One of indie rock's most quietly influential bands, Grandaddy will bring their singular mix of analog warmth, digital anxiety, and small-town surrealism to San Francisco's Regency Ballroom on Tuesday, September 16. The performance marks the 25th anniversary of The Sophtware Slump -- a cult-classic concept album that transformed beeps and glitches into something achingly human.
Released in 2000, The Sophtware Slump positioned Grandaddy as unlikely prophets of the early internet age. With Jason Lytle's cracked vocals, vintage synths, and wide-eyed lyrics about malfunctioning robots and suburban malaise, the album felt both futuristic and nostalgic. It still does. Songs like "Jed the Humanoid" and "Miner at the Dial-a-View" captured a kind of postmodern loneliness long before it became mainstream.
What sets Grandaddy apart is their ability to make the synthetic feel soulful. Their music lives in the overlap between dusty guitar tones and digital echoes -- equal parts nature documentary and circuit board elegy.
The Regency Ballroom's classic interior and crisp acoustics are an ideal match for Grandaddy's atmospheric palette. And with Pedro the Lion joining the bill, this is more than a concert -- it's a night of rare emotional clarity.