Glass Animals amaze under a pineapple-lit sky Arnav Chaturvedi September 28, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews A towering set of letters, “GA,” lit by hanging Tetris blocks and accompanied by a large antique television set the scene for the Glass Animals’ performance at the Greek Theatre this past Friday. A pinea...
All the Feels in San Francisco: TOKiMONSTA at Mezzannine SF Connor Tapley September 28, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews This past Wednesday, DJ/Producer TOKiMONSTA continued her "The Lune Rouge Tour," DJ’ing a packed house at Mezzanine in San Francisco. Known for her signature style of production that seamlessly combines chi...
Welcome to Redgate Ranch Fiona Duerr September 26, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Save the Waves is a nonprofit organization with a mission to protect coastal ecosystems around the world. For a couple years now, they have been putting on a small music festival involving good tunes, DIY campi...
At The Greek, Mac DeMarco does his thing, takes it easy, celebrates Christmas Jordan Aronson September 13, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Last Friday night, Canadian-born, LA-based slacker-rock musician Mac DeMarco rolled through Berkeley’s Greek Theater, playing before a sold out crowd to kick off the North American leg of his tour in support ...
Jorja Smith mesmerizes at Great American Music Hall Eda Yu September 8, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Jorja Smith, the 20-year-old R&B English wunderkind, stepped out onto the stage of the Great American Music Hall to the ecstatic cheers of a sold-out crowd last Thursday night. First gaining traction in 201...
Cuco sweeps audience into lovesick stupor in Bay Area debut Eda Yu September 1, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Around 6 p.m. last Thursday night, fans lined out the door and around the block of the New Parish, Downtown Oakland’s intimate, high-energy music venue. Preparing for the sold-out show to come, the small crow...
Fatal Jamz get self-conscious millennials to dance at L.A.’s The Echo Vivian Chen August 8, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews “More reverb please.” Local dream pop band Sugarcube’s opening words essentially summed up the line-up last Friday night at L.A.’s The Echo. Starting the night off with their Archy Marshall-esque bar...
The Drums share Abysmal Thoughts at The Fillmore Ally Mason July 31, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Uncategorized Friday, July 21, was a remarkable night for guitar pop aficionados at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Soccer Mommy, Stef Chura, and The Drums comprised a bill of bands with a penchant for melodic earworms and i...
Sufjan Stevens Traverses Galaxies at the Fox Kavitha George July 31, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews For years, Sufjan Stevens has produced the kind of music that makes me wonder if he isn’t a medium for some higher cosmic forces. The sweet and dreamily sad Carrie & Lowell (2015), exuberant compositi...
Keys n Krates storm Cornerstone for Audiotistic afterparty Jordan Aronson July 28, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews On Saturday, July 15, after headlining the Audiotistic festival in Mountain View, Canadian-DJ-trio Keys n Krates travelled up the East Bay for an afterparty set at Cornerstone. Bombastic beats in tow, Keys put ...
MNL to SFO: Manila Killa swings through the Regency Ballroom Jordan Aronson July 27, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews On Saturday, July 8, 24 year old Filipino DJ Manila Killa brought some of his future bass stylings to the Regency Ballroom, delivering a 90-minute set of this year’s EDM staples. Manila Killa – who takes hi...
Iration spreads the love at the Greek Theater Arnav Chaturvedi July 26, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews On a warm summer Saturday night, Iration performed at the Greek Theater in Berkeley for the Sounds of Summer 2017 tour. They were the second of three acts on the stage that night, including Slightly Stoopid and...
Connan Mockasin Live & the event you’re probably missing out on John Lawson July 19, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews I hesitate to tell you about the Academy of Sciences' monthly NightLife LIVE events only because I'm afraid it will soon become popular and pricey and these monthly nighttime experiences will lose their l...
Arroyo Seco Weekend Meaghan Allen July 19, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Running for twenty-five miles along the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County is a strip of water called the Arroyo Seco, meaning “dry stream” in Spanish. As a seasonal river, the Arroyo S...
In Bay Area homecoming, Tycho radiant at The Greek Jordan Aronson July 11, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews There’s something about The Greek that allows it to elevate a good show to a great show. Whether it’s the location, the tall, steep bowl shape, the columns lining the back of the stage, or the oversized pit...