Beirut Leaves Audience Giddy at Greek Theatre Saturday Night Jacob Elsanadi October 15, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Beirut blew the Greek Theatre away this past Saturday night in a 21-song set full of the old, the new, and everything in between. Their newest album, No No No (2015), was released a little more than a month ago...
Gallery: Atmosphere duo pumps up the Greek Edfil Dulay September 9, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos August 22, Minneapolis duo Atmosphere got real hyphy at Berkeley's Greek Theatre. The hip hop champions stuck with their hits, both new and old. "Yesterday" and "GodLovesUgly" reigned as crowd favourites; every...
Death Cab for Cutie draw committed fans to the Greek Theatre Penelope Leggett July 13, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos At first, it was unusual to see a veteran band such as Built to Spill opening in an arena setting; but we later found out the connection was chronological and fitting when Death Cab for Cutie frontman Be...
Gallery: Alt-J return to the Bay with two energetic nights at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre Luke Sheard April 23, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos In the midst of their North American Tour and between Coachella weekends, Alt-J made a return to the Bay Area last week with a set of two shows at the Greek Theatre. With support from fellow Brits, Jungle, and ...
Belle and Sebastian illuminate The Greek Theatre Joseph Choe April 16, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos We're truly in the dark. Can I get a splash of light? Not all bands need to be dark, edgy, or gritty to put on a lively show. Belle and Sebastian demonstrated this on Sunday night at UC Berkeley's Greek T...
Lorde dazzles at the Greek Theatre, premieres “Yellow Flicker Beat” Ryuka Ko October 9, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 3 Comments The first performance of two nights in Berkeley, Lorde brought her tour to the Greek Theatre on Thursday October 2, 2014. Hailing from New Zealand, the young 17-year-old singer-songwriter attracted a dive...
An evening with The Avett Brothers Luke Sheard September 17, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos "If you put your ear to the street, you can hear the rumble of the world in motion: people going to and from work, to school, to the grocery store. You may even hear the whisper of their living rooms, their con...
City and Colour saturate the Greek Theatre for The Head and The Heart Atreyue Ryken September 10, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos On Friday September 5, an eclectic mix of fans poured into the Greek Theatre for James Supercave, City and Colour, and The Head and The Heart. Initially the crowd seemed rather disengaged with City and C...
Jack Johnson brings the beach to Berkeley Chris Redman August 30, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Fans of all ages and cultural backgrounds filled the Greek Theatre just above the UC Berkeley campus on Tuesday August 26th. Bahamas, aka Afie Jurvanen, got the positive vibes flowing with songs from his r...
Slightly Stoopid and friends tear up the Greek Chris Redman July 20, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Friday evening, an extensive number of people filed into The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, ready to have a good time. Slightly Stoopid’s tour included Stephen Marley and NOFX, and that night, all three pr...
Thievery Corporation, Morcheeba, and Afrolicious at Cal Myra September 29, 2013 Band of the Week, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews After a long few months of Bay Area summers, the Saturday of September 21 felt like the first day of seasonal Fall. Waking up to rain after a long Berkeley summer was a bit shocking. I’d almost forgotten a...