Previews

This Friday one of the most exciting acts in punk today is coming to The Fox Theatre in Oakland. FIDLAR embodies the fun loving, yet angsty and tired nature of the skate punk scene. Their name serves as an acro...

Weaving through San Francisco on BART and MUNI, I arrived at a building that didn’t look like much from the outside except for the classic-looking sign announcing SYML and Dizzy. When I walked in, I was welco...

On October 14th, children in tie-dyed shirts pranced in the middle of the streets, puffing ginormous bubbles and finger painting colorful sketches that reflected the swirls on their t-shirts. College students �...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass – the annual free festival at Golden Gate park with numerous artists who tip toe in, out, and around bluegrass. From Friday through Sunday, the park sets up five separate stages, eac...

Most cultures consider the number 7 to be special, and the seventh installment of Desert Daze is treating a lucky few to a weekend of musical delights this October 12th-14th. For their seventh annual festival, ...

STRFKR celebrated their 10 year anniversary this weekend with three performances at The Independent in San Francisco. The Portland natives came in fabulous ‘50s dresses, shining pearls, and luscious blonde wi...

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, ...

“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...

Photo Credit: Luke Eblen After over three years of experimentation, recording, and extensive production, DJ What So Not released his highly anticipated debut album Not All the Beautiful Things (2018).  The...

Noise Pop’s annual Noise Pop Festival will bring singer/songwriter Bruno Major to the Chapel next Tuesday, February 20th. Noise Pop hosts the annual festival, which brings together one of the biggest gatherin...

On December 15, Fox Theater opened its venue to French Kiwi Juice, with featuring artists ((( O ))) and Masego. French Kiwi Juice’s opener was the ethereal ((( O ))) (also known as June Marieezy), a Filipin...

This Saturday, pop singer-songwriter Ashe will join electronic duo Louis the Child for a stop at Oakland’s Fox Theater as part of their “Last to Leave” tour. Previously best known for her vocal feature on...

Jamila Woods will be saturating the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on December 6 with her sweet and soulful R&B groove to promote the re-release of her popular debut LP, HEAVN (2016) presented ...

Bay area-based R&B group The Seshen is set to grace the Cornerstone stage in Berkeley this Friday. Opening will be LoCura, Space Captain, and DJ Dream Queen. Characterized by Akiyoshi Ehara’s synthy-di...

What started as a renegade party in the Mojave Desert hosted by four best friends has quickly grown into one of the dominant forces in the electronic music industry.  Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds, Marbs, & Por...