GalleryReparations Rock: FUPU brings joy and power to punk
“You can’t like FUPU if you aren’t physically doing something to make the world a place of access and equality for Black humans; femme humans; LGTBTQ humans; poor humans,” [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Green Day at the Oakland Coliseum
Green Day (photo: SarahJayn Kemp)
Two years ago, I injured my knee screaming “Basket Case” at a karaoke party. The lingering injury is just one of countless ways Green Day has [...]
GalleryNRVS LVRS talk ‘Electric Dread,’ play Bottom of the Hill tonight
(photo: Peter Prato)
San Francisco's NRVS LVRS have been a Bay Area fixture 2014. On their latest album, Electric Dread, the duo skillfully plays with intersections between hard rock, haunting vocals, [...]
GalleryOn ‘Silver Haze,’ Aye Nako opens a window into their world
(photo: Chris Sikich)
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After I ask Mars Dixon and Jade Payne of Aye Nako to confirm the pronouns used by each member of the band, they ask me about my [...]
GalleryGobbinjr’s Double Debut: Two Bay Area shows planned for the weekend
"Have you ever felt that someone was mysterious and strange?" Emma Witmer of Gobbinjr sings on the title track of Vom Nite, the band's latest EP. "When you get too [...]
GalleryXiomara on ‘the essence of hip-hop’ and internal revolution
“I’m just trying to encourage other people to be their best selves,” Xiomara tells me, as we chat over the phone. She’s babysitting for a friend, and throughout our [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Mitski and Steady Holiday at the Fillmore
Mitski (photo: Robert Alleyne)
The first time I saw Mitski belt straight into her guitar strings was two years ago, during a shattering Audiotree Live Session I devoured through my computer screen. [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Sigur Rós at the Fox Theater
Sigur Rós (photo: Jon Bauer)
Sigur Rós are consistently billed as a post-rock band — but while listening to them in a contemporary context, their music reminds me less of [...]
GalleryHazel Reading Series brings living room readings to San Francisco
(Hazel Reading Series banner, designed by Diana To.)
“We have no prescribed identities,” Sara Marinelli of San Francisco's Hazel Reading Series says to me over the phone. For us, [womanhood] is [...]
GalleryInterview: Lady Lamb strives for courage, emotional vulnerability on new EP
“Be present / be patient / be transparent” Aly Spaltro writes at the end of her Tender Warriors Club manifesto. Originally written as a personal reminder to refrain from [...]
GalleryGiveaway: Xiu Xiu at The Chapel
They're weird, they're local, and they're coming to The Chapel: Xiu Xiu is slated for a memorable performance on March 19th in San Francisco.
Presented by (((folkYEAH!))), Sunday's performance will be [...]
GalleryGiveaway: Thao Nguyen at The Chapel
Thao Nguyen, I often like to say, is the best reason to stay in San Francisco. Nguyen has been playing music in the city since 2009, and her onstage [...]
