San Francisco is once again hitting the high notes as its music scene experiences a much-anticipated revival with the launch of the Summer of Music concert series starting June 17th, 2-5pm. A collaboration between Noise Pop, the city's renowned music promoter, and Civic Joy Fund, a newly-formed nonprofit organization, this massive citywide event aims to drive economic activity, support local businesses, and provide paid performance opportunities for talented Bay Area musicians and performers.  The post The Local Music Series Revitalizing the SF Music Scene and Businesses appeared first on ..read more

When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party your ears should perk up.  KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters for an all-day, live music-infused, street festival with delicious local food vendors, legendary Bay Area talent, and of course, your favorite KQED journalists and personalities.  The post The KQED & Noise Pop Block Party Looks Pretty Great appeared first on Broke-Ass Stuart's Website ..read more

From its inception in 1993, Noise Pop has championed independent musicians of all stripes. The annual Noise Pop Music and Arts Festival, once a single night at The Independent (then The Kennel Club), has since become a Bay Area mainstay, featuring an eclectic variety of established and up-and-coming artists. Previous headliners include well-known names The post Noise Pop 2022: Five Bay Area Bands You Don’t Want to Miss appeared first on Broke-Ass Stuart's Website ..read more

Noise Pop Festival 2020, the Bay Area’s premiere week-long indie music and arts festival has recently announced the fourth wave of music acts! Along with Raphael Saadiq, Maya Jane Coles, Best Coast, and Duster, new lineup additions include a critically-acclaimed chillwave artist Washed Out; Grammy Award-nominated emcee Bas, and a The post We wanna give you and your bae a pair of Noisepop Festival Badges! appeared first on Broke-Ass Stuart's Website ..read more

If Michael Benjamin Lerner has given us nothing more than an opportunity to nudge the word “effluxion” into the common vernacular, it is still a crowning cultural achievement. To truly appreciate this minor linguistic marvel, you need to say the word out loud—do this right now, wherever you are; it’s The post We wanna send you plus one to see Telekinesis and Sontalk @ Cafe Du Nord appeared first on Broke-Ass Stuart's Website ..read more

At its heart, S. Carey’s Hundred Acres – the third full-length from Wisconsin singer/songwriter S. Carey – finds him grounded, comfortable in his skin, but still with one foot in the stream. More direct than ever, there is a wellspring of confidence in this new batch of songs that allow for ideas The post We wanna send you plus one to see S.Carey! appeared first on Broke-Ass Stuart's Website ..read more

THE ALBUM LEAF has been making its mark as a soft-spoken innovator steadily and surely since 1999. One year after forming the influential San Diego instrumental group Tristeza, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Jimmy LaValle founded THE ALBUM LEAF, a solo studio project turned full-fledged live band. The diversity of THE ALBUM The post We wanna send you to see The Album Leaf and Real Estate at Noise Pop! appeared first on Broke-Ass Stuart's Website ..read more

Widowspeak remain purveyors of mood. Whether painting an image of a basement apartment with blinds closed or conjuring the sweeping openness of a desert, they’re an outfit ever preoccupied with the influence of place and the passage of time on personal experience: the way vivid memories can feel like movies The post We wanna send you plus one to see Widowspeak! appeared first on Broke-Ass Stuart's Website ..read more

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) has announced the long awaited follow up to 2011’s Era Extraña and this year’s standalone single “Annie.” Slated for release via Mom + Pop on October 16, VEGA INTL. Night School was conceived during a period of aesthetic reinvention for Palomo, as he retooled the The post We wanna send you to Noise Pop’s 20th Street After Party with Neon Indian! appeared first on Broke-Ass Stuart's Website ..read more

Well it’s that time of year again. The Noise Pop Festival is celebrating its 25th year (holy smokes!) and because of that they’ve added one last really cool FREE event to the lineup, the Sunday Smorgasbord. And even to my cranky jaded self it sounds pretty fucking cool. Here’s the rundown The post The Noise Pop Smorgasbord has Nearly Everything You’ve Ever Wanted appeared first on Broke-Ass Stuart's Website ..read more