From the Bayou to Big Ben: exploring ‘Drive Home’ and beyond with Portraits Of Tracy Harrison Peters October 21, 2023 indie-pop, Interview, LGBTQ+, music, Rap 19-year-old self-taught producer, singer-rapper, and multi-instrumentalist Portraits Of Tracy from Baton Rouge, Louisiana released her new project...
Musings on the state of punk at The Garden’s West Coast Tour Emmanuelle Mphuthi October 21, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Oakland, Political It was a cool Saturday evening when my friend Sabrina showed up to my apartment, white face paint and black eyeliner in hand. We excitedly applied the...
In a Shoegaze Daze: A Night with Slowdive at The Warfield Anna Armstrong October 21, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Shoegaze The shoegaze renaissance is upon us and we can thank Slowdive for that. Shoegaze is a genre of music popularized in the 1980s and 90s and is chara...
Still coming off of a concert “High:” a magical night with Slow Pulp and Babehoven Sofia Biagio October 20, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, music, San Francisco Ryan Albert during Babehoven set Emotions were high. Tears were shed. It was an incredible night in San Francisco, where Slow Pulp graced us with ...
Sofar Sounds: Why These Secret Shows Should Be On Your Bay Area Bucket List Anna Armstrong October 20, 2023 Feature, indie scene Shhh... I am going to let you in on a little secret. What if I told you you could go to a concert where you didn't know who was playing the show ...
Blonde Redhead Proves Sit Down For Dinner Was Worth The Wait Lucy Gleeson October 19, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Rock, San Francisco Twelve years after their last album release, alternative indie rock trio Blonde Redhead showcased their most recent work, Sit Down For Dinner (2023), ...
There is no music in genocide Anon October 18, 2023 Opinion, Political I don’t want to write about music. What is music when the pulse of a homeland is extinguished by the looming threat of more bombings and more death?...
Words about words: songs inspired by books and novels Katie Hulse October 17, 2023 Columns and Opinions, Cultural Commentary, Music Consumption, Music History Words hold immense power, and they often inspire and influence each other over time with the multitudes of organizations and contexts they c...
Kuromy Teaches Us When To Spit On People Samantha Friedland October 16, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview Kuromy Teaches Us When To Spit On People Kuromy is a garage punk band from Los Angeles, consisting of guitarist-vocalist Sophia, bassist-vocalist Bee...
Moshing and Mortality: ‘America’s Band’ Polyphia Enthralls at The Warfield Ivonne Liang and Sravani K October 16, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, prog-rock, Rock, San Francisco I distinctly remember the first time I discovered Polyphia. I was stuck at home during the COVID-19 lockdown, mindlessly scrolling the internet in sea...
A silver Saturday at The Fillmore with ALO Katie Hulse October 15, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie scene, Reviews, San Francisco On March 25, 2023, I got the opportunity to witness the blooming and time-suspending band called ALO at the famous Fillmore in San Francisco. ALO, sta...
A Love Letter to The Beths Luke Lanterman October 15, 2023 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, Photos One day during the Outside Lands music festival in August of 2022, my dad and I were walking around with little of a plan. The artists we were interes...
A Bewitching Night With the Reviver of Jazz: Laufey Ashley Mauldin October 11, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Girls in lacy skirts and dresses were standing next to their friends or partners in crewnecks, hair ribbons flowing in the Sunday night breeze. Accord...
“Jazz!! is!! back!!:” The release of Laufey’s “Bewitched” and thoughts on the future of the genre Gianna Caudillo October 10, 2023 Album Review, Classical, Columns and Opinions, Cultural Commentary, indie-pop, Jazz, Music Consumption, Opinion, Reviews In early 2021, a friend of mine sent me a link to a TikTok accompanied by an innocuous message somewhere along the lines of, “Thought you’d like t...
Gus Dapperton brings magical electricity to Bimbo’s 365 Club, captivates audience Anna Armstrong October 9, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie-pop, San Francisco No one commands a room quite like Gus Dapperton. On Sept. 30, Gus Dapperton took the stage at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco as part of the tour...