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...
Brand New: love and despair are raging inside me Sam Jameson November 6, 2016 Multimedia, Photos, Reviews It felt as though this turn of events was just a pleasant dream, but as I awoke sprawled across a couch in San Jose with a memory card full of the best pictures I'd ever taken - I realized that I had not o...
The Summer Set present a tour made by the people, for the people Desiree Diaz November 3, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos The Summer Set, a pop rock band from Arizona, was on the brink of breaking up before releasing their latest album Stories for Monday (2016) in April of this year. They have stated that this is their most per...
K.Flay slays at the Great American Music Hall Isaac Yi November 2, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Kristine Flaherty, known as K.Flay, has come a long way since writing her first rap parody track over 10 years ago, performing in front of a sold out crowd in her hometown of San Francisco last Thursday, Octo...
Drain – the waves aren’t the only thing slamming Sam Jameson October 30, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews This weekend I had the pleasure of going back to Santa Cruz to catch the rockers in Drain playing their hometown date of their west coast run with Momentum (LA Crossover) and No Right (SF Hardcore). This show ...
The Growlers sell out and the sky cries: Beach Goth 2016 Ally Mason October 30, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 1 Comment Music festivals are crowded. They curate grandeur and spectacle at the expense of intimacy and sometimes, safety. In the rush to obtain the best vantage point possible, many fans will crack a few eggs to make a...
Opeth: A spiritual experience Rebekah Gonzalez October 26, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos On October 22, Opeth stopped by the Warfield in San Francisco. The Swedish band opened with the titular track from their new album Sorceress and went straight into a face melting performance of "Ghosts of Perdi...