GalleryNoise Pop 2019: Teenage Fanclub’s untainted exuberance
Teenage Fanclub don’t have anything to prove.
With 30 years of grit, the Scottish band has spent their career releasing consistently stellar power pop that recalls Big Star and the [...]
GalleryMUTEK to return to San Francisco this spring
After making a splash in San Francisco last year, the Montreal-based international festival that highlights digital innovation and electronic and experimental music, MUTEK, is returning for a second stint [...]
GalleryBurger Boogaloo adds to lineup, offers Valentine’s Day Sale
It's hard to believe that Oakland's Burger Boogaloo is a decade old.
The raucous, two-day festival held at Mosswood Park in Oakland is full of punk spirit, oddballs, and as [...]
GalleryLive This Week: Find love in a groove on Valentine’s Day
Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, Palentine’s Day, or are noncommittal about it all, there will always be that perfect song that manages to set your heart aflutter.
Platonic [...]
GalleryLive This Week: Adrianne Lenker’s feather-light tunes showcased at Swedish American Hall
Adrianne Lenker (of Big Thief) makes quietly unassuming folk filled with abstraction.
Her emotional melodies throb instead of afflict sharp pangs that more lyrically direct material would be inclined to [...]
GalleryLive This Week: French Vanilla, Midnight Snaxxx, others to play Oakland Popfest
KALX, Berkeley’s community radio station, is presenting a showcase of local and regional artists with a shared indie and punk ethos.
Founded in 2017, the annual event benefits West Oakland [...]
GalleryLive This Week: Dawes to bring rootsy folk-rock to the Fox Theater
It’s day 27 of the government shutdown.
Caught in the political riptides, many Americans find themselves trying to sort through and mend damaged relationships in a system that seethes in [...]
GalleryLive This Week: Reunited Azure Ray to play Cafe du Nord
18 years.
Take a look into the archive of your life over that amount of time and you’ll have quite a collection of memories — cherished or derided. For some, [...]
GalleryLive This Week: Amen Dunes headlines August Hall in support of ‘Freedom’
Amen Dunes (Damon McMahon) released his stellar, critically adored album, Freedom in early 2018.
Anchored by his warbly, emotionally volatile but clear-headed delivery, the album finds McMahon navigating a rocky [...]
GalleryLive This Week: Diet Cig set to open Rickshaw Stop’s 15th anniversary celebration
Signed to San Francisco’s Father/Daughter Records, Alex Luciano and Noah Bowman write prickly sweet pop-punk primed for a tumultuous era as Diet Cig. Quickly carving a space for themselves [...]
