See Moir Music: September
Hi, I’m trying this new thing. Thanks for being here.
Shows I’m Going To
You can catch me at one of these upcoming shows:
Thu 9/12 — Bon Iver at the Chase Center (still have an extra ticket)
Sat 9/14 — Lane 8 and Ben Böhmer at Frank Ogawa Plaza for This Never Happened (so excited for this)
Thu 9/19 — Mumford and Sons at the Chase Center (I’m a basic bitch)
Wed 9/25 — Hot Chip at the Fox Theater (yissss)
Fri 9/27 — Tinlicker at Audio (free before 10:30 with RSVP) (what weird name)
Sat 9/28 — Bombay Bicycle Club at The Fillmore (7 years later, seeing them again)
Sat 10/5 — Anjunadeep Open Air on Treasure Island (who will DJ who knows should be good)
Fri 10/11 — Pete Tong at Halcyon (here’s hoping the crowd is ok)
Wed 10/16 — Maribou State at Regency Ballroom (impulse buy is real)
Shows I’m Considering or Wish I Could Go To
Mon 9/16 Explosions in the Sky at the Fox Theater
Great if you want to hear post-rock live. I don’t need to.
Fri 9/20 Maggie Rogers at the Greek Theatre
Great if you got tickets. I didn’t. It’s sold out now.
Sat 9/28 Gold Panda and a bunch of other people I don’t know will be at the Midway
I am only so hip to the cool shit.
Fri 10/4 Yoke Lore and Bad Bad Hats at the Independent
I’ve seen them both at least once, and they put on a fun folk-rock show. I recommend it, but I don’t need to go again.
Sun 10/13 Darius and Starfari DJ set at Phoenix Hotel Poolside
I like Starfari, I am pretty sure I’ve heard Darius before?
Sun 10/20 Justice DJ set at 1015 Folsom
I’m pretty sure seeing Justice is never a bad idea.
Sun 10/20 JOSEPH at The Fillmore
If you want an indie-folk vibe instead of electro DJ, go to this show.
Fri 10/25 Amtrac at The Great Northern
Amtrac shows up every few months here in SF, but The Great Northern is a beautiful venue.
Fri 10/25 Bicep DJ set at 1015 Folsom
I mean you could just do a double header and go from The Great Northern to 1015. I’ve done it. It’s probably safer to just decide which DJ you want to see more.
I don’t hate myself so I’m not going to any shows on Halloween but:
Holy Ghost will be at the Independent
Whethan will be at 1015 Folsom
Other notes
I always get Elder Island and Elderbrook mixed up. They’re both playing in SF this fall. Go see one, or both of them. I will be at one, or both, of the shows.
Recent great releases
Aletheia by O’Flynn - Bonobo played at least three of his songs at the OUTLIER DJ set in NYC, and I liked them so much I preordered the album. It’s out now, and worth the money (or time) to listen to it.
Bimini Road by Moon Boots - Moon Boots just put out this album. He played a bunch of songs off of it when he was in SF in July, and I again was so encouraged that I preordered the album. Worth it.
Shazamming while Dancing
Some DJ set playlists I’ve recently compiled…
OUTLIER in NYC — Catching Flies and Tourist were my favorite, Bonobo was excellent, and I could’ve skipped JETS but there were still some fun tracks from them.
Toolroom DJ set at the San Francisco Mint — A lil bass heavy, a lot of fun. All the tracks are from Anthony Attala’s set, except the last song is from a guy in a motorized wheelchair I walked behind after I left the venue.
Max Cooper DJ set at Public Works — I described Max Cooper as “Like Jon Hopkins, but if Jon Hopkins is making music on a roof deck, Max Cooper is making it in a shed.” I think I captured that pretty well.
Read Moir Music
I grew up listening to Everclear so I felt this hard: https://catapult.co/stories/in-defense-of-the-low-bar-an-ode-to-everclear-brittany-k-allen
I try to buy music when I can, but the seduction of streaming convenience is real. This helped me understand what streaming means for artists: https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3511
Thanks
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