Faye Webster

As Bollinger continues her upward ascent, garnering nearly 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, finding these private, independent outlets becomes all the more important.

Friday boasted not only the most unreal and cathartic sets of the weekend, but also a selfie between a headliner and a stage crasher.

As onlookers huddled around the stage and peered down from the balcony, Webster’s vocals took on an entrancing weightlessness, floating in defiance of her lyricism’s down-to-earth gravity.

Webster’s spring tour kicked off last week in opposition to her homebody propensities, and in May, she’ll open for pop rock band HAIM.

Standing on the IPA-soaked floor of Oakland’s Fox Theater, Wilco’s pummeling alt rock oeuvre reverberated in a tidal wave of post-pandemic jubilation.