The chaos of catharsis: Doom Loop Festival, starring Yeule Rushaad Mistry and Selina Yang March 21, 2024 indie, indie-pop, Rock, San Francisco, Shoegaze Doom Loop at the Regency Ballroom wasn't your standard music festival—some six-stage, three-day festival with name-brand flags and sponsored water stations. Instead, Doom Loop was a one-night, five-act festiv...
Love like religion: A Dollface album review Katie Hulse March 18, 2024 Creative Writing, Album Preview, Album Review, Columns and Opinions, folk, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, music, Music Composition, Opinion, Pop, Reviews, women in music, women's music Hana Bryanne released her debut album titled Dollface on September 15, 2023, at twenty years old. It was written entirely by Bryanne and produced by Carter Jahn and Maxwell Bienert. Its namesake deriv...
Arlo Parks’ Performance at the Fox Theater Was “Too Good” Eliza Scheer March 16, 2024 Berkeley, Black Culture, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie-pop, Oakland, Photos, Womens History Month On March 5, Arlo Parks performed at Oakland’s Fox Theater. To kick off the show, Chloe George opened. Her 30 minute set was filled with gratitude and fun. Her joy performing on stage radiated throughout th...
From the Bayou to Big Ben: exploring ‘Drive Home’ and beyond with Portraits Of Tracy Harrison Peters October 21, 2023 indie-pop, Interview, LGBTQ+, music, Rap 19-year-old self-taught producer, singer-rapper, and multi-instrumentalist Portraits Of Tracy from Baton Rouge, Louisiana released her new project, Drive Home, this past May 26th, 2023. Dubbed an “audio n...
“Jazz!! is!! back!!:” The release of Laufey’s “Bewitched” and thoughts on the future of the genre Gianna Caudillo October 10, 2023 Album Review, Classical, Columns and Opinions, Cultural Commentary, indie-pop, Jazz, Music Consumption, Opinion, Reviews In early 2021, a friend of mine sent me a link to a TikTok accompanied by an innocuous message somewhere along the lines of, “Thought you’d like this.” Intrigued, I clicked, and a curly-haired girl in a p...
Gus Dapperton brings magical electricity to Bimbo’s 365 Club, captivates audience Anna Armstrong October 9, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie-pop, San Francisco No one commands a room quite like Gus Dapperton. On Sept. 30, Gus Dapperton took the stage at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco as part of the tour for his latest album, Henge (2023). Dapperton delivered one...
Begging for more Daniel Caesar at the Greek Theatre Nicole Sears and Eliza Scheer October 3, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, Multimedia, music, News, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized Just 100 feet away from the building where I had my chemistry lectures, I lined up in a very long line for Daniel Caesar on a Tuesday night at the Greek Theater in Berkeley. At this sold out show, there was no ...
HANNAH SHARES APERTURE WITH THE BAY Nico Chodor September 25, 2023 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie-pop, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco Support from Miloe & Lance Redeker primed what became Hannah Jadagu’s stage through and through. She breezed into the city Wednesday night, immediately following her show at the Echo 24 hours prior, to pl...
The Generationals at Bimbo’s 365 Club Celebrating Their New Album, Heatherhead Eliza Scheer September 25, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, Multimedia, music, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco On Sept. 16, the Generationals performed at Bimbo’s 365 Club. The indie pop band is on a U.S. tour for their new album, Heatherhead (2023). Their new album is upbeat and fun, with a similar vibe to their clas...
Jungle’s Electrifying Performance at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Eliza Scheer September 25, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, EDM, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, music, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco On September 9, Jungle, a soul, reggae, and funk inspired dance and electronic band, performed at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. With bold red lights illuminating the stage, Jungle gave the audience a mem...
100 gecs literally hit with fans Miranda Craig April 9, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, indie-pop, music, Oakland, Photos, Uncategorized 100 Gecs and Machine Girl together in concert is a match made in heaven. Their April 5 show at Oakland’s Fox Theater was no exception. For anyone looking for high-energy music and dancing, it was a must-see s...
Miya Folick bares her soul at the Fox Theater, Oakland Anoushka Ghosh April 8, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, LGBTQ+, Multimedia, music, Oakland, Photos I arrived just in time to hear the first strums of her acoustic guitar. I hurried to the front of the general admission floor and then I saw her in all her beauty, dressed in the coolest yellow corset top desig...
Alt-J’s Immersive Light and Sound at the Fox Theater Eliza Scheer April 2, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie scene, indie-pop, music, Oakland, Photos Alt-J performed an unforgettable show at their second of two consecutive shows at the Fox Theater in Oakland on March 24. The show was packed with audience members of all ages coming to hear their experimental ...
Regina Spektor stands alone, effortlessly Cammie Lambert March 24, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie-pop, music I arrived at Regina Spektor’s concert at the Warfield last Sunday, full of excitement and anticipation, spanning back to five months ago when it was announced that due to a bad case of Covid, she would have t...
Love Lives in the Bay: Soft Blue Shimmer Debuts Their New Record at Neck of the Woods Nico Chodor November 22, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, music, Reviews, San Francisco “my dreams always seem concerned with your well-being…i can’t seem to shake…maybe one day we’ll learn to grow separately. maybe one day i’ll grow on my own. maybe one day this piece of you inside of...