Floating through “Icy Blue”: new Chammeili album contemplates change Sophia Shen January 2, 2023 Album Review Characterized by dreamy doubled vocals and temperamental time signatures, Berkeley-based indie band Chammeili’s 2022 record Icy Blue provides listeners with a bird’s eye view of the trials, tribulations, an...
The night before Halloween: Kero Kero Bonito Sunny Sangha November 13, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Lead singer of the band Kero Kero Bonito, Sarah Bonito, who was supposedly found by the band on Reddit, took the stage the night before Halloween at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, California. The stage...
Carpool Tunnel’s growing audience and cosmic shows Alice Markman and Tovah Popilsky April 30, 2019 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Up-and-coming NorCal-based indie rock band Carpool Tunnel don’t like to think of themselves as conventional. Instead, they describe themselves on Spotify as “an idea of what it means to be human, and to sha...
Pop-punk band The Frights drops new music video “Me and We and I” ahead of new album Hypochondriac Veronica Irwin June 19, 2018 News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFQEE_N1azA Known for their charming brand of sarcastic surf-rock, The Frights released their latest music video “Me and We and I” in support of their third studio album H...
There’s nothing wrong with living like this: On the road with FIDLAR Natalie Silver and Rosie Davidowitz October 12, 2017 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It’s kind of like being a 13-year-old who was dragged to Sunday mass….or a frequenter at sex addicts anonymous meetings… or a customer at Berkeley’s iconic adult emporium Good Vibrations... or an inmate...
In Bay Area homecoming, Tycho radiant at The Greek Jordan Aronson July 11, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews There’s something about The Greek that allows it to elevate a good show to a great show. Whether it’s the location, the tall, steep bowl shape, the columns lining the back of the stage, or the oversized pit...
Allah-Las rings in Warriors victory Rosie Davidowitz June 15, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews I don’t think Allah-Las understood the implications of their performance on June 12, 2017. When they booked this Starline date, they probably thought it was just another show - and to them, maybe it was. Afte...