48 Hills is teaming up with some of SF's best music venues-Regency Ballroom (plus amazing new VIP lounge Marble Room), Great American Music Hall, Brick & Mortar, Monarch, the Midway, and more-to get you to some shows throughout the season. Say tuned for more! Portola Music Fest hits this weekend, but some of the major action is in the satellite shows and parties outside the fest, like deep EDM groovers Prospa at the Midway on Fri/19.
Listen, I've written many words about both Fake Fruit and The Umbrellas over the past four years. They represent what's happening in San Francisco music right now. Nothing curated or manufactured about these bands. They are real artists, holding down numerous jobs, some at Amoeba Records to be exact, still paying their dues around the city, the country, and the world. So a gig on the roof of SFMOMA in the fall presented by Rooftop Radio and (((folkYEAH!)))? That right there is a sweet, done deal.
Bruce Loose, the vocalist and bassist of the influential San Francisco hardcore band Flipper, has died, the band's drummer Stephen DePace confirmed in an email to Pitchfork. Loose had previously suffered a stroke and was recovering at home in Humboldt, California, where he is believed to have died from a heart attack on September 5. He was 66 years old.
