KALX Weblog

 

Is listening to us over the airwaves just not enough for you to meet your daily dosage of KALX? Then get ready to see original writing, artwork, and photography brought to you regularly by KALX volunteers!

The Weblog will feature content like top-charting album reviews, local event coverage, and a behind-the-scenes look into the station. Learn more about what music is vibing with our DJs, get to know our artistic side through featured designs, and get a heads up on what events we’re looking forward to in the future.

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Weblog Posts

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2019: A Year In Concerts//Carmen Llerena
2019: A Year in Concerts
Posted on 1/7/2020

A note from the directors:

Live music has always gifted a unique experience to every individual in its presence. As someone who frantically searches for the right answer to the question what’s the best concert you’ve ever been to and ends up listing a dozen different shows for a dozen different reasons, it has only become more apparent that it is not only impossible, but unfair, to try and find a “right” answer when the artists, the instruments, the venue, the genre, the crowd and more all take part in the ritual of attending a show.

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Show Review: Mattiel @ Cafe Du Nord on 2/2
Posted on 4/4/2020

Missing going to live shows? Us too! Live vicariously through KALX volunteer Lauren as she takes you through one of our last show reviews, Mattiel @ Cafe Du Nord, before the advent of Bay Area shelter in place.

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Isabella Rossellini Interview Highlight
Posted on 4/14/2020

On February 6, 2020, Sonia Mistry and Chris Michel of Film Close-Ups sat down with
actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini to talk about her new “theatricalized lecture”
project “Link Link Circus,” her interest in animal psychology, and more.

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CUP Interview Highlight
Posted on 4/14/2020

On February 9th, 2020 DJ Velvet Einstein interviewed the duo CUP, composed of Nels Cline and Yuka Honda. Check out the conversation they had below.

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Interview Highlight: Jason Becker
Posted on 6/13/2021

A note from the interviewer, John The Reptilian: As a teenager in the 1980s Jason Becker was one of the most promising up & coming players & one of the most talented guitarists of all time.  In 1988 he recorded his groundbreaking solo album Perpetual Burn. Prior to that he had recorded albums with  Marty Friedman under the name Cacophony. He landed the role of lead guitar in the David Lee Roth band & recorded the album A Little Ain't Enough.

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Josette Maskin of MUNA playing guitar.
MUNA delivered a so-so-so-solid performance at the Fillmore
Posted on 11/3/2022

On October 23 and 24, Indie pop trio MUNA performed at the Fillmore as part of their 2022 North American tour. Consisting of singer Katie Gavin, guitarist Josette Maskin, and instrumentalist Naomi McPherson, MUNA has gained widespread attention for their energetic tracks and high quality production, a standard of quality which carried over in their live performances.

Review by Ava Bordeau, photos by Joann Moon

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Metal band Knocked Loose.
Knocked Loose: Hardcore-Metal at the UC Theater
Posted on 11/9/2022

Review by Sophia Risin, photos by Brian B. Vargas.

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The Breathing Room at Studio Q
Posted on 11/16/2022

Photos & Review by Olivia Tai.

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Tenenbaum in a flower hat.
Magdalena Bay Delivered a Dynamic Pre-Halloween Show
Posted on 11/12/2022

Photos and Review by Jane LaBash.

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Snail Mail at the Fox.
Snail Mail Interview Transcript
Posted on 12/7/2022

On March 26, 2022 singer, songwriter, guitarist, and frontwoman behind the Baltimore-based band Snail Mail sat down with KALX’s own Exhibit A, a couple days before her concert at the Fox in Oakland. Photos by Addie Briggs.

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