See Moir Music: January 2025
Happy New Year! I'm sure a lot more shows will be announced for February & onward soon, but for now, here's how January is looking...
Quick recap
I didn't go anywhere in December. I hoped to stop by Breakfast of Champions, but I'm still fighting off the end of a bad cold I picked up over the holidays so I've been confined to my couch. No one needs to be sneezed on as a way to welcome in 2025. I hoped y'all enjoyed your NYE and NYD adventures!
What's next for me?
Friday, January 3 — salute at 1015 FolsomUnfortunately my cold symptoms mean I'm also skipping this show 😞lmk if you want my ticket!- Friday, January 17 — DJ Seinfeld, Jasper Tygner, DJ Dials at the Regency Ballroom
- Friday, February 7 — NOTION at 1015 Folsom
Other shows going on
What I'm not going to, but might if I had unlimited energy…
January
- Friday, January 10 — SIDEPIECE at 1015 Folsom
- Friday, January 10 — Trikk & Enamour at Public Works
- Friday, January 10 — San Holo at Fox Theater
- Saturday, January 18 — Qrion at Audio
- Saturday, January 18 — Themba at Public Works
- Saturday, January 18 — Bianca Oblivion and Farsight at Monarch
- Thursday, January 23 — Support Women DJs open decks night at Monarch
- Friday, January 24 — Fem Frequencies at Monarch
- Saturday, January 25 — Jamie xx at Cow Palace
February
- Saturday, February 1 — Sultan + Shepard, Christian Löffler, Catching Flies at the Warfield
- Tuesday, February 4 — The Vaccines at the Fillmore
- Still very tempted by this show, feel free to talk me into it…
- Friday, February 14 — Flowdan at 1015 Folsom
- Saturday, February 15 — Hessle Audio at Great Northern
- Also tempted by another rerun of this lineup…
- Sunday, February 16 — Snakehips (day party) at Audio
- Thursday, February 20 – Sunday, March 2 — Noise Pop Fest, including these highlights:
- Friday, February 21 — Geographer at August Hall
- Friday, February 21 — Parra for Cuva at Gray Area
- Wednesday, February 26 — The American Analog Set at Gray Area
- Thursday, February 27 — The American Analog Set at Gray Area
- Friday, February 28 — Soccer Mommy at the Fillmore
- Sunday, March 2 — American Football at GAMH
- Saturday, February 23 — Folamour (day party) at Audio
- Wednesday, February 26 — Phantogram at the Masonic
- Thursday, February 27 — Kavinsky at the Midway
- Friday, February 28 — 1tbsp + DJ Python at the Great Northern for SQUISH x Goldenvoice
March
- Tuesday, March 4 — Confidence Man at the Regency Ballroom
- Saturday, March 8 — Lane 8 at Cow Palace
- Saturday, March 8 — Amtrac (DJ set) at Audio
- Friday, March 21 — Jan Blomqvist at 1015 Folsom
- Saturday, March 22 — Cassian at Regency Ballroom
The distant future
- Thursday, April 10 — Maribou State at the Warfield
- Saturday, April 19 — MEUTE at Frank Ogawa Plaza
- I'll be at this show! Let me know if you want to join!
- Saturday, April 26 — Barry Can't Swim (Live) at the Warfield
- Sunday, April 27 — Barry Can't Swim (Live) at the Fox Theater
- Thursday, May 22 — Justice at Bill Graham Civic Ampitheatre
- (also on Wednesday, May 21 but that show is already sold out)
- Saturday, September 6 — Booka Shade (DJ set) at the Great Northern
Other SF events
It's a quiet January so far, but there are some book talks, movies, and art show openings coming up. I want to make it to more cultural moments this year, so please let me know if you're interested in joining!
- Saturday, January 11 — Eno at the Roxie
- Saturday, January 11 — Opening Reception: Dan Levenson: Artifacts from the SKZ
- Friday, January 24 — Colette Shade with Joanne McNeil at Green Apple Books on the Park
- Thursday, January 30 — Jathan Sadowski in conversation with Brian Merchant and Edward Ongweso Jr discussing the new book The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism at City Lights
- Saturday, February 8 — Neko Case in conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib at Sydney Goldstein Theater for City Arts and Lectures
- Saturday, February 22 — Jon Savage / The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture From The Margins To The Mainstream at City Lights
Music lately
You can always follow me on bandcamp to see what I've bought lately…
I spent most of this month digging into the best songs of 2024 according to Said the Gramophone and enjoying these recommendations:
- DEHD - Light On
- Mk.gee - Alesis and the rest of the album
- Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood (the whole album)
- Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
- Porches - Bread Believer
- Kacy Hill - BUG
- Rosali - On Tonight
- Madi Diaz - Don't Do Me Good
- MJ Lenderman - She's Leaving You
- Zsela - Still Swing
- Joshua Idehen - Mum Does the Washing
- King Hannah - Davey Says
- Good Looks - If It's Gone
- Katseye - Touch
- Kelly Lee Owens - Higher
- Jorja Smith - High
- Wet - Double
I don't discover a lot of indie rock and similar artists through my typical discovery methods, so this was a good introduction.
Other notes
I wrote up my best of 2024, so click into that if you want to know what my favorite albums, EPs, and tracks of the year were!
After Spotify Wrapped came out, I wrote my annual recap post where I compare the Spotify stats with my Last.fm listening history. I did a big deep dive into the origins of the "music evolution" feature and why I think it flopped (spoilers: not just the layoffs, or AI).
I'm still noodling on a longer post about Will Tavlin's essay about Netflix, Casual Viewing, and Liz Pelly's book excerpt about Spotify, Ghosts in the Machine. Let me know if you want to be a sounding board! Eagerly awaiting next week when her book will arrive on my doorstep!