Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews

Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips dressed as "Carrie" for Halloween. Halfway through his set last Thursday, Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne declared it was “the greatest Halloween party San Francisco had...

Flatbush Zombies. Photo by Loren Wohl Tuesdays are rough for me. I have class pretty much straight from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. So when I stumbled off the bus in Oakland October 29, I was wondering if I’d be a...

On October 23rd, just two days after his engagement to girlfriend Kim Kardashian, Kanye West performed the third concert of his Yeezus Tour at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The tour comes several mon...

She’s a petite young girl with large eyes that go from worried to incandescently happy when she is in her realm. Her realm? Kypseli, Athens – the one she, who goes by Sarah P., and bandmate RΠЯ (pronounce...

It was cold, to say the least. I was zooming back from class when I spotted Palma Violets kicking back on the steps of Sproul Hall facing a crowd of eager fans. At that moment, I knew 50 degree weather would ha...

October 8, 2013. 6:30 p.m. U.C. Berkeley. I raced out of class at the pinpoint of sunset. I was about 100 feet from Zellerbach Hall’s infamous theater, where Fiona Apple was scheduled to perform with SoCal ...

It doesn’t get much better than a music festival in Golden Gate Park on a perfect Sunday afternoon--unless it’s free. And the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival always is. Since 2001, Hardly Strictly...

Arriving at the regal Great American Musical Hall in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district on the calm night October 1, I could not have anticipated from the relatively subdued atmosphere of the gathering cro...

"The wait is over, HSBers!" announced an enthused Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival staff in their late-night October 3rd newsletter. Those HSBers--or Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival goers--are the longt...

UC Berkeley band String Theory opens the free Sept. 26 night show for UK DJ Max Cooper on Cal's Upper Sproul. http://youtu.be/QsBJ9V0EObo media by Audrey Gertz...

On September 21, approximately 7,000 die hard fans of all ages lined up throughout and around America's Cup Pavilion in San Francisco for Twenty One Pilots, Panic! At The Disco, and Fall Out Boy. They stre...

After a long few months of Bay Area summers, the Saturday of September 21 felt like the first day of seasonal Fall. Waking up to rain after a long Berkeley summer was a bit shocking. I’d almost forgotten a...

It was Labor Day weekend in New York City. Award-nominated EDM festival Electric Zoo was gearing up for another solid lineup of high-profile DJ and electronic acts. Everyone was excited for Saturday’s openi...

Friday, September 13, the UC Berkeley Department of Music will sponsor its annual noon concert series at Hertz Concert Hall, located next to the Faculty Club on campus. Open to student and community members,...

Katie Stelmanis sings with her band Austra at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Toronto-based band Austra returned to San Francisco on Saturday for the second time this year to promote their well praised sophomo...