It was a rainy night last night in San Francisco. The streets were shining from the streetlights reflecting off of the pavement. But as always, after the rain, the flowers begin to bloom. And so it was perfect timing for Blossoms, a band from Manchester England to make their way to the stage of the… Keep Reading
It was a long wait on Friday night for the half-to-capacity crowd at the Independent. The band they were waiting for, Highly Suspect — a Brooklyn-based band — finally went on past their set time and attempted to win everyone over by announcing that they were looking to move to the West Coast. “You all know we’re from the… Keep Reading
Gary Clark Jr. seems to be a man of few words. At last night’s sold out show at The Masonic I counted at the most five, which consisted of: “How we feelin’ San Francisco?” I guess when you’re a man of his talent and have such a command of the almighty six-string, you let the… Keep Reading
At one point during last night’s sold-out San Francisco Jane’s Addiction show, singer Perry Farrell said to an adoring fan in the audience, “This guy’s throwing his fist at me. You wanna fist me sir? Not yet, I don’t know you that well.” It was at that point that you just knew what kind of a… Keep Reading
Juliette Lewis paid a visit to San Francisco last night and brought her fireball music performance onto a humble stage at The Independent. Lewis is no stranger to the city by the Bay and she actually really enjoys playing music here. According to an SF Gate interview recently published she was quoted as saying, “My… Keep Reading
The first time Buddy Guy visited San Francisco was back in 1967. After hanging out in the Haight-Ashbury for a bit his first thought about the West Coast was, “Why the hell am I not living in California?” Looking back, he told the frenzied yet mature crowd at Davies Symphony Hall on Saturday night that… Keep Reading
When Rita Ora exclaimed last night in San Francisco that, “Tonight, it’s all about p**** powerrrrr!” the female portion of the close-to-sold-out crowd at The Independent went wild. Ora was making it clear that this evening it was going to be ladies first. In fact, she confided in an interview with Ebro on Hot 97,… Keep Reading
Pilots flying over San Francisco must have been dumbfounded on Friday night, looking down at the city as it sparkled in little red dots over AT&T Park. Why? 50,000 AC/DC fans had congregated in the legendary stadium wearing flashing electric devil horns to pay homage to a band they had listened to, grown up with,… Keep Reading
The young man I was talking to in the crowd on Saturday night put it best when he said about the Revivalists: “I love this band because it’s something that both my dad and I can listen to.” Indeed, the Revivalists have a formula that not only makes them current but also pulls in older… Keep Reading
Kings of Chaos featuring members of the Cult, Van Halen, Deep Purple and Slash, hit the Fillmore‘s stage in San Francisco and started what could possibly go on to become the full-fledged Guns N’ Roses reunion everyone has been waiting for. Keep Reading
