Reviews

What happens when five musicians audition for a TV show and actually become the band they were cast to play? For The Runarounds, that’s not a hypothetical. Five years after their first audition, the once-fictional group now tours the country

On January 20, Steve Gunn played at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco. In the 00s I frequented the venue and saw many shoegaze shows. It was nice being back, as it is a lovely, medium sized, low light venue.

Boldly living: Vicariously through Wet Leg’s moisturizer. If Wet Leg’s self-titled debut felt like a perfectly timed inside joke, their second album, moisturizer, sounds like the moment the joke wears thin. That’s not because it isn’t funny anymore, but because

Music for Two and More: the sound of late summer nights in Adrienne Lenker’s comfort, quiet, and back patio. When music sounds like stepping into a living room full of warmth, love, and red mulled wine, you know Adrianne Lenker

Rediscovering lineage, ancestry, harmony, and collaboration in Wild and Clear and Blue by I’m With Her. There is a particular stillness that comes from listening to three voices move together in harmony, not competing, not collapsing into one another, but

I decided to challenge myself and go see music that was not punk, and some of it not very loud, and overall may never inspire a mosh pit. I arrived at the Ivy Room smack in the middle between Christmas

I am quite fond of the modern slang “wait, I’m goated.” It’s a realization of one’s inner potential and, to me, speaks of hope for the future. I would definitely link this somewhat silly phrase to the band who played

November 25th, 2025: the Regency Ballroom lineup is full to the brim with distinct, fresh, and fun forms of electronic music. With femtanyl the first to perform, the crowd already began enthusiastic mosh pits, loudly shouting along to “KATAMARI,” a

I overheard “This is our generation’s Spinal Tap” from a middle-aged jean-jacketed man say to his friend as the Brian Jonestown Massacre were about to take the stage. “You don’t come here for the music, you come here for the

On November 21st, the band Boris played a show at the Great American Music Hall to the delight of many fans in the Bay Area. The opener was Starcrawler, a rock band fronted by Arrow DeWilde who came with a

The Russian duo, IC3PEAK, finally arrived at the Bay’s very own UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall on November 8th after rescheduling the original show date. While the show began late due to the current illness of one of the

Compared to the small music venues I lurk around, the Cornerstone feels massive. I arrived a few minutes early to the show and there were only five people in the room. The amount of empty space at the time probably

It was Sunday evening, November 23rd, and an all-ages show was taking place at the Rickshaw Stop. Musicians Mark William Lewis and Samba Jean Baptiste were set to take the stage. Angsty alt-teens drifted in with big, black "X" marks

On November 18th, Molly Grace performed at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco while on tour in support of her debut studio album “Blush.” Last December, I saw Grace perform on her  “Lovesick” tour at Cornerstone in Berkeley, where she put

Each week, KALX receives dozens of new releases to be added to the Features bin in our legendary library. Including CDs, 7”, and LPs, we have anywhere between 500-700 pieces of music from local to international bands in this small

We’re spoiled. We have at least 30 traditional music venues in the core of the Bay without getting into moderately concealed DIY spots, bars that just legally have a stage that fits a four piece, and the festival scene. That

Each week, KALX receives  dozens of new releases to be added to the Features bin in our legendary library. Including CDs, 7”, and LPs, we have anywhere between 500-700 pieces of music from local to international bands in this small

We were braving a cold November weeknight in San Francisco; shivering and walking fast from the parking garage to get to the venue as soon as possible. Met with a long line full of indie-punk kids with cool haircuts and

Chances are, you have heard of the goth subculture, a group of people stereotyped as moody, dressed in black, vampire-loving eccentrics who enjoy hanging out in all spaces haunted and eerie. But have you explored the music genre?  Whether you

On November 1st at Yoshi's, Ghost-Note featured bandleader Robert “Sput” Searight on drums, Dwayne “MonoNeon” Thomas on bass, Peter Knudsen on guitar, Dominique Xavier Taplin on keys, Jonathan Mones on alto sax and flute, Mike Jelani Brooks on tenor sax,