Pool up to Uncool Halloween hosted by SWMRS and ticket giveaway Celia Davalos October 21, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews SWMRS are returning back home to the Bay Area bringing punk sounds to liven up Halloween weekend. The event is their second annual Uncool Halloween fest at the UC Theater in Berkeley on Saturday, October 28...
Get ready for RL Grime’s trap house Arnav Chaturvedi October 16, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews RL Grime is ready to storm the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium this weekend with two performances on Friday and Saturday night. Grime is setting out on his Nova Tour which just started last week in Vancouver...
Aftershock Festival lineup promises a rock utopia Rebekah Gonzalez October 5, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews In just 15 days, on October 21 and 22, Aftershock Festival is returning to Sacramento, CA. This is the sixth year in a row that the hard-rock festival will take place at Discovery Park in downtown Sacramento. T...
This Friday at The Greek: Mac Demarco closes out the summer Jordan Aronson September 5, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews This Friday, Canadian-born indie rocker Mac Demarco will bring his chill, “slacker-rock” vibes to Berkeley’s Greek Theater. The show marks the start of a North American tour in support of his third studio...
Desert daze preview and ticket giveaway Veronica Irwin August 25, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Coming back for their sixth installation, Desert Daze is set to rock out Joshua Tree October 12th-15th. To celebrate the start of the new semester, we will be giving away tickets to the event. The “ritual ...
What to expect from Tim & Eric (here’s a hint: we don’t know) Rosie Davidowitz July 27, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim make up a fantastic comedic duo with a polarizing sense of humor that can effectively leave half of an audience amused beyond belief, while the other half lies at the peak of con...
Burger Boogaloo: Punk fest returns to Mosswood Park John Lawson June 26, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews It's that time of the year again. July 1-2, Oakland's Mosswood Park will be the site of the 8th annual Burger Records' Burger Boogaloo. Dreamlanders' cult cinematographer John Waters returns to host the eve...
Comedian Chris Hardwick launching ID10T Festival at the Shoreline Edfil Dulay June 7, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews Music, comedy, comics books -- need I say more? Chris Hardwick's ID10T Festival (June 24 - 25) is everything you and your inner-nerd have been waiting for. Not only will the festival feature big name headlin...
Jean-Michel Jarre returns to North America, plays The Greek May 26 Jordan Aronson May 22, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Jarre performs in Toronto on May 9, kicking off the North American leg of the Electronica Tour On the heels of his last two projects – Oxygène 3 (2016) and Electronica (2015-2016) – French electronica ...
Henry Grace’s graceful approach to balancing school and music Noah Bogner April 23, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview, Previews Henry Grace’s adept songwriting skills and unique vocals defy his age. At 25 years old, UC Berkeley student Henry Grace sounds like he’s a musician with years of experience touring and making music under hi...
The price of pro: The Growlers at The Warfield John Lawson April 2, 2017 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Brooks Nielsen is not a good dancer. The Growlers frontman shuffled around The Warfield stage for over two hours this Friday on their City Club tour, his back straight, arms gesticulating casually to the thu...
Shing02 & The Chee-Hoos pay tribute to Nujabes at the Social Hall Edfil Dulay March 21, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews In an emotion-packed, rhyme-flying concert, Japanese rapper Shing02 with help from the The Chee-Hoos paid tribute to fellow artist and principle collaborator, Nujabes (Jun Seba), who tragically passed away...
The B-Side picks, South by Southwest Ally Mason March 13, 2017 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Mixtapes, Previews, Staff Pick As South by Southwest officially enters its thirty-first year, I enter my twenty-first, and our paths finally collide. Growing up, my dad promised to take me to the Elysian musical free-for-all in Austin, Texas...
Robin Pecknold left the nest and returned with a new Fleet Foxes album Delaney Gomen March 10, 2017 Album Preview, Previews, Reviews For the first time in almost six years, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold’s distinctive voice has brought life to new lyrics with the release of their new single, “Third of May / Ōdaigahara.” The track was jo...
Ann Wilson on her solo tour, the Bay, and how to be a rock and roll feminist in 2017 Natalie Silver March 10, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview Barracuda was written out of absurd circumstances. When an industry sleazeball in Heart's dressing room insinuated that lead singer Ann Wilson and her sister, Nancy, were lovers, Wilson retaliated by writing....