The delays, the freeways, and the gays Madeline Heinemann November 15, 2024 Creative Writing My shins were burning as I sped-walked through UC Berkeley’s tree lined north campus, down and up the paved path as my “Slow Jams” playlist queued Cat Stevens in my ear, attempting to calm me down so no o...
Alisa Amador’s music is a grounding force Irem Kurtdemir October 21, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Berkeley, folk, Local, Reviews “Imagine a comforting and cooling light that starts at the top of your head and moves down to the rest of your body…” This quote encompasses everything I love about Alisa Amador’s set at the 2024 Har...
Patti Smith’s tribute to generations of musical icons at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2024 Annie Wynner October 12, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, prog-rock, Punk, Reviews, Rock, San Francisco, women in music San Francisco boasted a striking 97 degrees on Sunday, the last day of the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival and the warmest October 6th the city had ever seen. Despite the excessive heat, the streets s...
An audience’s view of Haley Heynderickx Gianna Caudillo October 12, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Country, indie, San Francisco Haley Heynderickx is always up. Her speaking voice curls up at the corners, lilting and genuine, like peeling wallpaper about to reveal something greater hidden behind. Delightful sentiments drift out of her mo...
Sleater-Kinney: Navigating a “Modern Girl” sound with 30-year punk roots Peri Zoe Yildirim-Stanley October 10, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Indie-Rock, Punk, Rock, San Francisco My experience on Friday, October 4th, Day 1 of San Francisco’s annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival starts with a harrowing journey, full of twists and turns (literally, physically turning around and w...
Kikuo: A rainbow fever dream of a concert Gwen Tam September 13, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews I had convinced (not that it took much convincing) a close friend of mine to attend Kikuo’s concert with me, on September 8th in San Francisco. For context, this friend was one I had known since second grade;...
I can go deaf now that I’ve seen Deftones live with System of a Down at Golden Gate Park Bailey Schroerlucke August 22, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Uncategorized Following the weekend of San Francisco’s annual festival Outside Lands, the Golden Gate Park hosted 50,000 people for another day of music on August 17, though this time the event attracted a crowd of metal a...
Someday I’ll get over this Cowboy Junkies show Sophia Shen June 12, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Stepping across the red plush-carpeted threshold of Bimbo’s 365 Club on Sunday night felt like turning back seventy years’ time. No longer were we college students adrift in the San Francisco of 2024—we h...
I went to the Michael Seyer show and all I got was farted on Heidy Barrera May 3, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, indie, San Francisco Where do I begin? I first want to thank my wonderful friend Riya for accompanying me on this journey and for her growing patience. When I asked if anyone knew Michael Seyer, the following story was the la...
Laufey: The Evolution of a “Goddess” Ivonne Liang April 17, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Jazz, Local, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco Smoke continued to linger in the air from Grace Enger’s intimate acoustic set, setting a mysterious mood. People of all ages, but most notably girls with ribbons in their hair were seated in anticipation. Shr...
Floating on a cloud of love with Alice Phoebe Lou Sophia Shen April 16, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Friday, April 12, just before the latest round of rainfall would begin to kiss the streets of San Francisco, synth pop princess Alice Phoebe Lou delivered a heartfelt and cathartic set to an entranced audience ...
Trains and Changing Constants: KST’s Theatrical Odyssey at the Great American Music Hall Yansu Tan April 2, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews KST, or 康士坦的變化球, performed the fifth and last stop of their 2024 US Tour for their latest album, 眠月線 Track to Sleeping Moon (2023) on March 16 at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. ...
I can’t help but to groove: Bas at The Fillmore Catherine Li March 19, 2024 San Francisco, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, R&B, Rap, Reviews A Sudanese-American rapper born in France, Bas or Abbas Hamad born May 27, 1987, is a star in the rap world. With mentorship from world renowned rapper, J. Cole, and fellowship with Dreamville Records, Bas has ...
PLVTINUM: “HELLBOUND” But Sent to Heaven Jenai Johns-Peterson March 16, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, EDM, San Francisco It's not often you come across a crowd of people hoping to get spit on, but that’s exactly what you would have found on Jan. 26 at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco. A night of red lights, chokers and a whole lot...
93 ‘til Infinity: Bay Area hip hop and punk rock revolutions in 1993 Katie Hulse March 6, 2024 Berkeley, Local, Music History, Oakland, Punk, Rap, Rock, San Francisco, Uncategorized I was in my friend's car stumbling along the landscape when “93 ‘til Infinity" by Souls of Mischief trinkled out of the speakers and changed the way that I think about hip hop. Thirty years after its initia...