Concert Reviews
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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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REVIEW: Miranda Lambert in cruise control at SAP Center ‘Wildcard’ stop
Miranda Lambert performs at SAP Center in San Jose on Feb. 28, 2020. Courtesy: Tyler Conrad. SAN JOSE — Miranda Lambert covered all the bases at the San Jose stop of her ‘Wildcard’ tour on Friday, from twangy powerhouse rockers to lonesome ballads and flirty tongue-in-cheek tunes. She and…
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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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REVIEW: Alter Bridge gets down to business at the Regency Ballroom
Alter Bridge performs at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on Feb. 23, 2020. Photos: Chloe Catajan. SAN FRANCISCO — The idea that a band mellows with age doesn’t apply to Alter Bridge. The Orlando hard rockers have managed to push the envelope a little further with each passing…
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REVIEW: Electric Hot Tuna darts between schools of guitar at the Fillmore
Hot Tuna performs at The Sing out for SEVA benefit concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco, on Nov. 2, 2013. Derek Simmons/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — It’s said that if you remember the 1960s, you weren’t there. San Francisco’s rock and roll crowd got a handy reminder Saturday night…
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REVIEW: George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic create joyful chaos at Cornerstone
George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic perform at Cornerstone in Berkeley on Feb. 18, 2020. BERKELEY — “Godfather of Funk” George Clinton performed for two full hours Tuesday at Cornerstone as his large ensemble, laid down distinguished grooves and tested the party stamina of the sold-out crowd. Chant-along refrains and opportunities to jump…
