Panchiko rocks the real world after digital domination Sofia Biagio April 20, 2024 indie, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Indie-Rock, Shoegaze This week, I had the unbelievable privilege of attending the sold-out Panchiko show at the UC Theater. Panchiko’s lore runs deep. In the late nineties, they were a British indie band with a dream. They made t...
A trip to Beatopia Lucy Hanna November 21, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie-pop, San Francisco Stopping by The Regency Ballroom on Wednesday, November 16, I was lucky enough to be transported by 22-year-old artist beabadoobee to Beatopia (2022). More than just the name of her most recent record, Beatopia...
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...
A night of catharsis: IDLES unleash at The Independent Everett Williams and Jack Austin October 16, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews “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...
Ski masks and religion: Stormzy’s transparent debut George Green March 10, 2017 News, Reviews Gang Signs and Prayers (2017) comes at a time when Grime is at it’s strongest. The aggressive, fast paced rap genre has seen exponential success over the past year or so after several Grime acts broke into th...
The Last Shadow Puppets: synopsis of dream or delusion? George Green October 28, 2016 Album Preview, News, Previews Following the release of Everything You’ve Come To Expect (their second album) earlier this year, The Last Shadow Puppets have promised the release of their The Dream Synopsis EP on the 2nd of December 2016. ...
Jack Garratt on debut album, non-genre specificity, and Chance the Rapper Myra Farooqi September 21, 2016 Columns and Opinions, Interview Jack Garratt has effectively proven to the world that he is a jack of all trades (pun sincerely unintended), but more impressively—a master of it all. The British multi-instrumentalist is currently on tour pr...
Chasing Yesterday, listening today, and waiting tomorrow on Noel Gallagher Maddy Smith March 23, 2015 Album Review After months of anticipation, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds has released his second album. Finished on July 13, 2014, fans have had an apparently pointless and agonising wait for this album; howe...