We just got word that Burger Boogaloo will return to Oakland’s Mosswood Park in 2019 on Saturday, July 6 and Sunday, July 7 to celebrate what they call “10 years of filth.” Fans of John Waters will rejoice over the fact that he will return as the host of the event, and to help spread… Keep Reading
John Legend has been clearing high bars for nearly 20 years now - if you choose ‘Legend’ for a stage name, you’d better be ready to live up to it, and since before 2004’s Get Lifted, Legend has been, for want of a better phrase, crushing it. One way you can tell an artist has got used to going big, and not going home, is the release of a Christmas album. Keep Reading
The Paramount Theater was filled to capacity last night with long black gowns, fedoras and fancy suits as pretty much everyone in Oakland decided to show up and celebrate 60 years of the O’Jays. Party buses filled with mature women adorned with elegant furs and glittery shawls pulled up one by one at the entrance… Keep Reading
Located in the Jack London Square in Oakland, California, Yoshi’s has had a past that’s as interesting as its present. The venue opened its doors in 1972, as a simple sushi bar – one of the first in Berkeley. The founder was Yoshie Akiba, who had been orphaned during World War II, and who later… Keep Reading
The queen is back. The pint-sized dynamo has returned to the stage for the first time in 10 years and proved to a few thousand of her closest friends last night at the Paramount Theater, that she’s not going anywhere. Aguilera looked stunning last night. The years have been kind to the platinum blonde with… Keep Reading
The Treasure Island Music Festival is right around the corner, and tickets are already going fast. After all, this Oakland music festivals is making a return after a year hiatus that resulted from its relocation from Treasure Island to Oakland, so Bay Area locals are especially hungry for its return. There may be other San… Keep Reading
Bishop Briggs, the hot new artist nominated for MTV Push Artist of the Year, just wrapped up a sold-out 2018 North American tour. Today, she releases her new single “Baby,” just in time for her show at the Fox on September 4. About the new single Briggs said in a press release, “My new single,… Keep Reading
How would describe your music? The reason why I made this music alone was purely due to my failure at being able to describe my music. I failed with the musicians I loved playing with. I failed to articulate how they could get the noises out that would make the music. That’s the same way… Keep Reading
How did you come up with the name of the band? A band name generator. No lie. How would you describe your sound? Funk and soul revival of the Prince, James Brown, Al Green, and Stevie Wonder variety. When did you first become interested in playing music? As young as I can remember! I grew… Keep Reading
Modest Mouse, indie rock’s heroes of soft sounds and angular diction, are playing Oakland’s Fox Theater on Telegraph Ave, this Thursday, May 24th. Any band who can make a crowd-pleasing show of songs with titles like “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box” (from 2015), 1999’s “Heart Cooked Brain”, and the gloriously-named “Lampshades on… Keep Reading
