The Babe Rainbow: Saturday night monkey disco? Bianca Lu October 26, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Oh man. What’s up with all the good psych coming from Australia? Tame Impala, Sunbeam Sound Machine, Moses Gunn Collective, Pond, King Gizzard, and The Babe Rainbow all hail from the mysterious land in th...
Living Ultralife with Oh Wonder Desiree Diaz October 23, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews From a small show at Rickshaw Stop in January 2016, to a sold out concert at the Fox Theater, indie electro-pop duo (and couple) Oh Wonder have come a long way. Before they hit the stage, opener Jaymes Y...
Oberst in October-st: A Hardly Strictly Photo Essay Circe Ament October 12, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews I arrived to the Rooster Stage roughly thirty minutes before Conor Oberst was scheduled to start. The band who played right before him were real gems, First Aid Kit, a Swedish folk duo composed to two sisters. ...
L.A. Witch mystifies The Chapel Bianca Lu October 10, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews I had never attended a show at The Chapel. Doors opened at 7:00 pm. I arrived at the venue exactly two minutes before 7 after stalling for thirty minutes at the Community Thrift Store on Valencia. I was the...
Welcome to Redgate Ranch Fiona Duerr September 26, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Save the Waves is a nonprofit organization with a mission to protect coastal ecosystems around the world. For a couple years now, they have been putting on a small music festival involving good tunes, DIY campi...
Small Crush is living the high school indie dream John Lawson September 25, 2017 Interview, Multimedia, Photos Small Crush formed when lead-singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist Logan Hammon (age 17, pink hair — now eggshell blue) felt that her band wasn’t giving her enough freedom to write her own songs. She too...
Connan Mockasin Live & the event you’re probably missing out on John Lawson July 19, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews I hesitate to tell you about the Academy of Sciences' monthly NightLife LIVE events only because I'm afraid it will soon become popular and pricey and these monthly nighttime experiences will lose their l...
Photos: Burger Boogaloo 2017 John Lawson July 5, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Burger Boogaloo didn't feel like Coachella for a second, and it sure as hell didn't try to be. However, the eighth annual punk festival in Oakland's Mosswood Park did attract the biggest headliners in t...
Tatted at Burger Boogaloo 2017 John Lawson July 5, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos This Fourth of July weekend, happy punks of all ages gathered in Oakland's Mosswood Park for the eighth annual Burger Boogaloo. While patriotism was scarce (we hardly found any), ink was in abundance. ...
Phoenix absolutely dominates BFD stage Annie Nguyen June 14, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos LIVE 105’s Big Fucking Day is the South Bay’s one-day music festival. It’s that one festival that’s kind of like a knock-off version of Coachella, but surprisingly not so hard on your wallet. That last ...
The Zombies bring Odessey and Oracle to life at the UC Theater Matt Sater and Jessica Morgan May 2, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Go see a Zombies live show in 2017, and you’ll only see two of the core original members of the British band behind classic songs like “She’s Not There”. If the show you see is anything like the UC Thea...
The xx and Sampha bring all the emotions to SF Matt Sater and Annie Nguyen April 21, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews There’s one simple fact about the xx that gets overlooked so often that, frankly, it’s a little upsetting. Before any review of their live show can really begin, we must all accept this one mostly unspoken,...
Turnstile – bringing intimacy to the festival stage Sam Jameson April 17, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Festivals are fantastic in the way that they expose attendees to a wide variety of bands spanning across many genres. In combination with warm weather, overpriced parking, massive crowds, overpriced vegetarian ...
Overheard at Berkeley: A human playlist Desiree Diaz March 27, 2017 Photos Ever wondered what that kid walking passed you is listening to through their earphones? Here's what some Berkeley students are listening to as they stroll through campus: Hayley: J. Cole - "St. Tropez...
Shing02 & The Chee-Hoos pay tribute to Nujabes at the Social Hall Edfil Dulay March 21, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews In an emotion-packed, rhyme-flying concert, Japanese rapper Shing02 with help from the The Chee-Hoos paid tribute to fellow artist and principle collaborator, Nujabes (Jun Seba), who tragically passed away...