Noise Pop is a yearly music festival that takes over a large number of the venues in San Francisco and Oakland. The Bay Area ignites with excitement each March when the festival begins with a mixer at The Academy of Science.
With 18+ venues, attendees have an amazing opportunity to experience a large chunk of the city. For my week, I chose to pick a cross section of the festival that mostly focused on local Bay Area talent. This was my way of celebrating the festival’s local bands.
For me, the excitement of the festival is partaking in the free happy hour shows at Benders. Then departing from there to one of the many other venues. It’s a great way to see industry professionals and discover new music. This year, in addition to the bands I saw at Benders, I also saw My Brightest Diamond, Zola, and Lapel on Tuesday at Rickshaw Stop. Coincidentally I saw three shows at Bottom of The Hill, including Anemone, Sugar Candy Mountain, Agouti and LiXi on Wednesday. Then Travis Hayes, Madi Sipes, Maita, and Alycia Lang on Thursday. Followed by Ben Morrison (Of The Brothers Comatose), Andrew St. James, Trebuchet, and Television Spies on Saturday. Friday I saw Uffie, Mphd, Starfari, and Vverevvolf.
While the 2019 Noise Pop Festival has passed, you don’t have to wait until 2010 to experience Noise Pop’s shows. They have other festivals and an ongoing series at The Swedish American Hall.
ALL NOISE POP 2019 VENUES: BIMBO’S 365 CLUB, BOTTOM OF THE HILL, BRICK & MORTAR, CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, CAFE DU NORD, THE CHAPEL, CORNERSTONE, THE FILLMORE, FOX THEATER, GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, GRAY AREA THEATER, THE INDEPENDENT, RICKSHAW STOP, SWEDISH AMERICAN HALL, SLIM’S, STARLINE SOCIAL CLUB, THE UC THEATRE, 1015 FOLSOM
FULL NOISE POP 2019 LINEUP: BEIRUT • YUNA • BOB MOULD • PRINCESS NOKIA • PETIT BISCUIT • TEENAGE FANCLUB NOSAJ THING (DJ SET) • ALBERT HAMMOND JR. • JASON LYTLE (OF GRANDADDY) • SAUL • WILLIAMS • BATHS• TOURIST • TOMMY GUERRERO • UFFIE • MEN I TRUST • DAUGHTERS • CURRENT JOYS • DARLINGSIDE •FRUIT BATS (SOLO) & VETIVER (SOLO) • YVES TUMOR • VHS COLLECTION • CAROLINE ROSE • THE MARÍAS •CRUMB • MNEK • MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND • MNDSGN • JACQUES GREENE • LAURA VEIRS • BLACK MARBLE • VAGABON • HALEY HEYNDERICKX • DJ BORING • CHARLOTTE LAWRENCE • JERRY PAPER •ECLAIR FIFI • KODIE SHANE • HELADO NEGRO • KAMAAL WILLIAMS • MISERABLE • THE SHE’S • IN THE VALLEY BELOW • TOMMY NEWPORT • MARISSA NADLER • FILM SCHOOL • MEG MAC • GUAPDAD 4000 •BEN MORRISON (OF THE BROTHERS COMATOSE) • SLENDERBODIES • QRION • LONNIE HOLLEY • ANEMONE• JITWAM • KERA • THE LOVE LANGUAGE • RIVER WHYLESS • ILLUMINATI HOTTIES • CLUB NIGHT •AWAKEBUTSTILLINBED • PARTNER • DUDE YORK • THE BAND ICE CREAM • PLLUSH • POTTY MOUTH •MICHAEL SEYER • ANDREW ST. JAMES • VALLEY MAKER • TAYLA PARX • GILLIGAN MOSS • RAJA KUMARI •TRAVIS HAYES • LOS WÁLTERS • SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN • SPIRITUAL CRAMP • FIELD MEDIC • SUPER UNISON • GOUGE AWAY • CHYNNA • KATZÚ OSO • UPSAHL • JASPER BONES • H.C. MCENTIRE • FOXTAILS BRIGADE • JOHN VINCENT III • BOY SCOUTS • ROSE DROLL • BRIANA MARELA • SUMIF • LAPEL • MPHD •LARA SARKISSIAN • STARFARI • GINGER ROOT • NICOTINE • THE TOTAL BETTYS • ASTU • MADI SIPES & THE PAINTED BLUE • WIZARD APPRENTICE • SEA OF BEES • SOAR • LUKE SWEENEY • VIDEO AGE • HILARY WOODS • SWARVY • HIDE • LANDO CHILL • SUNSLEEPER • SUNDRESSED • ALIEN BOY • B-SIDE BRUJAS •DEREK TED • ZELMA STONE • THERE’S TALK • SHUTUPS • SMALL CRUSH • HEALING POTPOURRI • PINK SKIES • VVEREVVOLF • ZOLA • OUTER EMBASSY • SAME GIRLS • HALF STACK • BOBBY • GRAHAM NORWOOD • SUPERET • BLUSHH • MAITA • GAP GIRLS • IDHAZ & ROSE CHERAMI • LI XI • AGOUTI •SUCKER CRUSH • LADY LAZARUS • ALYCIA LANG • EMILY BROWN • GRUMPSTER • REX RUIT • STONEY CREATION • TREBUCHET • TELEVISION SPIES • FR333 • DOKOE • NEW MEASUREMENT GROUP •WATKINS/PEACOCK • SOUR WIDOWS • ROSIE TUCKER • CASA DE FLORES • DJ AARON AXELSEN • ARUMI •LIL’ WAIFU • TEH RAPTOR • BLAKEBLAKEBLAKE • THEREISNOGRAVITY • THE MOONDROPS • TREY COASTAL• MUÑECAS • LACKER • MY FRIEND • DREW BANGA & AMEN’AUSET • CURASAO • RAMONDA HAMMER •MOLTEN • VIQUEEN • HIGH WINDS • THE MOONDROPS • MIKE ORANGE & THE UNIVERSE TRAVELLERS • MILOS • MARSTN
