Author Vivian Chen

First thing you need to know — we are not ravers. As much as we like to think of ourselves with “diverse music tastes,” it seems to generally hover around the “My mom used to play me Led Zeppelin a...

   "open" - rhye this is where you start. heartbroken, obviously. stay open let's try again.   "i was all over her" - salvia palth a little jaded, a little nostalg...

“ANDREA, WHERE YOU AT?” “What does DM stand for?” “Damn, I am old.” The New Parish is confusing. Upon entering the venue, there’s a hallway that leads towards an outdoor courtyard of sort...

“More reverb please.” Local dream pop band Sugarcube’s opening words essentially summed up the line-up last Friday night at L.A.’s The Echo. Starting the night off with their Archy Marshall-esque bar...

Cigarettes After Sex’s music is reminiscent of slow dancing at two in the morning in your bedroom with the lights turned off. The softness of Greg Gonzalez’s voice and the lingering caress of the guitar’s...

Oakland-based DJ Namaste Shawty — known more familiarly as Nono — wastes no time in making her presence known when she walks into a room. Her wardrobe reflects the eccentricity of her mixes — take, for in...

I learned about the term “torch song” a while ago, during a session of listening to covers of pop songs (my unfortunate guilty pleasure) when one was labeled “in a torch song style.” The majority of the...

The "that was a bad relationship anyways": "Don't Wanna Be Your Girl" - Wet (Don't You, 2016) This indie classic is the one you blast when you're finally done with your significant other's shit--because ...

Two nights ago, Gallant and Eryn Allen Kane performed a soulful, electric show in San Francisco's Great American Music Hall. Eryn Allen Kane opened up the night, introducing herself, the band, and stating th...

Con Brio's music is a dynamic collaboration of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz elements, elements that appear in infectiously groovy compilations of tracks on both their EP Kiss the Sun (2015) and newly released...

Lollapalooza South America's line-up was revealed yesterday, announcing The xx reuniting for their first show since 2014. The band will perform in all three legs of the festival, which includes Lollapalooza ...

Cigarettes after Sex, an ambient dream pop band from El Paso, Texas, is playing a show with headliner Garbage, at San Francisco's Masonic this Saturday, September 24th. In comparison to their concert counte...

If you were around at The B-Side's original launch, you'll remember Glass Atlas. We caught up with them recently, after a long time no see and ahead of a show this Thursday at The Night Light, to discover the...

Last Friday night, Rogue Wave and Floating Action performed at Los Angeles's Teragram Ballroom. Floating Action, hailing from North Carolina, displayed their lo-fi indie folk-rock style through their two gu...

The title Love You to Death (2016) aptly describes Tegan and Sara's newest album: a solid indie pop record with irresistibly catchy synth backing their stark, heartbroken lyricism. The album is a continuati...