GalleryReview + Photos: Bob Mould at the Fillmore
Bob Mould (photo: Patric Carver)
Bay Area, what did we ever do to deserve Bob Mould? The seasoned premier foster parent of the Midwest punk scene returned to his current [...]
GalleryMusic beats at the heart of the OUSD teacher’s strike
(photos: SarahJayn Kemp)
The schools in Oakland have been virtually empty this past week as the majority of the teachers exercise their right to strike, and some big names have [...]
GalleryA Bye Bye Blackbirds benefit show kicks off at 3pm Sunday
I first met Lenny Gill at a Bye Bye Blackbirds show at the Ivy Room a few years ago. Compared to his bandmates, Lenny was quiet — almost coming [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Mineral at Great American Music Hall
Mineral (photo: Patric Carver)
Mineral is a band that doesn’t offer many surprises; they don’t need to. They are a solid outfit that plays gut-churning rock, and they do so [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Matthew Sweet and the Dream Syndicate at the Fillmore
Matthew Sweet (photo: Patric Carver)
There is no better place to see a show in San Francisco than the Fillmore. It’s big but not too big. It’s got great sound. [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: The Joy Formidable at the Independent
The Joy Formidable (photo: Patric Carver)
The Joy Formidable returned to San Francisco Friday night at the Independent. Tancred was orginaly set to join them as the opening act, but [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Liz Phair at the Fillmore
Liz Phair (photo: Patric Carver)
I think there’s never going to be a moment in history that more perfectly casually intersects than the mid-'90s “Girl Power” movement with the current [...]
GalleryEllisa Sun gives the Bay Area ‘Just a Little More’
(photo: JJ Casas)
Up until recently, Ellisa Sun's base of operations was right here in the Bay Area. That was until she and her partner, percussionist Ken Michienzi, decided to purchase [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Poster Children at Café du Nord
Poster Children (photo: Patric Carver)
Of all the scenes in The Exorcist, the one that strikes me the most is arguably the least flashy. There’s no contortionism, no projectile vomit. [...]
GalleryPhotos + Review: Love Jerks melt hearts at the Uptown
Love Jerks (photo: Patric Carver)
“This first song...this song comes from a time when I was really yearning. I was very yearnful.”
That’s how Love Jerks kicked things off last Thursday [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: This year’s Boogaloo remained gorgeously grotesque
The Damned (photo: SarahJayn Kemp)
I’ve always loved that punk rock is all spikes and chain-smoking from the outside and arts and crafts from the inside. Burger Boogaloo, the annual [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Monday Night Hubba presents ‘Black Arts Matter: Juneteenth’
Monday Night Hubba - Blacks Arts Matter: Juneteenth (photo: Patric Carver)Hubba Hubba Revue hosts a cozy burlesque affair in the upstairs annex at DNA Lounge every Monday. This past [...]
