A day of nostalgia at the Just Like Heaven Festival with Phoenix, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie Bailey Schroerlucke May 24, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews The Just Like Heaven Festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena was a day soaked in nostalgia that brought to life my high school playlist, and left my Death Cab for Cutie loving parents sour and jealous of me. Just...
It’s All Love with Alvvays at The Fillmore Avery Flieder October 29, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Alvvays enchants with their first gig back in the Bay Area since 2018 alongside new release, Blue Rev (2022). “How I gauge whether this is stasis or change”... I’m 15 screaming the lyrics to “Archie...
Godspeed Stanley Quiros February 8, 2020 Columns and Opinions The following is dedicated to Honey. Godspeed. I am breaking down to “Take Care” by SASAMI. This is not the first time in recent weeks. I am not alone tonight, one roommate playing Minecraft and the oth...
Desert Daze 2019 giveaway Jack Austin September 18, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Contests The 8th year of Desert Daze is returning to Moreno Beach at Lake Perris in Southern California. The festival has been called one of the “most aesthetically pleasing” because of the surrounding mountains and...
Yours, Alvvays: an evening in undertow Ally Mason October 29, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews You can’t throw a stone these days without hitting a band that spells their own name wrong on purpose. Perhaps that stands more as a testament to the sheer mass of existing bands past and present than pure st...
Marry me, Molly: The indie scene’s epidemic of softboy misogyny Walker Spence September 22, 2017 Columns and Opinions CW: Sexual Violence, Misogyny It’s no secret that since its inception the entertainment industry has not been kind to women. Everyone knows the caricature of the 1950s era executive who, cigar in mouth, as...
Alvvays on my mind Ally Mason January 17, 2017 News 1 Comment Canadian rockers Alvvays instantaneously solidified themselves as classics with a single release. Riding the success of their debut self-titled LP in 2014, Alvvays has been busy playing every festival from her...
Indie music and food festival Phono del Sol leaves patrons happy, waiting for next year Valerie Law July 12, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews This year’s Phono del Sol was a lively celebration of local art, public parks, and music. The 2016 lineup featured Chairlift, Alvvays, Born Ruffians, Mr Little Jeans, Adam Vida, The Seshen, The She’s, Hot ...
Sixth Annual Phono del Sol set for Saturday Valerie Law July 7, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Local non-profit indie music and food festival Phono del Sol will take place this Saturday, July 9 at Potrero del Sol Park (25th and Utah) in San Francisco. In its sixth year, the all-ages festival is produce...