Xiuhtezcatl enters the hip-hop scene with “Break Free” Celia Davalos November 26, 2018 Uncategorized 18 year-old Xiuhtezcatl (pronounced "shoe-tez-caht") Roske-Martinez from Denver, known mononymously as Xiuhtezcatl, is a climate reform activist and, now, hip-hop artist. His name translated from the Nahuatl la...
Longstreth’s newest formation of the Dirty Projectors still puts on a good show Jack Austin November 9, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized I have to confess, I was terrified the Dirty Projectors would put on a mediocre show filled with good moments. I had heard a couple tracks off their latest album, Lamp Lit Prose (2018), and was thoroughly unimp...
Treasure Island 2018 a Symbiosis Bianca Lu October 23, 2018 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized Despite the mushrooming of countless music festivals all over the US, Treasure Island Music Festival put on by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment stirred up something special. This year’s festival...
Ekali takes DJing to another level at the Warfield Jacob Green October 20, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized On the biggest headlining tour of his life, Vancouver-based producer Nathan Shaw, better known as Ekali, delivered a stunning performance to a sold-out crowd at The Warfield. On the back of his recently release...
Kikagaku Moyo: a mystic midweek jaunt Celia Davalos October 18, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Uncategorized October 10th was the 10th stop for psychedelic rock/folk five-piece band, Kikagaku Moyo’s North America tour. All the way from Tokyo, the band lent the Wednesday night a gentle hand easing the transition to t...
Jeff Tweedy without Wilco – a pleasant surprise Claire Winthrop October 11, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Uncategorized Hardly Strictly Bluegrass – the annual free festival at Golden Gate park with numerous artists who tip toe in, out, and around bluegrass. From Friday through Sunday, the park sets up five separate stages, eac...
BREAKING NEWS!! Music’s IT couple break up after only a month of dating! Leka Gopal September 4, 2018 News, Uncategorized Noah Cyrus, claim to fame holding a decent amount of genetic material to older sister Miley Cyrus, and Lil Xan, whose claim to fame is creating a smear campaign against all benzos in a similar way Taylor Sw...
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit showcase ferocity and tenderness at the Greek Makaila Heifner September 2, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized Jason Isbell challenges what it means to be a country singer. In fact, he doesn’t even consider himself a country singer, and most people would probably agree once they’ve heard his brutally honest lyrics a...
Emotions flow at a wholesome night spent with Cuco and friends Harmony Lee February 28, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Uncategorized “This place looks poppin’!” our Uber driver announced as she pulled up to a sketchy pool hall that was blasting Latin music and flashing disco lights from within. After checking the place out a bit, we ca...
Bruno Major shines at Noise Pop Festival 2018 Anna Nguyen February 26, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized The Chapel was graced by the presence of Bruno Major and his live band last Tuesday, February 20th as a part of Noise Pop Festival 2018. Performing for a sold-out crowd, this is Major's first North American t...
Bananarama at the Warfield: through a modern lens Rebekah Gonzalez February 25, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Uncategorized I'm two hours early. At an average show, there would be a few thin lines of people against the barricade, the die hard fans that probably waited outside of the venue for most of the day. The rest of the fan bas...
Surveying the scene: how Low End Theory has recovered since parting ways with The Gaslamp Killer Veronica Irwin January 9, 2018 Uncategorized 1 Comment A weekly Wednesday night event in a seedy pocket of East Los Angeles, Low End Theory has always been cooler than it should have been: with better-than-thou fashionable attendees despite its un-instagrammable ae...
“Always celestial vibes”: an interview with The Seshen Veronica Irwin December 11, 2017 Interview, Uncategorized Bay area-based band The Seshen has always been hard to pin down. Falling somewhere between dub, R&B, electronica, and synth-pop, their music lies outside of all genre expectations. Groovy without a doubt, t...
The Seshen preview and ticket giveaway Veronica Irwin November 29, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews, Uncategorized Bay area-based R&B group The Seshen is set to grace the Cornerstone stage in Berkeley this Friday. Opening will be LoCura, Space Captain, and DJ Dream Queen. Characterized by Akiyoshi Ehara’s synthy-di...
The Drums share Abysmal Thoughts at The Fillmore Ally Mason July 31, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Uncategorized Friday, July 21, was a remarkable night for guitar pop aficionados at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Soccer Mommy, Stef Chura, and The Drums comprised a bill of bands with a penchant for melodic earworms and i...