Laufey: The Evolution of a “Goddess” Ivonne Liang April 17, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Jazz, Local, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco 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...
Danny Brown smiles on San Francisco Liv Bjorgum April 9, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Rap, San Francisco 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, ...
Green Day’s celebratory homecoming at the Fillmore in San Francisco Dorothy Eck April 5, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Local, Punk, Rock, San Francisco Green Day by Jax Samsell The brisk San Francisco air felt refreshingly chilly to the red-faced, sweaty bodies spilling out of the Fillmore on Tuesday night. On an evening that will go down in Bay Area music...
The chaos of catharsis: Doom Loop Festival, starring Yeule Rushaad Mistry and Selina Yang March 21, 2024 indie, indie-pop, Rock, San Francisco, Shoegaze Doom Loop at the Regency Ballroom wasn't your standard music festival—some six-stage, three-day festival with name-brand flags and sponsored water stations. Instead, Doom Loop was a one-night, five-act festiv...
I can’t help but to groove: Bas at The Fillmore Catherine Li March 19, 2024 San Francisco, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, R&B, Rap, Reviews A Sudanese-American rapper born in France, Bas or Abbas Hamad born May 27, 1987, is a star in the rap world. With mentorship from world renowned rapper, J. Cole, and fellowship with Dreamville Records, Bas has ...
PLVTINUM: “HELLBOUND” But Sent to Heaven Jenai Johns-Peterson March 16, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, EDM, San Francisco It's not often you come across a crowd of people hoping to get spit on, but that’s exactly what you would have found on Jan. 26 at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco. A night of red lights, chokers and a whole lot...
93 ‘til Infinity: Bay Area hip hop and punk rock revolutions in 1993 Katie Hulse March 6, 2024 Berkeley, Local, Music History, Oakland, Punk, Rap, Rock, San Francisco, Uncategorized I was in my friend's car stumbling along the landscape when “93 ‘til Infinity" by Souls of Mischief trinkled out of the speakers and changed the way that I think about hip hop. Thirty years after its initia...
It’s a basement blitz with the Lemon Twigs! Gianna Caudillo December 17, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Rock, San Francisco San Francisco’s glitter-faced, mini-skirted, tailor-made crowd is alive and well, and the place to find them is in the Castro, clad in cheeky Beatles buttons and stomping through neon-lit basements in velvet ...
Finding salvation with Crosses at The Chapel Sofia Biagio December 8, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Rock, San Francisco, Shoegaze 1 Comment The musical group ✝️✝️✝️ (Crosses) is rightfully named, because Tuesday night’s show was a religious experience. It felt like the stars aligned perfectly for me to be there—the last time they to...
Ms. Lauryn Hill and the Fugees in San Francisco Dorothy Eck November 21, 2023 Black Culture, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, R&B, Rap, San Francisco Friday night at the Chase Center mounted a glorious celebration of Ms. Lauryn Hill’s seminal debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), commemorating its 25th anniversary with the reunion of Lauryn ...
A Triumphant Return: Palehound at The Chapel Sinead de Cleir November 9, 2023 Rock, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie scene, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco, Shoegaze On March 10th, 2020, Palehound played at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco for their headline tour with Adult Mom. The next day, the COVID-19 pandemic was declared and their tour was canceled. For Palehound, this m...
8 DAYS/14 SHOWS/9 VENUES: A Countercultural Halloweek at Psyched! Fest Nico Chodor November 6, 2023 Cultural Commentary, Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Feature, Multimedia, Music Consumption, News, Photos, Punk, Reviews, Rock, San Francisco Psyched! Fest - San Francisco's Independent Festival of Arts, Music, Diversity & Counterculture - opened Wednesday, October 25th at Rickshaw Stop. Brought to you by Psyched! Radio, the multiracial nonprofit...
A Drug-Free Trip: Psychedelia & Hip-Hop at The Masonic with Lil Yachty’s The Field Trip Tour Harrison Peters November 5, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, music, Photos, Rap, Reviews, San Francisco As I walked the near vertical climb up Powell Street on my way to The Masonic, I couldn’t help but wonder what to expect from this concert. After releasing his 2023 project “Let’s Start Here.”, Lil Ya...
Partying like it’s the late 1900s: the Breeders and Belly at the Warfield Sophia Shen October 27, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Rock, San Francisco 1 Comment Working as a stagehand at a music venue, you see enough middle-aged men whose bands you’ve never heard of strut across a stage. Thus, attending the Breeders’ 30th anniversary tour of their 1993 album Last S...
Angel Olsen at Regency Ballroom: Return/Rebirth in Earnest Emily Putnam October 25, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, San Francisco Angel Olsen walks out in white tulle, glorious bouffant, and unselfconscious grin. She is merry and (titularly) angelic. The set begins and drool appears on my chin. The rest of the audience is similarly en...