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 ...
Chronicles of a Diamond – Black Pumas, an album review Megan Darzynkiewicz December 7, 2023 Album Review, Opinion, R&B, Reviews, Rock The first time I heard the Black Pumas was when their song “Colors” popped up on my Spotify Discover Weekly. Since then, it’s become an absolu...
P-Funk’s Guide to the Mothership Lex Andersen December 3, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Black Culture, Funk, Oakland, Photos On November 25th, Parliament Funkadelic featuring George Clinton stopped by the Fox Theater on their “Just for the Funk of It” tour, celebrating o...
The complexity of love and loss in the Beatles’ “Now and Then” Gianna Caudillo November 28, 2023 News, Album Review, Reviews, Rock 1 Comment “One, two…,” counts Paul McCartney, but he is not about to launch into a rollicking, “Well, she was just seventeen! You know what I mean!” T...
“There’s Something About the Women!:” Warmth pervades Irene Young’s book release at the Freight & Salvage Gianna Caudillo November 27, 2023 Reviews, Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Contemporary Folk, Jazz, Local, Music History, Women's Music Movement When looking back at my frantically scratched notes in a pocket-sized address book I had brought to the 7pm celebration of Irene Young at the Freight ...
The Homeward Road: Miserable Faith Unites Bay Area Chinese-Speaking Diaspora in One Glorious Chorus Yansu Tan November 24, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, International, Rock Again and again Gao Hu, lead singer of Miserable Faith (痛仰乐队), addressed the crowd: “Do not stop my music (不要停止我的音乐)”. “...
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), co...
Why you should be digging Dijon: an Absolutely album review Katie Hulse November 19, 2023 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, indie, R&B The electrically honest debut album titled Absolutely (2021) moves in mysterious ways and pulsates with such raw emotion that it feels like the mu...
“Shawn-y Came Home”: Shawn Colvin at Sweetwater Music Hall Roxanne Bostian November 16, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews “Please no more therapy, mother take care of me.” This was the original plea that snapped my head around and had me scrambling to shuffle Shawn...
Freak the Freak Out! Nico Chodor and Sophia Shen November 13, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Metal, Rock, Shoegaze Last weekend, right on the heels of San Francisco’s multi-day, multi-venue Psyched! Fest, we crossed state lines for a Pacific Northwestern analogue...
I won’t quiet down for Faye Webster… even if she wanted me to Heidy Barrera November 12, 2023 indie, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews 2 Comments When did I start dreaming? Definitely not the day that I met Faye Webster, but that would’ve been so cool for this article. Singer Maye opened th...
eaJ’s Energetic Entrance into his first Headlining NA Tour Ashley Mauldin November 10, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews With a line wrapped around the block and then some, LA local eaJ’s presence was deep-set in San Francisco Sunday night. August Hall was sold out for...
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...
Battling Titans: Pallbearer and High on Fire at UC Theatre Joshua Morse November 8, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Local Metalheads are no strangers to the concept of giving up sleep in order to see their favorite bands live. However, there is something beautiful about a...
There Must Be Something About Stephen Sanchez: The Troubadour Performs His Biggest Show To Date Andrew Zendejas November 8, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Oakland, Pop I still remember the first time I encountered Stephen Sanchez. I was scrolling through TikTok and a video with Sanchez in a hospital room waiting for ...
