See Moir Music: March 2025
Quick recap
It turns out that having a hip injury that is bad enough that I'm getting surgery at the end of this month makes it difficult to make it to shows, so I ended up skipping all three of my planned shows for February.
- Friday, February 7 — NOTION at 1015 Folsom
- Saturday, February 15 — Hessle Audio at Great Northern
- Friday, February 28 — 1tbsp + DJ Python at the Great Northern for SQUISH x Goldenvoice
I'll keep this newsletter going while I recover, though, because I need y'all to go to things instead of me! If you have any post-surgery recovery pro tips, I'd love to hear them 😀
What's next for me?
I'll do my best to make it out to Laurence Guy at Monarch on Saturday, March 22. If anyone wants my ticket to see Loods at Monarch on Saturday, March 8, let me know!
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…
March
- Saturday, March 1 — dj holographic and ash lauryn at Public Works
- Sunday, March 2 — Sébastien Léger at Hotel VIA rooftop (day party)
- Tuesday, March 4 — Confidence Man at the Regency Ballroom
- Saturday, March 8 — Lane 8 at Cow Palace
- Saturday, March 8 — Nicole Moudaber and Emanate at the Midway
- Saturday, March 8 — Amtrac (DJ set) at Audio
- Saturday, March 8 — Loods at Monarch
- I'll be out of town for this set now, if anyone wants my ticket 😭 Unfamiliar? Check out this set.
- Saturday, March 15 — Caiiro at the Midway
- Sunday, March 16 — TSHA (day party) at Audio
- Friday, March 21 — Jan Blomqvist at 1015 Folsom
- Saturday, March 22 — Cassian at Regency Ballroom
- Saturday, March 22 — Laurence Guy at Monarch
- Saturday, March 22 — Eelke Kleijn at the Great Northern
- Mondary, March 24 — Snow Patrol at Fox Theater
- Friday, March 28 — Rusko at the Midway
- Friday March 28 — Carl Craig, Moodymann, and Nina Sol at Public Works
April
If you find yourself in Fresno on Friday, April 18, Interplanetary Criminal is playing at Fulton 55 for some reason.
- Friday, April 4 — Marie Davidson (Live) and Femmelectric at the Great Northern
- Saturday, April 5 — Mild Minds and Durante at Bimbo's 365
- Tuesday, April 8 — DARKSIDE at the Warfield
- Thursday, April 10 — Maribou State at the Warfield
- Saturday, April 12 — Roosevelt (DJ set) at the Great Northern
- Sunday, April 13 & Monday, April 14 — The Prodigy at The Warfield
- Wednesday, April 16 — BATHS at Rickshaw Stop
- Thursday, April 17 — Ben Böhmer at the Warfield
- Saturday, April 19 — MEUTE at Frank Ogawa Plaza
- Saturday, April 26 — Barry Can't Swim (Live) at the Warfield
- Saturday, April 26 — J.Worra (day party) at the SF Mint
- Saturday, April 26 — Glitch Mob in a Secret Underground Location
- Sunday, April 27 — Barry Can't Swim (Live) at the Fox Theater
May
- Wednesday, May 7 — Hippo Campus at Fox Theater
- Friday, May 9 — Sonny Fodera at the Midway
- Friday, May 9 — Funk Tribu and southstar at 1015 Folsom
- Unfamiliar? Funk Tribu's Boiler Room set in Ghent
- Friday, May 9 — Peter Bjorn and John at GAMH (Writer's Block tour)
- They really put on a great show so I recommend this highly.
- Friday, May 9 & Saturday, May 10 — They Might be Giants at the Fillmore
- Saturday, May 10 — Klangkarussell and Einmusik at Public Works
- Unfamiliar? Here's a recent DJ set
- Tuesday, May 13 — Perfume Genius at the Fillmore
- Tuesday, May 13 — Sleigh Bells at August Hall
- Friday, May 16 — Too Many Zooz at the Indy
- Saturday, May 17 — MALUGI at Monarch
- There's very little chance I'll be recovered enough to make it to this show so please please go. Unfamiliar? Here's his Boiler Room set that I've watched at least 5 times.
- Saturday, May 17 — Avalon Emerson at Gingerbread House
- Danzhaus on Connecticut street reclaims what is apparently its old name as a venue. No more "Secret underground TBA"!
