Reviews

Following the weekend of San Francisco’s annual festival Outside Lands, the Golden Gate Park hosted 50,000 people for another day of music on August 17, though this time the event attracted a crowd of metal a...

After 40,000 steps, two missing scarves, and a shredded pair of boots, HARD Summer left us with an echo of beats in our minds and sore bodies from a weekend of dancing. It was acts including Fisher and Chris La...

“Who the fuck are you? I'm a brat when I'm bumpin' that.” This summer has been colored lime green and it’s all Charli xcx’s fault. Charli xcx’s latest album BRAT (2024) has taken over the pop mu...

Following the release of their new record titled ‘Neon Pill,’ alt-rock band Cage the Elephant made their ninth tour stop on July 3 at the Santa Barbara Bowl to tear up the stage with an energy I’ve rarely...

What would a summer in NYC be without a music festival luring in audiences from all across the Tri-State area? The sun could not shine as bright around here without Gov Ball each year! As a local growing up ...

Stepping across the red plush-carpeted threshold of Bimbo’s 365 Club on Sunday night felt like turning back seventy years’ time. No longer were we college students adrift in the San Francisco of 2024—we h...

Last week, I attended DoLab’s Lightning in a Bottle (LIB) festival. The festival was located at Buena Vista Lake, California and spanned a whole five days from May 22-27, 2024. Dubbed “mini-Burning Man,” ...

The Just Like Heaven Festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena was a day soaked in nostalgia that brought to life my high school playlist, and left my Death Cab for Cutie loving parents sour and jealous of me. Just...

Entering the Friends Field for Mill Valley Music Festival, I had no idea what to expect. I was definitely enticed by a few of the bands on the bill, but I went into the rest of the lineup with an open mind. And...

Last Thursday (April 11, 2024), I had the privilege to catch a performance by the band SUN ROOM as they made a pit stop in Northern California, playing two shows in Sacramento and Berkeley. This weekend, th...

Skydiving off of a building. Skinny dipping with your best friend. Committing arson in the dead of night. Have you done any of these actions that I cannot legally condone? No? Well, neither have I. This, howeve...

Smoke continued to linger in the air from Grace Enger’s intimate acoustic set, setting a mysterious mood. People of all ages, but most notably girls with ribbons in their hair were seated in anticipation. Shr...

Friday, April 12, just before the latest round of rainfall would begin to kiss the streets of San Francisco, synth pop princess Alice Phoebe Lou delivered a heartfelt and cathartic set to an entranced audience ...

On the first Friday in April, my B-Side bestie Sam and I stumbled our way out of the Powell Street BART station and towards my favorite venue in San Francisco- August Hall. With a “SOLD OUT” sign plastered ...

It takes a uniquely seasoned artist to easily command a stage without force, smile at his own lyrics, and communicate the same reverence for his audience that they give him. On Thursday night in San Francisco, ...