Music

This Drag Queen Purim Cabaret at the CJM Sounds Fabulous
There are few things San Franciscans love more than putting on costumes and partying. Luckily, there’s a Jewish holiday for that. It’s called Purim – basically the Jewish Halloween – and it’s about time everyone (Jews and non-Jews alike) found out how awesome it is.

Spotify Is Giving Premium Members Hulu…for Free!
If you’re a Spotify Premium subscriber, as of yesterday, you get a shiny, new perk: free Hulu. The rollout of this new benefit is pretty user-friendly. If you’re a current Spotify Premium member, you simply need to activate Hulu through “Your Services” found in account settings. Members who already subscribed

How You Can Help Save Vulcan Arts Lofts
Oakland’s historic artists enclave Vulcan Lofts has been an enormously influential springboard for the Bay Area arts community for more than 30 years. But more than 200 working-class artists are facing eviction, as the giant Fruitvale district live-work space has been placed on the market for a staggering $16.25 million,

The Bay Area’s Roaming Musical Instrument Lending Library
There is a guy who wanders the Bay Area in a tricked-out truck handing out musical instruments like some kind of Pied Piper in a pinstripe vest. His name is Jason Cool. (Yes, it is.) His project is called the Musical Instrument Library. I met Cool for the first time

We wanna send you and a friend to BottleRock in Napa!
The seventh annual BottleRock Napa Valley music festival returns to the Napa Valley Expo in Napa, California over Memorial Day Weekend. Neil Young & Promise Of The Real, Santana, Mumford & Sons, Imagine Dragons, Pharrell Williams and Logic have been tapped to headline the festival. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweat, Gary Clark Jr., Lord

We wanna send you to see MOWGLI’S & JUKEBOX THE GHOST!
The Mowgli’s are four kids from the San Fernando and a couple of midwesterners. They’re a quintessential California band. Inspired by the magnetism of San Francisco, the grind of Los Angeles and the serenity of the Big Sur Coast, their songs are a joyous revival of rock n’ roll, a

Richmond Has Hella Culture
By Haley Pollock The Bay Area is well known for some its larger urban centers. San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley often steal the spotlight and have global name recognition. Tucked in here and there are dozens of tiny cities that completely fall under the radar. Most locals don’t

You’re Not A Rockstar: How to Deal With Dreams That Haven’t Come True
Nobody watches the Grammys anymore right? Television is dead. Music is deader, and anything relevant is on Reddit, right? I found myself watching a real television in a real house with my boyfriend and his parents on Grammy night 2019. As a child, I dreamed of being a rock and