Green Day’s celebratory homecoming at the Fillmore in San Francisco Dorothy Eck April 5, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Local, Punk, Rock, San Francisco Green Day by Jax Samsell The brisk San Francisco air felt refreshingly chilly to the red-faced, sweaty bodies spilling out of the Fillmore on Tuesday night. On an evening that will go down in Bay Area music...
93 ‘til Infinity: Bay Area hip hop and punk rock revolutions in 1993 Katie Hulse March 6, 2024 Berkeley, Local, Music History, Oakland, Punk, Rap, Rock, San Francisco, Uncategorized I was in my friend's car stumbling along the landscape when “93 ‘til Infinity" by Souls of Mischief trinkled out of the speakers and changed the way that I think about hip hop. Thirty years after its initia...
Editorial team: Who sparked our love for music? Joshua Hauser April 25, 2019 Columns and Opinions, Staff Pick The editorial team of The B-Side has been working on a new column idea: a journal-wide collaboration to let readers know more about us and why we love music. For this week, I posed the all-telling question ...
“She’s the one” was written about me: first musical crushes Madeline Rohner April 18, 2019 Columns and Opinions “I’m on Fire” by Bruce Springsteen is quite frankly the sexiest song ever written, and if you don't agree I fundamentally don’t understand you. Bruce Springsteen has, as long as I can remember, remained...
Cole Becker of SWMRS talks love for the bay, the clash, and haunted venues Rebekah Gonzalez October 27, 2018 Interview Ask any young music enthusiast if they’ve watched School of Rock and you’ll most likely get a yes. Then ask if watching the film inspired them to start a punk band that would go on to perform on The Late La...
Stagehands: out of sight, not completely out of mind Rebekah Gonzalez April 10, 2018 Interview, Photos 1 Comment The average concert goer's experience usually occurs within a four hour time frame, starting with their arrival to the venue once doors open, and ending with the artist’s exit from the stage and the house lig...
UC Theatre celebrates 1 year anniversary since re-opening Veronica Irwin April 28, 2017 Columns and Opinions During the first year since the UC Theatre’s opening, the venue has already gained significant recognition in our community. From attracting hip concert-goers to shows like Deerhunter and Toro y Moi, costume-...
Cue the violins: Trump’s emo boy band to release masochistic debut album Sad! Natalie Silver February 28, 2017 Album Preview, Columns and Opinions On February 12, Donald J. Trump, blubbering rocker who is recognized by less than half of the American population as "their president," and his boy band of puppets — together known as the Sad Hombres — drop...