E-40 plays SOMO Village (photo: Estefany Gonzalez)
1. The New Trust 15-Year Anniversary Show
A quick glance at attendees of the New Trust's 15-Year Anniversary show meant spotting dozens of Bay [...]
Hickey Fest painting by Emily Schumaker
It was the summer solstice and the wind was blowing in our hair on the way up Highway 101 — mostly because Maddie’s car [...]
Photo by David Herschorn
Twenty Fifteen has come to an end. Over the last 365 days, I've heard a lot of amazing new music and experienced loads of epic performances. [...]
Although 2015 was flooded with badass local releases, signings to hip AF labels, and love from around the globe for our tasty Bay Area music scene, there is one [...]
The World at White Horse
I always hated the uncritical punk mantra that commands "support the scene". As if "the scene" was some monolithic, benevolent sanctuary where a progressive community [...]
If you're in music, especially live music, living in the city of San Francisco can be a humongous fucking distraction. Since I moved here about 4 years ago I've [...]
2015 saw a lot of great things happening for Bay Area music; new spaces and accommodating houses have popped up across downtown and West Oakland, a slew of new [...]
Nothing out of the Bay this year sounded quite as joyful as East Oakland's Trill Youngins did on their debut, Rich This Summer. The banner single from RTS was [...]
Something special happened in Oakland last April: the Starline Social Club officially opened its doors to the public. This century old community space is again a vibrant venue ready [...]
I attended fifty-three shows this year. That's a lot for someone who generally prefers to spend his evenings watching old sitcoms with a cat in his lap. While I [...]
While it's almost always overshadowed by the more prominent Outside Lands fest in Golden Gate Park, the Treasure Island Music Festival has long been the Bay Area’s most consistent [...]
Where the hell did this year go?
I’m sure we all say this by the time Christmas rolls around, rearing its pimply, red-and-green-splotched face, reminding us to stimulate the economy [...]
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