Psychobilly Monsters: The Cramps’ Threefold Relationship with Horror Cinema Sophie Turovsky November 1, 2020 Columns and Opinions An intentionally amateurish garage band. Soulmates side by side, feeding off of each other’s dark, provocative energy. A sonorously tremorous voice layered over a minor-toned psychobilly melody. Macabre and ...
Album Review: King Krule’s Man Alive! Everett Williams March 3, 2020 Album Review, Reviews Archy Marshall has grown up. The 25-year-old Londoner behind post-punk act King Krule recently got married, had a baby girl, and moved from South London to Wigan. Hey World!, a short film featuring four new so...
A night of punk and love with IDLES at The Fillmore Natalie Gott October 28, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Before even walking through the doors of The Fillmore, my friend and I turned the corner to stumble on no other than Danni Miller, lead singer of Surfbort, freshly off stage and finishing a drag in a sequined j...
Revisiting the bizarre career of Jello Biafra Alice Markman April 1, 2019 Columns and Opinions Nothing screams punk rock louder than ripped denim, raw vocals and an unapologetically volatile frustration with the “man.” No one brought this to the US with the same success and political charge as the De...
Chosen family: a night with Better Oblivion Community Center Makaila Heifner March 17, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews When I approached August Hall on March 15th, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I was promised a “healing sound bath - live in concert,” but it felt no different from every other indie rock show, comp...
Down in the Trench with Twenty Øne Piløts Quynh Uong November 13, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Over a year-long hiatus has passed since twenty øne piløts’ electrifying conclusion to their EMØTIØNAL RØADSHØW WØRLD TØUR, and their highly anticipated return to the stage has absolutely delivered. C...
FIDLAR Lives Up To Their Surf Punk Reputation at The Fox Mark Selden November 12, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews After Dilly Dally gave a stellar performance, I half-expected the full floor to clear out while people waited for FIDLAR to appear. However, my expectations were subverted when, instead, the crowd stood in eage...
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...
A night of catharsis: IDLES unleash at The Independent Everett Williams and Jack Austin October 16, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews “I’m pretty sure we’re going the wrong way!” I yelled to my friend Jack, panting, as we sat on our bikes on top of an utterly ruthless San Francisco hill. After taking BART into the city, we had managed...
Ween on the green at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2018 Clementine Zimmer October 11, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews “The Boognish is smiling down upon us!” After what feels like hundreds of tiny, well-placed footsteps through a seemingly endless floor of blankets and lawn chairs, we rejoice with the joy of plane crash...
Pop-punk band The Frights drops new music video “Me and We and I” ahead of new album Hypochondriac Veronica Irwin June 19, 2018 News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFQEE_N1azA Known for their charming brand of sarcastic surf-rock, The Frights released their latest music video “Me and We and I” in support of their third studio album H...
The evolution of protest music Hannah Hartt March 26, 2018 Columns and Opinions, Mixtapes In an interview with Melody Maker magazine, Jimi Hendrix once said, “Anyone can go round shaking babies by the hand and kissing the mothers, and saying that it was groovy. But you see, you can't do this in ...
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...
Stop and smell the flowers with LILACS. Walker Spence March 17, 2018 Interview Austin Corona, the musician behind LILACS., has been writing music for a while now. I first heard something he’d written when his surf-punk band Subpar opened for my friend’s band at a bicycle repair shop i...
Japanese Breakfast puts the punk in indie rock Veronica Irwin February 26, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Since the release of her 2017 record Soft Sounds from Another Planet, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner has risen from the fairy-like starlett listeners were introduced to with catchy single “Everyone Wa...