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by Matt Kelchner Back in November of last year, indie pop band Ra Ra Riot swung by Broad and Ellsworth Streets for a special, intimate performance at Boot and Saddle. “The idea behind that tour was to go back to smaller rooms, the kind of rooms we started playing as a college Read More

by Ziggy Merritt Between Nirvana covers and combating the long reach of the patriarchy, Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast has started her year off strong. This comes on the heels of an equally momentous 2015, which saw the release of her third studio album, California Nights Read More

by Adelie Salagnac “I have never ever thought that the band would come to an end. Even at our lowest lows, all of us had passion for what we were doing. As long as people continue to come out and support us, we will keep on being a band.” After more than 20 years of playing music Read More

by Adelie Salagnac   Pour in some multi-colored hair, a bunch of guitars, the energy and angst of your teenage years, Hawaiian sand, some California sun and good vibes, and you’ll get Oakland quartet SWMRS. Just as the band was getting ready for their upcoming tour, Read More

by Jane Roser “It’s the middle of winter, there’s three inches of ice on the highway, we’re in our tour buses and semis were off the road left and right.” Several days after the Blizzard of 2016 furiously dumped over two feet of snow on the East Coast, Allman Brothers Band Read More

by Adelie Salagnac Escort, 17-piece contemporary disco band from Brooklyn, New York, is about to make you spend one hell of a night at Underground Arts on January 29th. Famous for their hit “Starlight”, or their re-take of the classic “Cocaine Blues”, Escort is an incredible set Read More