Tagged Oakland

Foster the People held every single member of the audience in their grip on Saturday evening at the Fox Theater in Oakland. From opening song "Pseudologia Fantastica" to the closer "The Truth," everyone wa...

It may have been Halloween, but the only thing scary last Friday was the number of patrons at LIVE 105’s Spookfest who wrote Chromeo off as a “band.” In fact, one patron we spoke with at the end of th...

Transcendence is a bold concept and curious state, but Tycho’s showing this past Thursday at the Fox Theater in Oakland took us there, if not pretty close. The resonance of the venue, allowed the lower freq...

It’s safe to say that Kasabian are used to playing bigger venues, much bigger than the Fox Theater in Oakland. Ahead of the release of 48:13 the band spent a summer touring festivals, headlining Glastonbu...

Generally speaking, it seems that bands aim to transport their audiences to alternate universes or spacial realms through their music, to transport them anywhere but here on this planet. It is very rare fo...

Perhaps it takes more than a thief to be a good artist. Picasso would reply with contentious conflagration, but then again Picasso wasn't challenged with the brutality of technology. The onset of streami...

Eclectic human masses slowly oozed into the historic Fox Theater in Oakland on a Thursday evening. The opening acts of the night were short bursts of vocally-driven songs that filled the entire theater with...

Everyone is Dirty continues their streak of eclectic grunge rock bordering on performance art with their latest album, titled Dying is Fun. It has a fairly continuous sound -- each song seems to blend well wit...

Every Thursday, The B-Side serves you The Weekend Menu. We’ve tapped the Bay Area shows we’re definitely going to and hope to catch you at. Follow @berkeleybside on Instagram and Twitter and send us the bes...

Every Thursday, The B-Side serves you The Weekend Menu. We’ve tapped the Bay Area shows we’re definitely going to and hope to catch you at. Follow @berkeleybside on Instagram and Twitter and send us the bes...

Oakland noisemakers Stillsuit and Alien Tears are teaming up tonight at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records to welcome D.C.'s Priests, who are on tour with their debut EP, Bodies and Control and Money and Power. Priests ...

Roaring through Oakland on their roots rock revival tour for recently released 9 Dead Alive, Mexican acoustic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela took Oakland’s Fox Theater on a wild ride on Friday, May 9. Opening the ...

Florida-based indie rockers Surfer Blood made their Oakland debut last Friday at The New Parish, taking a quick break between their two Coachella performances to get a taste of the East Bay. French Cassettes...

“Welcome to the Shaking the Habitual Tour!" cheered The Knife’s opening hype man at the Fox Theater Wednesday night. "I’m here to warm you up!” He bounced onstage to face a full house of plaid shirts,...

Every Friday, The B-Side serves you The Weekend Menu. We’ve tapped the Bay Area shows we’re definitely going to and hope to catch you at. Follow @berkeleybside on Instagram and Twitter and send us the bes...