It’s not exactly news to me that Coachella is a new breed at this point in time. I can remember going in 2010 and seeing double the people there than...
June 2, 2014ByIn
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