When Best Coast’s frontwoman Bethany Cosentino waltzed up center stage, dirty blonde ringlets a flux and fashioning an adorable scalloped white romper, it was hard not to swoon. Oakland’s Fox Theater swarmed with young people who had just finished the last long days of the semester, brimming with anticipation for Read More…
VISUAL ART As a center for innovation, renewable energy solutions, art and communal education, Oakland seems like the perfect home base for nonprofit organization Kinetic Steam Works. Since 2005, it has worked to preserve steam power heritage, presenting art and performance pieces to the public, highlighting the merits of this Read More…
VISUAL ART: If you are looking for something to do on Halloween night, look no further than “But the Earth is dark, the Coffin thick, and the Shroud opaque,” Old Crow’s group show opening on Oct 31 at 8 p.m. Promising to send chills down your spine and get you Read More…
It looks like I’m being proven wrong about lackluster crowds with each new show I go to. Matt & Kim’s ecstatic performance last Friday at the Fox Theater was full of dancing, jumping, and screaming from both the crowd and the duo. Opening with the fat synth grooves of “Block Read More…
Alright, let’s get one thing straight. The Fox’s sound system needs some fixing up, since all three of the bands at Wednesday’s show suffered from it. The vocals of all three bands varied in audio levels — School of Seven Bells being hit the hardest — and it made for Read More…
Fraternal festivities in full force! The Avett Brothers delivered some frantic frolicking to funky folks at Oakland’s Fox last Wednesday night, as they meandered through the last few stops on the North American leg of their world wide tour. The Fox Theatre was packed with seasoned fans dressed in jeans Read More…
Nature has never sounded so exciting as when Fleet Foxes delighted fans at the Fox Theater with their elegant, aural depictions of blue-ridged mountains and nostalgic rivers. Frenzied but at-ease, the Seattle-based sextet was the perfect picture of harmonious dichotomy, filling the air with a complex arrangement of instruments while Read More…
As you savor the memory of your last home-cooked meal and your mind goes back to study mode, the books are going to be piling up. Thankfully, you’re in the Bay Area, and there are numerous ways to find distractions from studying. What better way to “rest” from essays or Read More…
