Kali Uchis’ Return to the Bay Area was ‘Worth the Wait’ Andrew Zendejas September 29, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, music, Oakland, R&B Kali Uchis, returning to the Bay Area after her first leg of the Red Moon in Venus Tour, left her San Francisco audience blown away. On September 26th, Kali Uchis performed a sold-out show at the Oakland A...
King Krule Reigns at The Fox Lucy Gleeson September 26, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Growing up with a mom who played The Clash in car rides home from school, and still unapologetically turns the volume up any time a Billy Bragg song comes on, King Krule always felt like a familiar sound. ...
HANNAH SHARES APERTURE WITH THE BAY Nico Chodor September 25, 2023 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie-pop, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco Support from Miloe & Lance Redeker primed what became Hannah Jadagu’s stage through and through. She breezed into the city Wednesday night, immediately following her show at the Echo 24 hours prior, to pl...
Qrion at The Midway SF: A Night of Synth and Energy Eliza Scheer September 25, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, dance, EDM, Multimedia, music, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco, Uncategorized On Sept. 16, Qrion opened for Ben Böhmer at The Midway SF. In a warehouse-style setting, Qrion’s set had an underground feel, but maintained high production quality and a fantastic set. Her vibe on stage was...
The Generationals at Bimbo’s 365 Club Celebrating Their New Album, Heatherhead Eliza Scheer September 25, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, Multimedia, music, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco On Sept. 16, the Generationals performed at Bimbo’s 365 Club. The indie pop band is on a U.S. tour for their new album, Heatherhead (2023). Their new album is upbeat and fun, with a similar vibe to their clas...
Jungle’s Electrifying Performance at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Eliza Scheer September 25, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, EDM, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, music, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco On September 9, Jungle, a soul, reggae, and funk inspired dance and electronic band, performed at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. With bold red lights illuminating the stage, Jungle gave the audience a mem...
Alt-rock Avant Garde: Pixies Prove Their Relevance in 2023 Anna Armstrong September 19, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Before The Smashing Pumpkins, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie or even the Arctic Monkeys, there were the Pixies. Formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986, the Pixies have long been associated with the grea...
An Enthralling Monday Evening with Bruno Major Ashley Mauldin September 13, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews You wouldn’t expect for a line to be all the way around the block filled with young adults dressed in flowy skirts, florals, and oversized sweaters to be in SF on a Monday night in September. But with Bruno M...
Ultra Q Reunites with Hockey Dad for Rickshaw Nostalgia Nico Chodor September 11, 2023 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Australian surf rock duo Hockey Dad fathered Jakob Armstrong, Chris Malaspina, Enzo Malaspina, and Kevin Judd through their first full US tour when the boys still went by Mt. Eddy in 2018. Five years later, Jak...
Lil Baby’s Big Night Sunny Sangha September 11, 2023 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Lil Baby embarks on his first stadium tour, delivering an electrifying show at the Oakland Arena. He proves he is a powerful force in music and provides a challenge to the previous notions of men in rap being b...
Poppers to Poppy Vicente Angel Saavedra September 4, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Hi, I am not Poppy. But the person who stood in front of me, in the flesh, on August 22nd was. My first introduction to Poppy was in 2017, when their ominous videos went viral. The videos were shrouded by a v...
Decolonial Punk at Kilowatt Nico Chodor September 1, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Punk, Rock, San Francisco Los Cogelones combined brotherhood and Aztec punk Sunday night at Kilowatt Bar, on the heels of what Psyched! Radio SF deems three pillars of this new San Francisco scene: Thank You Come Again, Buzzed Lightbeer...
“Good Tone and Emo Shit:” Ridgeway Ends My Summer Right Nico Chodor August 20, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Reviews I have been gunning to see Ridgeway again since first catching their set with bands Soft Blue Shimmer and Downard last August… Timing just so happened to work out perfectly this final week before classes s...
From indie pop to Afrobeat: The Listening Dolls at Neck of the Woods Sophia Shen August 16, 2023 Afrobeats, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, Music History, Rock, San Francisco The Devil works hard, but LA-based music organization The Listening Dolls works harder. The Listening Dolls, co-founded and directed by SF native Martine Kolderup-Lane, was born late last year through the jo...
Taking back stolen time with Odie Leigh Anoushka Ghosh July 20, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Country, folk, indie, LGBTQ+, music, San Francisco I arrived at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco accompanied by the jittery flutter of anxiety that whispered *you're going to miss Odie's set you're going to miss Odie's set you're going to miss Odie's set.* Howe...