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A vision in Doc Martens: Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards at Bottom of the Hill

Micah Petyt
April 9, 2025
Opinion, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Indie-Rock, San Francisco
I didn’t want to go all the way to San Francisco. It was the first day back from spring break, I was too cold to wear the outfit I’d laid out, and it was starting to rain. I was exhausted and all I wanted t...

Preview: An interview with Johnny Manchild ahead of the Double Vision tour

Micah Petyt
March 31, 2025
Interview, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Indie-Rock, San Francisco
Piano-rock/alt-rock band Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards is coming to Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on 03/31. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview Johnny to chat about music, thei...

Story of an artist: The life of cult singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston

Annie Wynner
December 6, 2024
indie, indie scene, Indie-Rock, Music History, Rock
"The best thing you can say about me is that I have been and I always will be in the twilight zone, and I'm serious. I live a different life. I'm lonely, but it's not just being lonely. It's the things that I s...

“Merch ideas for HOMESHAKE’s next tour: Earplugs and Kleenex”

Danika Sanchez
November 7, 2024
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Indie-Rock, Multimedia, music, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco
I’m always first in line to any concert, and it was no different for HOMESHAKE’s November 4th show at the Regency in San Francisco. I was greeted by two burly men––well, seemingly burly, as they were bu...

Sleater-Kinney: Navigating a “Modern Girl” sound with 30-year punk roots

Peri Zoe Yildirim-Stanley
October 10, 2024
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Indie-Rock, Punk, Rock, San Francisco
My experience on Friday, October 4th, Day 1 of San Francisco’s annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival starts with a harrowing journey, full of twists and turns (literally, physically turning around and w...

Sun Room: The Final Breaths of a Carefree College Lifestyle

Megan Darzynkiewicz and Eliza Scheer
April 22, 2024
Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie scene, Indie-Rock, Local, music, Reviews
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...

Only in Your Wet Dreams: A Double Feature on Snow Wife & Wet Leg

Jenai Johns-Peterson
April 17, 2024
dance, EDM, indie scene, Indie-Rock, LGBTQ+, Pop, Reviews, women in music
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...

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