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 ...
Blondfire and Scavenger Hunt open for STRFKR at Rickshaw Stop Conner Smith February 17, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Scavenger Hunt at Rickshaw Stop Although pervasive fog can often create a dream-like dullness across our balmy city, it was hardly the case Thursday night in San Francisco when Scavenger Hunt, Blondfire, and S...
La Luz Tests Crowdsurf Cam At SF’s The Chapel Joanna Jiang January 23, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 1 Comment Monday nights are usually unfruitful when it comes to live music. But fans who wandered into The Chapel during this month's Martin Luther King Jr. Day were in for a treat. A couple of West Coast acts managed ...
Catching Up With 65daysofstatic at Bottom of The Hill Joanna Jiang November 16, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Multimedia, Photos 1 Comment English instrumental rockers 65daysofstatic are a bit shy, but their sound certainly isn’t. Last Thursday at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill, the quartet played a sold out show with Massachusetts-bas...
Flatbush Zombies Rile Up New Parish At Start of Tour Myra November 3, 2013 Band of the Week, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews, Videos Flatbush Zombies. Photo by Loren Wohl Tuesdays are rough for me. I have class pretty much straight from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. So when I stumbled off the bus in Oakland October 29, I was wondering if I’d be a...
Kanye West Delivers at the Oracle in Oakland Myra October 30, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 1 Comment On October 23rd, just two days after his engagement to girlfriend Kim Kardashian, Kanye West performed the third concert of his Yeezus Tour at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The tour comes several mon...
Interview: Memories of Room 14 with Keep Shelly in Athens Joanna Jiang October 28, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Photos, Reviews 1 Comment She’s a petite young girl with large eyes that go from worried to incandescently happy when she is in her realm. Her realm? Kypseli, Athens – the one she, who goes by Sarah P., and bandmate RΠЯ (pronounce...
Palma Violets Warm Hearts on Sproul Jade Theriault October 25, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews 1 Comment It was cold, to say the least. I was zooming back from class when I spotted Palma Violets kicking back on the steps of Sproul Hall facing a crowd of eager fans. At that moment, I knew 50 degree weather would ha...
Fiona Apple and Blake Mills: Anything We Want at Zellerbach Hall Jade Theriault October 17, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews October 8, 2013. 6:30 p.m. U.C. Berkeley. I raced out of class at the pinpoint of sunset. I was about 100 feet from Zellerbach Hall’s infamous theater, where Fiona Apple was scheduled to perform with SoCal ...
Interview: Ottawa Songstress Peach Kelli Pop Penelope Leggett October 10, 2013 Band of the Week, Multimedia, Photos Allie Hanlon of Peach Kelli Pop reflects on recording, new band members, and Sailor Moon. Wearing a bubblegum-pink, puff-paint decorated tee reading "Allie" and signature ponytail, Allie Hanlon's fun, ...
Chord Marauders’ B9 Releases Self-Titled Myra October 8, 2013 Album Review, Photos, Reviews, Videos B9 released his eponymous LP at the end of last month, on Friday, September 27. Featuring twelve instrumental tracks, the album swirls with the sensations of dubstep, lounge and drone-y introspection.More spe...
Photo: What Song Are You Listening To? Myra October 7, 2013 Photos Two Daily Cal correspondents poll headphones-wearing students using the sign, “What Song Are You Listening To?” Did the Daily Cal stop you today? If not, what were you listening to? Maybe a track from The...