See Moir Music: Mid November
The year is basically over now tbh
Overmono was one of the best shows I've seen all year. So much joy and such an ideal club crowd. Bonobo Live was just as good as promised, I'd give them 9/10 Caribous. Second Sky was an experience—long lines meant I missed all but 2 songs of salute's set, Hudson Mohawke was pretty okay, and Skrillex was dealing with some sketchy CDJs but it was interesting to see him play.
Where I’ll Be
I have no plans coming up! Oops!
Coming soon
Thu 11/24 – Get Stuffed 2: Icarus and blanq slate at Monarch
2 local DJ crews throwing down for free Thanksgiving night!
Wed 11/30 – Modest Mouse at the Fox Theater
Wed 11/30 – Built to Spill at the Chapel
Fri 12/2 – DJ Boring, Ninetoes, and Seb Wildblood at 1015 Folsom
Fri 12/2 – Starfari at Monarch
Fri 12/9 – Myd at Rickshaw Stop
Fri 12/16 – Mark Knight at Audio (Open to Close)
Fri 12/16 – Geographer (DJ set) and Aaron Axelson (DJ set) for a Daft Punk Disco at Rickshaw Stop
Fri 12/23 – SNBRN at 1015 Folsom
NYE/NYD
Fri 12/30 – Claude Von Stroke at 1015 Folsom (Open to Close)
Sat 12/31 – DRAMA at the Independent
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
Sat 12/31/22 – Sun 1/1/23 – Fresh Start at the Midway
NYE day: Sofi Tukker, Yung Bae, Moore Kismet, Zhu
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
Mon 2/20 – Sun 2/26 – Noise Pop 30!! Featuring Yo La Tengo, STRFKR, FIDLAR, Bob Mould, Tourist, and more!
Mon 2/20 – FIDLAR at BOTH
Thu 2/23 – STRFKR at the UC Theatre
Fri 2/24 – Tourist at Public Works
Sun 3/5 – Maggie Rogers at Billy G
Sat 3/11 – Parov Stelar at the Fox Theater
Sat 3/11 – PUP at Regency Ballroom
Mon 3/13, Tue 3/14, Wed 3/15, Thu 3/16, Fri 3/17 – Godspeed You! Black Emperor at The Chapel
Thu 3/30 – Anna of the North at The Independent
Sat 4/1 – Colony House at August Hall
Fri 4/28 – Nils Frahm at the Fox Theater
Other fun events
Wed 11/23 – Meet Me in the Bathroom at The Roxie
Film screening based on the book about NYC club scene. It's a 9pm showing though, so I don't think I'll make it out due to an early flight the next day.
Sat 11/19 – Waterfront Resilience Program: Embarcadero Walking Tour #1 by the Port of San Francisco
"This tour is designed to familiarize participants with areas of the waterfront and the community. We will discuss the Northern Waterfront’s importance, history, and ecology, including a history of the Embarcadero and action being taken to address sea level rise and earthquake risks." Nice.
There's also another one December 4.
Sat 12/10 & Sun 12/11 – Jonathan Van Ness at the Castro Theatre
Now – 1/2/24 – Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors at SF MoMA
Perhaps the most entrancing and engrossing a/v art installation I've ever encountered. Highly, highly, highly recommend.
Other notes
Grammy nominations are out. The only nominee from Best New Artist that I recognized was Wet Leg. I'm ok with this.
Recent great releases
I've mostly been listening to O'Flynn's new album? Or my entire library that's on my phone on shuffle. SoundCloud Weekly has been good to me but nothing has really stuck out.
O'Flynn's new album Shimmer with Frazer Ray has been really good. I didn't really take notice of most of the album beyond the singles and Light it Out, but the more I listened the more it grew on me.
Fred Again..'s Actual Life 3 is fine. It's a continuation of his vibe, but somehow more clubby feeling without getting any deeper emotionally?
Based on the show schedule for the rest of the year and the 5pm sunsets, it feels like the year is basically over already. Looking forward to see what Spotify Wrapped has in store for me, and getting to write my annual “end” of year music data post.