Multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Laura Gibson grew up in a small isolated logging town called Coquille, in the South Coast region of Oregon, the daughter of the town’s kindergarten teacher and a forest ranger. Since the release of 2009’s Beasts of Season, which NPR called “nothing short of a masterpiece” and Mojo

  The Chapel presents a fresh fun Independence Day weekend celebration: SPIRIT FORWARD! This throwdown goes day & night, indoors & outdoors, featuring exquisite beats in The Chapel’s main hall, and a 2-channel HUSHcast silent disco in the newly renovated outdoor lot, plus ArtCars, Midway Games, crafty libations, and The

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

Minneapolis is known for many things — pretty lakes, the Mall of America, lutefisk. But 17 years ago, hip-hop act Atmosphere transformed the city into something else entirely: a nexus from which underground rap spiraled-out to the masses. And thanks to the duo’s indefatigable touring habits, Top 20-charting albums, and

This is our first giveaway with the new UC Theater in Downtown Berkeley! And what better way to kick off our new crowning relationship than with a giveaway for M. Ward himself? M. Ward returns with a stunning new album, More Rain, for release on Merge Records on March 4, 2016.

  The version of Deerhoof you hear on The Magic is a most punch-drunk proposition. Everyone showed up in the mood to sing. Satomi, Greg, John and Ed dream up alchemies of punk, pop, glam, hair metal, doo-wop, hip hop, and R&B, late-night car rides, long days, attitude and spandex.

  H.O.M.E. is a new play from San Francisco-native Star Finch for Campo Santo. Taking place from Oakland to Mars, in search of Home. This new play is part of Campo Santo’s 20th year of creating and premiering new works. An AfroSurreal mix of sex workers, Tupac, and space travel, H.O.M.E.

Plants and Animals, a Montreal-based trio that began playing together as kids, emerged on the international scene in 2008 and have developed a varied cult following ever since. They built this following on the shoulders of their self-produced records and their intense live shows. They have been nominated for big awards. They

  León Larregui  is an indie rock singer-songwriter from the capital city of Cuernavaca, in the state of Morelos, Mexico.  Currently he is a composer, singer and leader of the Mexican band Zoé and additionally performs a solo project since early 2012. At age 21 he began studying the Bachelor of