Freak the Freak Out!
Last weekend, right on the heels of San Francisco’s multi-day, multi-venue Psyched! Fest, we crossed state lines for a Pacific Northwestern analogue: Freakout Fest in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. The ...
A Drug-Free Trip: Psychedelia & Hip-Hop at The Masonic with Lil Yachty’s The Field Trip Tour
As I walked the near vertical climb up Powell Street on my way to The Masonic, I couldn’t help but wonder what to expect from this concert. After releasing his 2023 project “Let’s Start Here.”, Lil Ya...
Phish phood phor thought: Don’t knock em’ till ya see em’
“Shrooms, molly, ketamine, pre-rolls!”
As soon as we stepped in line, the Phish experience was off to a raging start. After almost fifteen years, Phish returned to the Greek Theatre in Berkeley Califor...
3 Years for 3 Hours: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Melt Minds at the Greek Theatre
*DISCLAIMER: While I break down much of the setlist I am aware that I do not touch on every song they played. This is a conscious choice.*
It had been three years since I bought the tickets in 2019. King G...
Explorations into microtonal tunings volume three: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s L.W.
With a band as prolific and experimental as King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (KGATLW), it is hard to imagine what a self-titled album, an artist’s definition of their sound, might be like. Still, it is surp...
The 2019 Bay Area Noise Pop Festival Welcomes Crumb
As the 2019 Bay Area Noise Pop Festival came to a close, Crumb, comprised of members Lila Ramani (guitar/vocals), Jesse Brotter (bass), Brian Aronow (synth/keys, percussion, reeds), and Jonathan Gilad (drums), ...
“If you get confused, just listen to the music play”
“You see that girl over there?” asked someone in the crowd. “That’s Mariah. All the hippies in Berkeley know her. She’s like the queen of the hippies.” As I stood in the back of the crowd, too intim...
In a sunburned country: The Aussie rock comeback is upon us
Ah, Australia. Land of kangaroos and sausage rolls and Foster’s beer (at least according to the advertisements). Most of what I know about the country comes from Jim Jefferies stand-up and Bill Bryson’s tra...
Ways to trip sober: isolation tanks, white noise, and attending a King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard concert
If you’re a young person in the Bay Area, especially in Berkeley, it’s very possible you might be surrounded by people who never outgrew their teenage fascination with psychedelia. A random (and undeniably ...
Connan Mockasin Live & the event you’re probably missing out on
I hesitate to tell you about the Academy of Sciences' monthly NightLife LIVE events only because I'm afraid it will soon become popular and pricey and these monthly nighttime experiences will lose their l...
Psychedelic soloist Ty Segall to rock the Great American Music Hall
The Great American Music Hall will host Ty Segall's first San Francisco performances in support of his new album Manipulator on January 29 and 30.
The psychedelic sensation has been described as 'prol...
Feeling seasonal? High Ends will be an treat at Brick & Mortar
“Just a second while I fix my whole life…”
Last week, we were spinning High Ends’ new Super Class when we thought to ourselves, “this band sounds British Columbian.” No cigar -- High Ends is ...
The Horrors and Moon Duo entrance at the Fillmore
On October 16, The Horrors and Moon Duo played a pair of mesmerizing sets at the Fillmore, a venue with a cool atmosphere augmented by chandeliers lit up in blue and purple.
Moon Duo started off the nigh...
Temples fill The Fillmore, give everyone what they came for
Wednesday, September 24 in San Francisco, The Fillmore welcomed Fever The Ghost, Wampire, and Temples to its stage. The crowd that night was an eclectic mix, comprised of teens headbanging, twenty-something...
Temples to capture ’60s psychedelic rock at the Great American Music Hall
Dubbed Britain’s best new band by former Oasis’ member Noel Gallagher and set to perform at the Great American Music Hall on April 14th, Kettering-based Temples has us feeling nostalgic. Perhaps nostalgic ...