Music

The Very Best Karaoke Bars in the East Bay
I love karaoke. I love it more than some of my family members and I am totally chill with that. So on that note, take my hand and together let us explore some of the finest establishments in the East Bay where you can croon to your little black heart’s content.

Mission United Por Vida: Hard French’s ¡Miercoles Gigante! @ El Río (8/19)
The power of one image has defined this entire summer on 24th Street and likely will for many to come, temporal as it may be. When Manuel Paul’s Por Vida was unveiled on June 13th, not only did it provide the perfect bookend to Amy Martínez, Vero Majano and Kari

Win Tickets To Atmosphere At The Greek Berkeley!
As the soundtrack to my wake-and-bake-working-at-home-depot days, Atmosphere’s Slug and Ant have evolved alongside my life. With their new (and 12th) album, Southsiders, Atmosphere is still pushing the boundaries of what indie rap can mean. While Southsiders is a celebration of the group’s fortitude, it is also a deeply introspective, and sometimes

Planet Booty To Film Concert @ The New Parish
Planet Booty’s last show in the Bay this summer, and they will be filming it. So if you’d like to be part of the booty fueled mayhem, and perhaps end up on a controversial albeit sexy video on Youtube…this is your chance. (Spoiler alert) their shows are a great time,

This Week’s Events | San Francisco + New York
Only the finest shows, eats & art starting now through the weekend. Oh, and you know it’s either FREE or the CHEAP!

How to Get Weird at Outside Lands
Awesome photo by Tom Tompkins from Liquid Bread I go to Outside Lands just about every year. It’s a great festival because I can get as weird as possible but still sleep in my own bed at night. It’s also fun to take notes on all the strange observations I

Best Places to Watch Outside Lands for Free
If cutting the wire fence isn’t cutting it for you anymore, there are still a few places where you can watch Outside Lands 2017 for free. Golden Gate Park and the Outside Lands festival (this Friday through Sunday) have a few easily exploitable quirks that can provide you with all the

This Week’s Events: San francisco + new york
Rad Upcoming SF Events Nothing Lasts Forever: A Solo Show by Eddie Colla THU. 08/06 | 7:00PM – 9:30PM @ 1AM GALLERY Presenting a solo exhibition by Eddie Colla fresh off an extended international tour with his new collection, “Nothing Lasts Forever.” The show revolves around the images Colla has