Reviews
She played her tunes and I swooned: Luna Li at The Independent
Most of my city trips to San Francisco are during broad daylight. But on Friday, October 11th, I headed towards ... Read More
A Weekend at Portola 2024
For the last weekend of September, The Portola Festival once again drew ravers from far and wide to Pier 80 ... Read More
Review: Hovvdy at Bill Graham Civic
From the moment they began, the band's infectious energy filled the room, bringing the attention of the bumbling crowd back ... Read More
Review: Faye Webster at The Greek Theatre
On an uncharacteristically warm late September night, Faye Webster and opener Mei Ehara took the stage for the Underdressed at ... Read More
Album Review: Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman
MJ Lenderman has never been hard to root for. His debut full-length, a scrappy, self-titled collection of simultaneously wry and ... Read More
Album Review: Disaster Trick by Horse Jumper of Love
For a moment, Horse Jumper of Love was inscrutable. Dealing almost entirely in murky images circumventing internal snapshots of a ... Read More
Colin Stetson’s Hypnotic Soundscape Fills the Great American Music Hall
On September 12th, 2024 (the eve before the release of his album The Love it Took to Leave You), Colin ... Read More
Review: Perfume Genius at Great American Music Hall
On a cold September night in San Francisco, only the coolest of art pop enthusiasts piled into Great American Music ... Read More
Review: Bikini Kill at The Warfield
Legendary feminist punk rock band Bikini Kill is back and as authentic as they were 34 years ago. Following their ... Read More
Khruangbin Review: A Quintessential Representation of Berkeley at the Greek
Not many words need to be sung if you know how to make your guitars talk. On the second night ... Read More
Alvvays Review: A Dream In Blue at the Fox Theater
You could feel the buzzing excitement in the air while millennial hipsters and indie kids from all around the Bay ... Read More
Outside Lands 2024 Recap
The long-awaited August weekend had arrived and I was ready to embark on another foot-aching, mildly chaotic, three day adventure ... Read More
Review: The Greeting Committee at The Independent
RIYL: Alvvays, Wild Ones, The Japanese House, Better Oblivion Community Center, Stars It was perfect weather while leaving the East ... Read More
Mosswood Meltdown 2024 Recap
Another weird and wacky weekend was upon us. Every Bay Area punk rocker’s favorite festival, Mosswood Meltdown, was here for ... Read More
KALX Co-Presents: Chris Cohen at The Chapel
On Thursday, July 25th, hang out with KALX as we welcome Chris Cohen and his sonically dynamic and titillating pop ... Read More
I Almost Passed Out at the Adrianne Lenker Show and All I Wrote Was This Lousy Review
Big Thief frontwoman and indie folk hall-of-famer Adrianne Lenker is notorious for her lyrical, often heart-wrenching storytelling and stripped acoustic ... Read More
Good Times Rolled At The 2024 French Quarter Festival
In Louisiana French Creole “Laissez le bon temps rouler” translates in English to “Let the good times roll”. In any ... Read More
Rebels in Song: The Mary Wallopers Shake Berkeley with Irish Folk Resonance
Photos and Review by Hannah Rohret. The Mary Wallopers rocked Berkeley’s Cornerstone last Friday, delivering a raucous finale to their ... Read More
In Tune with Aidan Bissett [Interview]
Photos and interview by Izzy Hory On April 19th, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Aidan Bissett before ... Read More
Alice Phoebe Lou at the Fillmore
On a rainy Friday evening in San Francisco, a sea of buzzcuts and mullets, chunky docs, and lacy nightgowns gathered ... Read More