Tagged concert review

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 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...

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), ...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Arroyo Seco is like the older-sister of Coachella; take away the cocaine, add a family element, invite Los Angeles’ top restaurants, include art and social justice tents and you have the core parts of Seco. ...

George Ezra seems like the boy next door: all smiles, soft sweaters, and a soft almost-Cherub like face. His voice, however, matches that of an old blues singer, a force that could knock the same boy off the ve...

I entered into the sprawl of the Regency Ballroom accompanied by the artist's co-agent closely behind. The show hadn’t started yet but on the stage was an impressive layout of multiple synths, a grand piano, ...

Upon my first arrival at The Fillmore on April 13th, I noticed a “WOMEN RULE” t-shirt and listened as couples and groups around me spoke Spanish, French, and English. It seemed like a fitting way to start I...

“This place looks poppin’!” our Uber driver announced as she pulled up to a sketchy pool hall that was blasting Latin music and flashing disco lights from within. After checking the place out a bit, we ca...

Last weekend, Real Estate visited Fox Theatre to play their first show in Oakland, CA. The concert was part of the Noise Pop Music & Arts Festival, the Bay's annual indie arts week, and it was only fitting ...

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...