Alt-J’s Immersive Light and Sound at the Fox Theater Eliza Scheer April 2, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie scene, indie-pop, music, Oakland, Photos Alt-J performed an unforgettable show at their second of two consecutive shows at the Fox Theater in Oakland on March 24. The show was packed with audience members of all ages coming to hear their experimental ...
Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair for Natalie Mering: Weyes Blood Makes Hearts Aglow During Night 2 at the Regency Nico Chodor March 30, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Weyes Blood put me under a spell Sunday night at the Regency Ballroom, and I still haven’t fully recovered. Draped in the white billowing fabric of gods and/or ghosts, she breezed onto the stage...
Live! At The Masonic Auditorium: NAV Delivers A Truly Piping Hot, Poppin’ Performance Ava Aguiar March 20, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Pictured: NAV during "Never Sleep" I attended NAV’s show at the Masonic Theater in San Francisco on March 18, 2023, for his “Never Sleep” tour. Nav, who goes by NAV or the much more stylized ΠΔV is ...
Punk performance from Otoboke Beaver sends tremors through UC Theatre Kyle Garcia Takata March 19, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, music, Photos, Reviews The UC Theatre shook with exhilaration from experiencing over an hour of nonstop punk energy from Otoboke Beaver on International Women’s Day. With Accorinrin providing the main vocals, Yoyoyoshie on guitar, ...
A Rockstar Sometimes, A Mommy Forever Brandon Phan December 20, 2022 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, LGBTQ+, music, Oakland, Photos, Reviews “Mommy! Yes, mommy! I love you, mommy!!” the crowd cheers on. It’s pitch black out on a Saturday night, and the crowd is ecstatic to see everyone’s favorite mom perform live at the Fox Theater in Oaklan...
25 Years of The Lonesome Crowded West: Modest Mouse at The Fox Theater in Oakland Lucy Gleeson December 5, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, Oakland, Photos, Reviews The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) is considered by many to be one of the greatest indie albums of all time; last Wednesday, Modest Mouse came to the Fox Theater in Oakland to celebrate 25 years since its release...
Addison Sartino ‘Pulled it Together,’ Creating a Memorable Show For Fans, Despite Illness, a Broken Trailer, and a New Drummer Cole Haddock and Eliza Scheer November 24, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, Photos, San Francisco We walked into the police station, and the only other person there had a curly blonde mullet, blue vest, and septum. “Hey, were you just at the Greeting Committee concert?” The guy said yeah...
One magic hour with Surf Curse at the Warfield Liv Bjorgum November 21, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco “We’re not 18 anymore / But we’ve still got our habits / You’re the creature in my heart / And you’re about to devour it / ‘Cause I remember when” - Surf Curse, “Nostalgia,” Nothing Yet (2017)...
You can leave it to Alex G Div Buccieri November 7, 2022 Album Review, Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie scene, indie-pop, LGBTQ+, Multimedia, music, News, Reviews Surely, you or someone you know went to the Alex G concert in SF. The event, held Oct. 19 at The Fillmore on a chilly fall Wednesday night, mothered something other than the usually-disquieted Alex G, thanks to...
Hanging Out with Drugdealer this Halloween at The Chapel Lucy Gleeson November 4, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Following the release of their most recent album, Hiding in Plain Sight (2022), Drugdealer returned to San Francisco to kick off their month-long North American tour at The Chapel. Hailing from Oakland, Califor...
Jessie Reyez was ‘Hittin’ at the Yessie Tour Sasha Padilla and Andrew Zendejas November 2, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, R&B 1 Comment Following her 2020 release of Before Love Came to Kill Us, Jessie Reyez has finally blessed us with a long-awaited national tour for her 2022 release Yessie. On October 27, Jessie performed after supporting act...
San Francisco, Where’s Your Disco?: Dom Dolla Headlines Day To Night Festival Eliza Scheer October 22, 2022 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, EDM, Multimedia, music, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized Day To Night Festival Day 1 Thousands of people traveled to Treasure Island on October 15 for Day To Night Festival. Only a 15 minute drive from Berkeley, I was at the festival in no time. There was onl...
Post-Punk Excellence Undermined by… a Majority White Audience: Viagra Boys at The New Parish Sabrina Herrera October 3, 2022 british post-punk, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews On Tuesday September 27th, the night was young and a large group lined up at the New Parish 15 minutes before doors in anticipation of the Viagra Boys show. The opening acts were socal based band Militarie Gun ...
Sad Woman September: A case study for hyper-specific playlist making Sabrina Herrera September 30, 2022 Blog, Columns and Opinions, Creative Writing, Multimedia In my life I have met two types of people: those who intricately craft a playlist, who will put their life and soul into this playlist, and then those with one mega playlist. For the former there is no such thi...
Moshing With Your Mom at the Goo Goo Dolls Ally Flygare September 8, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Creative Writing, Multimedia, music Sunday, September 4th marked the day of my first rendezvous with 90s American rock band, The Goo Goo Dolls. While an innate familiarity with their songs had been unknowingly instilled in me from early morning r...