Tagged Punk

On their latest tour, NYC based Dirty Dishes made a stop in SF last Saturday, February 27,  just in time for the penultimate night of Noise Pop 2016. Also accompanying them in the dimly lit Knockout was Wax Id...

At 8:11pm on a Monday night in in the heart of San Francisco, the Rickshaw Stop slowly generates a palpable buzz. Bodies busy themselves with the gentle stirring of ice cubes in highball glasses or chatter indi...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edpYl_3p6O8 Upon haphazardly encountering Flesh World’s music while browsing bandcamp, we were welcomely surprised to find that they were far more local than our internet di...

On a warm, sunny Friday afternoon at UC Berkeley, the ASUC SUPERB-hosted event featuring Twin Peaks and their opener, Criminal Hygiene brought a rock-infused taste of summer to Upper Sproul. Although...

Though he may not be doing stage dives at Kingface shows anymore, director Scott Crawford is still a devout punk pundit. His recent feature Salad Days: The Birth of Punk Rock in the Nation’s Capital docu...

On Friday November 21, 924 Gilman (Berkeley’s famous punk rock mecca) was filled to the brim -- fans of (nearly) all ages came out for Walter Mitty and his Makeshift Orchestra, Somos, Crying, Knuckle Puck, an...

Post-rock/punk outfit and local weirdos Deerhoof just celebrated their 20th anniversary and 12th album release with La Isla Bonita on November 4th. Their noisy whimsicality filled a sold out Great Americ...

Sunday night, patrons at The Regency Center were engaged in a ballroom dance soiree downstairs. It was a wonder those aristocrats waltzed along, oblivious to the tripped-out rock sabbatical above them. Upsta...

On Monday night, South London’s Fat White Family took to Rickshaw Stop as they neared the end of their US tour. It was a night of orgasmic rock and enticing performances that left the crowd completely in...

On October 6th, Iceage released their third full-length album Plowing Into the Field of Love. It is a challenging, dark record that summons angst, conflicts of youth, and a stormy collection of raw emotion...

Continuing their extensive touring -  by October they will have spent the last eight months relentlessly on the road in both Europe and North America - Glasgow-based punk band PAWS stopped by Rickshaw S...

San Francisco trio Terry Malts is back with Insides, an EP out September 23 via Slumberland Records. Evoking feelings of youth, Insides is music to the montage of your younger self running around town, h...

UK-based band, Joanna Gruesome -- yes, it is a play on Joanna Newsom -- have finally made it over to the United States, starting their US tour off with a sold-out show. The band played Oakland's premier punk v...

Friday evening, an extensive number of people filed into The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, ready to have a good time. Slightly Stoopid’s tour included Stephen Marley and NOFX, and that night, all three pr...

It's a wonderful feeling when a band can be both sweetly nostalgic while maintaining a wholly mature and unique sound. Joyce Manor, although hailed as being a leader in the emo-revival movement, is doing ...