See Moir Music: Early October
3 months til the end of the year sorry
Portola weekend was great — darker sets than I expected and hoping to see Keinemusik again before too long, and another set from HAAi. Jamie xx was great as expected, and the small bits of Sofia Kourtesis and Danilo Plessow's sets mean I'll be looking for them next time they come to town. I missed Fred Again..'s set in favor of TSHA (who was great) and am very sad that he won't be at Second Sky this month, but looking forward to his new album still.
Bomba Estereo was great, chilled on the lawn and ate a couple cinnamon rolls and danced.
I guess this week is fleet week so look out for planes.
Where I’ll Be
Fri 10/14 – Overmono at Monarch
I'll be there. Super psyched and kinda surprised they're playing such a cozy venue.
Thu 10/20 – Bonobo (Live) and Tourist at the Greek Theatre
Psyched to see Tourist again, and I've heard excellent things about Bonobo live!
Sat 10/29 – Porter Robinson, RL Grime, Hudson Mohawke, salute, and more at Second Sky Festival at Oakland Arena Grounds
Unbelievably psyched to see salute, and hey, it's BARTable!
Coming soon
Thu 10/6 – FKJ at Billy G
Fri 10/7 – Kölsch at Audio
Highly tempting—the last time I saw Kölsch I actually stayed to the very end of the set. Very rarely happens.
Fri 10/7 – Phoenix, Cut Copy, and Porches at the Greek Theatre
Sat 10/8 – Fisher Block Party
Sat 10/8 – Sonny Fodera at The Midway
Sat 10/8 – Mat Zo and Jiamei at Halcyon
Sat 10/8 – GARAGE ACCESS feat Doc Martin, DJ M3, and DJ Cira at Monarch
next week
Tue 10/11 – Daði Freyr at Regency Ballroom
Tue 10/11 – Sigrid at the Fox Theater
Wed 10/12 – serpentwithfeet at August Hall
Thu 10/13 – Pendulum (DJ Set) at 1015 Folsom
College me would be instantly grabbing tickets to this.
Fri 10/14 – Sat 10/15 – Breakaway festival featuring Gryffin, Louis the Child, Big Wild, Tycho, Aluna, Snakehips, Whethan, Pluko and more at Oakland Arena parking lot
Sat 10/15 – Atmosphere at the Fox Theater
Sat 10/15 – Noise Pop 20th St Block Party
Now on Valencia. Disappointed that it's moving to a much bougier area of the Mission, but it makes sense given that they moved out of their HQ at 20th. With La Cocina doing the food it will be tasty, which is nice.
Sat 10/15 – Sun 10/16 – Day to Night Festival with Dom Dolla, Booka Shade, Jody Wisternoff, Felix Da Housecat, ARTBAT, Tinlicker, Qrion, Enamour, and more at Treasure Island
Booka Shade makes this tempting. It's pretty straightforward to take the bus here from Salesforce Transit Center too.
Mid October
Mon 10/17 – Wolf Alice at the Fillmore
Mon 10/17, Tue 10/18, Wed 10/19 – Beach Fossils at The Chapel
Tue 10/18 – The Mars Volta at The Warfield
Fri 10/21 – The Glitch Mob at a secret warehouse
Sat 10/22 – AC Slater at the SF Mint
Sun 10/23 – Lil Nas X at Billy G
I would LOVE to see him live but tickets are ~*demand priced*~. If it drops below $100 before the show I might go and chill in the balcony, but until then this remains just recommended. Tickets are currently $199, sigh.
This is probably when people start doing Halloween things
Tue 10/25 – Regina Spektor at The Warfield
Wed 10/26 & Thu 10/27 – Alvvays at the Fillmore
Fri 10/28 – Will Clarke at Halcyon
Fri 10/28 – Rodriguez Jr and David Hohme at Folsom Street Foundry
I have second sky the next day but Rodriguez Jr is fun.
Sat 10/29 – Stephan Bodzin, Åme, and Laolu at Public Works
Laolu is great. So is Åme.
Sat 10/29 – Gabriel & Dresden playing The Classics at Audio
Open-to-close set, which is always nice for getting some sleep.
