Author Archives: Carmichael

Crystal Castles in Phoenix [The Pressroom] >> Where’s Alice?

On my way to the venue, I had learned that Alice had been replaced. I was aware they had broken up for a reason that established Alice as one of my favorite musicians of all time [she left because the … Continue reading

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Coheed and Cambria >> Play a Show on Earth in San Francisco [The Masonic]

As the show beings, Claudio stands alone in a single spotlight with an acoustic guitar, fingerpicking the lonely isolated notes of ‘Ghost’ off the new album. The crowd is still calm, with sparse whistles and distant COHEEED!’s punctuating the sonata … Continue reading

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Bonobo >> To Dance, To Sway, To Be a Man and Not a Chimp in San Francisco [Regency Ballroom]

Bonobo >> To be honest, until recently, I wasn’t quite sure who or what Bonobo is. Is it a guy? A band? A clothing brand? A type of eggplant? Who the fuck knows? I had seen the name thrown around … Continue reading

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Metronomy >> Lo-Fi Swedish Electronic Cruise Guitar Pop in San Francisco [Regency Ballroom]

Metronomy >> This is a band about growth. If you can even call it a band, rather, Metronomy is the evolution of Joseph Mount tinkering with a shitty drum set and crude music software in his childhood bedroom to playing … Continue reading

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The Pixies >> La La Love You in San Francisco [Masonic Auditorium]

Pixies >> The Masonic Auditorium is an impressive piece of architecture with its palatial marble columns and 12-foot statues. The center was built by the Freemasons half a century ago. The same Freemasons who some might say are really a … Continue reading

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Tropkillaz >> Twerkin Late in Trap City, San Francisco [Regency Ballroom]

Tropkillaz >> I turned 33 yesterday. I spent my birthday being old and tired, watching Dr. Who on Netflix while eating a box of Macaroons my girlfriend got me with my legs wrapped up in a Macaroon crumb covered blanket. So … Continue reading

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DATSIK >> Drops the Dream in San Francisco [Regency Ballroom]

DATSIK >> Music genres go through a similar cycle each time they are ‘pioneered’. There is always a beginning – with someone, somewhere. The genre lives in obscurity. It cultivates a feverishly loyal but small fan base. The music sounds ‘new’, … Continue reading

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