Tagged San Francisco

Within five minutes of stepping into the venue I was complimented on my outfit, a group of friends offered a shot, and had four new Instagram followers. The non-stop kindness and friendly attitudes persisted th...

I will argue till the day I die that French house music is superior. There’s something that just seems real about it, something that hits you deeper and urges you to move along with it. FKJ, also known as Fre...

Mt. Joy is in good company. They drift within the same waters as The Head and the Heart and the Lumineers, and are quickly establishing themselves as a household name in the folk-pop genre. On March 30th, Phila...

Conan Gray is a prime example of Generation Z’s obsession with normalcy and reality packaged in a faded VSCO filter with overlaid contour doodles. With vlogs and sit-down Q&As about his life in Texas subu...

Rayland Baxter is the perfect mix of singer-songwriter, psychedelic rock, and country. His songs are sickeningly sweet, a tad-bit whimsical, and just the right kind of rowdy. Baxter brought his eclectic mix to ...

While Princess Nokia graced Berkeley’s UC Theater this past Saturday, Jerry Paper took over the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco and performed soothing, existential zig-zags for Noise Pop Music Festival 20...

Bay Area consumers, yearning to be entertained in novel ways, are no strangers to technological innovation. Robots can make our coffee and deliver our food, virtual reality is constantly mined for new immersive...

On her hugely successful fifth album Be the Cowboy (2018), Mitski captures a whirlwind of emotions through solid indie rock. The polished compositions on the album suggest stability, but her honest and ambiguo...

The 2018 fall semester is nearing a close. Chances are you’re tired, and most likely dreading finals. Here’s a couple playlists that fit every mood you may experience during dead week. “I have a whole ...

On November 24th, 21-year-old England native Jorja Smith performed an unforgettable show at The Warfield in San Francisco, leaving the crowd in awe and simply beaming throughout the night.  This tour served as...

Martin Roark, better known by his stage name Tomemitsu, first caught my eye when his song “In Dreams” appeared at the end of “Rachel,” a short from HBO’s High Maintenance released in 2014. I’ve been...

After just reaching one million monthly listeners on Spotify, Sven Gamsky, better known by his stage name Still Woozy, made his return home at Rickshaw Stop on November 9th. The Bay Area native was greeted wit...

“Here goes nothing…” The crowd collectively holds their breath. The next two words ricocheting off the backs of their teeth and around their closed mouths. Is anyone going to say it? “Wild Nothi...

It’s shortly after 1:00 a.m., and the streets are sprawling with all sorts of characters.  Halloween weekend in San Francisco is always a crazy one, and you’re bound to see as many pleasant surprises as yo...

In a sold-out concert at the Fillmore on October 17th, Swedish pop icon Lykke Li headlined an eclectic 16-song set featuring songs from her newest album, so sad so sexy (2018).  Opening the stage for Lykke ...