This weekend, myself along with thousands of fellow fans flocked to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for the 19th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. HSB is a free, noncommercial bluegrass-and-more festival on the first weekend of October that draws crowds equivalent to the size of San Francisco itself...
When electronic music fans hear the name Dirtybird, it immediately evokes the sound of Dirtybird label boss Claude VonStroke’s massive, funk-driven basslines. Founded in 2005, the San Francisco-based label has catapulted to the forefront of party-starting house, techno and bass music with a unassuming, yet fun loving, roster...
Where can you find a weekend of games, sports, swimming, crafts, culture, and music? No, it is not your 6th grade sleep away camp your mom shipped you off to ages ago. That summer is long gone, it is time to stop living in the past. It is...
It’s hard to begin discussing the impact Daniel Johnston leaves behind. Johnston had a tumultuous career, a combination of his rather abrupt rise to fame and the struggle for sanity he so often wrote about. He began writing songs and recording them on a boombox in his parents’...
With Childish Gambino headlining on Saturday, SFist reported that Outside Land’s broke previous years’ attendance records with a total of 90,000 people entering Golden Gate Park on the second day of the three-day weekend festival. While most attendees came for the performers, others for the renowned food and...
San Francisco’s infamous fog is not the only thing in the air at this year’s Outside Lands. In 2017, California passed Proposition 64, legalizing the sale and distribution of cannabis, becoming one of the now 11 states to do so. This year, Outside Lands made history by being...
Outside Lands has been bringing exceptional talent to the Bay area for just over 10 years now. The annual festival is held in the heart of San Francisco bringing in the best from all genres of music, vendors of food, and modern art installations. It can be difficult...
When the Spice Girls announced their six-date 2019 summer tour in the United Kingdom last fall, my sister and I actually squealed. The very idea of our favorite girl band rocking out on stage once again instantly transported us into a childish state of giddiness. Just like that,...
It’s been nearly a full year since New Jersey jangle-pop group Real Estate first debuted their track, “Friday,” at The Columbus Theater in Providence, Rhode Island. After over a year of silence regarding a new release from the band, it is exciting to hear new tracks in the...
“In the 21st century, culture is power,” stated South Korea’s president Park Geun-hye in reference to the Korean culture wave, “Hallyu.” Over the past decade, Korean popular music, or “K-pop” has skyrocketed on music charts and is enjoyed globally. Carefully curated and produced by management typhoons, K-pop is...
The indie pop group, TV Girl, came through SLO Brew Rock alongside vaporwave artist George Clanton in early 2019. Before the show, vocalist Brad Petering met up with DJ Spenser J to share his views on the band’s quick rise to popularity. Here are some interview highlights: Q:...
Spring is in full swing and you’re ready to fill your ears with some happy, uppity sonic goodness. Not so fast, buster — to leave sad music behind along with winter would be nothing short of upsetting. Let’s take a step back and look at what makes us...
As KCPR’s Shark Week falls upon us, it has come to my attention that a disappointing amount of shark-related media does not, in fact, include actual sharks. Shark Tank? Not a real, live shark in sight. The San Jose Sharks? There’s not one actual shark on that team!...
San Luis Obispo, as you may know, gets plenty of rain, and when it rains, there isn’t much to do. Though, on this particular rainy Friday afternoon, my friend Vince offered the idea of going to a Jeffrey house show. I had never heard of the Jeffrey house,...
Venti iced coffees from Starbucks. Packs of Adderall bought from a friend of a friend. An alarm for a ten-minute power nap at 8 p.m. All of these are symptoms of a common, but deadly virus: millennial burnout. What is millennial burnout? The term became popularized after a...
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