Reviews

Robin Pecknold does not deal in charades of passion. On Wednesday night, under the dimly lit arch of The Chapel, San Francisco’s most beanied 30-year-olds convened to witness the singer-songwriter’s first appearance in the city on his solo tour. More

On Saturday, November 30th, I went to Fousheé’s concert in San Francisco at The Independent. From the moment I walked in, the vibes were on point. The theatre had an ambiance with nice overhead lighting and a bar with a

“We are the Rev Trio, thank you for having us. It’s gonna be a night of avant-garde swing, bebop, whatever you’re feeling.” I sit on an old carpet, writing on the menu atop a slab of some sort of oak.

After a day full of rain and frigid, fall air, the clouds momentarily parted for me to make my way into San Francisco to see Kate Bollinger at The Independent this past Thursday, November 21st. Marking the second to last

You may be familiar with Boston-based indie rock band Vundabar if you were on TikTok in 2021, when the opening guitar riff of “Alien Blues” played over alt teenagers’ GRWMs and impassioned lip syncs. But the band has existed long

To watch a show at the Fox Theater in Oakland is to be watched by the twin gods of sound, their golden hands clasping golden bowls, each six feet tall, ten feet off the ground. Their eyes are a luminescent

Lunar Vacation brought their dreamy indie pop-rock sound to The Warfield in San Francisco on November 11th, 2024, opening for Thrice and Manchester Orchestra. While the headliners drew an older crowd, Lunar Vacation had fans at the barricade singing along

After running around the house getting ready for a concert, Blusette and I took an Uber into San Francisco to see The Hellp. We got to the door, and after getting some very large X’s written on the back of

During her solo tour this fall, Julien Baker, the 29-year-old Nashville-born artist, performed three consecutive, sold-out nights at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco. I attended the last of three shows, on October 23rd, and witnessed Baker’s genius as a

When I hear the opening guitar riff on “Back In Amsterdam” by Box Set, I am immediately transported back to my living room. It's a sunny afternoon and my mother has just put in her signed cassette of Box Set’s

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