November
Fri 11/4 – The Knocks at Regency Ballroom
Fri 11/4 – Andhim at Audio
Fri 11/4 – Jayda G at Public Works
argh what a conflict. She played a great set at Great Northern for Club Called Rhonda so this is tempting, but so is Andhim!
Sat 11/5 – Santigold at The Masonic
Sun 11/6 – TEED (Live) at the Indy
Fri 11/11 – FRENSHIP at Rickshaw Stop
Fri 11/11 – KiNK and Femmelectric at Public Works
Sat 11/12 – Atish all night at Public Works
Sun 11/13 – Guy J, Sebastien Leger, and Durante at the SF Mint
SF Mint day parties are such a chill vibe and so is this lineup.
Mon 11/14 – Two Door Cinema Club and Day Wave at the Fox Theater
Tue 11/15 – Foals at the Fox Theater
Wed 11/16 – Tegan and Sara at The Fillmore
Thu 11/17 – Klangkarussell at 1015 Folsom
Very tempted but need to listen to some more of their tracks to see if it warrants a Thursday night show oof.
Sat 11/26 – MK at the Midway
Wed 11/30 – Modest Mouse at the Fox Theater
December
Fri 12/9 – Myd at Rickshaw Stop
Fri 12/23 – SNBRN at 1015 Folsom
NYE/NYD
Sat 12/31/22 – Polo & Pan at 1015 Folsom
Sun 1/1/23 – It's a New Day + Breakfast of Champions Block Party at Great Northern
I don't recognize any of the announced DJs yet except Doc Martin, who's playing with Garage Access at Monarch soon.
Sat 12/31/22 – Sun 1/1/23 – Fresh Start at the Midway
NYE day: Sofi Tukker, Yung Bae, Moore Kismet
NYE night: Madeon DJ set
NYD: John Summit, Wax Motif, Justin Martin, Maya Jane Coles, LP Giobbi
2023 😩
Fri 2/17 – Yotto at The Midway
Sat 3/11 – Parov Stelar at the Fox Theater
Electroswing at the Fox; would be more fun in Regency Ballroom I daresay because of the floor, but still cool.
Other fun events
Tue 10/18 – Behind the Scenes of the Physical Archive with the Internet Archive
Sadly for me, the physical archive is clear out in Richmond. If you're in the East Bay, this could be really fun to check out.
Wed 10/19 – A night of art, fashion, and music presented by The Fun House at 1015 Folsom
I'll be honest, I don't know what this is, but the music is curated by local DJ collective blanq slate and that tells me that it's worth showing up to.
Fri 10/21 – The Only Truth is Music: Readings From Music Writers part of Litquake at Make-Out Room
The last Litquake event I went to featuring music writers was kind of adorably bad. This one might be adorably good? I'm considering it.
Sat 10/22 – On Rest as Resistance
An online event, seemingly channeling "flat chive life" about reclaiming rest and slowing down as a form of resistance to productivity-at-all-costs life.
Sat 10/22 – LitCrawl
A slew of literary events on a variety of topics, usually all in the Mission so you can walk and hit several in one night!
Learn about SF history:
Sat 10/22 – Walking tour with Shaping SF, the Rancho San Miguel Hilltopper!
Sat 12/2 – Bicycle tour with Shaping SF, Ecological history (South)
Other notes
Good sets at Portola—since there was no service I took 15-30second videos of any songs I wanted to Shazam later, with mostly success. Portola shazams are here.
Madame Vacile was an excellent DJ opening for Bomba Estereo last night, my faves from her set are in this Spotify playlist.
Recent great releases
I've mostly been letting recent releases and new-to-me tracks burn in.
Still grooving to Bonobo's new single, ATK.
Wasn't as much of a fan of Running, TSHA's latest single off her forthcoming Capricorn Sun, but it keeps coming up on shuffle and is real good.
The Magician feat. CLYPSO with One Vibration is excellent.
Loods was my favorite discovery of Portola via Shazams, his tracks Love is Real and Never the Same are both bangers.
On that note, check out this Steel City Dance Discs set featuring Mall Grab b2b KETTAMA b2b Loods. If you can ID the track around 45:00, lmk because it's a heater.