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Magik*Magik Orchestra

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Live Review, 5/8/12: Death Cab Grows Up with Magik*Magik Orchestra at the Fox

    Death Cab for Cutie with Magik*Magik Orchestra Youth Lagoon Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Fox Theater, Oakland Better than: Your prom and your fifteen-year high school reunion, if they happened at the same time Last night's Death Cab for Cutie concert, the first of a three-night stand at the Fox in Oakland ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Blahna Del Rey or Lana Del Rage? Local Ladies Weigh In on Lana Del Rey

    The women of the Bay Area music scene are breaking rules and defying expectations. Lass Out Loud is a new column exploring their lives and work. For an artist who often seems like she's taken one too many valiums, Internet sensation Lana Del Rey elicits a weird range of emotions. First came the emb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Saturday: Phono del Sol Festival Pairs Eclectic Music with Angry Skaters

    Dean SchafferAesop Rock (right) raps faster than you can even understand at Phono del Sol.​ The Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival, featuring Aesop Rock, Mirah, Man/Miracle, and more July 16, 2011 @ Potrero del Sol Park Better than: Registering to vote. It's hard to turn down anything fre ... More >>

  • Music

    June 22, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    Dean SchafferAesop Rock (right) raps faster than you can even understand at Phono del Sol.​ The Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival, featuring Aesop Rock, Mirah, Man/Miracle, and more July 16, 2011 @ Potrero del Sol Park Better than: Registering to vote. It's hard to turn down anything fre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik Orchestra Spellbind at Herbst Theatre

    John VandersliceJohn Vanderslice​John Vanderslice with the Magik*Magik Orchestra June 17, 2011 @ Herbst Theatre Better than: David Axlerod conducts David Hasselhoff. It was my first time inside the historic Herbst Theatre, and the place is a mid-century hoot. Indie rock horns ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    John Vanderslice on Seeking Discomfort, Tripping on Acid, and Making Pure Art

    John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik's Minna Choi​It's a rare artist who, upon realizing all great art is danger, seeks first to test the idea upon their own nerves. This Friday night at the Herbst Theater, S.F. indie rock powerhouse John Vanderslice will play his acclaimed new album White Wilde ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2011

    This Is Post-Rock

    John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik's Minna Choi​It's a rare artist who, upon realizing all great art is danger, seeks first to test the idea upon their own nerves. This Friday night at the Herbst Theater, S.F. indie rock powerhouse John Vanderslice will play his acclaimed new album White Wilde ... More >>

  • Music

    January 12, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from the last several weeks in S.F. music.

    John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik's Minna Choi​It's a rare artist who, upon realizing all great art is danger, seeks first to test the idea upon their own nerves. This Friday night at the Herbst Theater, S.F. indie rock powerhouse John Vanderslice will play his acclaimed new album White Wilde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Download: SF's John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik Orchestra Collaborate on 'Sea Salt'

    In a demonstration of just how intertwined the various facets of San Francisco's music scene are, indie troubadour and Tiny Telephone studio owner John Vanderslice recorded his upcoming album, White Wilderness, with his friends in the classical-inclined Magik*Magik Orchestra. Wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Supervisor Candidates Spill Love for Music Scene at Forum

    District 8 Candidate Rafael Mandelman speaks on nightlife issues at Yoshi's​Last night, ten would-be S.F. supervisors gathered at Yoshi's on Fillmore to discuss how to keep this city's music scene thriving.Step back and think about that for a second. While the road to becoming a San Francisco City ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Smashing Classical Boundaries at Switchboard Music Festival

    Zoe Keating​The Bay Area is at the center of one of the most radical movements in music these days: the joyful destruction of the boundary between so-called "classical" music and "popular" music. The two worlds have been cross-fertilizing for years -- see Lou Reed and John Cale hanging with minima ... More >>

  • Music

    February 17, 2010

    Noise Pop matches orchestras with pop acts and art with sound

    Zoe Keating​The Bay Area is at the center of one of the most radical movements in music these days: the joyful destruction of the boundary between so-called "classical" music and "popular" music. The two worlds have been cross-fertilizing for years -- see Lou Reed and John Cale hanging with minima ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    The Album Leaf's Magik Local Connections

    Bil Zelman​After cutting his teeth in San Diego's hardcore scene, Jimmy LaValle went post-rock with Tristeza, and he's never looked back. The Album Leaf started out as a side project, but it's turned into LaValle's main gig, attracting the attention of such notables Sub Pop Records and Sigur Rós. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    5 Things To Do This Weekend for Under $10

    AJ FarkasMatmos, at SFMOMA on Saturday​Our apologies for the shorter list this week. We came down with the N-Flu (you know how it goes, sick folks ride the N to work and infect the whole Muni line). So there's only 5 Things on our list for cheap weekend entertainment. But they're good things. To m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Noise Pop Raises the Stakes w/ Yoko Ono Band, Dodos Magik Orchestra

    ​I've bitched in the past about Noise Pop not pushing the boundaries enough in its spring festival booking. I'd also like to give credit where credit's due. San Francisco's biggest indie bender just announced a couple shows you won't get elsewhere, a smart move forward for the local music institut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2009

    Last Night: John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall

    John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra Friday, January 30, 2009 Great American Music HallReview By Melissa BaronBetter Than: Shows where artists use keyboards and samples artificially replicate the sound of real instruments (ie violins, horns).As a budding young tuba player, I immersed mysel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2008

    Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood Gets Orchestral in SF Before Outside Lands

    John Vanderslice and the Magik*Magik Orchestra Friday, January 30, 2009 Great American Music HallReview By Melissa BaronBetter Than: Shows where artists use keyboards and samples artificially replicate the sound of real instruments (ie violins, horns).As a budding young tuba player, I immersed mysel ... More >>

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