Mellow Pleasure with Fleet Foxes and Amen Dunes Dylan Medlock April 25, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews The past year has seen quite a transformation for the artistic trajectories of indie folk staple Fleet Foxes and experimental indie rock group Amen Dunes. For Fleet Foxes, the release of their third album Crack...
An interview with Crystal Bowersox (without discussing Simon Cowell or her hair) Makaila Heifner April 23, 2018 Interview Crystal Bowersox is cool. She is honest and vulnerable, you don’t have to worry about any gimmicks with her. In many ways, she reminds me of a contemporary Janis Joplin: a female powerhouse vocalist set on au...
Bringing Berklee to Cal: in conversation with Eric Falci Celia Davalos March 24, 2018 Interview Eric Falci is a professor at UC Berkeley in the English Department, as well as the head of the Irish Studies Program in the Institute of European Studies, and Associate Dean of the Graduate Division. Within the...
A “Preliminary Outpouring”: an interview with experimental indie-rocker Elijah Egbert Veronica Irwin and Bianca Lu March 24, 2018 Interview As a student musician trying to conquer a new music scene as a junior transfer, one might expect Elijah Egbert to be loud, talkative, and perhaps a little too eager to get you to listen to his music. But this U...
Berkeley – where hardcore thrives in the Bay Area – February/March 924 Gilman & The Hard Times Shows Recap Sam Jameson March 16, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Over the past few weeks, The Hard Times Shows & 924 Gilman have brought some incredible shows to the Bay Area's Hardcore scene. More specifically, Nick Bane has been doing an absolute kick-ass job, bringing...
Japanese Breakfast puts the punk in indie rock Veronica Irwin February 26, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Since the release of her 2017 record Soft Sounds from Another Planet, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner has risen from the fairy-like starlett listeners were introduced to with catchy single “Everyone Wa...
The Seshen preview and ticket giveaway Veronica Irwin November 29, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews, Uncategorized Bay area-based R&B group The Seshen is set to grace the Cornerstone stage in Berkeley this Friday. Opening will be LoCura, Space Captain, and DJ Dream Queen. Characterized by Akiyoshi Ehara’s synthy-di...
Quinn XCII is as real as it gets Annie Nguyen November 10, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews There’s pop, there’s electronic, there’s hip-hop, there’s reggae, and then there’s Quinn XCII, who somehow can effortlessly combine all of those four into his own unexpected, exciting, vibrant sound. ...
Meet AJ, the One Shelby Mayes November 7, 2017 Interview A political activist, journalist, revolutionary, visual artist, and rapper, dynamic doesn’t even begin to cover it. The B-side spoke with AJ, the One about her community involvement, her unique perspectives...
Four years later with The Underachievers Fiona Duerr November 2, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Four years ago, I was still in high school, and tickets to FYF FEST were only 100 bucks. FYF was the first music festival I ever attended and I went with a group of friends and my brother, Joe. On the second da...
Remo Drive takes Cornerstone out for a joyride with frenetic, sardonic emo tenor Adrienne Lee October 23, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews I first heard about Remo Drive, the young Minnesota-based indie rock/emo band, through maybe the most unlikely and unexpected way: at a Mitski show in Copenhagen, per recommendation from a Danish fan I had met ...
Pool up to Uncool Halloween hosted by SWMRS and ticket giveaway Celia Davalos October 21, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews SWMRS are returning back home to the Bay Area bringing punk sounds to liven up Halloween weekend. The event is their second annual Uncool Halloween fest at the UC Theater in Berkeley on Saturday, October 28...
There’s nothing wrong with living like this: On the road with FIDLAR Natalie Silver and Rosie Davidowitz October 12, 2017 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It’s kind of like being a 13-year-old who was dragged to Sunday mass….or a frequenter at sex addicts anonymous meetings… or a customer at Berkeley’s iconic adult emporium Good Vibrations... or an inmate...
Father John Misty comes to worship at The Greek: A concert review Delaney Gomen October 10, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews The air smelled faintly like marijuana. Behind me, I overheard a conversation about someone’s sister in Vermont ordering sperm from the only non-profit bank in the country, which, naturally, is in Berkeley; a...
Big Thief and Little Wings share sincere emotion at Anna Head Dylan Medlock October 8, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Playing their first of three consecutive dates in the Bay Area, Brooklyn indie-rock band Big Thief and supporting indie-folk act Little Wings came to Berkeley on Thursday night, playing an emotional concert at ...