Interview

One of the stand-out qualities of Hear in Color is that they aren’t just an up-and-coming band—they’re a tight-knit family of musicians looking to share meaningful art with the world. They seamlessly fini...

Margaret Sohn, otherwise known as Miss Grit, a Korean-American and East Coast based musician, explores the insecurities one feels in their early 20s as they navigate young adulthood. In their most recent EP “...

Los Angeles musician Aidan Finn has found a home within the Berkeley music scene. Finn has been hard at work over the course of the pandemic, writing, recording, mixing, and, ultimately, self-releasing two solo...

For our second A-side Session this year, local Bay Area band, The Moondrops, joined us for what naturally feels like our best session yet. Their dreamy riffs and cosmic vocals perfectly matched the night sky an...

Chicago-based percussionist Marshall Greenhouse recently released Plastic Oh No (2020), a track-by-track reimagining of John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band (1970), under his project MANCHO. We had a Zoom interview...

Alice Underground is a trip back in time, not only to the goth roots that run throughout the album, but even further—to a time of mystery and dark magic. While the album is bound to draw comparisons to The Cu...

On March 10th, 2020 I published a concert review covering a Thundercat show at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Reading the article back now, it is comical to see just how naive we were about the impact that coronav...

Bay Area locals and UC Berkeley alumni, Brijean Murphy and Doug Stuart released their debut album, Feelings on February 26, 2021 with Ghostly International. The album incorporates various styles with most not...

As we near eight months without live music, we’ve all been forced to find creative ways to enjoy and showcase our favorite artists. Our A-side Sessions accomplish just that, bringing people together with int...

On a Saturday afternoon that felt far too brief, the longing for live music was put to ease as solo artist Juhuhn Kim of No Room No Sweetener plays the debut set of our mutli-media series, The A-side Sessions....

Kelsey Ferrell, or “Feral,” a member of UC Berkeley’s very own Songwriting at Berkeley, is a bona fide artist with much to say, in her debut album, Trauma Portfolio (2018), and a lot more coming in both ...

When Ellis Newton walks into a room he embodies a sense of coolness, but in a way that’s not necessarily intimidating. He’s someone you look up to and someone you feel like you’ve known for years. On top...

This past Halloween night, we found ourselves in a backyard-turned-venue in Berkeley just a couple hours before a show hosted by Flamango Bay, an East Bay-based alternative rock band. Friends and band members a...

Rare is the quality of an artist who so purely and cohesively inhabits the persona they have created for themselves. Sh8peshifter is the artistic project of Zakiya Harris, a California native who has worn ma...

Trapdoor Social was founded by two college students who wanted to spread their message of environmentalism and making a change through music. Since their creation they have created their own solar festival call...