Festivals
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Noise Pop Review: Raphael Saadiq comes home to Oakland
Raphael Saadiq. Courtesy of Sony Music. OAKLAND — Raphael Saadiq is from here. East Oakland, specifically. He’s an alum of Castlemont High, his mom worked at Highland Hospital. She and several of his siblings were in attendance at the show Noise Pop festival show Friday night. We know all…
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Noise Pop Review: Shigeto Live Ensemble blends jazz and electronic loops at the New Parish
Shigeto Live Ensemble performs at The New Parish in Oakland on Feb. 27, 2020. Sean Liming/STAFF. OAKLAND — Underground electronic musician Zachary Saginaw, better known by his stage name Shigeto, performed at the New Parish Thursday night as part of Noise Pop Music And Arts Festival. Saginaw proclaimed it a…
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Noise Pop Review: Joan and Ralph hold power pop rendezvous at Swedish American Hall
Joan performs at Swedish American Hall in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2020. Sean Liming/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — One of the most compelling aspects of Noise Pop is figuring out which artists may rise to become tomorrow’s superstars. The festival features bands and artists each year that go on…
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REVIEW: Warpaint’s Jennylee and TT converge solo endeavors at Noise Pop
Jennylee & TT perform at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2020. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — “We have some special things in store this evening,” Warpaint‘s Jenny Lee Lindberg said as she and her bandmate Theresa Wayman took the stage at Bottom of the…
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Noise Pop: The Jungle Giants mess around and make a new friend at the Independent
The Jungle Giants perform at The Independent in San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2020. Derek Simmons/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — For those worried that indie rock has gotten too serious as of late, The Jungle Giants led a three-band Noise Pop Music Festival lineup at the Independent on Tuesday that…
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REVIEW: Injury Reserve puts the noise in Noise Pop at the New Parish
Injury Reserve performs at the New Parish in Oakland on Feb. 25, 2020. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. OAKLAND — For a festival with “noise” right there in the name, there was no more appropriate way to kick off than with Injury Reserve, one the noisiest alternative hip-hop groups making waves today.…
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11 Noise Pop fest acts you shouldn’t miss this month
Washed Out performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Aug. 16, 2017. The project of Ernest Greene will perform a DJ set several days before Noise Pop 2020 kicks off next week. RIFF STAFF. San Francisco’s yearly Noise Pop Music Festival always seems to feature a billionty bands.…
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SF Sketchfest: Jonathan Coulton, Paul and Storm and friends return to Sketchfest
View this post on Instagram Sketchfest2020 Jonathan Coulton, Paul & Storm with Molly Lewis, Jean Grae and Rhett Miller @SAH 01-19-20 #sketchfest2020 #jonathancoulton #paulandstorm #mollylewis #jeangrae #rhettmiller #danielstrickland #hotsushi2 A post shared by Tk Hatsushi (@hotsushi2) on Jan 19, 2020 at 9:02pm PST SAN FRANCISCO — This…
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SF Sketchfest: MST3K’s Jonah Ray makes Weird Al punk with ‘You Can’t Call Me Al’
SAN FRANCISCO — Without context, all the evidence pointed to Jonah Ray’s appearance at Cafe du Nord being primarily a comedy show. For one thing, Ray is a comedian, arguably best known as the third and most recent host of the legendary comedy show Mystery Science Theater 3000. He…
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High Sierra Music Festival announces initial lineup and on-sales
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force and Lettuce are among the first wave of acts announced to perform at the 30th annual High Sierra Music Festival, which returns July 2 to 5 to Quincy, California. Other artists include the Bay Area’s The California Honeydrops, The Floozies,…
