Reviews

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

RIYL: Alvvays, Wild Ones, The Japanese House, Better Oblivion Community Center, Stars It was perfect weather while leaving the East Bay to witness the sunny sounds of The Greeting Committee’s latest record, Everyone’s Gone And I Know I’m The Cause.

Another weird and wacky weekend was upon us. Every Bay Area punk rocker’s favorite festival, Mosswood Meltdown, was here for another year, hosted by the filthy and cultish John Waters. The summer sun beat down hard as I arrived Saturday

On Thursday, July 25th, hang out with KALX as we welcome Chris Cohen and his sonically dynamic and titillating pop music at The Chapel in San Francisco. Throughout his career, Chris Cohen held stints in Deerhoof and as a lead

Big Thief frontwoman and indie folk hall-of-famer Adrianne Lenker is notorious for her lyrical, often heart-wrenching storytelling and stripped acoustic melodies. In support of her latest solo record Bright Future, Lenker took her friends, guitar, and lava lamps across the

In Louisiana French Creole “Laissez le bon temps rouler” translates in English to “Let the good times roll”. In any language, this year’s French Quarter Festival was a complete blast, featuring four days of free—yes free—topnotch, local Louisiana music. Performed