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 / ...
Lord Huron Reminisces at Seattle’s Moore Theatre Emma Jaeger June 13, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos If you’ve seen the show 13 Reasons Why, you’ll know that its soundtrack contains a rather unexpected wealth of alternative music. Amid wide controversy over the show, I was drawn to watch its first season, ...
Mellow Pleasure with Fleet Foxes and Amen Dunes Dylan Medlock April 25, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews The past year has seen quite a transformation for the artistic trajectories of indie folk staple Fleet Foxes and experimental indie rock group Amen Dunes. For Fleet Foxes, the release of their third album Crack...
Portugal. The Man creates a new universe at the Santa Barbara Bowl Emma Jaeger April 24, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos “We are not very good at stage banter,” Portugal. The Man’s backdrop proclaimed in bold white letters as the band began to set up their instruments on a dimmed stage. Unsurprisingly, their mantra proved t...
Cuco performs at Cal, con amor Celia Davalos April 23, 2018 Multimedia, Photos On April 21st, UC Berkeley’s school spirit celebration, Cal Day, took place. The event occurs every Spring, openly inviting newly admitted students to the campus. The school’s entertainment team Superb Prod...
Stagehands: out of sight, not completely out of mind Rebekah Gonzalez April 10, 2018 Interview, Photos 1 Comment The average concert goer's experience usually occurs within a four hour time frame, starting with their arrival to the venue once doors open, and ending with the artist’s exit from the stage and the house lig...
Berkeley – where hardcore thrives in the Bay Area – February/March 924 Gilman & The Hard Times Shows Recap Sam Jameson March 16, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Over the past few weeks, The Hard Times Shows & 924 Gilman have brought some incredible shows to the Bay Area's Hardcore scene. More specifically, Nick Bane has been doing an absolute kick-ass job, bringing...
COIN has an existential realization at the Fillmore Desiree Diaz March 12, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews It’s about 4 o’clock, four hours before the show starts, and the line is already 50-people long. Just minutes before doors open, the crowd wraps along Geary Blvd and around the corner. COIN fans come out i...