Tag Archives: Noise Pop
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WHAT A WEEK: RIFF’s Noise Pop in review
Daughters perform at Noise Pop at The Independent in San Francisco on March 3, 2019. Photo: Shawn Robbins. The Bay Area always gets a taste of festival season early with Noise Pop. Last week more than 100 performers of genres ranging from indie rock, metal and hip-hop overtook more…
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Noise Pop Review: VHS Collection shows an ’80s highlight reel at the Independent
VHS Collection performs at The Independent in San Francisco on Mar. 2, 2019. Photos: Shawn Robbins. SAN FRANCISCO — New York synth pop band VHS Collection has a name that hearkens to a point in time where films were a thing that could be fast-forwarded or rewound, but not…
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NOISE POP REVIEW: Yuna teases the future at stellar Berkeley set
Yuna performs at Noise Pop at the UC Theatre in Berkeley on March 1, 2019. Photos: Karen Goldman. BERKELEY — Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna returned to the Bay Area stage Friday night at Berkeley’s UC Theatre after an extended break from the road. The songstress took the opportunity to write and…
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NOISE POP REVIEW: Kamaal Williams evokes Miles Davis in Oakland
Kamaal Williams performs at Starline Social Club in Oakland on March 1, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. OAKLAND — During his Noise Pop Music Festival performance Friday, British keyboardist Kamaal Williams proved that the ghost of Miles Davis still haunts jazz. And if the capacity crowd was any indication, the…
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NOISE POP REVIEW: SF rocker Travis Hayes debuts his new album at Bottom of the Hill
Travis Hayes performs at Noise Pop at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on Feb. 28, 2019. Photos: Karen Goldman. SAN FRANCISCO — Fans of indie rock singer-songwriter Travis Hayes got a slightly early listen to his new album Sleepless at Bottom of the Hill on Thursday night. Hayes played the…
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REWIND: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and the author are very tired
Actual image of editor Daniel J. Willis after his third concert in three nights. In my tireless quest to come up with a new topic every week, I’ve been lucky the past month or so. Holidays, awards shows; they’re conceptual gold. But my luck has run out. Do you…
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NOISE POP REVIEW: MNEK, Raja Kumari showcase Noise Pop’s diversity at the Rickshaw Stop
MNEK performs at Noise Pop at The Rickshaw Shop in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN FRANCISCO — MNEK and Raja Kumari offered a double shot of international flair at their Noise Pop Music Festival show at the Rickshaw Stop Wednesday. The paring of the…
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Noise Pop Review: My Brightest Diamond plays music counselor at Rickshaw Stop
My Brightest Diamond performs at Noise Pop at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2019. Photos: Jane Hu. SAN FRANCISCO — My Brightest Diamond‘s concert Tuesday at the Rickshaw Stop may very well end up being one of the highlights of the Noise Pop Music Festival,…
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Noise Pop: Charlotte Lawrence makes the most of an impromptu acoustic show
Charlotte Lawrence performs at Noise Pop at Swedish American Hall in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN FRANCISCO — From the moment the setlist was taped to the stage, a setlist that Charlotte Lawrence wouldn’t be able to follow, very little went according to plan…
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Noise Pop Review: Teenage Fanclub ages in reverse at The Fillmore
Teenage Fanclub performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN FRANCISCO — The members of Scotland’s Teenage Fanclub were feeling old at 2019’s Noise Pop Music Festival. But they shouldn’t have been. “We only play venues that have defibrillators,” founding guitarist and songwriter Norman Blake…
