February 28, 2011 - The Noise Pop Festival, San Francisco's indie music, arts and film festival is now in its 19th year. The event traditionally takes place over a week in February, showcasing emerging artists in venues all around the Bay Area.
October 19, 2009 - San Francisco's 3rd annual Treasure Island Music Festival again featured a bounty of artists. The thoughtfully designed two-day schedule offered fans a clear choice of either electronic-based, DJ-oriented talent, or rock and roll of a more traditional bent.
August 10, 2009 - By 11:30 a.m. on Sunday (8/9), Chicago temperatures already were pushing 90 degrees. Despite the heatwave, fans packed into Grant Park for the final day of Lollapalooza 2009.
April 10, 2009 - Electronic performer Dan Deacon continues to line up dates for his currently in-progress spring tour, which features a huge live ensemble playing songs from Deacon's latest album, "Bromst."
October 13, 2008 - The "round robin" concert format is the brainchild of Dan Deacon, an artist SoundSpike writer Tjames Madison aptly describes as a "synth-rock absurdist." The D.I.Y. electronic music pioneer is certainly marching to the beat of his own drum machine.
November 19, 2007 - Electronic-pop composer Dan Deacon will start the new year with a North American tour that includes a screening of his new DVD collaboration with Jimmy Joe Roche.
July 16, 2007 - Thousands of indie rock fanatics--a good mix of fresh, young folks and music-loving grown-ups--visit the Pitchfork website for news and reviews, and at least 17,000 of them are now turning up every year to see the bands they've been reading about online.
The Noise Pop Festival, San Francisco's indie music, arts and film festival is now in its 19th year. The event traditionally takes place over a week in February, showcasing emerging artists in venues all around the Bay Area.
