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Kata Rokkar is Icelandic for Kata Rocks. The name derives from a song by the Icelandic sensation, Björk. No, I’m not one bit Icelandic. However, I’m obviously a huge fan of her work. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved telling peo
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show review: The Raveonettes at Bimbo’s 365, 11/9/2009
The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo played a true-to-record, low-gloss, blur-rock that sometimes sounded like the Sundays and sometimes like Loaded-era Velvet Underground the other night at San Francisco’s Bimbo’s 365....
show review: Treasure Island Music Festival Day Two
The Flaming Lips - Photo by Shawn Robbins Day Two started out…awkward. I had chase down a few scalpers to get my girlfriend a ticket but ended up meeting up with someone from craigslist. Our deal got a little odd when the scalpers started harassin...
show review: Treasure Island Music Festival Day One
In my honest opinion, Treasure Island Music Festival is the best music festival I have ever attended. The line-up this year was filled with the best of who’s-who in the indie music world without it compromising reputation by booking a radio-friend...
show review: Sunny Day Real Estate at The Fillmore
With only a few days left on their nationwide tour supporting the re-release of Diary and LP2, Sunny Day Real Estate descended on the Fillmore last night with epic force. Opening the show was the [also] reunited Jealous Sound who played with as much ...
show review: Frightened Rabbit at The Independent – Sept 18th, 2009
kata rokkar Opening act The Twilight Sad fit squarely within what I had anticipated from an opener on this tour: folk-rock, emotionally potent, and very Scottish. Their tunes were solid, but like everyone else in the audience my attention felt more ...
show review: Cymbals Eat Guitars at The Great American Music Hall
I really like this band. Maybe it’s because they remind me of listening to early post-hardcore acts like Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral and Texas Is The Reason in their prime. Which was quite a bit what it was like to witness Cymbals Eat Guitar...
show review: The Dodos at Amoeba Records
Last time I saw The Dodos they were playing to a fair sized crowd at Outside Lands Festival last month. Their set at the festival was pretty good actually. But there seemed to be something missing from this performance. While the epic drum extension...
Show Review: Fanfarlo at Popscene
If you’ve read my review of Fanfarlo’s Reservoir, you’re probably well aware that it’s next to impossible for me to discuss Fanfarlo’s music in terms that aren’t, well, nigh-religious. And I’m afraid that after seeing them last night, I...
show review: Azure Ray & (new) Tim Kasher (video) at the Great American Music Hall
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Azure Ray creeped into my life around late 2002 with the ‘November EP’. After that I gradually ended up buying up their entire catalog, but never wound up seeing them live. So you can imagine my ...
show review: Gifts From Enola / Glaciers / Winfred E Eye
It was already late at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, so I was really hoping tonight would be a success despite the venue being half full. Two decent bands proceeded instrumental act Gifts From Enola. First up was Winfred E. Eye with their ...
show review: Bat For Lashes at The Great American Music Hall
It might have been a bit on the short end, but the saying always puts quality ahead of quantity. And for British singer Natasha Khan also know as Bat For Lashes, her 85-minute set at a sold-out Great American Music Hall last Saturday evening was a qu...
show review: M83 at The Mezzanine
M83 stunned an adoring and attentive crowd Wednesday night at the Mezzanine, with an intoxicating mix of atmospheric electronica - at times slow and droning and other times fun and emotionally intense. Techno-geek James Yuill opened up and came out l...
show review: Animal Collective and Grouper at The Fox Theater
Setlist - Chocolate Girl Leaf House Summertime Clothes What Would I Want Sky Daily Routine Slippi Lion in a Coma Fireworks Encore: Banshee Beat My Girls Brothersport You ever have one of those moments where you are at a concert, wondering whether or ...
