Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews

Last weekend, I was lucky enough to see the two best live performances I have ever been to. Kicking off the weekend with the Jungle Giants on Friday, I thought there was no chance that Spacey Jane’s Saturday ...

On Friday, October 28, I was blown away by the Jungle Giants’ stage presence and energy. The show exceeded my expectations in every way. The Jungle Giants performed with opener Tim Atlas at Bimbo’s 365 C...

Omar Apollo performed at the Fox Theater in Oakland on November 3. The show was completely sold out–with tickets reselling for nearly five times their original price. The audience was composed of many college...

To kick off the second show in the latter half of their Fall Tour promoting their most recent EP Nisemono (2022), Ginger Root, composed of frontman Cameron Lew, bassist Dylan Hovis, drummer Matt Carney, and cam...

Surely, you or someone you know went to the Alex G concert in SF. The event, held Oct. 19 at The Fillmore on a chilly fall Wednesday night, mothered something other than the usually-disquieted Alex G, thanks to...

Following the release of their most recent album, Hiding in Plain Sight (2022), Drugdealer returned to San Francisco to kick off their month-long North American tour at The Chapel. Hailing from Oakland, Califor...

Photo by Lily Ramus When I was 13 I ‘discovered’ rock music. The pop music in my iTunes library was replaced by darker and heavier punk rock, and my tights and dresses were swapped with band tees and bl...

I discovered Lexi Jayde through her single “Oldest Teenager” when it popped up on my Discover Weekly just over 2 years ago. I remember immediately saving the song — it was catchy, and since it came out du...

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 ...