Reviews

The duo Royel Otis, known for their unique blend of dreamy indie rock with a nostalgic twist, put on a show that felt like stepping into an inside joke shared between friends— those friends being the embodiment of oddball cartoons

On a Thursday night in San Francisco the Great American Music Hall was packed with good vibes and smiles all around when the lights dimmed and the groovy tones of Roy Ayres' "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" began playing. Happy applause

It was a warm night at the Greek Theater in Berkeley under a full moon — a serene setting for a soulfully charged musical journey. Co-headliner Brittany Howard (formerly of Alabama Shakes) and her 9 piece band took the stage

What are concerts but ephemeral portals through space and time? Music, “the sounds of the universe speaking through us”, the only tool that can allow us to truly express our humanness to one another For one night, a few hours,

As a college student with no car, I rarely get to see live music outside of Berkeley. But as a Bay Area native, I knew I had to show my friends my favorite music venue / Japanese restaurant: Yoshi’s in

I enter the Chapel, closing a call with Abdul, a boy my age, in the Rohingya refugee camps somewhere on the southern tip of Bangladesh—stuck there the last 7 years—"Tell me what your freedom is like,” he asks as he

Friday October 11th, one of two back-to-back sold out shows for LA LOM. The classy art deco style of Bimbo’s perfectly complemented the retro-inspired music that filled the space. The standing area in front of the stage was packed, yet

The British rock band, Pulp, visited San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on September 16th after almost 12 years of not hosting a concert in North America. After more than a decade of not touring the band came back together

Most of my city trips to San Francisco are during broad daylight. But on Friday, October 11th, I headed towards the panhandle at around 7pm, seeing the sunset on the F bus across the Bay.  I often forget how beautiful

For the last weekend of September, The Portola Festival once again drew ravers from far and wide to Pier 80 in San Francisco for performances from electronic music legends ranging from hard Industrial powerhouses like Gesaffelstein to full vinyl RnB

From the moment they began, the band's infectious energy filled the room, bringing the attention of the bumbling crowd back to the stage and creating a welcoming atmosphere that was especially commendable for an opener. Hailing from Austin, Texas, Charlie

On an uncharacteristically warm late September night, Faye Webster and opener Mei Ehara took the stage for the Underdressed at the Symphony tour stop at the Greek Theater. Mei Ehara is a Japanese pop artist on tour with Webster, who

MJ Lenderman has never been hard to root for. His debut full-length, a scrappy, self-titled collection of simultaneously wry and earnest tracks, the shortest of which being just over four minutes, demonstrated an immediate harkening to the earliest alt-country bodies

For a moment, Horse Jumper of Love was inscrutable. Dealing almost entirely in murky images circumventing internal snapshots of a memoir remembered only in brief glimpses, narratives proved elusive, dancing just out of reach as images refused to focus. Their

On September 12th, 2024 (the eve before the release of his album The Love it Took to Leave You), Colin Stetson took the stage at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Mostly known for his soundtrack work on

On a cold September night in San Francisco, only the coolest of art pop enthusiasts piled into Great American Music Hall to reconnect with Perfume Genius as he was set to perform his 2014 record Too Bright in full —

Legendary feminist punk rock band Bikini Kill is back and as authentic as they were 34 years ago. Following their disbandment in 1997, singer/songwriter Kathleen Hanna, drummer Tobi Vail, and bassist Kathi Wilcox reunited for a North American tour in

Not many words need to be sung if you know how to make your guitars talk.  On the second night of their sold out 3-day residency at the Greek Theatre, Khruangbin embellished the already funky and free-spirited Berkeley atmosphere with

You could feel the buzzing excitement in the air while millennial hipsters and indie kids from all around the Bay Area lined up to see dream pop darlings Alvvays (pronounced ‘always’) at downtown Oakland’s legendary Fox Theater. Hailing from Toronto,

The long-awaited August weekend had arrived and I was ready to embark on another foot-aching, mildly chaotic, three day adventure in Golden Gate Park. As a San Francisco native, Outside Lands has slowly crept its way into becoming an annual