Matt Maltese delights while “touring just to tour” Ashley Mauldin April 9, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews 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 Francisco- August Hall. With a “SOLD OUT” sign plastered ...
August Hall turned Pink Pony Club: Chappell Roan in San Francisco Sinead de Cleir March 19, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, LGBTQ+, Reviews, San Francisco 1 Comment Chappell Roan in her music video for "My Kink is Karma" “It's not fun. It's not hot. It's not interesting. It's boring.” These were the words that Chappell Roan used to describe her experien...
‘Hard To Put It Into Words’: Langhorne Slim Performs at August Hall In San Francisco Eliza Scheer November 11, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Folk artist Langhorne Slim performed at August Hall in San Francisco on November 1. The show was so impressive that it is “hard to put it into words,” as Langhorne says in his song “House of My Soul (You...
A ‘Ginger Fresh!’ performance from Ginger Root at August Hall Kyle Garcia Takata November 8, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews To kick off the second show in the latter half of their Fall Tour promoting their most recent EP Nisemono (2022), Ginger Root, composed of frontman Cameron Lew, bassist Dylan Hovis, drummer Matt Carney, and cam...
A Night of Unconventional Sound and Post-Punk Excitement With Squid Sabrina Herrera March 17, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos “It’s Saturday?” asks Squid lead singer and drummer Ollie Judge at the August Hall on March 12th. It was definitely Saturday night for the very diverse crowd where people from all walks of life enjoyed th...
Garage Rock Legend, Ty Segall, Reawakens San Francisco Skylar Heyveld February 7, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews The night of Wednesday, February 2nd in San Francisco appeared hushed and lethargic–few pedestrians scattered the sidewalks and the skyscrapers towered above, quiet and dim. A growing crowd gathered outside A...
Greer Live in San Francisco Jax Samsell November 8, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Greer is a four piece ensemble from Los Angeles, California, whose presence has been cemented in memories since 2014. As Gen Z’s favorite niche Internet celebrities, seeing them live at the August Hall in San...
The Wonderful World of Wolf Alice Layla Mahmoud November 4, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews 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...
The night is young: Conan Gray and girl in red Keeyun Nam March 27, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Conan Gray is a prime example of Generation Z’s obsession with normalcy and reality packaged in a faded VSCO filter with overlaid contour doodles. With vlogs and sit-down Q&As about his life in Texas subu...
Chosen family: a night with Better Oblivion Community Center Makaila Heifner March 17, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews When I approached August Hall on March 15th, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I was promised a “healing sound bath - live in concert,” but it felt no different from every other indie rock show, comp...