Story of an artist: The life of cult singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston Annie Wynner December 6, 2024 indie, indie scene, Indie-Rock, Music History, Rock "The best thing you can say about me is that I have been and I always will be in the twilight zone, and I'm serious. I live a different life. I'm lonely, but it's not just being lonely. It's the things that I s...
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,” ...
The chaos of catharsis: Doom Loop Festival, starring Yeule Rushaad Mistry and Selina Yang March 21, 2024 indie, indie-pop, Rock, San Francisco, Shoegaze Doom Loop at the Regency Ballroom wasn't your standard music festival—some six-stage, three-day festival with name-brand flags and sponsored water stations. Instead, Doom Loop was a one-night, five-act festiv...
Finding salvation with Crosses at The Chapel Sofia Biagio December 8, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Rock, San Francisco, Shoegaze 1 Comment The musical group ✝️✝️✝️ (Crosses) is rightfully named, because Tuesday night’s show was a religious experience. It felt like the stars aligned perfectly for me to be there—the last time they to...
8 DAYS/14 SHOWS/9 VENUES: A Countercultural Halloweek at Psyched! Fest Nico Chodor November 6, 2023 Cultural Commentary, Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Feature, Multimedia, Music Consumption, News, Photos, Punk, Reviews, Rock, San Francisco Psyched! Fest - San Francisco's Independent Festival of Arts, Music, Diversity & Counterculture - opened Wednesday, October 25th at Rickshaw Stop. Brought to you by Psyched! Radio, the multiracial nonprofit...
Still coming off of a concert “High:” a magical night with Slow Pulp and Babehoven Sofia Biagio October 20, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie, indie scene, music, San Francisco Ryan Albert during Babehoven set Emotions were high. Tears were shed. It was an incredible night in San Francisco, where Slow Pulp graced us with their presence for the first time at The Chapel since openin...
Decolonial Punk at Kilowatt Nico Chodor September 1, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Punk, Rock, San Francisco Los Cogelones combined brotherhood and Aztec punk Sunday night at Kilowatt Bar, on the heels of what Psyched! Radio SF deems three pillars of this new San Francisco scene: Thank You Come Again, Buzzed Lightbeer...
The Magic Of The Buchla 100 Synthesizer: A Night At The Starline Social Club with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Ava Aguiar December 13, 2022 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is an American composer, producer, and performer originally from Northwest Washington. The artist, who is currently based in Los Angeles, spent her former years at the Berklee college of m...
A New Era: Jean Dawson Sells Out The New Parish Leah Johnson November 21, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Jean Dawson, music, Oakland, Reviews 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 Night Out With Machine Girl Josh Jiwanmall February 1, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Sweat. Demonia Boots. Axe Body Spray? I mean that’s honestly the only way I could comprehensively describe Machine Girl at The New Parish. And if I’m going to be honest: it’s a pretty good description of ...
A chat with Berkeley’s Red Expos Jax Samsell May 4, 2021 Interview Los Angeles musician Aidan Finn has found a home within the Berkeley music scene. Finn has been hard at work over the course of the pandemic, writing, recording, mixing, and, ultimately, self-releasing two solo...
Brijean’s album Feelings makes a dreamy debut Kennedy Rogers March 5, 2021 Interview Bay Area locals and UC Berkeley alumni, Brijean Murphy and Doug Stuart released their debut album, Feelings on February 26, 2021 with Ghostly International. The album incorporates various styles with most not...
6 Feet Beneath The Moon: My Listening Experience at 13 versus 20 Sravya Gadepalli February 23, 2021 Columns and Opinions Rediscovering artists is one of my most cherished feelings in the world. Maybe you loved the album the first time or maybe you hated it the first time. Regardless, organically stumbling upon an album again afte...
Heaven To A Tortured Mind Album Review Sravya Gadepalli February 2, 2021 Album Review, Reviews 1 Comment Released early in the first few weeks of quarantine, Heaven To a Tortured Mind (2020) is Yves Tumor’s third studio album, and calling it a masterpiece is an understatement. Every single one of Tumor’s proje...
The Cottagecore Noise of Magic Oneohtrix Point Never Xia Jimenez November 16, 2020 Album Review, Reviews Magic Oneohtrix Point Never (2020) is possibly Daniel Lopatin (the composer behind the moniker) at his most Oneohtrix Point Never. While this may sound like nonsense, let me explain. Following the release of t...