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ALBUM REVIEW: The Jayhawks play to their strengths on 'Sanctuary Park"
12+ hour, 3+ min ago (413+ words) Producer Bob Ezrin put his aural fingerprints all over the Jayhawks’ 2000 album, Smile, and those songs’ dizzying array of sounds, styles and tempos. That album’s experimentation likely put off some of the band’s old country-leaning fans, but helped get the…...
REVIEW: Public Enemy brings the ruckus to peaceful Sigmund Stern Grove
22+ hour, 36+ min ago (788+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — Stern Grove Festival opened its Big Picnic Weekend on Saturday with a day centered on hip-hop, capped by a 90-minute set from icons Public Enemy. The two-day festival finale is its big annual fundraising event, helping support free…...
ALBUM REVIEW: Weezer's self-titled 'Gold' album is self-referential, too
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (704+ words) Here’s a hot take: Weezer is a band we have entirely too many opinions about. Weezer (the Gold Album) Weezer Crush Music Aug. 21 7/10 Get the album on Amazon Music. A “Saturday Night Live” sketch made this point brilliantly seven years…...
Tedeschi Trucks Band digs deep into blues, soul and jams at Berkeley's Greek
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (664+ words) BERKELEY, Calif. — Plenty of Grateful Dead and other jam-band shirts dotted the crowd Wednesday night at the Greek Theatre, an appropriate sight for a venue with deep ties to roots music, rock and improvisation. The performance pulled from across the…...
REVIEW: Interpol keeps a tight grip on first of two Warfield shows in SF | RIFF
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (417+ words) Interpol Julie 8 p.m., Wednesday, August 12 The Warfield, San Francisco Tickets: $93 and up. That restraint extended well beyond the band’s appearance. Interpol has spent more than two decades working within an extraordinarily specific signature: repetitive guitar figures, precise rhythms, brooding tempos and…...
Friends launch fundraiser for Earth, Wind & Fire drummer John Paris
5+ day, 39+ min ago (302+ words) Friends and family of Earth, Wind & Fire drummer John Paris have launched a GoFundMe to support his wife, Kathy Merrick, after Paris suffered a critical medical emergency before the band’s postponed Aug. 6 concert at Chase Center. The fundraiser has raised…...
Brooke Combe, Tommy Lefroy, Girl Ultra, Told Slant: Tuesday Tracks
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (406+ words) This week we bring you Northern soul from Brooke Combe, quietly simmering rock from Tommy Lefroy and Told Slant, “Australiana” from Ella Hooper, provocative punk-pop from San Francisco’s Imperial Teen and something more sensual from Girl Ultra. Brooke Combe, “Love…...
Outside Lands: Rufus du Sol, Empire of the Sun cap off final night
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (1703+ words) • Faouzia, Chezile and Die Spitz kick off day 1 • Charli XCX and Turnstile are electric on opening day • Sienna Spiro, Audrey Hobert bring soul on day 2 • PinkPantheress and Strokes—with guest Charli XCX—top day 2 • Death Cab for Cutie makes early…...
INTERVIEW: Johanna Samuels made peace with uncertainty on 'Sorry, Kid"
1+ week, 9+ min ago (1048+ words) Singer-songwriter Johanna Samuels’ new album, Sorry, Kid, went through a few false starts and long pauses in its genesis. But working with producer Jonathan Rado (Foxygen, Weyes Blood) got the momentum moving. Sorry, Kid Johanna Samuels Odd Man Out/Jealous…...
Outside Lands: Jade Thirlwall and Kingfishr bring the simmer on Sunday
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (764+ words) • Faouzia, Chezile and Die Spitz kick off day 1 • Charli XCX and Turnstile are electric on opening day • Sienna Spiro, Audrey Hobert bring soul on day 2 • PinkPantheress and Strokes—with guest Charli XCX—top day 2 • Death Cab for Cutie makes early…...