I happened to move out of San Francisco right when a surge of sought after shows were heading to town. Some of them were part of the Annual Noise Pop Festival, some were earlier Faux-Chella shows and some were one off shows that I would have loved to go to. Alas, I had already moved and as happy and excited as I was to be starting a new chapter in the LBC I found myself feeling FOMO for the shows I was missing back home in SF.
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| Caribou @ The Fox Theater in Oakland 2/16/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
Caribou at The Fox Theater in Oakland on February 16th might have been the first Faux-Chella show this year. This was one of of Mr. Caribou (Dan Snaith) him self's rescheduled shows from the postponed 2021 North American tour. Caribou is touring in support of their 2020 album, aptly named Suddenly. The 16 year strong, psychedelic electronic music man returns to the states for the 22nd Coachella Music Festival.
Coachella 2022 is April 15th - 17th & April 22nd - 24th and all bands that play the coveted festival in the desert cannot play in or around LA, San Diego or Inland Empire for at least 3 months before or after show days, that's why so many Coachella acts come to the Bay to play this time of year. There are more Faux-Chella shows to come!
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| Caribou @ The Fox Theater in Oakland 2/16/2021 photo by Marc Fong |
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| Caribou @ The Fox Theater in Oakland 2/16/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
For some reason I thought that Oliver Tree was playing Coachella this year making his show at The Warfield on twos day (2/22/2022) a Faux-Chella show. Oliver Tree is one of those new artists with a lot of buzz however the mainstream fanbase hasn't caught on to him yet, a perfect combo for a Coachella act, right? Wrong. He is not playing Coachella this year so his show in San Francisco was not a Faux-Chella show. And no it wasn't one of the dozens of Noise Pop Festival shows either.
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| Oliver Tree @ The Warfield 2/22/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
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| Oliver Tree @ The Warfield 2/22/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
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| Oliver Tree @ The Warfield 2/22/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
This is one of those one off shows that I wish I was at. I don't even know any of his music and sometimes that makes for the best time because there's no expectations. He's traded his brown bowl cut for a long, blonde, Tiger King inspired mullet and from the looks of it his show is not short of entertaining antics.
San Francisco's Noise Pop Festival returned this year for it's 28th year and from February 21st to February 27th it bombarded the city with shows at various venues.
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| Azealia Banks @ The Warfield 2/27/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
I was surprised to see the outspoken, vixen rapper Azealia Banks on the line-up this year because Noise Pop usually caters smaller, more obscure, more underground acts. Maybe Banks is more obscure and underground than I thought and was pretty bummed I wasn't in town for it. Azealia Banks played at The Warfield on February 27th closing out SF's long running festival with a bang.
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| Azealia Banks @ The Warfield 2/27/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
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| Azealia Banks @ The Warfield 2/27/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
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