“Ominously distorted minimal synth chords bang underneath a whooshing chant cranked on my best speakers while I think about how best to describe this music. The artist’s name is Spellling because that is what she does, cast spells.”
On Tuesday night at the Fillmore, Mac unveiled his spectrum of tricks to a sold-out crowd that ping-ponged his feisty energy.
San Francisco psych rockers Thee Oh Sees are also playing for the first time since 2013, but the cherry on the weekend is without a doubt Sixties legend Ronnie Spector, who headlines the festival on Sunday.
Spin Managing Editor Nicole Sia placed MCII on her list of top albums of 2013 and called Cronin “the best pop star in the biz today.” That’s a huge title for the 27-year-old to live up to, and so far, he seems up to the challenge.
…and with a newer formation, Fuzz, which is inspired by heavy Seventies rock, on Sunday.
San Francisco’s budding garage-pop star Mikal Cronin, whose sophomore solo album MCII was released on Merge this year to rave reviews, couldn’t rescue…
