Laurie Anderson was the final guest in this year’s City Arts and Lectures “Talking Music” series. Last Fall, I bought season tickets to “Talking Music” in a valiant attempt to get myself and friends up […]
My Bloody Valentine is playing Seattle today. I know Phil is on cloud nine. I’m really happy that I’ve finished writing my Fleet Foxes review and I’m off to see Laurie Anderson tonight. Today’s a […]
I’m a photographer, not a writer. I’m also dyslexic. Writing more than a paragraph or two is something that takes much conscious energy and effort, not to mention proof-reading. I’m usually happy to take my […]
Another week, another Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Here’s the Download 15 for April 25th. It makes me happy to compile this playlist to share with our readers. Do you appreciate it? Use your manners […]
We here at The Color Awesome heart all the discs in the The Director’s Label series, which was co-owned by Gondry. Unfortunately it appears that this great series of discs has reached an end. It […]
There’s a full-on Horrors marketing blitz going on in the UK right now. They were on the cover of NME last week, their new album is released on XL next week, and you can stream […]
Happy 420, everyone! I really wanted to drive down to Porter Meadow at UC Santa Cruz photograph their annual “420 Celebration“, especially since it’s 90 degrees here in Palo Alto today. However, there are some […]
I caused Morrissey to leave the DNA Lounge by obsessively tweeting while half-naked from my recliner in Palo Alto. […]
Here’s the April 18th Sirius XMU “Download 15” playlist. It makes me happy to compile this playlist to share with our readers. Do you appreciate it? Use your manners like your momma taught you, and […]
Today, Saturday April 18th, is Record Store Day! When was the last time you visited your local independent record store? Get off your blog-reading butt and into your local record store. No cash? No problem. Many […]
It struck me last night when I was choosing which show to cover, that us San Franciscans are damn lucky to have so many fine live music choices on a Tuesday night. Who needs Coachella […]
Little bits of this Animal Collective remix of Zero have been scattered over the blogosphere for about a week. Today saw a legitimate release of the whole remix. I almost didn’t post this because the […]
The lineup for Outside Lands 2009 was announced today. I’m not too excited about any of the big names, but there should still be plenty of great music to make for a memorable weekend. I’m […]
Here’s the April 11th Sirius XMU “Download 15” playlist. Being the rule-breaking troublemaker that I am, each week I feel obsessively compelled to compile this playlist to share with our readers. Yes, you’re welcome. Related […]
Vetiver played the Great American Music Hall last night. All Shook Down, The SFWeekly music blog, has a review , as does SFist and SFist has pictures, too!
If you’ve never been to the Treasure Island Music Festival, you’ve been missing out. This two-day boutique music festival is small enough to be manageable, but big enough to bring in the big names, and […]
I was a big fan of The Silver Sun Pickup’s debut, Carnavas. So I’m been eagerly anticipating their sophomore album, Swoon. MTV is streaming Swoon a week in advance of it’s release on the 14th. […]
Spring has sprung! It’s the season for renewal and rebirth. Don’t believe me? Check out the plethora of new music-related releases this week. Where possible, I’ve provided links to purchasing these new albums online. I’ll […]
Isn’t it ironic that Sirius XMU‘s weekly “Download 15” playlist is nowhere to be found on the internet. Even OUR OWN thecolorawesome post about last week’s download 15 is nowhere to be found on the […]
The Faunts are a five-piece hailing from Edmonton, Canada. Paul Arnusch, Rob Batke, Steven Batke, Tim Batke, and Scott Gallant make some lovely electro-pop. Enjoy this track! Faunts – Feel.Love.Thinking.Of listen | purchase | visit […]
Indie cutie Alex Brown Church gave us a progress update on the new Sea Wolf LP this week. “We’re heading to Omaha, NE at the end of April to record the next album! This time […]
Confession time; I’m a huge Death Cab for Cutie fan. I’ve seen them perform in a variety of settings over the past five years. Most recently I’d seen them two months ago at the Filmore. […]
SO magical watching this tour take shape. It was a 1 1/2 hour set, beginning with Bixby and ending with Transatlantacism. They were perfect bookends to the set. I thought Ben’s energy dragged a little […]
I designed and directed this 8 minute video for Death Cab for Cutie’s I Will Possess Your Heart about a year ago. Since then, it’s gotten over 200,000 views on youtube. Unfortunately Warner Music decided […]
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