Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews

  (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:  ...

The iconic Primavera Sound festival finally made its way to Los Angeles, California on the weekend of September 16th-18th. For two decades Primavera Sound has been spreading music throughout the world. The fest...

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...

Sunday, September 4th marked the day of my first rendezvous with 90s American rock band, The Goo Goo Dolls. While an innate familiarity with their songs had been unknowingly instilled in me from early morning r...

On Thursday, April 14, indie punk group Mannequin Pussy rocked Upper Sproul, sparking a daytime mosh that triumphed over the gloomy weather conditions and chased the rainy day blues away. This was an unexpected...

Together Pangea, Sad Park, and Reckling brought out all the stops Thursday night at Cafe Du Nord for the 29th show of Pangea’s How to DYE tour. Reckling kicked things off as the crowd trickled into the Market...

I arrived just as opener Injury Reserve began their set on April 19th at the UC Theater. The crowd already seemed promising with both pit and balcony getting filled by people intently watching the duo composed ...