I won’t quiet down for Faye Webster… even if she wanted me to Heidy Barrera November 12, 2023 indie, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews 2 Comments When did I start dreaming? Definitely not the day that I met Faye Webster, but that would’ve been so cool for this article. Singer Maye opened th...
eaJ’s Energetic Entrance into his first Headlining NA Tour Ashley Mauldin November 10, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews With a line wrapped around the block and then some, LA local eaJ’s presence was deep-set in San Francisco Sunday night. August Hall was sold out for...
A Triumphant Return: Palehound at The Chapel Sinead de Cleir November 9, 2023 Rock, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie scene, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco, Shoegaze On March 10th, 2020, Palehound played at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco for their headline tour with Adult Mom. The next day, the COVID-19 pandemic was...
Battling Titans: Pallbearer and High on Fire at UC Theatre Joshua Morse November 8, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Local Metalheads are no strangers to the concept of giving up sleep in order to see their favorite bands live. However, there is something beautiful about a...
There Must Be Something About Stephen Sanchez: The Troubadour Performs His Biggest Show To Date Andrew Zendejas November 8, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Oakland, Pop I still remember the first time I encountered Stephen Sanchez. I was scrolling through TikTok and a video with Sanchez in a hospital room waiting for ...
The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We: A Lyrical Exploration of Mitski’s New Album Michelle Johnson-Wang November 8, 2023 Album Review, Contemporary Folk, Creative Writing You can’t live in this house anymore. There’s more mold than grout between your bathroom tiles. The foundations are rotting and slowly sinking int...
8 DAYS/14 SHOWS/9 VENUES: A Countercultural Halloweek at Psyched! Fest Nico Chodor November 6, 2023 Cultural Commentary, Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Feature, Multimedia, Music Consumption, News, Photos, Punk, Reviews, Rock, San Francisco Psyched! Fest - San Francisco's Independent Festival of Arts, Music, Diversity & Counterculture - opened Wednesday, October 25th at Rickshaw Stop....
Your New Favorite Hour of the Week: UC Jazz’s Noon Concerts Julian Shea November 5, 2023 Jazz, Berkeley, Local Every Thursday, if you are lucky, you might hear music flowing out of lower Sproul, just audible above the tablers and unexpected meetings between fri...
A Drug-Free Trip: Psychedelia & Hip-Hop at The Masonic with Lil Yachty’s The Field Trip Tour Harrison Peters November 5, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, music, Photos, Rap, Reviews, San Francisco As I walked the near vertical climb up Powell Street on my way to The Masonic, I couldn’t help but wonder what to expect from this concert. After re...
Billie Marten Ascends to New Heights at August Hall Ashley Mauldin October 29, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews I remember the first time that I listened to Billie Marten: sitting in the dark of my room in April 2020, the soft yellow glow of Christmas lights ove...
Partying like it’s the late 1900s: the Breeders and Belly at the Warfield Sophia Shen October 27, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Rock, San Francisco 1 Comment Working as a stagehand at a music venue, you see enough middle-aged men whose bands you’ve never heard of strut across a stage. Thus, attending the ...
Angel Olsen at Regency Ballroom: Return/Rebirth in Earnest Emily Putnam October 25, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, San Francisco Angel Olsen walks out in white tulle, glorious bouffant, and unselfconscious grin. She is merry and (titularly) angelic. The set begins and drool ...
The Mystique of Elliott Smith’s Demise Katie Hulse October 23, 2023 Columns and Opinions, Cultural Commentary, folk, indie, indie scene, Music History, Opinion Elliott Smith is one of the most intrinsically devastating and crucial indie-folk musicians to date, known for his lyrics of absolute despair. The onl...
Warm shower, hot show: Warmduscher with TREASVRE at Cornerstone Berkeley Stanley Quiros October 22, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews That special mid-October heatwave hit Wednesday night, in time for Warmduscher’s first time playing in Berkeley. A warm evening for a band whose nam...
From the Bayou to Big Ben: exploring ‘Drive Home’ and beyond with Portraits Of Tracy Harrison Peters October 21, 2023 indie-pop, Interview, LGBTQ+, music, Rap 19-year-old self-taught producer, singer-rapper, and multi-instrumentalist Portraits Of Tracy from Baton Rouge, Louisiana released her new project...