Review: Future Islands at the Observatory North Park

It was the 2nd night of Future Islands’ double feature at the Observatory North Park. After the amazing electronic artist Dan Deacon played, Future Islands took to the stage. The synthpop band from Baltimore played tightly and performed mostly numbers from 2014’s Singles. However, there were new songs like “The Chase” featured and older tracks […]

Review: Wavves at the Observatory North Park

San Diego, California native Nathan Williams of Wavves revisited his home town while on tour in promotion of his newest album, V. The Observatory North Park seemed very receptive of his homecoming performance as well as those from openers, Oakland’s Swimmers and Twin Peaks from Chicago. Swimmers started off the evening. They’re an enthusiastic and […]

Unknown Mortal Orchestra at the Casbah | Friday, August 7

Going into the sold out Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO) show Friday night, I was curious to see how Ruban Nielson’s lo-fi recordings would translate to a live performance. Turns out both listening experiences are different yet amazing. “A lot of musicians make mistakes when they’re too drunk. I think we’re too sober,” said frontman Ruban […]