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 s...
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 rappe...
Gayathri Krishnan: Rockstar Shit, Genre-Bending R&B, and Manifesting Dreams Andrew Zendejas March 19, 2024 R&B, Interview, LGBTQ+, Ones to Watch, Pop, Womens History Month Gayathri Krishnan is an artist on the rise hailing from the City of Angels who is capturing the attention of audiences everywhere with her luscious, c...
RAEGAN, Pigeon Pit, and Autoheart bring Queer Joy to the Cornerstone Ashley Mauldin March 18, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews On a rather uneventful St. Patrick’s Day, I found myself on the 36 (which almost didn’t stop for me) making my way towards Downtown Berkeley for a...
Love like religion: A Dollface album review Katie Hulse March 18, 2024 Creative Writing, Album Preview, Album Review, Columns and Opinions, folk, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, music, Music Composition, Opinion, Pop, Reviews, women in music, women's music Hana Bryanne released her debut album titled Dollface on September 15, 2023, at twenty years old. It was written entirely by Bryanne and pro...
“Stuffed and Ready” for Cherry Glazerr Heidy Barrera March 18, 2024 indie, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Rock, women in music How long can you hold onto your teenage angst? More specifically, how long can you hold onto the image of being a teenage angst band? If you’re l...
Arlo Parks’ Performance at the Fox Theater Was “Too Good” Eliza Scheer March 16, 2024 Berkeley, Black Culture, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie-pop, Oakland, Photos, Womens History Month On March 5, Arlo Parks performed at Oakland’s Fox Theater. To kick off the show, Chloe George opened. Her 30 minute set was filled with gratitude...
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 S...
From indie folk to rock and roll: The Paper Kites deliver unforgettable performance at August Hall Anna Armstrong March 16, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Nearly 13 years ago, Australian band The Paper Kites charmed the indie-folk community with the release of their debut EP Woodland (2011). Today, it wo...
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 w...
Robbie Robertson’s Best Score nomination is a historic first for Indigenous representation Gianna Caudillo February 28, 2024 News, Indigenous Representation, Oscars Since the Oscar nominations came out, everyone’s been talking about Martin Scorcese’s epic Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), a historical drama t...
Freestyles to take to the grave Yara Choeb February 27, 2024 Opinion, Rap If someone asked me what I wanted to eat for my last meal, I would say forget the food. Play these 5 classic freestyles and I'll rest peacefully. ...
Uncovering the origins of Lovers Rock Sofia Biagio February 15, 2024 Black Culture, Cultural Commentary, Music History One day on my routine walk to class, “Lovers Rock” by TV Girl came on through shuffle. Call it overstated or cliché, but for some reason, this so...
Reachin’ through time: Digable Planets at The Fillmore Lucy Gleeson February 8, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Touring the 30th anniversary of their first record Reachin’ (1993), Digable Planets returned to the stage once again on Saturday night, after having...
Supporting Local Music, and Why You Should Listen to Gingsu Joshua Morse February 7, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview, Reviews A hush fell over the crowd at the Art House Gallery as sound checks faded into the background. The eager patrons were a mix of young and old, local an...
