The Marriage of Dream Pop and Hip-Hop Ally Flygare December 15, 2021 Columns and Opinions, Creative Writing, Multimedia It is of no surprise that hip-hop is one of the broadest genres in music. Foundational to the vastness of its modern sound is the use of sampling, which in short is characterized by isolating the drum beat, cho...
Nameless, Faceless yet Utterly At Home: Courtney Barnett at the Fox Skylar Heyveld December 15, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized The night of December 12th at the Fox Theater in Oakland proved a stormy one, both literally and figuratively, as rain relentlessly showered concert-goers while Sunday blues and upcoming finals loomed ominously...
The Night That Cured Me—Thundercat Revisited at the Warfield Lex Andersen December 9, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos Walking out of the Warfield covered in sweat and tears, I was fully prepared to cancel all therapy appointments, attack the pile of clothes that had been haunting my bed, and even go as far as to do a morning ...
When in doubt, see the The Regrettes live again – Photo Gallery Kian Maple November 30, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Despite seeing the Regrettes perform live thrice before, I still found myself in awe of the energy and enthusiasm the four-piece group brought on stage with them to the Voodoo Room at House of Blues San Diego o...
The Serious Star Potential of 99 Neighbors Joe Sison November 21, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News, Photos If I may, I’d like to be honest with you. Prior to two weeks ago, I hadn’t heard about 99 Neighbors. I hadn’t listened to a single song, was not struck by familiarity by any of the members’ names, nor c...
glaive and ericdoa finish joint “then i’ll be happy” tour off with a bang – Photo Gallery Kian Maple November 9, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia For the last stop of their “then i’ll be happy” tour, glaive and ericdoa provided an extremely energetic performance to an even more enthusiastic audience at a sold-out Brick and Mortar Music Hall on Satu...
Greer Live in San Francisco Jax Samsell November 8, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Greer is a four piece ensemble from Los Angeles, California, whose presence has been cemented in memories since 2014. As Gen Z’s favorite niche Internet celebrities, seeing them live at the August Hall in San...
To the new Sproul piano Lucia Boadas Pena November 1, 2021 Berkeley, Multimedia, Photos, piano, Sproul To the new Sproul Piano: Every day as I drag myself to class I turn my music down to listen to your sound and check to see its producer. The people you attract, the students you inspire, and the communit...
Our first live show in over a year: Shakey Graves in ATX Makaila Heifner June 23, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Last Thursday night, Shakey Graves started off his 2021 tour in his hometown of Austin, Texas at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater. Shakey is known for his honest lyrics, cheerful demeanor, and guitar licks tha...
The A-side Sessions presents: The Moondrops Natalie Gott April 7, 2021 Interview, Multimedia For our second A-side Session this year, local Bay Area band, The Moondrops, joined us for what naturally feels like our best session yet. Their dreamy riffs and cosmic vocals perfectly matched the night sky an...
The A-side Sessions presents: Emma Gerson Natalie Gott February 11, 2021 Multimedia To juxtapose the mayhem of 2020, Emma Gerson debuted our 2021 A-side Sessions with a performance so graceful, it had us doubting the short extent of her career thus far. This up-and-coming musician is merely a...
Contest Winner, A-side’s 2021 Debut Guest, & Talented Musician on the Rise: Emma Gerson Sunny Sangha January 23, 2021 Multimedia, News, Uncategorized Photo: Tovah Popilsky “Music is the greatest gift I have to share with people” -Emma Gerson On November 5th 2020, BCEC partnered up with SoundOff to debut their virtual music competition. Applican...
The A-side Sessions Presents: Room 308 Natalie Gott January 21, 2021 Multimedia As Room 308 joined us for our last A-side Session of the year, 2020 suddenly didn’t seem so bleak. The local Bay Area band seamlessly melded jazz and “R&Beach” to transcend us into a far more enchanti...
The A-side Session Presents: Just Leevs Natalie Gott December 31, 2020 Multimedia For our fourth A-side Session, Just Leevs joined us to expand our repertoire of genres with his captivating rapping, as well as to sit down for an interview where we dove into the difficult decision Leevs made ...
The A-side Sessions presents: Oddity Natalie Gott November 25, 2020 Multimedia Just as is our dream here at The A-side Sessions, Maddie Liu, or Oddity joined us on a sunny November morning to offer up a diverse set of soulful genres. Joe Biden had just been announced as President-Elect of...