Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair for Natalie Mering: Weyes Blood Makes Hearts Aglow During Night 2 at the Regency Nico Chodor March 30, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Weyes Blood put me under a spell Sunday night at the Regency Ballroom, and I still haven’t fully recovered. Draped in the white billowing fabric of gods and/or ghosts, she breezed onto the stage...
Stompin’ and Hollerin’: Joy Abounds at Birdtalker’s Cornerstone Show Anna Armstrong March 27, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Uncategorized (Note: This review is from November 2021. You can stream Birdtalker's latest EP 'Thunder' (2023) anywhere you listen to music.) If you are in a time in your life where you feel shrouded in darkness, allow Na...
Regina Spektor stands alone, effortlessly Cammie Lambert March 24, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie-pop, music I arrived at Regina Spektor’s concert at the Warfield last Sunday, full of excitement and anticipation, spanning back to five months ago when it was announced that due to a bad case of Covid, she would have t...
Live! At The Masonic Auditorium: NAV Delivers A Truly Piping Hot, Poppin’ Performance Ava Aguiar March 20, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Pictured: NAV during "Never Sleep" I attended NAV’s show at the Masonic Theater in San Francisco on March 18, 2023, for his “Never Sleep” tour. Nav, who goes by NAV or the much more stylized ΠΔV is ...
Punk performance from Otoboke Beaver sends tremors through UC Theatre Kyle Garcia Takata March 19, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, music, Photos, Reviews The UC Theatre shook with exhilaration from experiencing over an hour of nonstop punk energy from Otoboke Beaver on International Women’s Day. With Accorinrin providing the main vocals, Yoyoyoshie on guitar, ...
August Hall turned Pink Pony Club: Chappell Roan in San Francisco Sinead de Cleir March 19, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, LGBTQ+, Reviews, San Francisco 1 Comment Chappell Roan in her music video for "My Kink is Karma" “It's not fun. It's not hot. It's not interesting. It's boring.” These were the words that Chappell Roan used to describe her experien...
Doom metal legends Candlemass triumph over technical difficulties at the DNA Lounge Lily Ramus and Tyler Harding March 18, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Photo by Lily Ramus A gloomy storm-tossed Tuesday is a miserable time to leave the house, but a perfect time for some occult doom metal. It was immediately apparent that this verdict reverberated across the...
A Night Out With the San Francisco Ballet: The Colors of Dance Josh Jiwanmall March 17, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Music Composition, Opinion, Previews, Reviews, San Francisco Alright. Before I begin, I must preface that I am not an avid ballet or dance observer. However, in the San Francisco Ballet’s opening night performance of their newest show, The Colors of Dance, it honestly ...
In Valhalla With Skegss At The Fillmore Lucy Gleeson March 5, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Skegss came to the Fillmore in San Francisco last Wednesday night, stopping in the Bay Area on their tour of the United States. A line formed outside the venue before doors were opened, where fans waited in exc...
Friends and Fauxes: Four Bands in One Night at Cornerstone Nico Chodor February 26, 2023 Berkeley, Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, San Francisco Touring with The High Curbs along their west coast stint, King Shelter breathed OC air into the Cornerstone at Berkeley Tuesday night. “Berkeley, you’re an interesting place," declared lead singer Taylor He...
A Rockstar Sometimes, A Mommy Forever Brandon Phan December 20, 2022 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, LGBTQ+, music, Oakland, Photos, Reviews “Mommy! Yes, mommy! I love you, mommy!!” the crowd cheers on. It’s pitch black out on a Saturday night, and the crowd is ecstatic to see everyone’s favorite mom perform live at the Fox Theater in Oaklan...
The Magic Of The Buchla 100 Synthesizer: A Night At The Starline Social Club with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Ava Aguiar December 13, 2022 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is an American composer, producer, and performer originally from Northwest Washington. The artist, who is currently based in Los Angeles, spent her former years at the Berklee college of m...
It’s Never Too Late For The Happy Fits Lucy Gleeson December 10, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews August Hall stood as a perfect anachronism, bringing different time periods and age groups together. Clashing decorations unapologetically revealed a timeless feel to the audience. The bar and upstairs areas ha...
Masonic Boom: Peach Pit Rocks So Hard That Neil Hurts His Neck Nico Chodor December 6, 2022 Berkeley, Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, music, Reviews, San Francisco Before Thursday night at the Masonic in SF, the closest I had ever come to seeing Peach Pit live was the Tropicalia Festival in 2019. Their self-titled claim to fame “Peach Pit” garnered extreme views on Yo...
25 Years of The Lonesome Crowded West: Modest Mouse at The Fox Theater in Oakland Lucy Gleeson December 5, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, Oakland, Photos, Reviews The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) is considered by many to be one of the greatest indie albums of all time; last Wednesday, Modest Mouse came to the Fox Theater in Oakland to celebrate 25 years since its release...