Tagged Bay Area

In the words of Clem Zimmer, Cal alum and synth punk virtuoso, the Bay Area has a rich DIY music tradition. Zooming in on UC Berkeley and its adjacent co-op houses, backyard stages, and student stomping grounds...

This past Monday night at the Warfield in San Francisco, Still Woozy and company gave their audience the performance of a lifetime. The night's concert consisted of three hour long sets featuring Legwurk, Walli...

Since Japanese Breakfast’s newest album Jubilee was released  in June 2021, I’ve played it on repeat on virtually every occasion of my life: when I moved into my new apartment, when I binge-read Chainsaw M...

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...

Still Woozy, otherwise known as Sven Gamsky, released his debut album, If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is on August 13th, 2021. The new album contains 13 tracks with each one drawing influence from an...

One of the stand-out qualities of Hear in Color is that they aren’t just an up-and-coming band—they’re a tight-knit family of musicians looking to share meaningful art with the world. They seamlessly fini...

Los Angeles musician Aidan Finn has found a home within the Berkeley music scene. Finn has been hard at work over the course of the pandemic, writing, recording, mixing, and, ultimately, self-releasing two solo...

Bay Area locals and UC Berkeley alumni, Brijean Murphy and Doug Stuart released their debut album, Feelings on February 26, 2021 with Ghostly International. The album incorporates various styles with most not...

Machine Gun Kelly, or MGK, released the wildly successful pop-punk album, Tickets to My Downfall, in September of 2020. In January 2021, he directed and released a 50-minute masterpiece of a short film, Downfal...

When Ellis Newton walks into a room he embodies a sense of coolness, but in a way that’s not necessarily intimidating. He’s someone you look up to and someone you feel like you’ve known for years. On top...

LA-based artist Steve Lacy played a sold out show at San Francisco's Fillmore last Saturday performing his debut album, Apollo XXI (2019). Upon crunching down a Red Delicious Fillmore apple during intermission,...

Los Angeles native and current UC Berkeley student Kaden has already made his mark in the Bay Area music scene. From learning the piano at a young age to joining the School House Rock program to producing his o...

Despite the mushrooming of countless music festivals all over the US, Treasure Island Music Festival put on by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment stirred up something special. This year’s festival...

“I’m pretty sure we’re going the wrong way!” I yelled to my friend Jack, panting, as we sat on our bikes on top of an utterly ruthless San Francisco hill. After taking BART into the city, we had managed...

Walking in to the Fillmore on Tuesday night, I did not know what to expect from Khruangbin’s live performance. The Texas based, groovy instrumental trio packs a lot of punch on their albums. I had doubts thei...