Since 1993, Noise Pop has been San Francisco’s premiere music and arts festival. I went last year, and it was all right. I’ll admit I didn’t put much effort into it, but traveling down from Sacramento every night wasn’t very convenient for the six-day festival.
If I did go again this year (which starts tonight), my schedule would probably have been as follows.
Tuesday, February 24
Nob Hill Masonic Center; 8:00 PM
Antony And The Johnsons
Billy Basinski
Wednesday, February 25
The Independent; 8:00 PM
French Kicks
Broken West
Here Here
The Don’ts
Or…
Slim’s; 8:00 PM
Matt Costa
An Horse
Robert Francis
Two Sheds
Thursday, February 26
Slim’s; 8:00 PM
Martha Wainwright
AA Bondy
Ryan Auffenberg
Karina Denike
Or…
Swedish American Music Hall; 7:30 PM
Thao Nguyen
David Dondero
Sean Smith
Colossal Yes
Friday, February 27
Great American Music Hall; 8:00 PM
St. Vincent
Cryptacize
Rafter
That Ghost
Or…
Slim’s; 8:00 PM
The Morning Benders
The Submarines
The Mumlers
Rademacher
Saturday, February 28
Bottom Of The Hill; 9:00 PM
Sholi
The Dead Trees
Everest
Jake Mann
Sunday, March 1
Mezzanine; 8:00 PM
Les Savy Fav
The Mae Shi
The Drums
This year’s lineup doesn’t seem as grand as I remember last year’s being.