Punk: An unexpected safe space Natalie Gott November 22, 2020 Creative Writing, Uncategorized Sometimes, when just the right song comes on, it feels as if the music is writing out your emotions for you. Like ironing out wrinkles in a sheet, it smooths out everything you couldn’t understand alone. Th...
A night of punk and love with IDLES at The Fillmore Natalie Gott October 28, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Before even walking through the doors of The Fillmore, my friend and I turned the corner to stumble on no other than Danni Miller, lead singer of Surfbort, freshly off stage and finishing a drag in a sequined j...
Iceage and Shame put the post back in punk at the New Parish Clementine Zimmer April 27, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Walking into the New Parish on Tuesday, I had my mental checklist for a weeknight post-punk show going, and those boxes were getting ticked off pretty quickly. Dude in an Idles shirt? Check. Bowl cuts? Check. U...
Desert Daze 2018: a sonic oasis Marta Meazza October 31, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It is hard to find the right place to start any narrative of this year’s Desert Daze; one could try to start chronologically, but they would be forced to start with a four-hour long wait in the car to just ge...
A night of catharsis: IDLES unleash at The Independent Everett Williams and Jack Austin October 16, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews “I’m pretty sure we’re going the wrong way!” I yelled to my friend Jack, panting, as we sat on our bikes on top of an utterly ruthless San Francisco hill. After taking BART into the city, we had managed...
