Crying in the Pit: Japanese Breakfast in Concert Jax Samsell November 13, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews 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 Live in San Francisco Jax Samsell November 8, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews 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...
Our first live show in over a year: Shakey Graves in ATX Makaila Heifner June 23, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Last Thursday night, Shakey Graves started off his 2021 tour in his hometown of Austin, Texas at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater. Shakey is known for his honest lyrics, cheerful demeanor, and guitar licks tha...
A trip to Dreamland: escaping reality with the Glass Animals Alice Markman and Tovah Popilsky October 20, 2020 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Upon first access into the Glass Animals “Live in the Internet” show, it was clear we had teleported back into the time of AOL messenger with the bandmates. The show was largely emulating the early 2000s, ...
Brittany Howard: a god amongst us Makaila Heifner November 28, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos I think idolizing others is a dangerous game. It creates a false sense of normalcy and places people on a pedestal that is unreachable and ridiculous. With this being said, I am also fully aware of my own idoli...
Unapologetic, brash, brilliance: JPEGMAFIA at The New Parish Everett Williams November 1, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews JPEGMAFIA relishes the stage. Swaggering around as if possessed, a mischievous grin peering out from under his Air Force cap, Peggy (as his fans affectionately call him) is in his element. “Stage presence”,...
Vulfpeck at the Greek: a night of funk, comedy and vegetarianism Sophia Leswing July 14, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Vulfpeck kicked off their West Coast “Greek Week” with a performance at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA this past Saturday. In typical eccentric fashion, marketing leader and band member Jack Stratton...
Spiritualized induce a collective catharsis and rebirth at the Masonic Marta Meazza April 14, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews When Spiritualized walked on stage on Tuesday, March 30th, at the Masonic, between the cheers and shouts someone cried out: “We’re all just gon sit here, uh?” Defining Spiritualized’s live show as an ex...
Mt. Joy’s infectious joy at the Fillmore Makaila Heifner April 1, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Mt. Joy is in good company. They drift within the same waters as The Head and the Heart and the Lumineers, and are quickly establishing themselves as a household name in the folk-pop genre. On March 30th, Phila...
The 2019 Bay Area Noise Pop Festival Welcomes Crumb Tovah Popilsky March 11, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews As the 2019 Bay Area Noise Pop Festival came to a close, Crumb, comprised of members Lila Ramani (guitar/vocals), Jesse Brotter (bass), Brian Aronow (synth/keys, percussion, reeds), and Jonathan Gilad (drums), ...
Scripture in Shakey Graves: A night at The Fox Makaila Heifner December 8, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews I have never found solace in church. Even as a young child I remember questioning my mom about God, imploring why such a benevolent creator would cause so much suffering for his beloved children. Yet somehow ev...
Mild High Club gets groovy Sophia Leswing November 15, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews On Thursday November 1st, I made the all-to familiar drive from Berkeley to my hometown of Marin County, CA to see one of my favorite bands, Mild High Club, perform at the intimate music venue, Terrapin Cross...
Whethan electrifies The Warfield Yeeling Tse October 23, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Chicago-based producer Ethan Snoreck, better known as Whethan, kicked it up a notch at The Warfield Thursday night. The 19-year-old DJ is nearing the end of his first headlining tour, Life of a Wallflower, righ...
Jeff Tweedy without Wilco – a pleasant surprise Claire Winthrop October 11, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Uncategorized Hardly Strictly Bluegrass – the annual free festival at Golden Gate park with numerous artists who tip toe in, out, and around bluegrass. From Friday through Sunday, the park sets up five separate stages, eac...
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit showcase ferocity and tenderness at the Greek Makaila Heifner September 2, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized Jason Isbell challenges what it means to be a country singer. In fact, he doesn’t even consider himself a country singer, and most people would probably agree once they’ve heard his brutally honest lyrics a...