Tagged Berkeley

November is almost over, which means if you are anything like me, you are tired. If you’re a student, you are nearing the end of the semester. Procrastination, lack of motivation, and fatigue are beginning to...

On Monday night, for The Barr Brothers' first ever performance in the East Bay, and for the grand return of The Milk Carton Kids to Berkeley since their Greek Theatre show in 2016, every tier of the UC Theatre...

Yaeji’s performance at the UC Theatre on October 20th was an experience, and a very peculiar one. A bizarre mixture of people was brought together under the high ceiling of the ornate Berkeley venue to witnes...

On October 14th, children in tie-dyed shirts pranced in the middle of the streets, puffing ginormous bubbles and finger painting colorful sketches that reflected the swirls on their t-shirts. College students �...

8pm, September 24th, 2018. The Greek Theatre, an open-air venue that invites the chill of the night breeze, murmurs excitedly as concert-goers mingle. The venue suddenly goes dark. The audience rises to their f...

Ash Reiter took the stage with a “Happy Wednesday” greeting as her band Sugar Candy Mountain celebrated the release of their new record Do Right (2018) earlier this month at the Rickshaw Stop. Do Right f...

The past year has seen quite a transformation for the artistic trajectories of indie folk staple Fleet Foxes and experimental indie rock group Amen Dunes. For Fleet Foxes, the release of their third album Crack...

Crystal Bowersox is cool. She is honest and vulnerable, you don’t have to worry about any gimmicks with her. In many ways, she reminds me of a contemporary Janis Joplin: a female powerhouse vocalist set on au...

Eric Falci is a professor at UC Berkeley in the English Department, as well as the head of the Irish Studies Program in the Institute of European Studies, and Associate Dean of the Graduate Division. Within the...

As a student musician trying to conquer a new music scene as a junior transfer, one might expect Elijah Egbert to be loud, talkative, and perhaps a little too eager to get you to listen to his music. But this U...

Over the past few weeks, The Hard Times Shows & 924 Gilman have brought some incredible shows to the Bay Area's Hardcore scene. More specifically, Nick Bane has been doing an absolute kick-ass job, bringing...

Since the release of her 2017 record Soft Sounds from Another Planet, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner has risen from the fairy-like starlett listeners were introduced to with catchy single “Everyone Wa...

Bay area-based R&B group The Seshen is set to grace the Cornerstone stage in Berkeley this Friday. Opening will be LoCura, Space Captain, and DJ Dream Queen. Characterized by Akiyoshi Ehara’s synthy-di...

There’s pop, there’s electronic, there’s hip-hop, there’s reggae, and then there’s Quinn XCII, who somehow can effortlessly combine all of those four into his own unexpected, exciting, vibrant sound. ...

A political activist, journalist, revolutionary, visual artist, and rapper, dynamic doesn’t even begin to cover it. The B-side spoke with AJ, the One about her community involvement, her unique perspectives...