Wish you were in New Zealand for the first gig of Pavement’s 2010 reunion tour? So do we. Thanks to the internets there’s all sorts of video coverage being posted to YouTube.
Check out the their tour schedule on Matador. Although most dates are overseas, there are stops at Coachella, Sasquatch, four days in Central Park [...]

San Francisco’s Honeycomb is an eight-piece ensemble led by Emily Ritz and featuring members of Geographer, Stitchcraft, The Dirty Snacks Ensemble. This beautiful live video was put together by One Night Music, a collective of volunteers who film intimate live performances of independent songwriters and bands in the Bay Area.
You can soak up some more [...]

Great news for those of you who “go to concerts to relax.” Purchase your tickets at their official site.

Vermont’s Grace Potter and the Nocturnals brought their brand of high-octane retro-rock to the Fillmore last night. Given their obvious ’60s influences, the historic Fillmore stage served as a perfect setting. Judging by the platoon of videographers filming a live DVD, the band clearly also thought the setting a good fit.
Potter’s career has been an [...]

Thanks, Pitchfork. You win this round. The initial lineup for the 2010 Noise Pop Festival is now out in the open: the Magnetic Fields, Atlas Sound, Rogue Wave, Four Tet, the Soundtrack of Our Lives, Mark Kozelek, John Vanderslice (who helped out last year as a bartender at Noise Pop 2009’s Mountain Goats show), Foreign [...]

Stranger Dance is proud to present a badass lineup at the Rickshaw Stop. This Sunday, November 29th, Vancouver’s JAPANDROIDS will rock the stage along with Florida’s Surfer Blood and San Francisco’s own The Downer Party.
The show starts at 7:00, costs $10 in advance and $12 at the door, and all ages are welcome. Buy your [...]

This Monday, November 8th will see a wonderful trio of out-of-town bands at the Rickshaw Stop: Brooklyn’s Bishop Allen, Seattle’s Throw Me the Statue, and New York City’s Darwin Deez.
Bishop Allen’s headlining spot is in support of Grr…, out now on Dead Oceans. Both the latest album and 2007’s The Broken String are excellent lessons [...]

. . . Port O’Brien, Geographer, Grand Lake . . .
All this makes for a ridiculous amount of local talent within just one day’s time. Let us count the ways:
1) TONIGHT, Thursday, November 5th: Tempo No Tempo, Man/Miracle, Maus Haus at the Rickshaw Stop. 8:00 p.m., $10.
2) TONIGHT, Thursday, November 5th: Grand Lake, the Happy [...]

Slim’s is the place to be tonight, Wednesday, November 4th. On the bill: White Rabbits, Local Natives, and Glass Ghost.
White Rabbits are currently on tour in support of It’s Frightening (produced by Britt Daniel of Spoon), their excellent second full-length album full of thumping, nimble indie rock. Combined with the support from Local Natives [...]