AltWeeklies Wire
The High Cost of Freenew
A new documentary takes a hard look at how the digital age has eroded the value of music and the ability of musicians to make a living.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
11-13-2013 |
Music
Tags: Digital Music
The (Brief) Return of Boyjazznew
After a five-year hiatus, the Oakland band returns for one triumphant show.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
09-13-2012 |
Music
Getting Up-Close and Uncomfortable with Deafheavennew
The young members of the San Francisco black metal-shoegaze band discuss why their music tends to provoke some people, and why others are eating it up.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
06-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: black metal, Deafheaven
Pay to Playnew
It's nothing new, but music licensing fees still plague local businesses.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
02-24-2012 |
Music
The Music Undergroundnew
In Oakland, unlicensed DIY spaces have quietly exploded into a thriving music scene.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
10-20-2011 |
Music
Blood, Sweat, and Video Camerasnew
Kenneth Thomas' new documentary focuses on three influential heavy music labels: Hydra Head, Neurot, and Constellation.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
10-06-2011 |
Music
Pale Chalice Buries Black Metal's Egonew
The San Francisco black metal band rejects Satanism and tries to break some of the genre's stereotypes. But it's still kind of an ego trip.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
03-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Metal, Pale Chalice
A Soundtrack To Sweat Tonew
Most New Year's resolutions involve exercise, but what will you listen to?
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
01-15-2009 |
Music
Sarah Palin, in Songnew
The Sarah Palin songwriting competition that we launched four weeks ago drew in seventeen submissions, ranging from pop tune rewrites to fully choreographed videos.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan, Kathleen Richards and Nate Seltenrich |
10-29-2008 |
Music
Inaugural Outside Lands Festival Lives up to Its Potentialnew
For the most part, the first-ever Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival did live up to expectations; at times there were simply stunning moments and the venue itself was quite a scene to behold.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich, Rachel Swan and Kathleen Richards |
08-27-2008 |
Music
High on Fire Helped Make Mastodon a Superstarnew
Now the Oakland metal trio may be poised to do the same for itself.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
09-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Treasure Island Music Festival Boasts Impressive Debut Lineupnew
The San Francisco fest could well become one of those if-you're-anybody-you-better-be-there events with a lineup that includes Thievery Corporation, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, and DJ Shadow.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
09-13-2007 |
Concerts
Hyphy 4 Christnew
Co-opting the hip-hop genre for evangelical purposes, Rodney Washington is using hyphy's lingering street popularity in an attempt to lure kids away from the very things its songs espouse: drugs, crime, and premarital sex.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
06-20-2007 |
Music
Think Your Record Collection is Worth $20,000?new
Ask Stephen Braitman, the guru of nostalgia.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
06-06-2007 |
Music
