Author John Lawson

The B-Side caught up with UC Berkeley student Jake Olshan, a freelance photographer from Los Angeles. In this interview, we talk to him about the merits of film, counterfeiting press passes, and shooting Rihann...

Small Crush formed when lead-singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist Logan Hammon (age 17, pink hair — now eggshell blue) felt that her band wasn’t giving her enough freedom to write her own songs. She too...

I hesitate to tell you about the Academy of Sciences' monthly NightLife LIVE events only because I'm afraid it will soon become popular and pricey and these monthly nighttime experiences will lose their l...

Burger Boogaloo didn't feel like Coachella for a second, and it sure as hell didn't try to be. However, the eighth annual punk festival in Oakland's Mosswood Park did attract the biggest headliners in t...

This Fourth of July weekend, happy punks of all ages gathered in Oakland's Mosswood Park for the eighth annual Burger Boogaloo. While patriotism was scarce (we hardly found any), ink was in abundance. ...

It's that time of the year again. July 1-2, Oakland's Mosswood Park will be the site of the 8th annual Burger Records' Burger Boogaloo. Dreamlanders' cult cinematographer John Waters returns to host the eve...

Brooks Nielsen is not a good dancer. The Growlers frontman shuffled around The Warfield stage for over two hours this Friday on their City Club tour, his back straight, arms gesticulating casually to the thu...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqlzoxTvOkE Migos has never been shy about getting straight to the cash.  But the Atlanta-based trio has ascended to rockstar status in the #BlackLivesMatter era, and audien...

Ceremony never plays an encore. That didn’t stop the packed house at The Chapel from stomping their feet until the floor of the converted mortuary shook last Sunday.  Still, there was something lukewarm...