Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews

Following her 2020 release of Before Love Came to Kill Us, Jessie Reyez has finally blessed us with a long-awaited national tour for her 2022 release Yessie. On October 27, Jessie performed after supporting act...

             I’ve danced alone in my bedroom to the newest MUNA self-titled record (2022) countless times now. With shimmering synths and endlessly danceable grooves, I’ve been waiting for the day th...

Orchestral stadium rock and roll. As B-Side’s resident music major (and rockstar), when the opportunity to cover The Who Hits Back Tour was generously extended to our publication, I knew it was meant for me. ...

Alvvays enchants with their first gig back in the Bay Area since 2018 alongside new release, Blue Rev (2022). “How I gauge whether this is stasis or change”... I’m 15 screaming the lyrics to “Archie...

Photo by Jane Tyska/Bay Area News “Old Town Road” blew up during my last semester of high school. As the longest-running No. 1 in Billboard chart history it may as well have been the song my class walke...

Day To Night Festival Day 1 Thousands of people traveled to Treasure Island on October 15 for Day To Night Festival. Only a 15 minute drive from Berkeley, I was at the festival in no time. There was onl...

  (Gerard Way photographed by Luis Rosales)   On October 5th at around 5:30pm, my boyfriend and I made our way towards Oakland Arena to see My Chemical Romance. We’d been waiting for this ...

Friday, October 14 at Rickshaw Stop saw a radiant, arresting performance by the rising Asian Canadian indie sweetheart Luna Li, accompanied by the playfully moody up-and-coming Los Angeles project zzzahara. Emb...

Everything nice but Isaac Wood, that is. I am at the back of a line. A long line. Hopping off at BART’s Powell Station, I was not expecting this many people; an amused feeling of surprise crawls its way ac...

*DISCLAIMER: While I break down much of the setlist I am aware that I do not touch on every song they played. This is a conscious choice.*  It had been three years since I bought the tickets in 2019. King G...

On the 24th of September 2022, the Portola Music Festival commenced on Pier 80 at noon sharp. As all the attendees made their way toward the entrance of Portola, a chilling excitement could be felt and seen thr...

The Best Tour Ever goes Worldwide: Aminé’s Thrilling Paris Performance Despite the cloudy September skies and post-rain chill that fill the streets with brown wool sweaters that sit upon the necks of fash...

On Tuesday September 27th, the night was young and a large group lined up at the New Parish 15 minutes before doors in anticipation of the Viagra Boys show. The opening acts were socal based band Militarie Gun ...

  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...

The Portola Music Festival drew thousands to Pier 80 in San Francisco last weekend, on September 24th and 25th. The Berkeley B-side spoke to some of the festival goers. Here are the people of Portola:  ...