Tagged Berkeley

Four years ago, I was still in high school, and tickets to FYF FEST were only 100 bucks. FYF was the first music festival I ever attended and I went with a group of friends and my brother, Joe. On the second da...

I first heard about Remo Drive, the young Minnesota-based indie rock/emo band, through maybe the most unlikely and unexpected way: at a Mitski show in Copenhagen, per recommendation from a Danish fan I had met ...

SWMRS are returning back home to the Bay Area bringing punk sounds to liven up Halloween weekend. The event is their second annual Uncool Halloween fest at the UC Theater in Berkeley on Saturday, October 28...

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...

The air smelled faintly like marijuana. Behind me, I overheard a conversation about someone’s sister in Vermont ordering sperm from the only non-profit bank in the country, which, naturally, is in Berkeley; a...

Playing their first of three consecutive dates in the Bay Area, Brooklyn indie-rock band Big Thief and supporting indie-folk act Little Wings came to Berkeley on Thursday night, playing an emotional concert at ...

Open since April 2016 in Downtown Berkeley, The Back Room Berkeley is a relatively new music venue that welcomes all types of acoustically based genres, including jazz, blues, folk and more. The set-up has abou...

In spite of the 75 degree weather, Kahj walked up with a beanie and a crooked smile. She exudes the same confidence in person that she portrays on wax; though she probably stands around 5’4”, it feels like ...

A towering set of letters, “GA,” lit by hanging Tetris blocks and accompanied by a large antique television set the scene for the Glass Animals’ performance at the Greek Theatre this past Friday. A pinea...

Save the Waves is a nonprofit organization with a mission to protect coastal ecosystems around the world. For a couple years now, they have been putting on a small music festival involving good tunes, DIY campi...

Coming back for their sixth installation, Desert Daze is set to rock out Joshua Tree October 12th-15th. To celebrate the start of the new semester, we will be giving away tickets to the event. The “ritual ...

On Saturday, July 15, after headlining the Audiotistic festival in Mountain View, Canadian-DJ-trio Keys n Krates travelled up the East Bay for an afterparty set at Cornerstone. Bombastic beats in tow, Keys put ...

On a warm summer Saturday night, Iration performed at the Greek Theater in Berkeley for the Sounds of Summer 2017 tour. They were the second of three acts on the stage that night, including Slightly Stoopid and...

Isla Vista–native five pieces, Iration, are set to open up a night of smooth vibes as they take the stage with J Boog & The Movement and Slightly Stoopid at the Greek Theater in Berkeley on Friday. ...

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...