The heartbeat that is black midi
In my poetry class, I learned of the relationship between breath in occurrence with how we experience a poem. Where we take these breaths, how we take our breaths, and when we take our breaths, influence our re...
Falling in Love at the Fillmore: Tennis, Molly Burch
Last Friday, I got the opportunity to see two of my favorite modern indie pop icons: Molly Burch and Alina Moore of Tennis at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Shortly after arriving, I asked my friends what the v...
Q&A: Still Woozy Chats About New Album: If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is
Still Woozy, otherwise known as Sven Gamsky, released his debut album, If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is on August 13th, 2021. The new album contains 13 tracks with each one drawing influence from an...
Our first live show in over a year: Shakey Graves in ATX
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...
Raveena Aurora, live at The Chapel
When asked to describe a typical day in a feature by J’AIPUR Journal, Raveena Aurora claims she “spend a lot of time crying about feelings, boys, injustices to women, minorities, and the poor, and world pe...
Spreading it like Peanut Butter Jelly with Galantis
EDM power duo, Galantis, comprised of Christian Karlsson and Linus Eklöw, filled Bill Graham Civic Auditorium with neon covered, swim-suit wearing, raving fans. The band performed in what looked like a neon b...
Bills in the air and a t-shirt cannon at the Regency Ballroom with Electric Guest
Electric Guest took the music world by storm with their first album Mondo (2012). Mondo worked as an introductory album into the 2012 rage of indie bands. It fit into the mold of popular Indie Top 100 charts th...
mxmtoon plays a charming show at the Great American Music Hall
Oakland native mxmtoon, aka Maia, played a sold-out show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco this Halloween. The show, framed by an intimate venue, featured many of the songs from Maia’s debut a...
Steve Lacy debuts Apollo XXI at the Fillmore
LA-based artist Steve Lacy played a sold out show at San Francisco's Fillmore last Saturday performing his debut album, Apollo XXI (2019). Upon crunching down a Red Delicious Fillmore apple during intermission,...
Marc Anthony – ¡Que viva la raza Latina!
Mumbled conversations are broken with the roaring sounds of trumpets and drums in Marc Anthony’s opening song “Valio La Pena” (“It Was Worth It”). Anthony, the world’s top-selling tropical salsa a...
The 2019 Bay Area Noise Pop Festival Welcomes Crumb
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), ...
Existential zig-zagging with Jerry Paper
While Princess Nokia graced Berkeley’s UC Theater this past Saturday, Jerry Paper took over the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco and performed soothing, existential zig-zags for Noise Pop Music Festival 20...
Scripture in Shakey Graves: A night at The Fox
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...
Woozy after Still Woozy
After just reaching one million monthly listeners on Spotify, Sven Gamsky, better known by his stage name Still Woozy, made his return home at Rickshaw Stop on November 9th. The Bay Area native was greeted wit...
The National plays a heart-wrenching show at the Greek
8pm, September 24th, 2018. The Greek Theatre, an open-air venue that invites the chill of the night breeze, murmurs excitedly as concert-goers mingle. The venue suddenly goes dark. The audience rises to their f...