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Live! At The Masonic Auditorium: NAV Delivers A Truly Piping Hot, Poppin’ Performance

Ava Aguiar
March 20, 2023
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews
Pictured: NAV during "Never Sleep" I attended NAV’s show at the Masonic Theater in San Francisco on March 18, 2023, for his “Never Sleep” tour. Nav, who goes by NAV or the much more stylized ΠΔV is ...

A Night Out With the San Francisco Ballet: The Colors of Dance

Josh Jiwanmall
March 17, 2023
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Music Composition, Opinion, Previews, Reviews, San Francisco
Alright. Before I begin, I must preface that I am not an avid ballet or dance observer. However, in the San Francisco Ballet’s opening night performance of their newest show, The Colors of Dance, it honestly ...
Alex G at The Fillmore 2022 by Div Buccieri

You can leave it to Alex G

Div Buccieri
November 7, 2022
Album Review, Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie scene, indie-pop, LGBTQ+, Multimedia, music, News, Reviews
Surely, you or someone you know went to the Alex G concert in SF. The event, held Oct. 19 at The Fillmore on a chilly fall Wednesday night, mothered something other than the usually-disquieted Alex G, thanks to...

Hanging Out with Drugdealer this Halloween at The Chapel

Lucy Gleeson
November 4, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews
Following the release of their most recent album, Hiding in Plain Sight (2022), Drugdealer returned to San Francisco to kick off their month-long North American tour at The Chapel. Hailing from Oakland, Califor...

Genre-defying, rising artist BAYLI talks Telfar bags, empowerment, and ‘bringing the underground to the mainstream’

Zara Koroma
October 28, 2022
Black Culture, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview, Previews
When listening to Brooklyn-based artist BAYLI, you cannot help but be transported to a universe that embraces creativity, authenticity, and community. One look at the cover for her newest EP, stories 2, and you...

Best Acts at Primavera Sound LA

Carolina Munce
October 2, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Uncategorized
  Photo by Nicolita Bradley Arca: She/Her/It/They/Them Arca, our extraterrestrial goddess. Arca knows no limits and chooses to defy every border within music. Arca is a legend. A Venezuelan artis...

First dates and new music

Riley Collins
September 20, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Previews, Reviews
I learned about Remi Wolf how everyone else learns about music nowadays: a hinge date. More often than not, these dates are unsuccessful, filling your brain with information that will no longer be needed in two...

Serotonin with Girl in Red

Layla Mahmoud
April 19, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, women in music
It’s with electric guitars and flashing red lights that Girl in Red opened her sold-out concert in San Francisco on the 11th of April. At the Regency Ballroom, in front of a crowd of mostly young women, s...

Any Shape You Take: Indigo De Souza at The Great American Music Hall

Addie Briggs
April 11, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Uncategorized
On Thursday, March 21st Indigo De Souza performed at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, mesmerizing a fairly quaint venue packed with screaming fans. Indigo’s music has a unique rhythmic quality ...

“I know this song from TikTok” – an empowering night with Baby Tate

Riley Collins
March 31, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews
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The unexpected rain created a sense of urgency as fans rushed to get inside Oakland's Fox Theater on March 27th; shelter-seekers became indistinguishable from those clamoring to hear Baby Tate open for Charli X...

A Night of Unconventional Sound and Post-Punk Excitement With Squid

Sabrina Herrera
March 17, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos
“It’s Saturday?” asks Squid lead singer and drummer Ollie Judge at the August Hall on March 12th. It was definitely Saturday night for the very diverse crowd where people from all walks of life enjoyed th...

Three Takeaways From Emma Gerson and Her Latest Project Girlfried

Joe Sison
February 1, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News
About two months ago I was on the set for what was then Berkeley B-Side’s latest live production. In between fixing cameras to tripods and uncoiling extension cords, I noticed a certain individual walk in and...

HELLTONES AND MACKS AND SPOON BENDERS, OH MY!

Nico Chodor
November 19, 2021
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews
Who? The Helltones, The Macks, and Spoon Benders; What? Oakland Secret Halloween Bash; When? Thursday, October 21st at Oakland Secret - community arts space for live music and vendors, but also home to my good ...

Q&A: Ultra Q’s Jakob Armstrong talks upcoming EP “Get Yourself a Friend,” return to live music

Maya Banuelos
November 16, 2021
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview
After nearly two years without live music and over a year since their last release, Oakland-based punk band Ultra Q has returned to the Bay in anticipation of their third and upcoming EP Get Yourself A Friend,...

The Wonderful World of Wolf Alice

Layla Mahmoud
November 4, 2021
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
On Saturday night of Halloween weekend, I had the pleasure of seeing Wolf Alice at August Hall in San Francisco. As I walked to the venue from the train station, I began to fill with excitement. The streets wer...
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