Kikuo: A rainbow fever dream of a concert Gwen Tam September 13, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews I had convinced (not that it took much convincing) a close friend of mine to attend Kikuo’s concert with me, on September 8th in San Francisco. For context, this friend was one I had known since second grade;...
Raving about this year’s HARD Summer Festival ft. Fisher, Chris Lake, Disclosure, Jamie xx Bailey Schroerlucke and Natasha Thussu Dhar August 10, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews After 40,000 steps, two missing scarves, and a shredded pair of boots, HARD Summer left us with an echo of beats in our minds and sore bodies from a weekend of dancing. It was acts including Fisher and Chris La...
Get ready to go HARD with Mochakk, Jyoty, and Channel Tres Natasha Thussu Dhar July 26, 2024 dance, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, dj, EDM, women in music Are you ready to go HARD next weekend? Taking place this year on Aug 3rd and 4th at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles, HARD Summer Music Festival dishes a summer refreshment of EDM with hot new DJs and producer leg...
DoLab’s Lightning in a Bottle fosters community, art, immersive experiences, and wellbeing for attendees Eliza Scheer June 1, 2024 Uncategorized, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, dance, Disclosure, EDM, Hyperpop, Mixtapes, Multimedia, music, Photos, Reviews, women in music Last week, I attended DoLab’s Lightning in a Bottle (LIB) festival. The festival was located at Buena Vista Lake, California and spanned a whole five days from May 22-27, 2024. Dubbed “mini-Burning Man,” ...
Don’t know what music to study to? A geographical guide to the best study soundtracks Megan Darzynkiewicz May 6, 2024 Columns and Opinions, Berkeley, Opinion It is officially finals season here at UC Berkeley, and sometimes it seems the only thing tougher than finding a free seat in one of Berkeley’s twenty-seven libraries is choosing the soundtrack to your stud...
Only in Your Wet Dreams: A Double Feature on Snow Wife & Wet Leg Jenai Johns-Peterson April 17, 2024 dance, EDM, indie scene, Indie-Rock, LGBTQ+, Pop, Reviews, women in music Skydiving off of a building. Skinny dipping with your best friend. Committing arson in the dead of night. Have you done any of these actions that I cannot legally condone? No? Well, neither have I. This, howeve...
San Francisco, Where’s Your Disco?: Dom Dolla Headlines Day To Night Festival Eliza Scheer October 22, 2022 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, EDM, Multimedia, music, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized Day To Night Festival Day 1 Thousands of people traveled to Treasure Island on October 15 for Day To Night Festival. Only a 15 minute drive from Berkeley, I was at the festival in no time. There was onl...
Where culture, genre, and time converge: Polo & Pan Sophie Turovsky April 30, 2019 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews I have never connected with electronic dance music. The beats overwhelm me, the melodies bore me, the unpleasantly pleasant mood irritates me, and the buildups, particularly the ones with vortical reverberation...
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...
Ekali takes DJing to another level at the Warfield Jacob Green October 20, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized On the biggest headlining tour of his life, Vancouver-based producer Nathan Shaw, better known as Ekali, delivered a stunning performance to a sold-out crowd at The Warfield. On the back of his recently release...
Apparently there might actually be something very wrong with living like this: On the road with FIDLAR…again Natalie Silver and Rosie Davidowitz May 15, 2018 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Hi, my name is Natalie Silver, and I am a raging narcissist. Hi, my name is Rosie Davidowitz, and I am a raging narcissist. Hi, my name is Sofia Duarte, and I am Editor-In-Chief. Hi, we're FIDLAR, and who ...
Divin’ into Disco in 2018 Devyn White April 26, 2018 Columns and Opinions It was New Year’s Eve on the Rooftop of the Ace Hotel. There were crowds of people at the bar, chilling on chairs and couches, and quite a few others dancing. Unfamiliar with DJ-ing and house music at this ti...
What So Not takes The Fox to a new world Jacob Green April 8, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Just past 9:30, the lights on the stage went dim. Slowly, each light fixture turned on and off, flashing between white, red and blue colors before moving to the next. First, the overheads. Next, the massive pan...
What So Not will bring new music and visuals to The Fox on April 5th Jacob Green March 30, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Photo Credit: Luke Eblen After over three years of experimentation, recording, and extensive production, DJ What So Not released his highly anticipated debut album Not All the Beautiful Things (2018). The...
Surveying the scene: how Low End Theory has recovered since parting ways with The Gaslamp Killer Veronica Irwin January 9, 2018 Uncategorized 1 Comment A weekly Wednesday night event in a seedy pocket of East Los Angeles, Low End Theory has always been cooler than it should have been: with better-than-thou fashionable attendees despite its un-instagrammable ae...