“I know this song from TikTok” – an empowering night with Baby Tate Riley Collins March 31, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews 1 Comment The unexpected rain created a sense of urgency as fans rushed to get inside Oakland's Fox Theater on March 27th; shelter-seekers became indistinguishable from those clamoring to hear Baby Tate open for Charli X...
Pure fun: a night with George Ezra Makaila Heifner May 14, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews George Ezra seems like the boy next door: all smiles, soft sweaters, and a soft almost-Cherub like face. His voice, however, matches that of an old blues singer, a force that could knock the same boy off the ve...
French Kiwi Juice: The One Man Band Keeyun Nam December 22, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews On December 15, Fox Theater opened its venue to French Kiwi Juice, with featuring artists ((( O ))) and Masego. French Kiwi Juice’s opener was the ethereal ((( O ))) (also known as June Marieezy), a Filipin...
Thom Yorke continues love affair with the Bay Area at the Fox Rebekah Gonzalez December 20, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Thom Yorke loves the Bay Area more than he loves Los Angeles, maybe more than he loves any other area of this country. Yes, this is a bold claim, but if you were one of the lucky souls that attended his solo sh...
The Pixies in bloom: An essential band makes its presence heard at the Fox Rebekah Gonzalez December 15, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos About two months ago, as I skimmed through a classmate’s short story, I came across a line that read, “Outside there is a boxcar”, and without thinking twice, the small jukebox in my brain began blasting ...
After 27 years, Slowdive finally share their intense shoegaze beauty with Oakland Dylan Medlock November 4, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews When writing about concerts, I can typically rely on the personalities of the band members, the stage setup, crowd interactions, and a plethora of other unpredictable qualities to illustrate why the show was un...
Ty Segall ends Noise Pop and Fox Theater’s speakers Ally Mason and Fiona Duerr March 3, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Who better to close out Noise Pop’s 25th year than Ty Segall? The former staple of the Bay Area music community delivered an explosive and dynamic end to the ten day festival that makes a point to highlight l...
Shannon and the Clams’ rockabilly revival at the Fox Abby Blaine March 3, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Courtesy of Harry Leath Sandwiched between White Fence, the psychedelic rock group with a gangly frontman in white face paint, and Ty Segall, the prolific poster boy for modern California garage rock, Oakla...