Tagged Fox Theater

Sufjan Stevens’s latest record, Carrie and Lowell (2015), a devastatingly beautiful tribute to his late mother, forgoes Stevens's usual ornate orchestration in favor of stripped-back acoustics. Each song is...

Late evening. The Fox Oakland was full of its usual audience -- noncommittal Bay Area music-goers loitering in and around the theater while an opener occupies the stage. This Thursday evening, it was a quiet...

Friday April 10 at the Fox Theater in Oakland, Stromae poured out his raw, gutsy artistic soul in a performance which did not simply delight the audience like one of those cozy, subtly-drunken summer days. N...

If you’ve grown up in a temperate climate on the east coast or rural Europe, you’ll know there’s something about the low-hanging moistness of morning fog rolling over soft hills and valleys. Moors: si...

Last Friday at the Fox Theater in Oakland, Geographer played a charming set alongside openers Empire and K.Flay. Formed in 2007 by Michael Deni and based in San Francisco, the headliners were extremely wel...

We were in a severe mid-week lull as we made the short trek over to the iconic Fox Theater for an evening with Ben Howard. We hoped for a pick-me-up, as expected from Howard’s first full length album, Ev...

“In our live career, we really are inexperienced,” admitted London Grammar vocalist Hannah Reid in an interview with the Guardian this past summer. In other instances, they have displayed a frankly aver...

Critics of the modern electronic music scene (myself included) need often be reminded just how young its purveyors are. Just shy of 24, Henry Steinway (better known by his stage name RL Grime and former mon...

On Thursday night after some brutal finals, we found ourselves at the elaborate Fox Theater in Oakland for a show by visceral/audio powerhouse and EDM darling Dillon Francis. After a couple underwhelming ope...

Swedish sister duo, First Aid Kit, have experienced unprecedented success in America these last couple of years with their woodsy folk/country-inspired pop music. With a modest yet hearty voice, Oklahom...

You may know Rhye from their critically-lauded album Woman (2013): upon release, its beautifully-crafted intimacy rendered any makeout playlist without at least one or two choice tracks instantly obsolete. To...

Embodying a sound both foreign and familiar, nostalgic and futuristic, Delicate Steve's music is like running through a field saturated in Technicolor to reach some triumphant, yet humble achievement. Th...

Foster the People held every single member of the audience in their grip on Saturday evening at the Fox Theater in Oakland. From opening song "Pseudologia Fantastica" to the closer "The Truth," everyone wa...

Transcendence is a bold concept and curious state, but Tycho’s showing this past Thursday at the Fox Theater in Oakland took us there, if not pretty close. The resonance of the venue, allowed the lower freq...

Long Beach indie rock outfit, Cold War Kids, released their new album Hold My Home on October 20th, as their fifth full length studio album, arriving just one year after Dear Miss Lonelyhearts. It’s safe ...