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11.17.11Ghostly Discovery App for iPhone Is Frighteningly GoodI've become a bit of an Applications, or apps, nut recently. There are some pretty amazing music making, and discovery apps out there. Soundcloud and Spotify lead the way in the sharing and discovery department, but there are many others with a unique and specific approach which help fine-tuned music geeks and those looking for music within a certain genre a little more easy, but exciting at the same time. One of today's leading electronic labels, Ghostly International, has an app called "Ghostly Discovery" which is refreshingly original and is programmed by you, the user/listener. Simply, Ghostly asks you to choose ...
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10.22.11Treasure Island Music Festival 2011 – Day TwoThe 2011 Treasure Island Music Festival is a wrap, and day two proved to be more emotional, personal and beautiful than day one - and that's a tough act to follow! The weather was lovely throughout and there were solid acts from start to finish. I'd like to thank my blogging partner Paige, and all the nice new friends I met from Noise Pop and Another Planet for granting me exclusive access behind the scenes and for getting me into the festival in the first place. I can't express to our readers enough - if you haven't been to this ...
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09.26.11Review: Fleet Foxes at The Henry Miller LibraryIt's been a few weeks, but the magic of The Fleet Foxes show at The Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur still lingers in my mind. It was one of those special nights where you want to take in every detail, remember every sound, and hope that the band plays encore after encore. When I last saw the band perform at the Fox Theater in May, it was only their third performance of the new Helplessness Blues material. I knew the next time they came around they'd have months of touring experience with their new material and would be ...
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08.03.11Woodsist Festival in PicturesI spent last Sunday at the Woodsist Festival at The Henry Miller Library in Big Sur. It was super chillax, and the music was superb. My flickr friend Kirstie was there, and we sat on our butts and enjoyed music and occasionally took a shot or two. OK - maybe a few more. Maybe a thousand or so. Traffic was a bitch, so I missed White Fence and Sun Araw. But here's the rest for you to enjoy. Sometimes it was hard to tell which band was which, as they kept rotating players and instruments a la Broken Social Scene. It ...
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05.22.11Review: Echo & The Bunnymen at The WarfieldI'm a Bunnyhead. At various times I've tried to deny it. For a while I thought that it was just a phase of my youth, but alas, I am what I am. I first saw the Bunnymen perform Friday September 7th, 1984 at The Berkeley Community Theater. Over the past 25 years I've probably seen them perform 20 times in various incarnations, with and without Ian, Ian with and without the rest of the band, and as Eletrafiction. I've road tripped and flown cross country, crept and crawled under bleachers and even made a pilgrimage to Liverpool. I've gone backstage ...
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05.07.11Review: Fleet Foxes at The FoxIt's been a full two years almost to the day since The Fleet Foxes last performed in the bay area. I remember that last show like it was yesterday,and I wrote one of my first reviews in praise of that show. That last show was clearly special to lead singer Robin Pecknold, having earnestly declared, “This has been our best show ever!” That night it had been clear how much awe and wonder surrounded headlining in such an old and beautiful space. So I felt very nostalgic and introspective as I crossed the bay for this show. Same ...
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04.18.11Coachella 2011 via Palo AltoI didn't go within 500 miles of Southern California this weekend, but I did attend the Coachella Music Festival. This year's fest was streamed live via three robust YouTube channels. Additionally, many of the individual performances and even individual songs were immediately made available via a Coachella video archive. It was awesome watching Coachella live on a 60" screen from my king-size bed in the air conditioned comfort of my own house. Was it the same as being there.? HELL NO. Was it a cheap and comfortable and fun alternative way to experience the festival on my own terms? HELL ...
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04.02.11Review: OMD at The FoxCamino and I got to The Fox super early last Saturday to hand out ice cream for the OMD soundcheck and meet and greet. The band and friendly folks from Bright Arena (OMD's US label) were kind enough to invite Camino and me in to watch the soundcheck and attend the meet and greet, too. Continue Reading...
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02.28.11Early Pix + Setlist: Ben Gibbard Solo at Great American Music HallSeveral Hundred smart Noisepop attendees made the wise decision to forgo the Oscars hang out with Ben Gibbard the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Sunday night. It was the last and by far the most anticipated show at the 2011 Noisepop festival. There was even a special guest appearance by Bob Mould. Full review to follow, but here are pix and a set list. In the meantime, you can check out Benjy Eisen's Spinner review for details. Continue Reading...
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02.28.11Early Pix + Setlist: Ben Gibbard Solo at Great American Music HallSeveral Hundred smart Noisepop attendees made the wise decision to forgo the Oscars hang out with Ben Gibbard the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Sunday night. It was the last and by far the most anticipated show at the 2011 Noisepop festival. There was even a special guest appearance by Bob Mould. Full review to follow, but here are pix and a set list. In the meantime, you can check out Benjy Eisen's Spinner review for details. Continue Reading...
