Tagged alt rock

Working as a stagehand at a music venue, you see enough middle-aged men whose bands you’ve never heard of strut across a stage. Thus, attending the Breeders’ 30th anniversary tour of their 1993 album Last S...

The cover of Chicano Batman's 2010 debut, featuring its iconic logo Chicano Batman is a newer-generation, soulful Latino band from East Los Angeles, California. East LA is a culturally rich urban area for ...

The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) is considered by many to be one of the greatest indie albums of all time; last Wednesday, Modest Mouse came to the Fox Theater in Oakland to celebrate 25 years since its release...

Following the release of their most recent album, Hiding in Plain Sight (2022), Drugdealer returned to San Francisco to kick off their month-long North American tour at The Chapel. Hailing from Oakland, Califor...

The iconic Primavera Sound festival finally made its way to Los Angeles, California on the weekend of September 16th-18th. For two decades Primavera Sound has been spreading music throughout the world. The fest...

To an angsty teenager, nothing is more appealing than music that repulses adults, alludes to sex and drugs, and was at one point, banned in the city of Santa Cruz. Rock music, and what it represents, not only d...

It’s with electric guitars and flashing red lights that Girl in Red opened her sold-out concert in San Francisco on the 11th of April. At the Regency Ballroom, in front of a crowd of mostly young women, s...

On Saturday night of Halloween weekend, I had the pleasure of seeing Wolf Alice at August Hall in San Francisco. As I walked to the venue from the train station, I began to fill with excitement. The streets wer...

Opening with lo-fi sound effects broken by a snappy snare drum and crunchy, bright guitar riff, Social Cues (released April 19, 2019) begins with a weird, alt-rock jam entitled “Broken Boy” that perfectly s...

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 ...

About two months ago, as I skimmed through a classmate’s short story, I came across a line that read, “Outside there is a boxcar”, and without thinking twice, the small jukebox in my brain began blasting ...

Lotta Sea Lice (2017) On paper, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile come off as unlikely collaborators. Hailing from opposite corners of the world – Barnett from Sydney, Australia, Vile from Philadelphia, PA �...

I arrived to the Rooster Stage roughly thirty minutes before Conor Oberst was scheduled to start. The band who played right before him were real gems, First Aid Kit, a Swedish folk duo composed to two sisters. ...

On the morning of May 18, music fans around the world were stunned with sadness at the news of Chris Cornell’s unexpected passing. As the lead singer of Soundgarden, Cornell was one of the most prominent pion...

As the Uber neared the flashing welcome sign of the Fox Theater, my mind began to race. I was unsure what atmosphere Yannis Philippakis and the remainder of Foals would create. As soon as I walked into the Fox,...