text: Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews – Page 26 – The B-Side
  Manchester Orchestra sells out The Fillmore
  After last month's release of genre-defining Cope and the announcement of diverse opening acts Kevin Devine and Balance and Composure, it was no surprise that Manchester Orchestra sold out The Fillmore last F...
  The Pizza Underground bring cheesy, half-baked tunes and good fun to The Uptown
  Photo by Jamie Chew Macaulay Culkin and his New York clique brought the Pizza Underground (yup, it's still a thing) to The Uptown in Oakland Friday night, and the four-piece, Moldy Peaches alum Toby Goodshank...
  Get California Roots tickets before they sell out
  Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News
  It's festival season! Coachella just ended, and Outside lands looks to be sold out, but your next best summer festival is just a trip to Monterey away. The 5th Annual California Roots Festival is heating up fo...
  Oakland surprises Surfer Blood, Surfer Blood surprises their sound tech
  Florida-based indie rockers Surfer Blood made their Oakland debut last Friday at The New Parish, taking a quick break between their two Coachella performances to get a taste of the East Bay. French Cassettes...
  In a monolith to our generation and all of its quirks, the celestial bodies aligned at the Regency Ballroom this weekend for the two-day Bicycle Day spectacle featuring the artwork of Alex and Allyson Grey. ...
  The Knife deliver dynamic act in rare Bay Area performance
  "Welcome to the Shaking the Habitual Tour!" cheered The Knife's opening hype man at the Fox Theater Wednesday night. "I'm here to warm you up!" He bounced onstage to face a full house of plaid shirts,...
  Mogwai returns to San Francisco, packs the Regency
  "We have one more song," Mogwai's bassist Dominic Aitchison lied before his band played four more tracks -- three of which were in an encore. "But first, I have a question. Are a lot of you wasted?" ...
  Surfer Blood to play The New Parish, then release vinyl pressings on Record Store Day
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T99JYIq0Xtk With a new Record Store Day release to come out this Saturday, Surfer Blood are taking over the Bay Area between their two Coachella shows. The Florida-based alterna...
  It's a Sunday night and they're thirty minutes behind schedule. Christopher Heinz walked straight from the bar to his seat behind the drum kit, and Walking Shapes took off, running headlong into "Whoa Tig...
  Art Nikels play first San Francisco gig
  Representing the East Bay at SFSU, Berkeley's own Art Nikels lulled The Depot into an experimental indie reverie of alternating beats and chordal melodies. Within their dynamic six-song set, the five-piece...