ADULT. The Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco May 7, 2022 Photos by Raymond Ahner (IG – raymond_ahner) Detroit-based dark synth juggernaut ADULT. played a nearly sold out show at San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop on May 7th to a crowd eager to bask in the dark delights that the two-piece band were sure to unleash upon the audience. Comprised of spouses Nicola Kuperus (vocals) and Adam Lee Miller (instrumentation), ADULT. have been mainstays in the electro-industrial scene ever since releasing their first few singles in the late 1990s and then their debut album, Anxiety Always, in 2003. The band have released two…
Author: Tyler King
Tyler King
Tyler King is a Bay Area native who has attended hundreds of shows since his first concert at the age of 15. A musician himself with a post-punk project called Vio\ator, Tyler also has a YouTube channel called NuReview, where he shares his passion and views on both contemporary and classic synth pop, new wave, and post-punk.
Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum Starline Social Club, Oakland March 25, 2022 Photos by Geoffrey Smith II (geoffreysmithphotography.com) Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum brought their own unique brand of glittery synth-drenched new wave to the Starline Social Club in Oakland in March to a nearly packed house, making it one of the few shows of their West Coast tour that wasn’t sold out. This was the band’s first time playing in the Bay Area, and you could tell that the audience was ready for them, a line going around the corner before doors even opened. The band’s pre-set…
Gang of Four The Independent March 21, 2022 Photos by Nicole Baptista Gang Of Four sold out The Independent in San Francisco on the night of the 13th, but walking into the venue, you might not think that the audience was there to see the post-punk legends. When you go to see a band that has such a legacy behind them, you’re bound to see some people that have been fans for almost as long as the band’s been around. But the crowd at the Gang Of Four show was almost made up entirely of people who, from appearances, had…
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Paramount Theater, Oakland March 13, 2022 Photos by Geoffrey Smith II. This wasn’t supposed to happen. I wasn’t supposed to like this show. I’m one of the few people I know who hasn’t been crazy about the last handful of records that Nick Cave has released, my interest in his output all but disappearing after the 2013 album Push The Sky Away. But something happened at the Nick Cave and Warren Ellis show at The Paramount Theater in Oakland on March 13th that shook me to my core and made me reevaluate my opinion on…
Sparks The Warfield March 11, 2022 Photos by Geoffrey Smith II Fans attending the Sparks show on a recent Saturday at The Warfield had a lot to be excited about. Some arriving for the sold-out show had been fans since the band’s first album in 1971; some came on board during the band’s Italo-disco inspired late ‘70s / early ‘80s output; some became enamored with the band’s new wave mid 80s material, and some are recent additions to the fanbase – either from their less traditional recent work or from having seen the Edgar Wright documentary on the band released…