- Sunday, May 18 — Ok Go at the Fillmore
- Tuesday, May 20 — Lambrini Girls at Rickshaw Stop
- Thursday, May 22 — Justice at Bill Graham Civic Ampitheatre
- (also on Wednesday, May 21 but that show is already sold out)
- Friday May 23 — Underworld at the Warfield
- Friday, May 30 — Röyksopp at The Regency Ballroom
- Saturday, May 31 — Rachel Chinouriri at the Indy
- Unfamiliar? Listen to her single Never Need Me, or her cover of Fontaines D.C. in the BBC Live Lounge.
The distant future
- Friday, June 6 — Luttrell at Audio
- Friday, June 13 & Saturday, June 14 — TOKiMONSTA at the Indy
- Saturday, June 14 — Bloc Party and Metric at the Greek Theatre
- Saturday, July 19, Monday, July 21, & Tuesday, July 22 — Paul Simon at Davies Symphony Hall
- Tuesday, July 29 — Dropkick Murphys and Bad Religion at Fox Theater
- Saturday, August 2 — Less Than Jake at the Regency Ballroom
- Saturday, September 6 — Booka Shade (DJ set) at the Great Northern
- Friday, September 12 — MJ Lenderman at the Fox Theater
- Thursday, September 18 — Magdalena Bay at the Warfield
- Friday, October 10 — Yelle at the Regency Ballroom
- Friday, November 21 — Jack's Mannequin at the Warfield (MFEO tour)
Other SF events
If book talks, history walks, music-making classes, or public lectures are more your speed, here's what's going on in March and April:
- Thursday, March 6 — The 1894 World's Fair in Golden Gate Park with the Western Neighborhood Project
- Saturday, March 8 — Alemany Farm to Candlestick Point Urban Walk and Talk with Shaping SF
- Saturday, March 8 — Mission-Roxie SF Neon Walking Tour
- Monday, March 10 & Wednesday, March 12 — Modular Synthesizer Workshop With VCV Rack 2 at Gray Area
- Thursday, March 13 — North Beach SF Neon Walking Tour
- Friday, March 14 — Yung Pueblo at Sydney Goldstein Theater
- Tuesday, March 18 — Drawing on Pop Culture at the Letterform Archive (virtual event)
- Wednesday, March 19 — Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service with W. Kamau Bell, Dave Eggers, Michael Lewis and Sarah Vowell at Sydney Goldstein Theater
- Thursday, March 20 — Nerd Nite #149 (Manicures, Piercings, and Fashion Secrets) at Rickshaw Stop
- Saturday, March 22 — Beholding SF’s Birds Pedal by Pedal bicycle tour with Shaping SF
- Tuesday, March 25 — Sloane Crosley with R.O. Kwon / Grief Is for People at the Booksmith
- Friday, April 4 — Info We Trust book launch at the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford
- Thursday, April 10 — Muni Diaries Live: Wayfinding at Rickshaw Stop
- Friday, May 2 — Ross Gay at Sydney Goldstein Theater
- Monday, May 5 & Wednesday, May 7 — Ambient Music Making with Ableton Live at Gray Area
- Tuesday, May 27 — Alison Bechdel at Sydney Goldstein Theater
- Thursday, June 5 — Michael Pollan at Sydney Goldstein Theater
Music lately
You can always follow me on bandcamp to see what I've bought lately…
I've been making my way through some of the recent Boiler Room sets, and really enjoyed these:
Also have been spinning a lot of Upper90 and Once Twice still, as well as Club Angel and Baron von Trax. Here's some recent faves:
- Stay On Track | Aloka
- INTHEMOOD4U EP | Baron Von Trax
- The Shapeshifters - lolas theme (Luxusvilla edit) | Linus Villa
- Kool Ranch FM, by Aquarian, Hodge
- Want My Love | MALUGI & WOLTERS
- Come Back To Me | Baron Von Trax
- At Night EP | Upper90, Baron Von Trax | Speedmaster Records
- Be My Lover | PAUL SIRRELL x MALUGI
- broken w/ wufu | kasp
- You Are The Sun, I Am The Sky | DJ HEARTSTRING
- GSC004 | Soul Mass Transit System
Other notes
Last weekend was the free Measure of Music conference, all about music data. As someone who loves working with data and also loves music, it's really fun to poke my head into the convergence of those worlds for a weekend and pretend that I know anything about the industry and how it works. I appreciated the sessions Playing With Pop: Exploring Data's Role Across Entertainment and Revisiting the Future: A Keynote Conversation on Music & Tech with Cherie Hu, and especially Beverly Shih's Intro to Music Data Management, Analysis & Visualization. It's always interesting to learn about new tools and also discover which tools and processes are predominant in various industries.