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FESTY PREVIEW: Sonic Bloom 2013
Sonic Bloom, “Colorado’s Premier Boutique Music Festival,” (as it is billed) returns to Georgetown, CO on June 13-16 for a weekend of thumping basslines, eclectic artists, and general weirdness in the sleepy yet gorgeous Colorado hills. The festival bears close resemblance to Southern California’s Lightning in a Bottle Festival and... more
PHOTOS: TOKiMONSTA @ DNA Lounge, SF 4/10/13
A good energy at a show is one that is cultivated through energy, sound, and crowd response. TOKiMONSTA celebrated the release of her newest album Half Shadows at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco this Wednesday and utilized these means expertly to showcase her extraordinary skills of guiding the crowds... more
PREVIEW: TOKiMONSTA, MNDR & Astronautica @ DNA Lounge, SF 4/10/13
TOKiMONSTA, AKA Jennifer Lee, has sewn her blend of downtempo electronic, hip-hop, and R&B together masterfully once more in her newest LP Half Shadows and is celebrating with a live set to release the album at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco on April 10th. The Los Angeles based... more
CONCERT RECAP / SETLIST: Flogging Molly @ FOX Theater Oakland, CA 3/9/13
Flogging Molly came to Oakland’s Fox Theater this past weekend and unleashed a serious can of Irish whoop-ass (also known as Guinness) on everybody. The seven-piece Celtic Punk group has been recording and playing for nearly 15 years now and their hilariously fun and boisterous live show reflects both their... more
CONCERT RECAP: Justice @ The Warfield, San Francisco, CA 11/4/12
The French duo Justice took to The Warfield in SF on Sunday with their blend of heavy rock, disco, and dancefloor bangers that kept the crowd glued to the stage and jumping all night. Parisians Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay, respectively in below photos, have been tearing up dancefloors... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Crystal Castles @ Fox Theater, Oakland 10/22/12
Crystal Castles invaded Oakland’s Fox Theater a few weeks back with their arsenal of seizure inducing strobe lights, high-energy electro-punk beats, and moody experimental electronic. All this paired with pragmatic front-woman Alice Glass’ non-stop onslaught of crowd surfing and on-stage trance induced screaming made for one hell of a show.... more
CONCERT RECAP: Pretty Lights and DJ Shadow @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 9/14/12
Pretty Lights visited the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco this Friday with supporting acts DJ Shadow, Marty Party, and Paul Basic in what ended up being a floor-to-ceiling sold out show of Glitch Hop, Dubstep, and lasers galore. It’s hard to say if the already sizeable indoor auditorium... more
PHOTOS: Global Dub Festival @ Red Rocks, CO 5/18/12
Photos by Patrick Hagan and Ben Giordano, words by Patrick Hagan Global Dub Festival returned to Red Rocks Amphitheatre to kick off the summer for its celebration of ear-splitting dubstep music. This year marked a landmark attraction of talent from across the Atlantic who filled Red Rocks to the top with... more
