Tag Archives: Lizzy Plapinger
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PHOTOS: Bloc Party sets off ‘Silent Alarm’ in reverse at the Masonic
Bloc Party performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on Nov. 20, 2019. Alessio Neri/Staff. SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been a while since Bloc Party has performed in the Bay Area. Wednesday, the British band, one of the last acts from the mid-aughts post-punk revival still active, finally returned, playing…
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MØ taken ‘all the way to California’ with sold-out Sacramento, Oakland shows
MØ performs at The Fox Theater in Oakland on Feb. 9, 2019. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. SACRAMENTO and OAKLAND — Taking the stage in a black wide-brimmed hat, white cut-off tank-top and black jeans, MØ began her show at Ace of Spades in Sacramento on Feb. 2 with “Purple Like the Summer…
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Post Precious: Alex Winston and MS MR’s Max Hershenow want to make their own success
Max Hershenow and Alex Winston are Post Precious. Courtesy: Catie Laffoon. Michigan singer-songwriter Alex Winston and MS MR’s Max Hershenow are so over big labels. Together as new duo Post Precious, Winston and Hershenow are going back to basics when it comes to writing, recording and releasing their own…
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INTERVIEW: MS MR’s Lizzy Plapinger reimagines herself as LPX
Courtesy: Eliza Soros With MS MR, the New York electro-pop duo behind indie hits like “Hurricane” and “Bones,” label-head Lizzy Plapinger got her first taste of the music industry from the perspective of an artist. Cuco, LPX 9 p.m., Friday Popscene at Rickshaw Stop Tickets: $13. HAIM, LPX 8…
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Tuesday Tracks: Your weekly new music discovery
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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INTERVIEW: SF’s Cathedrals find balance in opposing forces
Cathedrals. Courtesy. Imagine two entities traveling along opposite frequencies. The first sine wave is bouncing frantically, along its axis, hitting different targets along the way, as if in a game of Pong. The second leisurely coasts across the same plane like a rolling wave. Eventually the two meet. If…
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Interview: MS MR began in secret, but the band’s not a secret anymore
MS MR prior to their show at the Independent in San Francisco on June 16, 2013. Jennifer Gokhman/STAFF. To be fair, Lizzy Plapinger did not force herself onto Max Hershenow, who had sent the Neon Gold Records cofounder an email asking if she knew singers interested in partnering up…
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MS MR’s Game of Thrones theories, international upbringings and collegiate shortcuts
MS MR perform at the Independent in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. I met up with Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow in June, prior to MS MR‘s opening set for CSS at the Independent. It was the duo’s second time performing in San Francisco, and their…
