RAEGAN, Pigeon Pit, and Autoheart bring Queer Joy to the Cornerstone Ashley Mauldin March 18, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews On a rather uneventful St. Patrick’s Day, I found myself on the 36 (which almost didn’t stop for me) making my way towards Downtown Berkeley for a Sunday evening concert at the Cornerstone. The headliner fo...
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 name means “warm showerer.” I was excited to see the band...
Kash’d Out leaves crowd in a daze with “Whiskey and Weed” Tour Kyle Garcia Takata April 5, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, music, Reviews The Whiskey and Weed Tour from Kash’d Out provided Cornerstone Berkeley with over three hours of uninterrupted satisfaction. Fans were delighted by the calm, cheerful mood provided by the band and their opene...
Stompin’ and Hollerin’: Joy Abounds at Birdtalker’s Cornerstone Show Anna Armstrong March 27, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Uncategorized (Note: This review is from November 2021. You can stream Birdtalker's latest EP 'Thunder' (2023) anywhere you listen to music.) If you are in a time in your life where you feel shrouded in darkness, allow Na...
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, ...
Live songs for after the storm: Novo Amor Marta Meazza April 8, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews When I walked into the Cornerstone to see Novo Amor live, I was greeted inside by a crowd-wide shush, signaling Gia Margaret’s arrival on stage. It was perfect timing. Every microphone has ivy leaves growi...
Super Chon Homeys: talking music and videogames with CHON before their show Marta Meazza December 19, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview 2 Comments On a rainy Friday afternoon (alas, welcome to Berkeley), I walked into a quieter-than-usual Cornerstone to interview CHON. I got there a little earlier than planned, so I caught a glimpse of their soundcheck ...
The Orwells light up Cornerstone like no one else Leka Gopal December 12, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews To the people in the crowd at Berkeley’s very own Cornerstone, The Orwells – whose name takes no inspiration from the Animal Farm author – were more than just some boys from the suburbs of Chicago; they w...
“Always celestial vibes”: an interview with The Seshen Veronica Irwin December 11, 2017 Interview, Uncategorized Bay area-based band The Seshen has always been hard to pin down. Falling somewhere between dub, R&B, electronica, and synth-pop, their music lies outside of all genre expectations. Groovy without a doubt, t...
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. ...
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 ...
California State of Shine: Best Coast Hits Cornerstone Ally Mason October 3, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Life is full of clichés. When you’re in love, you behave foolishly. When it rains, it pours. When the sun shines, the world feels right. Best Coast revitalizes these tropes to create straightforward narrativ...
Keys n Krates storm Cornerstone for Audiotistic afterparty Jordan Aronson July 28, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews On Saturday, July 15, after headlining the Audiotistic festival in Mountain View, Canadian-DJ-trio Keys n Krates travelled up the East Bay for an afterparty set at Cornerstone. Bombastic beats in tow, Keys put ...