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02.04.11Interpol Live Up to Their Reputation at The WarfieldInterpol played The Warfield Theater in San Francisco last Monday. If you've ever seen Interpol live, the three-point-executive-summary should come as no surprise: The band was tight and well-rehearsed, their live renditions sounded identical to the recorded versions, and you couldn't really see the band because it was dark and they were primarily backlit. I could wax on about these three points, but why? My husband and I are long-time interpol fans. We knew all the above when we bought tickets. I also knew damn well that Interpol would be playing in the dark when I requested a photo pass. What ...
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02.04.11Review: Andrew Bird at The Rio in Santa CruzAndrew Bird returned to the bay area this past weekend for two sold out shows at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz. It's been 10 years since he played Santa Cruz, and he seemed blissfuly happy to be back. I was fortunate enough to see him perform both nights. Both performances were wonderful, but for me, Friday night has that special something that will etch it in my memory for years to come. Continue Reading...
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02.02.11Review: English Beat @ BimbosOkay, so this is my first concert review for The ColorAwesome... scary! Haven't written a review of anything since college (a mere 20 some years ago) but here goes... Paige picked me up at my parents' in Belmont and we made our way up to "the city" for The English Beat at Bimbos. Thank goodness she knows the city like the back of her hand 'cause I'm no help when it comes to driving. I've lived in SoCal for over 15 years now. The highlite of our mini-roadtrip was the playlost of 80's music Paige made ...
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01.29.11Andrew Bird at The RioAndrew Bird returns to the bay area this weekend for two sold out shows at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz. It's been 10 years since he played Santa Cruz, and he seemed blissfuly happy to be back. Can't remember the first song, it was something off of Useless Creatures. He then played “Why,” a fierce note to his college roommate. At the end of the song, Bird said that he's played "Why" at every show for the past 10 years. He explained it's a way for him to get everything out of his system and to stretch out. “Natural ...
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11.09.10School of Seven Bells SFO>SEAI love that Paige and I get to see the same shows but in different cities. She photographs them in San Francisco and I review them in Seattle. As is the case here, sometimes we agree on how great a show is. Others, like Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti get us talking about how bands can be so different just a day or two later. By the way, I was all about Ariel Pink, Paige was dubious about their live antics. Continue Reading...
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10.26.10Treasure Island Wrap UpBefore I go any further, I have to say - Get your ass to the Treasure Island Music Festival at least once. This festival has "it"; and on every level. Tickets are limited, so unless you want to be pressed up front, there is plenty of room. There are 13 bands each day and there is always music going; when one band ends on the Bridge Stage, another begins on the Tunnel Stage. It's small enough that you can walk around and still experience the music - and who really needs to stand facing forward watching Four Tet (who was ...
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09.27.10Review: The xx and Warpaint at The FoxLast week's xx show at The Fox was a welcome surprise for me. I hadn't been planning on going, but my friend Catherine convinced me it would be fun. I was dubious. Although I'm a fan of The xx's music, their live show sounded like it would be incredibly frustrating experience for me. I'd heard from some of my fellow photographers that the band played on a very dark stage and didn't move around very much. But as they say, "timing is everything." I hadn't shot a live show in a few weeks and was really itching to be back ...
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07.22.10Review: Hypernova rock out at Thee ParksideI normally ignore the dozens of email messages from publicists that pile up in my inbox. Occasionally, one catches my eye. Indie? check. Joy Division, Interpol, Chameleons? Check. Iran? That's a new one. That new one would be Hypernova. "In the beginning, there was a lot of media attention around our story," Raam says in a recent interview. "There was this oriental element to it: 'Oh, look, here's this band from this theocratic state where we never imagined hearing this kind of rock 'n' roll.' To be honest, I felt like we didn't deserve a lot of that attention, because when ...
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05.19.10(mini) Review: The Shout Out Louds at Great American Music HallThe Shout Out Louds played The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco last night, May 18th, 2010. They were in fine form, and had the crowd dancing, bopping and generally swooning with joy. Continue Reading...
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04.20.10Review: The Specials at Club NokiaTo my discerning eye, The LA Live Plaza surrounding Club Nokia looked completely schizophrenic last Thursday. To the casual observer, it appeared overrun by perky women and young girls in bedazzled mini-skirts and cowboy boots on their way to the Taylor Swift show at The Staples Center. But if you took a good look, for every 10 pairs of pink cowboy boots, there was a pair of Doc Martins. Ratios changed as you ascended the escalators to the third floor of the LA Live complex. By the time I arrived at Club Nokia it was as if I'd time traveled ...
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