GalleryPhotos: Nothing can stop Lush at the Warfield
Lush (Photo: Paige Parsons)
Some rescheduling couldn't stop beloved rock band Lush from performing at the Warfield last Sunday, April 24, 2016. It's the band's first tour in over a decade with a [...]
GalleryPhotos: Crystal Fighters rave up The Independent
Crystal Fighters (photo: Sara Uduwela)
British electronic folk band Crystal Fighters performed at the Independent last Thursday, April 21, 2016. Their songs are slowly appearing in more and more shows and commercials, so it [...]
GalleryPhotos: The 1975 in pink and green at the Greek Theater
The 1975 (photo: Sara Uduwela)
The 1975 have released two albums and are already performing to a crowd at one of the largest outdoor venues in the bay, the Greek Theater in [...]
GalleryPhotos: James Bay rocks a packed house at the Fox Theater
James Bay (photo: Robert Alleyne)
Rising English singer-songwriter James Bay performed to an enthusiastic sold out audience at the Fox Theater last Friday night, April 22, 2016. Joined by Portland band JOSEPH, Bay [...]
GalleryReview & Photos: The Monophonics bring local soul to Moe’s Alley
The Monophonics (photo: Joshua Huver)
Often mistaken for outright passion or "The Funk," soul as a genre is a musical style that slowed without stopping. Its decline in the mainstream [...]
GalleryPhotos: Grimes and the art of angelic electro-pop at the Fox Theater
Grimes (photo: Ian Young)
Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes, brought her eclectic show of sounds, visuals, and vitality to the Fox Theater last night on April 20, 2016. Joined by Tei Shi, [...]
GalleryHigh enough to carry us over: A review of CHVRCHES at the Fox Theater
CHVRCHES (photo: Sara Uduwela)
Lauren Mayberry is constantly at risk of having her music drowned out by the uproar over her opinions. She's a vocal critic of the way women are treated [...]
GalleryPhotos: Savages show no mercy at the Fillmore
Savages (photo: Kristin Cofer)
After breaking out quickly from their debut album Silence Yourself in 2013, Savages have been working and touring hard after following that up with this year's Adore Life. They [...]
GalleryDeerhunter at the Fillmore in words and pictures
Deerhunter (photo: Ian Young)
The show started like this: the Fillmore chandeliers dimmed from yellow to a dark glass color, the room now dark, and a recording of Bradford Cox reading Arthur Rimbaud's A [...]
GalleryPhotos: The Arcs perform dreamily at the Fillmore
The Arcs (photo: Joshua Hernandez)
When he's not doing his day job as pumping out guitar licks and vocals for the Black Keys, Dan Auerbach has been busy fully supporting his [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: M83 brew ‘Junk’ stew in Oakland
M83 (Photo: by Daniel Kielman)
Following his breakthrough sixth album, 2011’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, which reached No. 15 on the Billboard 200 chart and briefly made him a household name, [...]
GalleryReview + Photos: Underworld made Oakland dance
Underworld (photo: Ian Young)
Review & Photos by Ian Young
Imagine your parents at a rave. Or at some hip bottle-service Vegas club.
And you’re there, too. And all of you are dancing [...]
