December 14th, 2012 | by lindsey | published in Featured, cool
Check out Toro Y Moi’s video for “So Many Details“. Once it hits 250K views it will automatically unlock the next Toro video release so start clicking away and be sure to tell all your friends. “So Many Details” is the first video release off of Toro’s new album Anything In Return, which is set [...]
August 22nd, 2012 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
This Friday, the Independent will host some of the best Americana music in Northern California. The smooth sounds of the pedal guitar and vocals from Easy Leaves‘ Sage Fifield and Kevin Carducci create a warm, carefree mood similar to bands such as The Avett Brothers or Sean Hayes. Their album, American Times, was released on [...]
February 28th, 2012 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
This Thursday, start the month of March off with a bang. Playing at the Independent is a lineup full of good, loud rock music. Starting the night off are MC/DJ Ace, The Butlers, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits, and Flexx Bronco, followed by headliners The Spittin’ Cobras. To add to the excitement, the [...]
January 18th, 2012 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
The Limousines are bringing their electro-pop sounds to the Independent this Thursday alongside a lineup that will not disappoint. Including, San Francisco band, A B & The Sea. With catchy hooks and playfully cheery music, it’s hard to resist clapping along to songs such as “In the Sunshine,” “Bone Dry,” and “Yellow Haired Girl” from [...]
December 20th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
This Tuesday, Yours Truly is presenting hip hop acts: G-Side, Main Attrakionz, and DaVinci. With ST 2 Lettaz and Yung Clova on the mics and Block Beattaz’s space-agey production, it’s easy to see how G-Side is garnering national attention from Fader, why XXL featured them as a “Breakthrough Artist”, and how they made it to [...]
November 22nd, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
On Thanksgiving Eve, before you stuff your face on turkey and cranberry sauce, work up a sweat dancing at indie hip-hop artist, Kristine Flaherty, aka K. Flay‘s headlining show at The Independent. Her hypnotizing beats and smooth voice flow together to create euphoric, dance inducing songs unique to this Stanford alum. Different Fur Engineer, Patrick [...]
July 20th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
Zodiac Death Valley and Lilac are bending it up at The Independent next Thursday 07.21. Zodiac Death Valley are a self-described concoction of “cactus flower romanticism, junk rock echoing the hardened curbside soul of The Haight and Mission districts, dark sailor music extracted from the cold bawdy Barbary waterfront”. Yeah. Might be a mouthful but [...]
July 11th, 2011 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
Stationed across the Atlantic pond these guys pack a serious fuzz punch. They’ve got a dirty reverb, garage-rock sound that comes off as nostalgic yet still earnestly new. Formed a little over a year ago they showcased at SXSW and recently self-produced their debut album, Yuck, on Fat Possum Records. For a Yuck taste check [...]