Photos: Burger Boogaloo 2017 John Lawson July 5, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews 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...
Tatted at Burger Boogaloo 2017 John Lawson July 5, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 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. ...
Phoenix absolutely dominates BFD stage Annie Nguyen June 14, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos LIVE 105’s Big Fucking Day is the South Bay’s one-day music festival. It’s that one festival that’s kind of like a knock-off version of Coachella, but surprisingly not so hard on your wallet. That last ...
The Zombies bring Odessey and Oracle to life at the UC Theater Matt Sater and Jessica Morgan May 2, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Go see a Zombies live show in 2017, and you’ll only see two of the core original members of the British band behind classic songs like “She’s Not There”. If the show you see is anything like the UC Thea...
The xx and Sampha bring all the emotions to SF Matt Sater and Annie Nguyen April 21, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews There’s one simple fact about the xx that gets overlooked so often that, frankly, it’s a little upsetting. Before any review of their live show can really begin, we must all accept this one mostly unspoken,...
Turnstile – bringing intimacy to the festival stage Sam Jameson April 17, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Festivals are fantastic in the way that they expose attendees to a wide variety of bands spanning across many genres. In combination with warm weather, overpriced parking, massive crowds, overpriced vegetarian ...
Overheard at Berkeley: A human playlist Desiree Diaz March 27, 2017 Photos Ever wondered what that kid walking passed you is listening to through their earphones? Here's what some Berkeley students are listening to as they stroll through campus: Hayley: J. Cole - "St. Tropez...
Shing02 & The Chee-Hoos pay tribute to Nujabes at the Social Hall Edfil Dulay March 21, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews In an emotion-packed, rhyme-flying concert, Japanese rapper Shing02 with help from the The Chee-Hoos paid tribute to fellow artist and principle collaborator, Nujabes (Jun Seba), who tragically passed away...
Knocked Loose – An insight about the importance of genre diversification Sam Jameson March 8, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews A band's classification within a specific genre is always an integral part of their self-identification as who they are as an artist. The concept of genre classification is a topic that holds an extreme amount ...
Hippo Campus debuts fresh, new album at Slim’s Annie Nguyen March 4, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Slim’s in San Francisco was absolutely packed on Tuesday night for the sold-out Hippo Campus concert. The four-person indie rock band, made up of high school friends from Twin Cities, Minnesota, just released...
Surfer Blood holds mass at The Chapel Ally Mason February 9, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Surfer Blood is on tour fresh off the release of their new album Snowdonia (2017). They stopped by The Chapel in San Francisco Tuesday night, drawing the largest crowd I've seen at the venue since Real Esta...
Code Orange – The only thing to fear is Forever Sam Jameson January 31, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews, Videos Music has always existed as one of the greatest methods of conjuring a particular feeling within the mind. And the forefront of these conjured feelings lies happiness, sadness, and anger. A wide variety of comm...
The Growlers hang on to our hearts Jacob Elsanadi December 31, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews I spent Christmas in paradise. And it was all thanks to The Growlers. There was hula dancing, Santa hat and speedo-clad DJ Johny Basil, snow, a disco ball, doo-wop backup singers, and an Elvis Presley Christmas...
LANY Romances at The Regency Ballroom Michelle Cho December 7, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews On the evening of November 17th at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, front man Paul Klein of indie-pop band LANY opened the show in an unusual manner. Without any explanation, he sat down cross-legged on t...
Riding Above A Bad Wave – Turnstile Moves Thru California Sam Jameson December 6, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos Turnstile returned to California to close out the final dates of their fall tour promoting the release of their new 7-inch entitled "Move Thru Me". Turnstile played 4 sold-out dates throughout California, playi...