HANNAH SHARES APERTURE WITH THE BAY
Support from Miloe & Lance Redeker primed what became Hannah Jadagu’s stage through and through. She breezed into the city Wednesday night, immediately following her show at the Echo 24 hours prior, to pl...
The End of The End of the Movie: Lizzy McAlpine in Oakland
The air on May 13th, 2023 held a tinge of finality. College graduates, fresh out of the commencement ceremony, walked the streets of Berkeley with flowers and their families, bidding farewell to their undergrad...
Maybe Love is Real: Mr. and Mrs. Tennis at the Fox
In tennis (the sport), love means zero. In Tennis (the band), that is hardly the case. Husband-and-wife duo Alaina and Patrick Riley have been spreading their love through music since 2010. They met as philosop...
Yaeji playfully smashes expectations “With a Hammer” at Fox Theater
After 3 years of delays and postponement, Yaeji finally took the stage at Fox Theater in Oakland to a full venue. The building excitement from the years of waiting filled the room with a feverous buzz. Everyone...
100 gecs literally hit with fans
100 Gecs and Machine Girl together in concert is a match made in heaven. Their April 5 show at Oakland’s Fox Theater was no exception. For anyone looking for high-energy music and dancing, it was a must-see s...
Kash’d Out leaves crowd in a daze with “Whiskey and Weed” Tour
The Whiskey and Weed Tour from Kash’d Out provided Cornerstone Berkeley with over three hours of uninterrupted satisfaction. Fans were delighted by the calm, cheerful mood provided by the band and their opene...
Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair for Natalie Mering: Weyes Blood Makes Hearts Aglow During Night 2 at the Regency
Weyes Blood put me under a spell Sunday night at the Regency Ballroom, and I still haven’t fully recovered. Draped in the white billowing fabric of gods and/or ghosts, she breezed onto the stage...
Regina Spektor stands alone, effortlessly
I arrived at Regina Spektor’s concert at the Warfield last Sunday, full of excitement and anticipation, spanning back to five months ago when it was announced that due to a bad case of Covid, she would have t...
Punk performance from Otoboke Beaver sends tremors through UC Theatre
The UC Theatre shook with exhilaration from experiencing over an hour of nonstop punk energy from Otoboke Beaver on International Women’s Day. With Accorinrin providing the main vocals, Yoyoyoshie on guitar, ...
August Hall turned Pink Pony Club: Chappell Roan in San Francisco
Chappell Roan in her music video for "My Kink is Karma"
“It's not fun. It's not hot. It's not interesting. It's boring.” These were the words that Chappell Roan used to describe her experien...
In Valhalla With Skegss At The Fillmore
Skegss came to the Fillmore in San Francisco last Wednesday night, stopping in the Bay Area on their tour of the United States. A line formed outside the venue before doors were opened, where fans waited in exc...
A Rockstar Sometimes, A Mommy Forever
“Mommy! Yes, mommy! I love you, mommy!!” the crowd cheers on. It’s pitch black out on a Saturday night, and the crowd is ecstatic to see everyone’s favorite mom perform live at the Fox Theater in Oaklan...
Love Lives in the Bay: Soft Blue Shimmer Debuts Their New Record at Neck of the Woods
“my dreams always seem concerned with your well-being…i can’t seem to shake…maybe one day we’ll learn to grow separately. maybe one day i’ll grow on my own. maybe one day this piece of you inside of...
A New Era: Jean Dawson Sells Out The New Parish
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...
A ‘Ginger Fresh!’ performance from Ginger Root at August Hall
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...