It’s All Love with Alvvays at The Fillmore
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...
Ladies, gentlemen, nonbinaries, and bottoms: Lil Nas X at the Bill Graham
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...
San Francisco, Where’s Your Disco?: Dom Dolla Headlines Day To Night Festival
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...
Three Cheers for the Return of My Chemical Romance: wowing Oakland Arena for the first time since 2007
(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 ...
Bloom and Grow: Luna Li enthralls all at Rickshaw Stop
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...
Sugar, mice, and everything nice: black midi with Black Country, New Road at the Warfield
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...
3 Years for 3 Hours: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Melt Minds at the Greek Theatre
*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...
The Portola Music Festival Experience
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
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...
Post-Punk Excellence Undermined by… a Majority White Audience: Viagra Boys at The New Parish
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 ...
Best Acts at Primavera Sound LA
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...
People of Portola (Music Festival)
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:
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Festival Diary: A Primavera Sound Experience
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...
First dates and new music
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...
Moshing With Your Mom at the Goo Goo Dolls
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...