Reviews

Known as Nguzunguzu, the Los Angeles-based pair of Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda recently gifted us an immersive sequel to their 2011 mixtape Perfect Lullaby, which has been posted with an accompanying stream ...

LA princess LIZ repackages familar sounds from decades past in bright pink candy wrap on her debut EP, Just Like You. The seven-track album loosens hip-hop and pop chains from the new millennium, giving the ...

Last week, Night Riots brought their first headlining tour of the year to Bottom of The Hill in San Francisco, with support from The Epilogues, Ghost Parade, and Kiven. Night Riots have come a long way from hum...

Los Angeles-based Miner is on the rise. Growing from a home studio Kickstarter project, the contemporary folk band started as husband-wife duo Justin and Kate Miner in 2012 and expanded to include Jeremy Mine...

Noise Pop 2014 Going on 22 years strong, Noise Pop will again unpack its annual festival around San Francisco this week, and everyone from hometown indie hero Mark Kozelek to Michigan up-and-comers Lord Huron ...

Natural Child Earlier this month, Natural Child released “Saturday Night Blues,” the lead single for their forthcoming album, Dancin’ With Wolves. The four-minute track shows the bluesy Nashville roc...

St. Vincent's St. Vincent, available February 24 Between snorting fragments of the Berlin Wall and confrontations with “blind psychics turned online assassins,” wonder woman Annie Clark – aka St. Vincen...

Every Thursday The B-Side serves you The Weekend Menu. We'll tap select Bay Area shows we're definitely going to and hope to catch you at. Follow @berkeleybside on Instagram and Twitter and send us the best sn...

Night Riots are bringing their DIY act to The Bottom Of The Hill this Thursday, and it's going to be a show you won't want to miss. Hailing from San Luis Obispo, California, the alternative rock four-piece Ni...

Cibo Matto march back into the music scene with their latest, Hotel Valentine, donning neon Japanese street style and singing about strange spirits haunting their hotel room. Cibo Matto's Hotel Valentine Ci...

The UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra performed works by two classical warhorses on Saturday in Hertz Hall. The show featured Dvořák's truly American “From the New World” symphony and Stravinsky’s riotou...

Alex Fleming's Black Atlass is like a fusion of The Weeknd and Gardens & Villa raised in stylish, sophisticated Montreal. However exclusive the Montreal scene might feel there, 19-year-old Fleming has ...

Terry Malts at 924 Gilman On February 15, Terry Malts took their crooning ballads and distorted guitar riffs to Berkeley's historic punk venue, 924 Gilman. Opening acts included local bands Manatee, Street ...

Scavenger Hunt at Rickshaw Stop Although pervasive fog can often create a dream-like dullness across our balmy city, it was hardly the case Thursday night in San Francisco when Scavenger Hunt, Blondfire, and S...

Seahaven at Slim's in San Francisco Last Wednesday evening, 11th street in San Francisco seemed like a typical weekday night: quiet and empty, until you hit the 300 block outside of Slim’s bar and club where...