San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival Wraps 32nd edition
The annual Noise Pop Festival ends its 32nd year and fills night clubs and music events in San Francisco with sold -out shows by Soccer Mommy, Nick Lowe and Los Stray Jackets and American Football.
An institution in San Francisco, since it began in 1993 as one night of Loud, Melodful Local Bands, has expanded the festival this year to ten days of music, film and art with some of the most respected names of independent music. While the focus is on the latest indie rock, the eclectic festival also offers modern R&B, global grooves and even electronic avant-garde music. Noise Pop will also return to unusual events with several events in the Grace Cathedral and Mission District Art Space Gray area.
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After a busy event week with concerts by Death Cab for Cutie Songwriter Ben gibbardHip-hop Maverick Earl sweatshirtBeloved Austin, indie rocker from TX based The American analogue sentence and Irish folk quartet LankumNoise Pop moves on Friday with the final in his home route KEXPS Live meeting Radiation of 25th Street Recordings in Oakland with the songwriter Meg Baird (A solo artist who also played with the Philly Psych/Folk band Espers and the local super group Heron Oblivion) at 11 a.m. together with the last two free Happy Hour shows at Popular Mission District Dive Bend’s
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Later Friday, pub rock/power pop great Nick Lowe continues his collaboration with Masked Surf Combo Los Straight jackets with A sold -out performance in the Great American Music Hall. Lowe, an experienced British songwriter who started his start as a member of the Roots-Sorge band Brinsley Schwarz, later joined the guitarist Dave Edmunds in the influential pub rock band Rockpile. Known for his sharp songwriting – he and others had hits with his melodies “cruel to be friendly” (what is so funny “peace, love and understanding” and “so it goes” – and his work, the artists like Elvis Costello and Dr. Feelgood, Lowe, has a loyal cult of fans in the bay that is in a regular blue -blue -Bay area, in his regular appearances, in his regular appearances in his regular appearances, in his regular appearances.
Lowe recently recorded Straight jackets with the support of promised Surf -Outfit Los and toured them. Originally in Nashville in the late 80s as The Strait Jackets by the well-known rockabilly guitarists Eddie Angel and former guitarist with the instrumentalists from NYC Neo-Surf, the Raybeats Danny, only stopped when they appeared in 1994 as Los-Strait jackets and performed with their signatures with their signatures. The partnership with Lowe produces last year of the recognized album Inside safari For YEP ROC recordings.
Further note shows on Friday are a few appearances by the singer Sirintip In the intimate Joe Henderson Lab des Sfjazz CenterPresent The first of two nights in the Fillmore With an up -and -coming songwriter Football mom (Aka Sophia Regina Allison) and an expected appearance of the psychedelic indie rock band based in Buffalo Mercury Rev.Who heading A show on the RiScha stop Compiled with the long-term SF-Indie rock club evening Pop scene.
On Saturday, the Great American Music Hall welcomes the beloved Illinois Emo Band American football Who will mark with two sold -out nights on the 25th anniversary of their debut. Founded by Guitarist, bassist and singer Mike Kinsella (Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Owen), American Football AMASSED A Rabid Following in the Space of a Few Short Years in Existence Staring in 1997 and Have Been Pack Concert Halls Ever First Reuniting in 2014. So include an appearance at gray area by Wajatta – The partnership of the comedian/musician Reggie Watts and the electronic producer/DJ John Tejada and Los Angeles indie outfit Earlimart Play your album Recovery and tremors At the foot of the hill For the 20th anniversary of the record in front of the festival runs with American football and two shows at Sfjazz from Oakland’s sibling-and-keyboards duo Melodious. You can find more details on the complete schedule for events, tickets and festival badges from Noise Pop Noiseepoptfest.com.
