Danny Brown smiles on San Francisco Liv Bjorgum April 9, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Rap, San Francisco It takes a uniquely seasoned artist to easily command a stage without force, smile at his own lyrics, and communicate the same reverence for his audience that they give him. On Thursday night in San Francisco, ...
Believe the Hype: ALG at Rickshaw Stop Sophia Shen July 5, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews On Thursday night, after submitting my two half-baked Session A finals and thus closing the door on a veritable lifetime of summer school, I slicked my hair back, donned a blazer, and set off towards Rickshaw S...
100 gecs literally hit with fans Miranda Craig April 9, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, indie-pop, music, Oakland, Photos, Uncategorized 100 Gecs and Machine Girl together in concert is a match made in heaven. Their April 5 show at Oakland’s Fox Theater was no exception. For anyone looking for high-energy music and dancing, it was a must-see s...
The Anti-Grimes Manifesto Piper Samuels November 30, 2021 Creative Writing, Satire, Uncategorized A SPECTER IS HAUNTING THE INTERNET — THE SPECTER OF GRIMES! Thus Piper Samuels introduces her program for the reorientation of justice-seeking music listeners towards new electronic-pop artists. A specter...
glaive and ericdoa finish joint “then i’ll be happy” tour off with a bang – Photo Gallery Kian Maple November 9, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia For the last stop of their “then i’ll be happy” tour, glaive and ericdoa provided an extremely energetic performance to an even more enthusiastic audience at a sold-out Brick and Mortar Music Hall on Satu...
Need a Cure for the Winter Blues? Try Neo-perreo Xia Jimenez February 11, 2021 Columns and Opinions This winter has been rainy, strange, and of course filled with the notes of isolation we've come to know and hate. That's partially why more than any other winter, we could all use a pick me up. Enter Neo-perre...
Revisiting Sufjan Stevens’ Age of Adz in the era of hyperpop Noah Larsen October 12, 2020 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Reviews, Uncategorized As I was scrolling through the #sufjanstevens tag on TikTok (as one naturally does), I clicked on a high-quality video in which user @boyjr.69 covers Sufjan Stevens' indie hit song “Mystery of Love” in the...