Partying like it’s the late 1900s: the Breeders and Belly at the Warfield Sophia Shen October 27, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Rock, San Francisco 1 Comment Working as a stagehand at a music venue, you see enough middle-aged men whose bands you’ve never heard of strut across a stage. Thus, attending the Breeders’ 30th anniversary tour of their 1993 album Last S...
In a Shoegaze Daze: A Night with Slowdive at The Warfield Anna Armstrong October 21, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Shoegaze The shoegaze renaissance is upon us and we can thank Slowdive for that. Shoegaze is a genre of music popularized in the 1980s and 90s and is characterized by its use of distortion, guitar pedals and muddied...
An Enthralling Monday Evening with Bruno Major Ashley Mauldin September 13, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews You wouldn’t expect for a line to be all the way around the block filled with young adults dressed in flowy skirts, florals, and oversized sweaters to be in SF on a Monday night in September. But with Bruno M...
Regina Spektor stands alone, effortlessly Cammie Lambert March 24, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, indie-pop, music I arrived at Regina Spektor’s concert at the Warfield last Sunday, full of excitement and anticipation, spanning back to five months ago when it was announced that due to a bad case of Covid, she would have t...
One magic hour with Surf Curse at the Warfield Liv Bjorgum November 21, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews, San Francisco “We’re not 18 anymore / But we’ve still got our habits / You’re the creature in my heart / And you’re about to devour it / ‘Cause I remember when” - Surf Curse, “Nostalgia,” Nothing Yet (2017)...
Sugar, mice, and everything nice: black midi with Black Country, New Road at the Warfield Stanley Quiros October 13, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Rock Everything nice but Isaac Wood, that is. I am at the back of a line. A long line. Hopping off at BART’s Powell Station, I was not expecting this many people; an amused feeling of surprise crawls its way ac...
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...
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," ...
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...
The Night That Cured Me—Thundercat Revisited at the Warfield Lex Andersen December 9, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos Walking out of the Warfield covered in sweat and tears, I was fully prepared to cancel all therapy appointments, attack the pile of clothes that had been haunting my bed, and even go as far as to do a morning ...
Freedom, Fresh Air, and Love with Crumb and Chicano Batman Daniella Ivanir November 17, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It’s 8 pm outside of The Warfield and an eager crowd files into the historic venue, looking up at the beautiful detailing on the ceiling as they secure their spots. Los Retros finishes off their set with groo...
Boss ass bitch – Lizzo’s lesson on empowerment Makaila Heifner April 28, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 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...
FKJ’s electric night at the Warfield Makaila Heifner April 14, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews 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...
How to catch emotions: a live demonstration by Mitski Rebekah Gonzalez December 2, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 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...
Jorja Smith makes the crowd fall in love at The Warfield Tovah Popilsky November 28, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews 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...