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Marc Anthony – ¡Que viva la raza Latina!

Sara Florez
October 30, 2019
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews
Mumbled conversations are broken with the roaring sounds of trumpets and drums in Marc Anthony’s opening song  “Valio La Pena” (“It Was Worth It”). Anthony, the world’s top-selling tropical salsa a...

Boss ass bitch – Lizzo’s lesson on empowerment

Makaila Heifner
April 28, 2019
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
Within five minutes of stepping into the venue I was complimented on my outfit, a group of friends offered a shot, and had four new Instagram followers. The non-stop kindness and friendly attitudes persisted th...

Weezer delivers a performance for the ages.

Mark Selden
April 17, 2019
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews
As I walked into the Oracle Arena, legendary alt-rock band The Pixies were playing the opening notes of “Cactus.” I had made it just in time for the show. I was shocked that a band as big as The Pixies was ...

Existential zig-zagging with Jerry Paper

Annie Nguyen
March 8, 2019
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
While Princess Nokia graced Berkeley’s UC Theater this past Saturday, Jerry Paper took over the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco and performed soothing, existential zig-zags for Noise Pop Music Festival 20...

How to catch emotions: a live demonstration by Mitski

Rebekah Gonzalez
December 2, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
On her hugely successful fifth album Be the Cowboy (2018), Mitski captures a whirlwind of emotions through solid indie rock. The polished compositions on the album suggest stability, but her honest and ambiguo...

The new class of pop: Troye Sivan, Kim Petras, & Carlie Hanson

Rebekah Gonzalez
December 1, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized
It’s easy to be unimpressed by pop stars. The media often approach them with intense cynicism. Pop stars are assumed to have limited musicianship and pop songs are referred to as “guilty pleasures” and en...

A New Orleans night with Tank and the Bangas

Rebekah Gonzalez
December 1, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
It’s devastating to think about all the music you will never get to hear before you die. I often wonder who are the artists changing the world at underground venues and hole-in-the-wall bars. Where are they f...

Gus Dapperton’s pop transcends the bedroom

Rebekah Gonzalez
December 1, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
I am always shocked by the number of people that show up for Gus Dapperton shows in San Francisco. The first shock came earlier this year in April at the Rickshaw Stop. I arrived twenty minutes after doors open...

Down in the Trench with Twenty Øne Piløts

Quynh Uong
November 13, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews
Over a year-long hiatus has passed since twenty øne piløts’ electrifying conclusion to their EMØTIØNAL RØADSHØW WØRLD TØUR, and their highly anticipated return to the stage has absolutely delivered. C...

Longstreth’s newest formation of the Dirty Projectors still puts on a good show

Jack Austin
November 9, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized
I have to confess, I was terrified the Dirty Projectors would put on a mediocre show filled with good moments. I had heard a couple tracks off their latest album, Lamp Lit Prose (2018), and was thoroughly unimp...

A night in the Yellow Submarine in Havana

Celia Davalos
November 1, 2018
Columns and Opinions, Interview, Photos
It’s 5 PM and still sunny, 90 degrees fahrenheit with an equally as high humidity percentage, my constant reminder that it’s mid-August and peak hurricane season in Cuba. I have a hyper-awareness of the fac...

Poetry inspired by King Krule’s electric performance at the Fox Theater

Jack Austin
October 28, 2018
Album Review, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews
On April 16, 2018, King Krule played an unforgettable show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, and he absolutely rocked the house. Kelsey Lu opened the show with ethereal solos on her cello played softly and with em...

Treasure Island 2018 a Symbiosis

Bianca Lu
October 23, 2018
Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized
Despite the mushrooming of countless music festivals all over the US, Treasure Island Music Festival put on by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment stirred up something special. This year’s festival...

Tennis: Stripped Down at The Chapel

Bianca Lu and Annie Nguyen
October 15, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews
Tennis, Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, just got back from opening for Father John Misty's tour just to get to start a new one, Solo In Stereo. They got inspired by a Father John Misty show where he stripped...

HONNE blows it out of the water at The Warfield

Emma Jaeger
September 18, 2018
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos
The art of HONNE’s newest album, Love Me / Love Me Not (2018), stares at me from the backdrop of the stage: a pristinely feminine face reflected in a handheld mirror, painted in bold pop-art tones. Love Me / ...
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