Tagged Pop

Rising British singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone enchanted her San Francisco audience with guitar-led synthpop and tattoo-worthy lyricism at the Regency Ballroom. Alternating between electric guitar and keybo...

Moving the audience to their feet and to tears, Clairo channeled Gen-Z bedroom pop and 70’s indie folk in a gentle, contemplative concert at Fox Theater on March 31. From the upbeat playfulness of “Bags” ...

The unexpected rain created a sense of urgency as fans rushed to get inside Oakland's Fox Theater on March 27th; shelter-seekers became indistinguishable from those clamoring to hear Baby Tate open for Charli X...

This past Monday night at the Warfield in San Francisco, Still Woozy and company gave their audience the performance of a lifetime. The night's concert consisted of three hour long sets featuring Legwurk, Walli...

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...

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...

When I think about the white Disney pop stars I grew up with, I recall Hannah Montana and Taylor Swift playing both roles in the “You Belong With Me” music video which shook my whole world. The drastic shif...

“I hope you don't take this the wrong way But I think your inside is your best side”  On January 30th, 2021, Sophie Xeon (known professionally as SOPHIE) tragically passed away at the age of 34. T...

Hailing from New York state by way of Manhattan, Eden Ariel lets her environment take up a character of its own in her lyricism on her new EP Altars (2020). Opening track “City Rain” is a love story about ...

On Friday, March 6th - amid the global Coronavirus panic - a sold-out crowd still gathered outside the flashing red ‘Fox’ sign awaiting the mystical bassist by the name of Stephen Bruner -- known more ...

Mikaela Straus, known better as King Princess, recently released her debut album Cheap Queen (2019). The queer pop icon has racked up a lot of attention since dropping three singles last year: “1950,” “Pu...

I had been awaiting a full-and-loaded album from R&B/soul artist Summer Walker for what seemed like way too long. So when Over It (2019) was finally released in early October, it's all I listened to for at ...

Picture this: an 8th grade singing performance. Me, an awkward 13-year old wearing an Aeropostale shirt, nervous and sweating in front of the crowd. I had chosen to sing “Love Song” by Sara Bareilles, which...

Oakland native mxmtoon, aka Maia, played a sold-out show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco this Halloween. The show, framed by an intimate venue, featured many of the songs from Maia’s debut a...

LA-based artist Steve Lacy played a sold out show at San Francisco's Fillmore last Saturday performing his debut album, Apollo XXI (2019). Upon crunching down a Red Delicious Fillmore apple during intermission,...