Poetry inspired by King Krule’s electric performance at the Fox Theater Jack Austin October 28, 2018 Album Review, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews On April 16, 2018, King Krule played an unforgettable show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, and he absolutely rocked the house. Kelsey Lu opened the show with ethereal solos on her cello played softly and with em...
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...
Windhand and Satan’s Satyrs host an occult ritual at the Starline Social Club Clementine Zimmer October 21, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It was a quiet, foggy night in Oakland. The students were studying; the working folk had all gone home. Not a single automobile was in any one of the normally crowded intersections. A few drifters loped across ...
Tom Misch grooves at the Fox Theater Joshua Hauser and Noah Bogner October 20, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews London’s incessantly evolving music scene has produced a new sound, incorporating mellow jazz, uplifting hip-hop, and classic soul and funk. Leading the way is 23-year-old artist and producer, Tom Misch. On O...
Kikagaku Moyo: a mystic midweek jaunt Celia Davalos October 18, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Uncategorized October 10th was the 10th stop for psychedelic rock/folk five-piece band, Kikagaku Moyo’s North America tour. All the way from Tokyo, the band lent the Wednesday night a gentle hand easing the transition to t...
Pure fun: a night with George Ezra Makaila Heifner May 14, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews George Ezra seems like the boy next door: all smiles, soft sweaters, and a soft almost-Cherub like face. His voice, however, matches that of an old blues singer, a force that could knock the same boy off the ve...
S.O.S. I’m faded: A conversation with Kweku Collins Natalie Silver April 15, 2018 Interview 1 Comment April 5, Starline Social Club, 9:00 p.m. Natalie— For the second time that day we ascended the dingy Starline stairwell. The first time, three hours prior, we chugged our beers minutes before the clim...
Roger Daltrey defies age at the Fox Theater Shayan Shirkhodai March 20, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Roger Daltrey may have gotten older, but his voice has not aged one bit. The 74-year-young frontman of infamous British rock band, The Who, proved to the Fox Theater that age is nothing more than a number. Welc...
Emotions flow at a wholesome night spent with Cuco and friends Harmony Lee February 28, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Uncategorized “This place looks poppin’!” our Uber driver announced as she pulled up to a sketchy pool hall that was blasting Latin music and flashing disco lights from within. After checking the place out a bit, we ca...
Real Estate brings warmth back to the Bay Annie Nguyen February 28, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Last weekend, Real Estate visited Fox Theatre to play their first show in Oakland, CA. The concert was part of the Noise Pop Music & Arts Festival, the Bay's annual indie arts week, and it was only fitting ...
PSA for the angsty: Smashing Pumpkins reunion tour Shayan Shirkhodai February 25, 2018 Columns and Opinions, News Attention all angsty people: this piece is for you. There has been a drought of truly invigorating angry music in the 21st century — or at least it seems this way because none of it surfaces beyond the underg...
Black History Month with Con Funk Shun Devyn White February 18, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews This past week, I was blessed to see Con Funk Shun at Yoshi’s in Oakland. If you don’t know who Con Funk Shun is - AKA if you aren’t obsessed with funk or born in the ‘50s or ‘60s - they are an old-sc...
Thom Yorke continues love affair with the Bay Area at the Fox Rebekah Gonzalez December 20, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Thom Yorke loves the Bay Area more than he loves Los Angeles, maybe more than he loves any other area of this country. Yes, this is a bold claim, but if you were one of the lucky souls that attended his solo sh...
“Always celestial vibes”: an interview with The Seshen Veronica Irwin December 11, 2017 Interview, Uncategorized Bay area-based band The Seshen has always been hard to pin down. Falling somewhere between dub, R&B, electronica, and synth-pop, their music lies outside of all genre expectations. Groovy without a doubt, t...
Ashe joins Louis the Child at the Fox this Saturday Jordan Aronson December 7, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews This Saturday, pop singer-songwriter Ashe will join electronic duo Louis the Child for a stop at Oakland’s Fox Theater as part of their “Last to Leave” tour. Previously best known for her vocal feature on...