See Moir Music: August 2025
Quick recap
Still no live shows, still only YouTube DJ sets and SoundCloud and Bandcamp adventures.
What's next for me?
I got tickets for the Ben UFO & Surusinghe show September 20, so hopefully I'll see y'all out there! And Portola is still not in the cards but I might still YOLO it, we'll see…
Other shows going on
What I'm not going to, but might if I had unlimited energy... bold shows are ones that I am planning on or otherwise heavily recommend...
August
Saturday, August 2 — Less Than Jake at the Regency Ballroom
Saturday, August 2 — Neumonic at Monarch
Saturday, August 2 — Narciss & Mike Servito at Public Works
Sunday, August 3 — Floating Points (Live) at the Fox Theater
Sunday, August 3 — Maya Jane Coles at Phoenix Hotel
Tuesday, August 5 — Rosali at Rickshaw Stop
Unfamiliar? On Tonight was one of my favorite discoveries from the Said the Gramophone year end list.
Friday, August 8 – Sunday, August 10 — Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park featuring Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, Baalti, Bakar, Banksia, Big Freedia with SF Gay Mens Chorus, Black Coffee, Bleachers, Blond:ish, Claptone, DJ Koze, Doechii, Doja Cat, Dombresky, Floating Points, Gesaffelstein, Hozier, Jamie XX, John Summit, Mayer Hawthorne, NOTION, Sammy Virji, Tyler, the Creator, and Vampire Weekend.
Friday, August 8 — NOTION at 1015 Folsom (OSL Night Show)
Friday, August 8 — SNBRN at Audio
Saturday, August 9 — Dombresky at the Great Northern (OSL Night Show)
Saturday, August 9 — BLOND:ISH at the Independent (in the round) (OSL Night Show)
Sunday, August 10 — Black Coffee at 1015 Folsom (OSL Night Show)
Friday, August 15 — STRFKR at Fox Theater
Friday, August 15 — Marsh & Nox Vahn at 1015 Folsom
Saturday, August 16 — Nora En Pure at Gold Bar on Treasure Island
Sunday, August 17 — Elderbrook in Napa somewhere
Thursday, August 22 — A. Deeplove (Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT) at Monarch
Thursday, August 22 — Jerro at the Vault at the SF Mint
Wednesday, August 27 & Thursday, August 28 — Max Cooper On Being 3D/AV Live at Gray Area
Friday, August 29 — Disco, Yes with Maurice Fulton and Nina Sol & Patrick Wilson at Public Works
Friday, August 29 — Tycho (Live?) at the Midway
September
Friday, September 5 — Luke Alessi, Physical Therapy, and Femmelectric at the Great Northern
Friday, September 5 — DJ Boring at Audio
Saturday, September 6 — Booka Shade (DJ set) at the Great Northern
Saturday, September 6 — Matthew Dear B2B Juan Maclean at Monarch
Saturday, September 6 — Honey Dijon at Gold Bar on Treasure Island
One of the few DJs whose sets I've closed out, well worth seeing.
Sunday, September 7 — The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse at the Greek Theatre
Friday, September 12 — MJ Lenderman at the Fox Theater
Friday, September 12 — Bomba Estereo and Rawayana at the Greek Theatre
Friday, September 12 — DJ Hyperdrive, X-Coast, OZA at Public Works
Saturday, September 13 — Sultan + Shepherd at the Phoenix Hotel
Saturday, September 13 — GUY J's We Are Lost Festival featuring Guy J, Guy Mantzur, and others at 888 Garage
Saturday, September 13 — BAMBII & Anz at TBA by squish
Tickets are only $20 or so, highly tempted. BAMBII's latest EP was great.
Thursday, September 18 — Magdalena Bay at the Warfield
Saturday, September 20 & Sunday, September 21 — Portola Music Festival at Pier 80, featuring: ¥ØU$UKE ¥UK1MAT$U, 1tbsp, 2manydjs b2b Erol Alkan, Blawan, Bob Moses, Caribou, Christina Aguilera, Confidence Man, Despacio (all day long), Dom Dolla, Duke Dumont, HAAi, Hamdi, KI/KI, LCD Soundsystem, Magdalena Bay, MALUGI, Maribou State, Marie Davidson, Moby (Live), Oppidan, Peggy Gou, Prospa b2b Kettama, salute, SHEE, The Blessed Madonna b2b Tiga, The Chemical Brothers DJ set, The Prodigy, The Rapture, Villager, X Club., and more.
So far unexcited but I might get more hype the closer it gets… I'll be in better physical condition this time around at least…
Saturday, September 20 — Ben UFO & Surusinghe & tba at Monument
I'm not sure what September holds for me but I think this will be a must go show for me… tickets aren't on sale yet but 👀
Monday, September 22 — The Prodigy at the Warfield
Tuesday, September 23 — Alex G and Nilüfer Yanya at the Fox Theater
Thursday, September 25 — Jacques Greene and Nosaj Thing at GAMH
Saturday, September 27 — Patrick Wolf at The Lodge at the Regency Center (one of the venues at Regency Ballroom apparently)
Saturday, September 27 — Rebūke at the Midway
Saturday, September 27 — Disclosure (Live) and Bullet Tooth at the Greek Theatre
Sunday, September 28 — Disclosure (Live) and Villager at the Frost Ampitheater
October
Thursday, October 2 — Polo & Pan at Frost Ampitheater
Saturday, October 4 — PUP & Jeff Rosenstock at Fox Theater
Monday, October 6 — Mates of State at August Hall
Friday, October 10 — Yelle at the Regency Ballroom
Friday, October 10 — Wolf Alice at the Fox Theater
Saturday, October 11 — Bonobo DJ set in Napa somewhere
Sunday, October 12 — Bob Moses (Club set) in Napa somewhere
Tuesday, October 14 — Bad Suns at Bimbo's 365
Thursday, October 16 — Rilo Kiley and Waxahatchee at the Greek Theatre
I realized I'll be in town for this so I picked up tickets!
