Longstreth’s newest formation of the Dirty Projectors still puts on a good show Jack Austin November 9, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized I have to confess, I was terrified the Dirty Projectors would put on a mediocre show filled with good moments. I had heard a couple tracks off their latest album, Lamp Lit Prose (2018), and was thoroughly unimp...
Real Estate brings warmth back to the Bay Annie Nguyen February 28, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Last weekend, Real Estate visited Fox Theatre to play their first show in Oakland, CA. The concert was part of the Noise Pop Music & Arts Festival, the Bay's annual indie arts week, and it was only fitting ...
SXSW photo gallery Ally Mason April 10, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews I would like to think I know my way around a music festival--how to navigate a crowd, a lineup, a schedule. Music festivals, not unlike music, require a keen sense of timing. Though I tried to map out the in...
The B-Side picks, South by Southwest Ally Mason March 13, 2017 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Mixtapes, Previews, Staff Pick As South by Southwest officially enters its thirty-first year, I enter my twenty-first, and our paths finally collide. Growing up, my dad promised to take me to the Elysian musical free-for-all in Austin, Texas...
Belle and Sebastian illuminate The Greek Theatre Joseph Choe April 16, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos We're truly in the dark. Can I get a splash of light? Not all bands need to be dark, edgy, or gritty to put on a lively show. Belle and Sebastian demonstrated this on Sunday night at UC Berkeley's Greek T...
Real Estate is back on the map with Atlas Myra March 4, 2014 Album Review The ability to construct timeless recollections is perhaps the closest portal we have to fourth-dimensional travel. Summers at the local pool, polaroid photographs, zebra printed slap bracelets, and the aroma...
The Weekend Menu, Volume 1 Myra February 27, 2014 The Weekend Menu Every Thursday The B-Side serves you The Weekend Menu. We’ll tap select Bay Area shows we’re definitely going to and hope to catch you at. Follow @berkeleybside on Instagram and Twitter and send us the b...