Tag Archives: Jay Som
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Jay Som’s Melina Duterte and Palehound’s Ellen Kempner make a splash with ‘Doomin’ Sun’
Indie rock artists Melina Duterte (aka Jay Som) and Ellen Kempner of Palehound have joined forces on their new collaborative project. While there’s some defiant irony in two queer bachelorettes calling themselves Bachelor, there’s not a hint of irony in their album Doomin’ Sun, which embraces the sincere and vulnerable lyricism…
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REVIEW: Paramore dances through “Hard Times” at Shoreline Amphitheatre
Photos: Chloe Catajan and Mike DeWald MOUNTAIN VIEW — No artist turns personal hardships into danceable and empowering anthems quite like Paramore. Mixing rock, pop and occasionally even ‘80s glam, the Tennessee band brought its “Tour 5” to Shoreline Amphitheatre Saturday. The group went straight into “Grudges,” a catchy tune…
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Noise Pop REVIEW: Japanese Breakfast and Jay Som a great match onstage
Photos: Paige K. Parsons SAN FRANCISCO — With some artists, what you hear on the album is what you hear in concert. It’s either because their songs are written to be played live or because it just works for both; there’s little difference between the two. Others, however, rearrange…
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Review: Oh Sees lead a punk invasion at Phono del Sol
Photos: Gary Chancer SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands showed up to Potrero del Sol Park Saturday for the seventh annual Phono Del Sol music fest, a one-day concert with local and up-and-coming acts ranging from indie rock, hip-hop, and R&B to grunge and punk rock. Festivalgoers packed the main stage for SoCal…
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Radio Roman – New music through the RIFF wire
Every week there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We’ve pooled our resources to find some of…
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Tuesday Tracks: Your weekly music discovery
Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Oftentimes, new singles are lost among the sea of radio hits and artists that are tough to sort out on Spotify go unnoticed—these are the hidden gems we’ve decided to share. This month, we’re starting a weekly feature for…
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Photos: Peter Bjorn and John make triumphant return, with Jay Som and Bayonne
Photos: Brandon Jernigan Some wondered how an act so previously successful as Peter Bjorn & John could get bumped from a venue the size of the Fillmore to a much smaller one like Slim’s. Perhaps the Swedish indie rock band had simply taken too long of a break between…
