The A-side Sessions presents: No Room No Sweetener Natalie Gott October 11, 2020 Interview, Multimedia, Uncategorized On a Saturday afternoon that felt far too brief, the longing for live music was put to ease as solo artist Juhuhn Kim of No Room No Sweetener plays the debut set of our mutli-media series, The A-side Sessions....
A night of acoustic bliss With Ty Segall Ella Connor and Natalie Kemper February 12, 2020 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Sprinkled with pockets of scenic lookout points throughout the coast, where passer-byers, tourists and excited concert-goers such as myself can step out and experience the magical vastness through its stunning...
Anti-Folk has a band now: Jon Bunting at the Red Heron Clementine Zimmer November 14, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews If you just clicked on this article and you don’t know who Jon Bunting is, stop. Don’t you dare make any assumptions because you saw the picture of a dude in a beanie playing acoustic guitar. Go listen to h...
Beautiful and creepy: Metallica’s Helping Hands…Live & Acoustic at The Masonic Shayan Shirkhodai February 6, 2019 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Reviews “Beautiful and creepy” — these adjectives uttered straight from the mouth of singer (and rhythm guitarist) James Hetfield mid-performance were the perfect words to describe Metallica’s newest album, Hel...
EDEN brings new sound, emotion to the Regency Ballroom Jacob Green March 19, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Minutes before the beginning of his highly anticipated performance, 22-year-old Jonathon Ng (stagename EDEN) quickly peaked his head out from backstage to see a sea of fans closely monitoring the stage for any ...
Real Estate brings warmth back to the Bay Annie Nguyen February 28, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Last weekend, Real Estate visited Fox Theatre to play their first show in Oakland, CA. The concert was part of the Noise Pop Music & Arts Festival, the Bay's annual indie arts week, and it was only fitting ...
AJJ @ Bottom of the Hill Circe Ament December 20, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews AJJ, a folk-punk band from Arizona, is on tour and selling out shows left and right. Upon arriving to Bottom of the Hill, and edgy punish venue in San Francisco, Kitty Kat Fan Club was halfway through their...
Okkervil River Meets Death On Away HR Huber-Rodriguez September 20, 2016 Album Review, Reviews Few bands have maintained the album to album consistency achieved over the last dozen years by Austin’s Okkervil River. Fronted by Will Sheff - the band’s vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and ...
Vestiges & Claws reveals the truth beneath José’s messy hair Kavitha George February 14, 2015 Album Review, Reviews 1 Comment Photo by Malin Johansson Swedish folk artist José González has long been my go-to artist for introspective train rides and flights home. For someone who fell in love with the hit “Heartbeats” and hi...
Fink head south, grow progressive pessimism on Hard Believer Joanna Jiang July 15, 2014 Album Review UK-based, DJ-turned-songwriter Fin Greenall’s orchestral folk trio, Fink, is the Django Unchained of their genre, rooted in a Southwest image of covered wagons and rolling tumbleweed but still progress...