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People of Portola (Music Festival)

Riley Collins
September 29, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews
The Portola Music Festival drew thousands to Pier 80 in San Francisco last weekend, on September 24th and 25th. The Berkeley B-side spoke to some of the festival goers. Here are the people of Portola:  ...

First dates and new music

Riley Collins
September 20, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Previews, Reviews
I learned about Remi Wolf how everyone else learns about music nowadays: a hinge date. More often than not, these dates are unsuccessful, filling your brain with information that will no longer be needed in two...

How to Not DYE in the Pit: Together Pangea Takes San Francisco By Storm

Nico Chodor
May 3, 2022
Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews
Together Pangea, Sad Park, and Reckling brought out all the stops Thursday night at Cafe Du Nord for the 29th show of Pangea’s How to DYE tour. Reckling kicked things off as the crowd trickled into the Market...

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...
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