A New Era: Jean Dawson Sells Out The New Parish Leah Johnson November 21, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Jean Dawson, music, Oakland, Reviews Watching Jean Dawson perform is like witnessing a fish swim underwater. In the crowd at an intimate Oakland venue I felt both the tumultuous waves starting in the pit and the serenity of seeing a...
L.S. DUNES leave San Francisco begging for more at Bimbo’s 365 Club Emmanuelle Mphuthi November 20, 2022 Blog, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, music, Rock, San Francisco This Wednesday, the 13th of November, a friend and I navigated the tumultuous Bay Area public transport system to attend an L.S. Dunes concert in San Francisco. We’d purchased the tickets a few months earlier...
A ‘Ginger Fresh!’ performance from Ginger Root at August Hall Kyle Garcia Takata November 8, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews To kick off the second show in the latter half of their Fall Tour promoting their most recent EP Nisemono (2022), Ginger Root, composed of frontman Cameron Lew, bassist Dylan Hovis, drummer Matt Carney, and cam...
A therapy session with Lexi Jayde Kamieko Goines November 3, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, women in music I discovered Lexi Jayde through her single “Oldest Teenager” when it popped up on my Discover Weekly just over 2 years ago. I remember immediately saving the song — it was catchy, and since it came out du...
Three Cheers for the Return of My Chemical Romance: wowing Oakland Arena for the first time since 2007 Emmanuelle Mphuthi October 17, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews (Gerard Way photographed by Luis Rosales) On October 5th at around 5:30pm, my boyfriend and I made our way towards Oakland Arena to see My Chemical Romance. We’d been waiting for this ...
3 Years for 3 Hours: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Melt Minds at the Greek Theatre Lily Ramus October 5, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews *DISCLAIMER: While I break down much of the setlist I am aware that I do not touch on every song they played. This is a conscious choice.* It had been three years since I bought the tickets in 2019. King G...
Moshing With Your Mom at the Goo Goo Dolls Ally Flygare September 8, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Creative Writing, Multimedia, music Sunday, September 4th marked the day of my first rendezvous with 90s American rock band, The Goo Goo Dolls. While an innate familiarity with their songs had been unknowingly instilled in me from early morning r...
Elujay Hypnotizes His Hometown Crowd with a Captivating Performance Tovah Popilsky April 27, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos On Saturday night, Elujay performed a sold out show at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco in order to showcase his new album and perform some crowd favorites. Elujay, who grew up in Oakland, was excited to be back a...
Less than Pristine: Snail Mail at the Fox Sophia Shen April 27, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews 1 Comment In the wake of her sophomore album Valentine (2021), an LP that marked a sonic shift in the Snail Mail catalogue, Baltimore’s Lindsey Jordan and her band voyaged west to pay a visit to the Fox Theater on Apri...
Omar Apollo Returns to the Bay and Wows the Crowd at the Warfield Tovah Popilsky April 19, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Last week, Omar Apollo (and his two opener Tora-i, and Deb Never) performed a magnificent set at the The Warfield in San Francisco, CA. Singing everything from crowd favorites such as "Kamikaze" and "Hey Boy," ...
A night of introspective grandeur with Clairo Aaron Wu April 3, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Moving the audience to their feet and to tears, Clairo channeled Gen-Z bedroom pop and 70’s indie folk in a gentle, contemplative concert at Fox Theater on March 31. From the upbeat playfulness of “Bags” ...
A Night of Unconventional Sound and Post-Punk Excitement With Squid Sabrina Herrera March 17, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos “It’s Saturday?” asks Squid lead singer and drummer Ollie Judge at the August Hall on March 12th. It was definitely Saturday night for the very diverse crowd where people from all walks of life enjoyed th...
Garage Rock Legend, Ty Segall, Reawakens San Francisco Skylar Heyveld February 7, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews The night of Wednesday, February 2nd in San Francisco appeared hushed and lethargic–few pedestrians scattered the sidewalks and the skyscrapers towered above, quiet and dim. A growing crowd gathered outside A...
When in doubt, see the The Regrettes live again – Photo Gallery Kian Maple November 30, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Despite seeing the Regrettes perform live thrice before, I still found myself in awe of the energy and enthusiasm the four-piece group brought on stage with them to the Voodoo Room at House of Blues San Diego o...
HELLTONES AND MACKS AND SPOON BENDERS, OH MY! Nico Chodor November 19, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Who? The Helltones, The Macks, and Spoon Benders; What? Oakland Secret Halloween Bash; When? Thursday, October 21st at Oakland Secret - community arts space for live music and vendors, but also home to my good ...