This post originally appeared in The Bold Italic on 10/22/14.
(My Between Two Slices column in SF Weekly is a result of version 2.0 of this post which was slated to come out less than two weeks after The Bold Italic ceased operations. Enjoy!)
San Francisco is #blessed with some of the finest sandwich shops in all of the land, thanks in part to the blend of cultures that are so close to each other geographically. You could take a leisurely stroll to North Beach for a classic Italian number-one day and hit the FIDI for roast-beef amazingness for the second. You can stop at a signature Jewish deli in Nob Hill or walk another few blocks to a place with “the best Vietnamese sandwich in America.” There are Korean steak subs in the Mission, and the turkey sandwich of your life is a stone’s throw away from Golden Gate Park. Is your mouth watering yet?
It’s always slightly chilly in SF. What better way to cure the cool-weather blues than with hot, chunky noodle soups? At its most basic, pho is Vietnamese noodle soup that’s typically made with beef stock, herbs, and spices, and simmered for several hours. Pho is served with rice noodles and various cuts of beef (Pho Tai) or chicken (Pho Ga). In San Francisco, the Vietnamese population’s influence is strong, and the traditional cuisine across the city reflects different styles of pho. It’s become a cultish comfort food, and we’ve ventured out to different parts of town to bring you our 11 best bowls of pho in San Francisco.
Producer Adrian Younge’s much anticipated Linear Labs: Los Angeles project is out today featuring collaboration tracks with Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier (swoon), Ghostface Killah, The RZA, Raekwon, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, The Delfonics and more.
London’s HAELOS lie somewhere between the tribal get-up grooves of fellow-Londoners Jungle and sultry electronic outfit London Grammar…That’s a lot of London’s, I know. But where HAELOS set themselves apart, is in their gravitation to 90’s trip-hop vibes.
I’m a bit jaded right now. I’ve had the same blank look on my face since I heard the devastating news that The Bold Italic is ceasing it’s operations earlier this morning. Now, I’m just a freelancer, but I’ve written for The Bold Italic regularly since the moment I moved back to SF following a brief stint in NY last August and it thrust me right back into the life as a San Franciscan that I love so much.
Wow…Kendrick’s latest video from the brilliant To Pimp A Butterflyis for “King Kunta” and it’s the most LA rap rap video I’ve seen since sometime in the 90’s. Directed by Director X, it’s filmed entirely in Compton, with shots at the Compton Swap Meet and in front of the house Kendrick grew up in. It feels like a new school gangsta party in the shades of classic LA rap videos like “Nuthin’ But A G Thang.”
All the feels on this one. Hot Chip is on top of their game it seems. Their new album, Why Make Sense? is out on May 18th and the 2nd single just dropped with an epic video featuring frontman Alexis Taylor in an Eternal Sunshine-esque search for lost memories. No more words, just your beautiful moment of zen:
If you’re not subscribing to our Indian Summer playlist, then you’re sleeping on some kick-ass new tunes with some essential classics sprinkled in. Click this link and “follow” Indian Summer. Here’s a highlight of a few recent additions and the full spotify playlist below:
We’ve been asleep since the year started apparently. Pardon that, but here’s a round-up of things that made us excited in February:
– Purity Ring‘s 2nd LP, Another Eternity, is officially out on Tuesday March 3rd, but it’s already streaming on NPR. Go ahead and file “Flood On The Floor” as the biggest, baddest, boldest and yes I’m saying it….best track I’ve heard in this young year. Mark it down.
Welp…Here’s the final Everything Ecstatic post of the year folks. Chronicling our 35 favorite songs of 2014. Look for audio and video below some of the tracks and a spotify playlist (in order) at the bottom of the post. Enjoy!
35. SBTRKT (ft. Sampha)– “Temporary View”
While most of the buzz on Wonder Where We Land was around “New Dorp, New York” featuring Ezra Koenig, “Temporary View” was the most SBTRKT of them all. It sees Sampha and Aaron Jerome doing what they do best: elevating each other and creating soulful soundscapes.
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