A Playlist for a Painting
While studying abroad in Paris last fall, I spent hours walking through museums alone admiring the paintings of the greats. Strolling through the halls, headphones hanging from my ears, I would try to imagine s...
Through the Veil: 070 Shake’s Cinematic Soundscape at the Petrichor Tour
The 070 Shake concert on February 19 at the Oakland Fox Theater marked another stop on the tour for the artist’s newest album Petrichor (2024). With one of us, Bailey, being a long-time Shake fan and one, Mar...
Ticket for one! Why you should go to a concert alone
I am someone who takes attending concerts very seriously. Foraging through the endless ticket selling sites, checking artists’ Instagrams, and updating my extensive notes app page of upcoming concerts has bec...
I can go deaf now that I’ve seen Deftones live with System of a Down at Golden Gate Park
Following the weekend of San Francisco’s annual festival Outside Lands, the Golden Gate Park hosted 50,000 people for another day of music on August 17, though this time the event attracted a crowd of metal a...
Raving about this year’s HARD Summer Festival ft. Fisher, Chris Lake, Disclosure, Jamie xx
After 40,000 steps, two missing scarves, and a shredded pair of boots, HARD Summer left us with an echo of beats in our minds and sore bodies from a weekend of dancing. It was acts including Fisher and Chris La...
Calling all ravers! Find beats and heat at the HARD Summer Festival next week
Grab your matching rave set, kandi, and finger lights…..get ready for a hot and sweaty weekend of dancing and live music at this year’s HARD Summer Festival. Insomniac Events’ annual festival will hit Ing...
Cage the Elephant lights up stage at ‘Neon Pill’ tour
Following the release of their new record titled ‘Neon Pill,’ alt-rock band Cage the Elephant made their ninth tour stop on July 3 at the Santa Barbara Bowl to tear up the stage with an energy I’ve rarely...
A day of nostalgia at the Just Like Heaven Festival with Phoenix, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie
The Just Like Heaven Festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena was a day soaked in nostalgia that brought to life my high school playlist, and left my Death Cab for Cutie loving parents sour and jealous of me. Just...