Tyler Childers’ Powerful Voice and Undeniable Talent Sells Out The Greek Theater Eliza Scheer May 11, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Country, folk On April 27, Tyler Childers performed at Berkeley’s Greek Theater. Childers is a rare commodity on the West Coast, rarely performing in California. Unsurprisingly, his show sold out immediately. In fact, many...
Phish phood phor thought: Don’t knock em’ till ya see em’ Lily Ramus April 20, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Rock 2 Comments “Shrooms, molly, ketamine, pre-rolls!” As soon as we stepped in line, the Phish experience was off to a raging start. After almost fifteen years, Phish returned to the Greek Theatre in Berkeley Califor...
13 Tumblr Albums & Their Berkeley Counterparts Adrian Ceja April 24, 2022 Berkeley, Creative Writing, Opinion The year is 2015. You are 14 years old getting ready for school and looking for your pair of Doc Martens. Your parents come in and you quickly hide your pack of cigarettes. Your room is filled with posters of L...
In Between Now and Then – Beach House Illuminates the Greek Theater Joe Sison April 12, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos On Friday, April 8th, the Greek Theater at UC Berkeley hosted one of the most anticipated artists of the 2022 calendar year. Beneath a deep, navy blue sky dotted with stars, concertgoers packed into the 119 yea...
Teary Eyed with Phoebe Bridgers at the Greek Theater Daniella Ivanir October 18, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews It’s Saturday the 16th and the line for the Greek theater entrance is miles long. Crowds of fans in Doc Martens stomp down Piedmont and there’s a palpable feeling of excitement and anticipatio...
Glass Animals amaze under a pineapple-lit sky Arnav Chaturvedi September 28, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews A towering set of letters, “GA,” lit by hanging Tetris blocks and accompanied by a large antique television set the scene for the Glass Animals’ performance at the Greek Theatre this past Friday. A pinea...
Iration spreads the love at the Greek Theater Arnav Chaturvedi July 26, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews On a warm summer Saturday night, Iration performed at the Greek Theater in Berkeley for the Sounds of Summer 2017 tour. They were the second of three acts on the stage that night, including Slightly Stoopid and...
Iration is about to blow up your weekend Arnav Chaturvedi July 20, 2017 Uncategorized Isla Vista–native five pieces, Iration, are set to open up a night of smooth vibes as they take the stage with J Boog & The Movement and Slightly Stoopid at the Greek Theater in Berkeley on Friday. ...
In Bay Area homecoming, Tycho radiant at The Greek Jordan Aronson July 11, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews There’s something about The Greek that allows it to elevate a good show to a great show. Whether it’s the location, the tall, steep bowl shape, the columns lining the back of the stage, or the oversized pit...
Lauryn Hill: a re-education Natalie Silver November 10, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Cloaked in an oversized leopard coat and matching pants, Ms. Lauryn Hill clutched the microphone and turned the name of our town into a song of its own. “Berkeley,” she wailed deep into a cover of Nina S...
Tears were shed at The Tallest Man on Earth Brendan Redmond October 17, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews The most difficult aspect of being an opening band is drawing in the crowd. In my experience, openers are usually perceived as background music before the headliner. With intriguing arpeggiated acoustic rif...