Elujay Hypnotizes His Hometown Crowd with a Captivating Performance Tovah Popilsky April 27, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos On Saturday night, Elujay performed a sold out show at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco in order to showcase his new album and perform some crowd favorites. Elujay, who grew up in Oakland, was excited to be back a...
Omar Apollo Returns to the Bay and Wows the Crowd at the Warfield Tovah Popilsky April 19, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Last week, Omar Apollo (and his two opener Tora-i, and Deb Never) performed a magnificent set at the The Warfield in San Francisco, CA. Singing everything from crowd favorites such as "Kamikaze" and "Hey Boy," ...
A Conversation With Junior Mesa And His Band Of Brothers Ava Aguiar April 7, 2022 Interview I had the pleasure of seeing Junior Mesa performing live at the Fillmore in San Francisco this past Monday. His unique sound— a mix of psychedelic-pop, alt-rock, and indie music–– enraptured the audience ...
Finding the music – An interview with Indie Rock band Flipturn Joe Sison April 6, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, News As the sun began its descent, the often busy Potrero Hill Neighborhood began to transition. What was left of the day’s sunlight was more than enough to slice through the city streets, reflecting off storefron...
A cohesive current: Yves Tumor and band play an electrifying show at 1015 Folsom Baylie Raddon March 21, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Carrying enough energy, fashion sense, and personality to make even the best 80’s and 90’s rock stars jealous, Yves Tumor entranced the crowd at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco on Friday, March 18th. Backe...
A Night of Unconventional Sound and Post-Punk Excitement With Squid Sabrina Herrera March 17, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Photos “It’s Saturday?” asks Squid lead singer and drummer Ollie Judge at the August Hall on March 12th. It was definitely Saturday night for the very diverse crowd where people from all walks of life enjoyed th...
Still Feeling Woozy after a Night Groovin’ at the Warfield Tovah Popilsky March 16, 2022 Reviews, Uncategorized This past Monday night at the Warfield in San Francisco, Still Woozy and company gave their audience the performance of a lifetime. The night's concert consisted of three hour long sets featuring Legwurk, Walli...
glaive and ericdoa finish joint “then i’ll be happy” tour off with a bang – Photo Gallery Kian Maple November 9, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia For the last stop of their “then i’ll be happy” tour, glaive and ericdoa provided an extremely energetic performance to an even more enthusiastic audience at a sold-out Brick and Mortar Music Hall on Satu...
Greer Live in San Francisco Jax Samsell November 8, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Greer is a four piece ensemble from Los Angeles, California, whose presence has been cemented in memories since 2014. As Gen Z’s favorite niche Internet celebrities, seeing them live at the August Hall in San...
The heartbeat that is black midi Avery Flieder November 4, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews 1 Comment In my poetry class, I learned of the relationship between breath in occurrence with how we experience a poem. Where we take these breaths, how we take our breaths, and when we take our breaths, influence our re...
Spotify Blend: Sweet Dreams Really are Made of Nightmares Jax Samsell October 23, 2021 Creative Writing, Uncategorized Spotify Blend is the newest feature on Spotify. It syncs your music taste with whoever you send the Spotify blend link to and generates a playlist with similar songs you each would like. It has a song compatibi...
Q+A: Indie Rock Band Flipturn Chats About Debut ‘Warmth In The Rain’ Tour Anna Armstrong October 10, 2021 Interview In early September, indie-rock five-piece, Flipturn, set off on their debut ‘Warmth in the Rain’ tour. I sat down in the green room with the band prior to their October 2 show at Brick and Mortar Music Hall...
Q&A: Still Woozy Chats About New Album: If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is Jax Samsell August 27, 2021 Interview, Uncategorized Still Woozy, otherwise known as Sven Gamsky, released his debut album, If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is on August 13th, 2021. The new album contains 13 tracks with each one drawing influence from an...
The Yolk: The moment a song hits just right Jax Samsell March 18, 2021 Creative Writing, Uncategorized The 2:02 mark of Lorde’s “Buzzcut Season,” off of Pure Heroine (2013) fills me with an inexplicable emotion. The way she harmonizes behind the chorus is heavenly. It‘s a combination of euphoria, mela...
Reverend Hort Heat and The Buttertones bring together generations of surf-rock Natalie Gott February 13, 2020 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews On the night of January 25th, 2020, Reverend Horton Heat had Slim’s swelling with pin-ups and psychobillies for a sold-out show. A line stretched out the door well before the show was set to begin, crowding ...