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Eliza Scheer
May 6, 2024
dance, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Disclosure, EDM, Multimedia, music, Ones to Watch, Photos, Previews
Do Lab’s Lightning in a Bottle festival kicks off this month, coming to Buena Vista Lake, California on May 22 to May 27, 2024. The immersive 5 day ...

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Where do I begin? I first want to thank my wonderful friend Riya for accompanying me on this journey and for her growing patience. When I asked ...

Sun Room: The Final Breaths of a Carefree College Lifestyle

Megan Darzynkiewicz and Eliza Scheer
April 22, 2024
Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie scene, Indie-Rock, Local, music, Reviews
Last Thursday (April 11, 2024), I had the privilege to catch a performance by the band SUN ROOM as they made a pit stop in Northern California, pl...

The world is… Hatsune Miku’s? What to know about Vocaloid

Gwen Tam
April 21, 2024
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If you’ve ever lurked in the digital swamp that was the Internet during the 2000s to early 2010s, chances are, you have encountered, in some form, V...

Only in Your Wet Dreams: A Double Feature on Snow Wife & Wet Leg

Jenai Johns-Peterson
April 17, 2024
dance, EDM, indie scene, Indie-Rock, LGBTQ+, Pop, Reviews, women in music
Skydiving off of a building. Skinny dipping with your best friend. Committing arson in the dead of night. Have you done any of these actions that I ca...

Laufey: The Evolution of a “Goddess”

Ivonne Liang
April 17, 2024
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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...

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Friday, April 12, just before the latest round of rainfall would begin to kiss the streets of San Francisco, synth pop princess Alice Phoebe Lou deliv...

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April 9, 2024
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On the first Friday in April, my B-Side bestie Sam and I stumbled our way out of the Powell Street BART station and towards my favorite venue in San F...

Danny Brown smiles on San Francisco

Liv Bjorgum
April 9, 2024
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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 audie...

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Annie Wynner
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After a breakup, any music lover immediately takes to Spotify to begin crafting a flawless playlist that truly encapsulates the pain of heartbreak. On...

Green Day’s celebratory homecoming at the Fillmore in San Francisco

Dorothy Eck
April 5, 2024
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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 Tues...

Tales from the road: A night with Hurray for the Riff Raff

Rushaad Mistry
April 4, 2024
Contemporary Folk, folk, Uncategorized
The morning of April 1st, Alynda Segarra, lead singer of Hurray for the Riff Raff, tweeted:   used to sleep in golden gate park, playing au...

Trains and Changing Constants: KST’s Theatrical Odyssey at the Great American Music Hall

Yansu Tan
April 2, 2024
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KST, or 康士坦的變化球, performed the fifth and last stop of their 2024 US Tour for their latest album, 眠月線 Track to Sleeping Moon (2023)...

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Dorothy Eck
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Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina pirouetted and pliéd gracefully across the stage at Zellerbach Auditorium this Saturday, in a ballet adaptation choreog...

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...
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