Dizzy and SYML at The Chapel Claire Winthrop October 24, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews Weaving through San Francisco on BART and MUNI, I arrived at a building that didn’t look like much from the outside except for the classic-looking sign announcing SYML and Dizzy. When I walked in, I was welco...
Janelle Monáe is the icon the LGBTQ community deserves Rebekah Gonzalez June 23, 2018 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews She is standing at the top of a pearly white set of front angled stairs. The crowd at San Francisco’s The Masonic auditorium roars beneath her. Just half an hour ago, Janelle Monáe seemed cooler than ice. In...
Prince in the 2010s: 4 modern songs that capture the spirit of The Purple One Anthony Vega March 24, 2018 Columns and Opinions April 21st of this year marks two years since the death of legendary singer Prince Rogers Nelson, who we all knew by his ever-present stage name Prince. Since then, many established and upcoming artists have pu...
The Regrettes delight at Bottom of the Hill Benjamin Micallef March 21, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It could have been the way Lydia dominated a stage only less than twenty feet wide. Or maybe it was Genessa’s guitar solo in Seashore. Or possibly even the quartet’s cover of "Teenager in Love." Regardless...