Friday, October 17 — SG Lewis and Sofia Kourtesis at Bill Graham
Saturday, October 18 — Eli Brown at the Palace of the Fine Arts
His Love Regenerator project with Calvin Harris was great and I love a novelty venue.
Saturday, October 18 — LP Giobbi in Napa somewhere
Sunday, October 19 — Lorde and Empress Of at the Greek Theatre
Friday, October 24 — The Magician at Audio
Friday, October 31 — Midland at F8 for squish
Friday, October 31 — Amelie Lens, Klangkuenstler, Max Gardner, and more at Cow Palace
Saturday, November 1 — The Faint and Hercules and Love Affair at the Regency Ballroom
The rest of the year…
Thursday, November 13 — Cut Copy at the Regency Ballroom
Saturday, November 15 — Booka Shade at the Great Northern
Saturday, November 15 — Chris Lake at Bill Graham
Wednesday, November 19 — Grizzly Bear at Fox Theater
Friday, November 21 — Jack's Mannequin at the Warfield (MFEO tour)
Saturday, November 22 — Silva Bumpa at Audio
Would've much rather seen him at Monarch or Great Northern, but ok.
Friday, November 28 & Saturday, November 29 — Sara Landry at Palace of the Fine Arts
Saturday, November 29 — Nils Hoffman at the Regency Ballroom
Sunday, November 30 — Jens Lekman at the Independent
Friday, December 5 — Motion City Soundtrack and Say Anything at the Warfield
Friday, December 19 — FISHER at Moscone Center
I mean, is this the most novelty venue of all novelty venues?!
Friday, December 26 — San Holo at the Midway
Other SF events
I've been enjoying catching some Bay Area Vintage Base Ball games at Golden Gate Park lately — a low key way to enjoy being outside and sit on a bench instead of a blanket (still a bit hard to get on and off the ground in a dignified manner)
San Francisco city government is trying to revitalize downtown with a series of events:
July 4 – September 14 — Minted SF takes over the Mint plaza at 5th and Mission every Friday with live music.
Downtown First Thursdays takes over 2nd street and nearby areas and makes my late work hours interesting. Last month Rochelle Jordan played, so don't sleep on the lineup.
Summer of Music is no longer standalone artists playing on the street in front of various businesses, and is instead part of local neighborhood night markets.
Every 2nd and 4th Saturday from June through September is the Pier Party at the Wharf
Most weekdays there are People in Plazas playing live music (like jazz)
There are other recurring events in the city to check out:
Inner Sunset Flea Market on second Sundays
Fridays on Front Street (next on August 22)
If book talks, history walks, music-making classes, or public lectures are more your speed, here's what's going on this month and beyond…
Saturday, August 9 — Biofeedback Music: Your Heart as a Drum Machine and Sweat as a Melody at Gray Area
Thursday, August 14 — Drawn Together: Tech for Belonging at SFMOMA
Thursday, August 14 — Book Launch for Ocean Beach: Fog, Fauna and Flora by Eddy Rubin and Greg Wright at Black Bird Bookstore
Saturday, August 16 — Rooftop Rhythms at Salesforce Park by Noise Pop
Saturday, August 16 — Trip Computer album launch at Gray Area
Tuesday, August 19 — Charlie Jane Anders with Daniel M Lavery at Green Apple Books on the Park
Wednesday, August 20 — Nerd Nite at Rickshaw Stop about Math of Basketball, Wild World of Moss, and Censorship.
Thursday, August 21 — In Conversation: Alexandra Romanoff and Jasmine Guillory at Black Bird Bookstore
Tuesday, August 26 — Alyssa Battistoni with Daniel Aldana Cohen - Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature at Book Passage in the Ferry Building
Wednesday, August 27 — Ask the Night for a Dream: Palestinian Writing from the Diaspora at Green Apple Books on the Park
Thursday, September 11 – Sunday, September 14 — Gray Area festival
Monday, October 20 — Cory Doctorow on Enshittification by the Booksmith at Public Works
Music lately
You can always follow me on bandcamp to see what I've bought lately…
I spent my plane flight home from NYC mostly listening to these two DJ sets:
Guess I know who I'll have to go see when they make it to SF...
Barry Can't Swim's new album Loner came out and it's pretty good, but somewhat uneven. Not sure if any of the tracks will stick much.
Have also been listening to (bolded faves):
Also have enjoyed some awaited IDs getting released:
Interplanetary Criminal — Slow Burner (not on Bandcamp)
Eagerly awaiting the rest of HAAi's new album, Gilligan Moss's new album A La Mode, Cameo Blush's album Grace in Motion, and carving out the time to listen to DJ Counseling's new album too.
Other notes
Life has been hectic lately despite not being overly busy. I'll hopefully be giving a lightning talk about music metadata at a work hackathon in a couple weeks (idk there's an opaque submission process) but either way will be a good chance for me to dig into one of my favorite niche topics again and with any luck, write a new blog post about it.