The Sound of Odd Numbers: Yvette Young
Lorisa Salvatin
January 30, 2015
The final installment of a larger project by Lorisa Salvatin http://vimeo.com/118082285 After being inspired by math rock bands like Tera Melos and American Football, San Jose-based singer songwriter Yvette Young has been using rhythmic tapping to create a melodic flow in her own music. The Bay Area has b...
The Sound of Odd Numbers: Bobey
Lorisa Salvatin
January 26, 2015
The second installment of a larger project by Lorisa Salvatin Layers of strange time signatures and bouncy melodies color the music of Brendan Page, known also as Bobey. Page said his move to San Francisco has allowed him to experience a multitude of different genres, with indie being the most influ...
The Sound of Odd Numbers: Tommy Boys
Lorisa Salvatin
December 30, 2014
The first installment of a larger project by Lorisa Salvatin Although their music once consisted mostly of traditional, off-beat math rock licks, Tommy Boys have been incorporating this technical style to more pop punk melodies since 2012. Their sound caught the attention of independent records l...
Dances on the Wall: American Football @ The Fillmore
Lorisa Salvatin
December 12, 2014
Words and Photos by Lorisa Salvatin A rim of light lines a dark figure anchored at center stage, his silhouette intensifies against the green glow of an iconic image of a house with windows, a glow projected behind him. “I’ve been waiting for this all my life,” Reid Riegelsberger shouted from th...
Otaku Obscura: a tribute art show to Japanese animated films
Lorisa Salvatin
October 5, 2014
[widgetkit id=7147] Photos & Words by Lorisa Salvatin Not even the sweet sounds of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass can keep anime fans and art enthusiasts from lining up half an hour or more before Josh Budich's San Francisco debut of his exhibition at the Spoke Art Gallery. But what else can be e...
Dances On The Wall: Punch Releases Their New LP at 1-2-3-4 Go
Lorisa Salvatin
September 20, 2014
[widgetkit id=6746] Photos and Words by Lorisa Salvatin There is quietude as the small crowd outside 1-2-3-4 Go Records filter into the store and browse through records, as they wait to pay and enter the backroom for the show going on that night, but this is only the calm before the storm. Fast...
Concert Review: Porter Robinson
Lorisa Salvatin
September 18, 2014
Lights showered down on hundreds of people filling the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium last Friday, their bodies moving and hands waving to the thumping bass emitted from the stage. On occasion, a colorful LED hula hoop or a person lucky enough to find shoulders to climb on finds their way to the surfa...
