Slightly Stoopid and friends tear up the Greek Chris Redman July 20, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Friday evening, an extensive number of people filed into The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, ready to have a good time. Slightly Stoopid’s tour included Stephen Marley and NOFX, and that night, all three pr...
Photo Set: Burger Boogaloo, Day 1 Audrey Gertz July 6, 2014 Blog, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 1 Comment Blowing off steam at Burger Boogaloo On Saturday, July 5, I had the pleasure of (wo)man-ing KALX's merch table on Day 1 of Burger Boogaloo, Burger Records' annual music festival in Oakland's Mosswood Park...
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart play Copenhagen Penelope Leggett June 27, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos COPENHAGEN, DENMARK* -- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart performed in Denmark this past Monday, June 23, on one of their European tour dates following the release of Days of Abandon (2014). They played with ...
Rappers Waka Flocka Flame and Chanel West Coast tag team Mezzanine Chris Redman June 24, 2014 Photos Chanel West Coast | Waka Flocka Flame | Mezzanine SF ...
California Roots, Day 3: A promising ending Sam Putt June 5, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos MONTEREY, CA* - After two days of the California Roots Festival, fans might have thought they had seen all that was possible to see in one holiday weekend, but they were pleasantly surprised when Day 3 turne...
California Roots, Day 2: Weather cools down, culture heats up Sam Putt June 3, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos MONTEREY, CA* -- Day 2 of California Roots Festival started off cloudy and colder, but the lack of sun didn’t stop the fans from packing the Monterey Fairgrounds once again. For most of the day, "the Cali...
California Roots, Day 1: An explosive start Sam Putt June 2, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos MONTEREY, CA* -- It’s hard to believe it’s already been a week since the beginning of The 5th Annual Cali Roots Festival, which packed a punch for fans and artists alike. Many returning artists noted how...
The Glitch Mob close US tour, prove they might make the world stop Joanna Jiang May 27, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos The buildup was tremendous at The Warfield on Friday, May 9. After uninspiring sets by overly glossy Penthouse Penthouse and Bay Area DJ Ana Sia, the three beat masters who comprise LA-based The Glitch Mob -- O...
Rodrigo y Gabriela set fire to the Fox Conner Smith May 21, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Roaring through Oakland on their roots rock revival tour for recently released 9 Dead Alive, Mexican acoustic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela took Oakland’s Fox Theater on a wild ride on Friday, May 9. Opening the ...
Bleached add heat to a sunny Upper Sproul Penelope Leggett May 5, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, News, Photos, Reviews Bleached on Upper Sproul Thursday power pop group Bleached played Cal's Upper Sproul as part of SUPERB's Spring Concert Series and local band Hot Flash Heat Wave opened the show. Hot Flash Heat Wave,...
Waxahatchee and The New Tenants play to a sunny Sproul, Wednesday afternoon Penelope Leggett April 17, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos After playing the Oakland Metro Opera House with Hop Along, Waxahatchee played a second East Bay show on Upper Sproul as part of SUPERB's Spring 2014 concert series. Berkeley locals, The New Tenants, opened th...
The War on Drugs captivates San Francisco Penelope Leggett April 2, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Yesterday, The War on Drugs played The Independent for the first of two sold-out San Francisco shows. The Philadelphia-based band has been touring for the past few weeks promoting their new album, Lost in Th...
Blog Week: The Used and Taking Back Sunday’s loyal fan base occupy The Warfield Chris Redman March 27, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Editor’s note: It’s Spring Break at Cal, and we’re honoring this week’s heed to unwind by posting our music news with a touch of personality. Welcome to Blog Week. After falling 36 feet from a scaffol...
Four Tet practices hypnosis at San Francisco’s Mezzanine Chris Redman March 10, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Four Tet at Mezzanine in San Francisco Four Tet, the moniker of electronic artist Kieran Hebden, delivered a hypnotic, sample-based performance at the Mezzanine in San Francisco Saturday night, mixing element...
together PANGEA amps up a packed Bottom of the Hill Penelope Leggett March 8, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Promoting their new album, BADILLAC, LA garage punkers together PANGEA headlined at the Bottom of the Hill on Wednesday night, playing for a packed house of fans who belted lyrics and orchestrated stage dives ...