See Moir Music: September 2022
Summer is here and I'd like it to be less hot please
I haven't gone to any shows in awhile but that's about to break starting with Portola Music Festival—only two short weeks away :o
Where I’ll Be
Sat 9/24 & Sun 9/25 – Portola Music Festival with a ton of artists. I've bolded my absolutely can't miss sets:
Saturday you'll see me at: jamesjamesjames, Godford, Ross from Friends, TSHA, maybe the tail end of Fred Again.., Caribou if I'm ambitious, Jamie xx, and Bicep if I'm not too tired to go home.
Sunday you'll see me at: The Range, Prospa, HAAi, the tail end of Sofia Kourtesis, Yaeji, Keinemusik, then someone, probably, while I eat dinner I guess, then Four Tet + Floating Points.
Coming soon
September
TODAY Fri 9/9 – Conducta with a Club Called Rhonda at the Great Northern
Sat 9/10 – Bar Part Time One Year Anniversary
I haven't made it yet but I hear consistently good things about BPT.
Sat 9/10 – Yung Bae at the Midway
Sun 9/11 – Nox Vahn at Hotel Via Rooftop
Wed 9/14 – Lauv at the Greek Theatre
Wed 9/14 – Diplo and David Harness at Great Northern
Sat 9/17 – Novo Amor at The Fillmore
Remains one of the best crowd vibes I've had at a live show, the Fillmore I expect will be even better. Recommended.
Next week
Wed 9/21 – The Avalanches at The Warfield
Recommended, but also sold out.
Thu 9/22 – MODERAT at the Fox Theater
Fri 9/23 – Fred Again.. at the Warfield
Fri 9/23 – PORTOLA PRE: Gorgon City, Prospa, and Godford at the Midway
Fri 9/23 – PORTOLA PRE: Daphni and Chaos in the CBD at 1015 Folsom
I still might get a ticket to this, because Daphni! Ahh!
Sat 9/24 – PORTOLA AFTERS: SG Lewis at Great Northern
Sat 9/24 – PORTOLA AFTERS: Bob Moses at Audio
Sat 9/24 – PORTOLA AFTERS: Hot Since 82 at Monarch
Sun 9/25 – PORTOLA AFTERS: James Blake, Channel Tres, HAAi, and more at the Midway
Post Portola
Mon 9/26 – Chet Faker at the Warfield
He was good at the Fillmore as Nick Murphy, I guess it makes sense that he went back to being Chet Faker for all of his music.
Wed 9/28 – Lykke Li at The Warfield
Fri 9/30 – Gray Area Festival: YACHT A/V performance at Gray Area
Fri 9/30 – Broken Social Scene at Fox Theater
Fri 9/30 & Sat 10/1 – Odesza with Sylvan Esso and Elderbrook at Shoreline
October
Sat 10/1 – Gray Area Festival: clipping. at Gray Area
Sat 10/1 – Bomba Estereo at the Greek Theatre
I'll be here, and I'm very excited for some non-balcony dancing.
Sat 10/1 – Camelphat at the Midway
Sat 10/1 – Sascha Robotti at Halcyon
Sat 10/1 – Goldroom High Seas Boat Tour at Hornblower Cruises
October adventures
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
Tue 10/11 – Daði Freyr at Regency Ballroom
Tue 10/11 – Sigrid at the Fox Theater
Fri 10/14 – Overmono at Monarch
I'll be there. Super psyched and kinda surprised they're playing such a cozy venue.
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 – 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. I have low expectations tbh, but with La Cucina doing the food it will be tasty!
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
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!
Fri 10/21 – The Glitch Mob at a secret warehouse
Sun 10/23 – Lil Nas X at Billy G
I would LOVE to see him live but tickets are ~*demand priced*~ so instead of costing $65 + fees they're listed at $170, or more or less at any given time. If it drops below $100 before the show I might go and chill in the balcony, but until then this remains just recommended.
This is probably when people start doing Halloween things
Tue 10/25 – Regina Spektor at The Warfield
She’s excellent, I recommend. I’d get a balcony seat for the luxury of sitting.
Wed 10/26 & Thu 10/27 – Alvvays at the Fillmore
Fri 10/28 – Will Clarke at Halcyon
Sat 10/29 – Stephan Bodzin, Åme, and Laolu at Public Works
Laolu is great.
Unbelievably psyched to see salute, and hey, it's BARTable!
Happening later
Fri 11/4 – The Knocks at Regency Ballroom
Sat 11/5 – Santigold at The Masonic
Sun 11/6 – TEED (Live) at the Indy
Tempting, but November is too far away to plan.
Mon 11/14 – Two Door Cinema Club at the Fox Theater
I think this is the third time they've played at the Fox since I moved out here. Day Wave is support. If I hadn't already seen both of them before I might go to this.
Wed 11/16 – Tegan and Sara at The Fillmore
Wed 11/30 – Modest Mouse at the Fox Theater
Fri 12/23 – SNBRN at 1015 Folsom
Other fun events
Gray Area is having a festival, which has a bunch of exciting things:
Thu 9/29 – YACHT have a documentary screening, The Computer Accent
Sun 10/2 – A workshop about livestreaming: Is this thing on?
Sun 10/2 – A workshop: Coded Portraits: Policing Images from the 1500s to Today
This sounds excellent, and I might sign up if I don't have other plans…
Sun 10/2 – A workshop: Graphic Design Roadshow with People’s Graphic Design Archive
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
I'm writing up thoughts about what a prompt-based AI music generator would look like, why it might exist, and the challenges such a thing could run into. Have any thoughts, ideas, or encounters with this? Let me know!
Recent great releases
New Tourist is out with Elderbrook, it's pretty good.
I.JORDAN has a new single out, Hey Baby
Bonobo has a new single, ATK, which is great.
Booka Shade also has a new single, Confide (Contour 1) which I enjoyed.