Festivals
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Noise Pop: Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds gets melodic, looks inward
Courtesy: Jennifer McCord In their native England, where all five of its albums over 15 years debuted within the Top 20 on the U.K. chart, genre-morphing post-rock, punk and emo band Enter Shikari has graduated to headlining arenas. On tour in the U.S. this month, in support of 2017’s…
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Noise Pop: Palehound returns with A Place I’ll Always Go
Just a week-and-a-half shy of her North American tour, Ellen Kempner of Palehound starts to make necessary preparations for takeoff. Her checklist includes logistical tasks like counting merchandise and searching for a rental van. But other key essentials include squeezing in as many cuddle sessions as she can with…
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REVIEW: The Undone Sweaters bring back the ’90s at SF Sketchfest
SAN FRANCISCO — Does it smell like teen spirit in here? Or is that just the ’90s? The “Smells Like The ’90s Music and Comedy Show” at the Swedish American Hall on Friday featured The Undone Sweaters. Hailing from Brooklyn, they claim to be the “second best Weezer cover band” out…
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SF SKETCHFEST: Epic Rap Battles put on an epic show at GAMH
SAN FRANCISCO — During the first of two Epic Rap Battles of History‘s shows at the Great America Music Hall, the first SF Sketchfest shows ever held at the venue, series creators and stars Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD held an improvised rap battle in the middle of the crowd. Based on…
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Q&A: Epic Rap Battles bring feudal hip-hop to SF Sketchfest
Before unboxing and haul videos, before disembodied hands very quickly mixing ingredients, before whatever it is Logan Paul did, there was YouTube’s first class of breakout stars. Taking advantage of early streaming video’s Wild West freedom, they pushed the limits of creativity, producing everything from Star Wars comedy to excessive foods.…
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REVIEW: SF Sketchfest covers ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ at the Chapel
Courtesy: Jakub Mosur SAN FRANCISCO — The “Music of the Royal Tenenbaums” blended rocking music and comedy beautifully together at SF Sketchfest Thursday night. The Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack has a wide range of music, from “Second Movement from String Quartet” to “Judy Is a Punk.” The stage had just as much diversity,…
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SF Sketchfest Comedy Music Night: Sex, appendix operations and pedicab boyfriends
Bhama Roget SAN FRANCISCO —Making people laugh with musical comedy isn’t always easy. Making people laugh with musical comedy sex songs: easier. This became the unspoken theme of the evening for Comedy Music Night at the 17th annual SF Sketchfest show at the Gateway Theatre. Seven comedians including host Eric…
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BottleRock releases daily lineups, tickets on-sale Wednesday
The Killers. Courtesy: Rob Loud The producers of BottleRock Napa Valley have released the daily lineups for the annual festival, which kicks of May 25, as well as the individual day ticket prices and on-sale, on Wednesday. The individual ticket on-sale follows all three-day tickets selling out within one…
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REVIEW: SF Sketchfest pays tribute to ‘Twin Peaks’ with two shows
James Roday interviews cast members of “Twin Peaks” during an SF Sketchfest tribute at the Castro Theatre on Jan. 13, 2018. Courtesy: Photo: Jakub Mosur. Videos: Amiee Stubbs SAN FRANCISCO — Two tributes to TV cult classic Twin Peaks took place on Saturday during SF Sketchfest. The first, a Q&A panel…
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Sketchfest: The Greatest Generation podcast boldly going where Star Trek did not
Priority One message coming in on secure channel. Star Trek: The Greatest Generation is the dorky, hilarious podcast you’ve been waiting for. Hosts Benjamin Ahr Harrison and Adam Pranica, or the “two guys who are embarrassed to have a Star Trek podcast,” as the tagline goes, have dedicated themselves…
