Latest posts by Geoffrey Smith II

  Blank Banshee — one of the Vaporwave music scene’s most visually iconic and celebrated artists — floated his way into Starline Social Club this past Thursday, November 16th as one of the final stops on a lengthy world tour. DJ support from Danny Delorean of Turbo Drive kicked off the night, adding atmospheric and […]

One of the most prominent figures in Vaporwave, the 2010s electronic genre that’s obsessed with the primitive sounds of the 1980s and ’90s, Blank Banshee (aka Canadian producer Patrick Driscoll) is also one its most reclusive. And given all the anonymous and pseudonymous acts digitally releasing a constant flow of material, that’s saying something.    Covering […]

Industrial music supergroup Revolting Cocks paid a visit to San Francisco’s Mezzanine nightclub this past Sunday, November 12th. Featuring original members Chris Connelly, Paul Barker, and Richard 23, and with added guitar and keys from Acumen Nation’s Jason Novak, the band performed their classic Wax Trax release “Big Sexy Land” in its entirety, then delved […]

  After hearing about Cold Beat’s latest album, ‘Chaos by Invitation’, through various outlets dedicated to Industrial music, I jumped at the opportunity to catch them live. Fronted by vocalist and writer Hannah Lew, Cold Beat hit Slim’s this past Friday, November 10th and performed a set of synth rock that was varied in style […]

“The opening theme to John Carpenter‘s Halloween is what the kids might refer to as “a banger.”   This was a realization I had while pressed against a subwoofer to the left of The Warfield’s stage. Meanwhile, Carpenter and his band were performing the classic horror film’s opening track. A pair of punk-ish, blonde, 20-somethings strained to […]

  The two-headed monster that is the Ministry and Death Grips co-headlining tour shambled into the Warfield this past Sunday, November 5th. The legendary industrial metal project Ministry softened up the crowd with some heavy, guitar-driven thrash metal tracks from newer releases, before diving into the biggest hits from their hearty back catalog of industrial […]

  Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan performed at Herbst Theater in San Francisco this past Wednesday, November 1st. The first of two nights performing his new solo album ‘Ogilala’ in its entirety, Corgan followed this new material with a set of classic Smashing Pumpkin songs (including ‘Tonight, Tonight‘ and ‘Stand Inside Your Love’), as well as covers […]

After a four year touring hiatus, the New York bred indie rock act Yeah Yeah Yeahs performed a sold out show at The Fox Theater in Oakland, this past Monday, October 30th — just one of four planned concerts for 2017 for the east coast trio.   With a performance preceded by a tour documentary, the […]

  Often mentioned in the same breath as their stylistic peers Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine, the English shoegaze band Slowdive is an act held dear by fans of fuzzy and dreamy rock music. Touring in support of their recent self-titled album, the band made a stop at Oakland’s Fox Theater this past Saturday, […]

  Poppy is not a cult. Poppy is your best friend. You love Poppy.   Viral Youtube personality and pop music artist Poppy celebrated the release of their new album ‘Poppy.computer’ with a performance at Slim’s in San Francisco this past Thursday, October 26th.    It’s not clear whether Poppy is an alien, android, human, or something else, but the enigmatic singer led […]