Diet Cig returns to the Bay Area for Valentine’s Day
New York City based pop-punk saviors Diet Cig will be sliding into the Bay Area for two Valentine's Day shows next week. On Wednesday, February 14, the group will be headlining a sold-out show at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco before stopping at The Catalyst Atrium the next night in Santa Cruz. The band, usually operating as the duo of guitarist Alex Luciano and drummer Noah Bowman, has added two more musicians into the mix, including Karli Helm from SF band Pllush on keyboards. According to a recent interview with Westword, the band wanted to add the additional synth sounds and bass [...]
Bay Area Valentine’s Day Concert Compilation
Photo by Samantha Marx What constitutes a “romantic evening” differs from couple to couple, and often even between individuals in a partnership. Some would say a night of thrashing to poorly mixed garage rock in a mosh-pit of tattered-jeaned teenagers is an adrenaline-induced avenue to affection. Others feel that for a concert to be of the right mood for romance it has to be of a gently delivered waltz or ballad variety. I’m sure quite a few people are even under the impression that live music is one of the worst ways to spend a date — with empty wallets, [...]